Microbial Biofertilizer: A Potential Tool for Sustainable Agriculture

  • Udaya Kumar Vandana
  • Ankita Chopra
  • Sanchita Bhattacharjee
  • P. B. Mazumder
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Part of the Microorganisms for Sustainability book series (MICRO, volume 6)

Abstract

Surplus use of chemical fertilizers in crop field to meet the increasing demand of crop production has greatly hampered the soil ecosystem and human health. An alternative environment-friendly approach to sustainable agriculture is encouraging the use of biofertilizers. Plant growth-promoting microorganisms are one such group of potent biofertilizers. Many bacteria and fungi can develop close associations with the crop plant which improves growth, immunity and overall development of the plant. Thus understanding the action of various mechanisms exhibited by these microorganisms can show us the way to formulate the microbes to be used as biofertilizers. Continuous efforts are made to develop strategies for optimizing bioformulations. This chapter gives a deep understanding of the transformation of a microbe into a fertilizer. Distinctive properties of plant growth-promoting microbes and strategies to develop and optimize the bioformulations in addition to the phenomenon of integrated management have been discussed broadly.

Keywords

Fertilizer Plant growth-promoting microorganisms Biofertilizers Bioformulation 
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  • Udaya Kumar Vandana
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  1. 1.Department of BiotechnologyAssam UniversitySilcharIndia

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