Unravelling Promising Diazotrophic Microbiota of Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.  with Existing Conventional Nitrogen-Fixing Microbial Partners

Introduction The rampant use of agricultural fertilizers to meet the demand of food for burgeoning population has remained a contentious issue, especially when the world is faced with serious concerns like climate change, Greenhouse effect, depleting land resources and fossil fuels. Early 1950s witnessed pioneering efforts by Norman Boralug, who introduced the Green Revolution model to address food security concerns. This model among other tenets, emphasized on the adoption of nitrogenous...