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Bacillus thuringiensis as a Biofertilizer and Plant Growth Promoter

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Bacillus thuringiensis is a spore-forming Gram-positive bacterium found in soil. It has the ability for checking insect and pest populations with an equal role in controlling plant diseases. In addition to it, limited studies regarding its plant growth-promoting abilities and its use as biofertilizer are being done. B. thuringiensis is a powerful phosphate-solubilizing bacterium and produces diverse compounds useful for crop production. It can also be utilized as a commercial biofertilizer or biostimulator products for enhancing overall plant production. This can be an opportunity for minimizing the usage of chemical fertilizers with improved accessibility of insoluble phosphorus forms to the plants. The aim of this chapter is to revise, evaluate and debate the role of phosphate-solubilizing B. thuringiensis as P biofertilizer and biostimulator.

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  1. Instituto de Investigação Agronômica, Huambo, Angola

    Jorge Delfim

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agronomia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil

    Jorge Delfim

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences/Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

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Delfim, J., Dijoo, Z.K. (2021). Bacillus thuringiensis as a Biofertilizer and Plant Growth Promoter. In: Dar, G.H., Bhat, R.A., Mehmood, M.A., Hakeem, K.R. (eds) Microbiota and Biofertilizers, Vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61010-4_12

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