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Chemical fertilizers and pesticides in present-day agriculture cause real damage to our environment and are a potential hazard to human health too. Enhancing crop productivity by using the potential of microbes is a new and opportune idea for sustainable agriculture. In plants, the microbial composition is arbitrary of biotic and abiotic factors. These include soil pH, structure, salinity, type, moisture, organic matter, and exudates, which are most pertinent for underground plant parts. The difference in communities of rhizosphere and phyllosphere because of plant-associated microbiota is another factor. Interactions between microbes either directly or indirectly with environmental factors have an impact on the host. The resistance against abiotic and biotic stress improves plant health which has an influence on the nutrient cycle by arbuscular mycorrhiza. Primary or secondary protection to the crop plants rapidly inhibits the rhizosphere apart from plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) which are a heterogeneous group of bacteria. The rate of seed growth was greatly accelerated by PGPR, and they also offer protection against harmful bacteria. The yield of many crops is substantially increased by the ability to uptake water and nutrients due to PGPR. PGPR work in symbiosis with other advantageous microorganisms, increasing the fixation of nitrogen and availability of primary and secondary micronutrients resulting in enhanced plant productivity.
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Mathur, M., Tiwari, R.K., Johri, P., Trivedi, M. (2023). Harnessing Rhizosphere Microbiomes in Crop Productivity. In: Singh, U.B., Kumar, R., Singh, H.B. (eds) Detection, Diagnosis and Management of Soil-borne Phytopathogens. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8307-8_16
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