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The plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) are very important for the ecosystem, so there is a need to study their diversity and functions. The yield and growth of different plants and crop varieties have been improved with various PGPR strains. The specific agricultural and environmental issues are addressed by applying specialized strains of the PGPRs. The development of efficient new techniques to identify PGPRs is greatly needed. The new techniques are mostly based on molecular level to study PGPRs which may reduce the time of detections from days or weeks to hours. These techniques are extremely specific, selective, and reliable to detect PGPRs. The link between function and structure of the PGPRs can be identified with these methods, and efficiency of using PGPRs in improving different crop varieties and plants is increased. In this chapter, different molecular approaches available to study PGPRs will be discussed.
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Ijaz, M., Shahzadi, R., Rahman, Mu., Iqbal, M. (2019). Molecular Approaches to Study Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPRs). In: Kumar, A., Meena, V. (eds) Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Agricultural Sustainability . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7553-8_11
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