“…Nutrient uptake and transport enhancement -Upregulation of calcium (CAX3, CAX7, ACA1), copper (COPT2), iron (NRAMP3), potassium (HKT2;1), sodium (NHX2), nitrate (NRT1.1, NRT2.1, NRT1.5), sulphate (SULTR1, SULTR3, AST56), amino acids (LHT1, AAP5), peptides (ATOPT3), nucleotides (ATPUP10), nucleotides-sugars derivatives (UTR2, UTR3), sugars (MSS1) transporter genes -Upregulation of glutamine synthetase (GS1) gene -Upregulation of nitrite reductase (NR) gene Fan et al, 2013;Jannin et al, 2013;Billard et al, 2014;Goñi et al, 2016;Goñi et al, 2018;Shukla et al, 2018a;Dell'Aversana et al, 2021;Goñi et al, 2021 Water uptake improvement -Upregulation of transmembrane protein aquaporins (PIP1;2, PIP2;2, PIP2;3) genes Santaniello et al, 2017;Al-Ghamdi and Elansary, 2018;Rasul et al, 2021 Soil and plant microbiome structure and activity improvement -Upregulation of cellulase, dehydrogenase, inverterase, nitrite reductase, phosphatase, proteinase and urease genes Eyras et al, 1998;Wang et al, 2016 Seed germination improvement -Upregulation of a-amylase enzyme genes by gibberellin A3 signalling Akazawa and Hara-Nishimura, 1985;Beck and Ziegler, 1989;Sun and Gubler, 2004;Rayorath et al, 2008b Growth and development parameters enhancement -Modulation of the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid pathways -Upregulation of cellulose synthase-like E1 (CSLE1), UDP-glucose 4-epimerase 1 (UGE1), pectin acetylesterase 8 (PAE8) genes -Upregulation of growth hormones auxin (IAA), cytokinin (IPT), gibberellin (GA2Ox) biosynthesis genes -Upregulation of FLOWERING TIME (FT), CLAVATA (CLV), SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING-LIKE (SPL) genes -Upregulation of Single Flower Truss (SFT), Self-Pruning (SP), Jointless (J), Anantha (AN), Falsiflora (FA) and Constans-1 (CO) genes Wally et al, 2013;Goñi et al, 2016;Ali et al, 2019;Ali et al, 2021b;Dookie et al, 2021;Baghdadi et al, 2022 Photosynthesis enhancement -Upregulation of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase and choline monooxygenase genes -Upregulation of glycine betaine biosynthesis genes -Downregulation of chlorophyll degradation (AtCLH1 and AtCLH2) genes Genard et al, 1991;…”