Background: Panax ginseng is a valuable herbal medicine which has been applied in eastern Asia to maintain their physical vitality for millennia. However, continuous cropping leads to the accumulation of allelochemicals, which subsequently reduces the quality and yield of P. ginseng, and arable soils for P. ginseng cultivation are getting scarce. Methods: In this study, a strain highly efficient degrading p-hydroxybenzoic acid was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a ginseng cultivation field. Subsequently, its draft genome was sequenced, and the key genes involving the p-hydroxybenzoic acid-degrading pathway were identified by bioinformatics software. Results: Based on its biophysical/biochemical characteristics, analysis of the 16S rRNA sequence and gyrB gene authentication, strain LD6 was identified as Pseudomonas putida LD6. The initial p-hydroxybenzoic acid concentration in minimal salt medium was 100 mg•L-1, and after 8 d of bacterial culture in the laboratory, the degraded reached 97.35%. The p-hydroxybenzoic acid content was decreased by 35.21%, and the ginseng death rate was decreased by 38.46% in the rhizosphere soil of P. ginseng inoculated with strain LD6. The draft genome sequence consisted of 5,765,634 bp, and the genome comprised 5186 protein-coding genes, and the pobA, catB, pcaG, UbiA, and UbiX genes were annotated, and may play important roles in p-hydroxybenzoic acid degradation.Conclusion: Isolation and manipulation of functional bacteria is an effective strategy to alleviate ginseng continuous cropping problems and enhance the quality and yield of P. ginseng.