Recent Publications

Plant-associated microbes play a vital role in the growth and development of their hosts under biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant-associated microbes play a vital role in the growth and development of their hosts under biotic and abiotic stresses. In this review, we emphasize the biological control of plant pathogens by root-associated microbes and discuss traits involved in pathogen reduction.

Egamberdieva, D., Eshboev, F., Shukurov, O., Alaylar, B., Arora N.K. 2023. Bacterial bioprotectants: biocontrol traits and induced resistance to phytopathogens, Microbiol. Res. 2023, 14(2), 689-703;

Stimulating counterurbanization has long been understood as a potential approach to revitalising rural areas. In China, it is taking a particular time‐limited form and characteristic dominated by issues of domicile and property rights. Based on a case study of Cenbu Village near Shanghai, this paper argues that current approaches to counterurbanization in China have limited impact on the revitalisation of local communities

Liu, P., Han, A., Ravenscroft, N. 2023. Improving farming practice through localized land tenure reform: a study of the “Three Rights Separation Reform” implemented in a Shanghai suburb, China, Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography,