Exploration of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for Improving Productivity and Soil Fertility Under Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Harnessing bacterial strain from rhizosphere to develop indigenous PGPR consortium for enhancing lobia (Vigna unguiculata) production

“…The indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) like other plants hormones biosynthesis may occur various metabolic pathways in plant tissues which promotes plant biomass [ 5 , 7 ]. PGPR can synthesize plant growth-promoting compounds which are very important for increasing soil fertility and health [ 12 , [41] , [42] ].…”

“…The extensive use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides causes environmental pollution and health issue for the farmers. Moreover, imbalance use of agro-chemical and un-sustainable farming practices are the major threats to poor productivity due to loss of soil fertility and health and environmental degradation [ [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]. Hence, there is a crucial prerequisite to finding out alternative approaches which can boost crop productivity by delivering environment friendly, socially acceptable, and economically viable technology to sustain long-term ecological balance in different agro-ecosystem.…”

Developing eco‐friendly endophytic bioinoculants for enhancing productivity and soil fertility in wheat

“…With the increasing world population, researchers have one of the most concerning issues in enhancing sustainable agriculture production. Recently, research has focused on a more sustainable approach based on the use of microbial bioinoculants as bio‐fertilizers or bio‐pesticides, which can improve agriculture productivity without damaging agricultural soil and surrounding environments (Chouhan, Singh, Mukherjee, Gaurav, Lepcha et al., 2022; Chouhan, Verma et al., 2021). These microbial inoculants may be a useful alternative that can replace chemical fertilizers and pesticides (Chouhan, Singh, Mukherjee, Gaurav, & Verma, 2022; Smith et al., 2016).…”