"Plant-Beneficial Microbial Inoculants and Their Formulation – A Review"

Abstract

" Agriculture plays a crucial role in the society and global economy and has a huge impact on the environment. Human overpopulation require higher amounts of food, and due to the overwhelming increase of health disorder it is a consumer demand for high quality food products. However, intensive agricultural practices involve the use of synthetic substances, with negative effects on human health and environmental safety. These triggered the concern of global regulatory agencies for new strategies and harsh regulations regarding agricultural inputs. Sustainable agriculture practices, including the use of renewable resources are now promoted. Biofertilizers, biopesticides and biostimulants contribute to agricultural yield and quality improvement, having a low detrimental impact on the environment. Microbial inoculants based on selected microorganisms are promising products that can improve plant growth and productivity and prevent crops from pest and diseases attack, being an environmental friendly approach. Plant beneficial microorganisms trigger various mechanisms for soil improvement, nitrogen fixation, nutrients solubilization and uptake in plants. Some beneficial microorganisms can release active biomolecule involved in plant protection, or suppress biotic and abiotic stress factors, revealing plant or environmental benefits. This study aims to review plant beneficial microbial agro-inoculants, successful formulations and application methods."

The Importance of the Targeted Design of Biochar Physicochemical Properties in Microbial Inoculation for Improved Agricultural Productivity—A Review

“…Microbial inoculants could be made of a singular strain of microbe, two or more microbe strains, or different types of organisms [82]. They are a viable alternative to harmful chemicals in increasing food production by improving plant growth and productivity and preventing pest and disease attacks without endangering human health and the environment [83][84][85]. Most of the microorganisms used as microbial inoculants can be broadly classified as plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) or root-colonizing rhizobacteria (PGPR) and their fungal counterparts [86].…”