AUTHOR=Luqman Muhammad , Ahmad Maqshoof , Dar Abubakar , Hussain Azhar , Zulfiqar Usman , Mumtaz Muhammad Zahid , Mustafa Adnan , Mustafa Abd El-Zaher M. A. , Elshikh Mohamed S. TITLE=PGPR and nutrient consortia promoted cotton growth, antioxidant enzymes, and mineral uptake by suppressing sooty mold in arid climate JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=Volume 16 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1551465 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2025.1551465 ISSN=1664-302X