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In the last few decades increased population and climatic changes are the most severe challenge to our farmers that demands more crop productivity. To meet this challenge, they are using limitless inorganic fertilizers and chemicals in their field to enhance their crop production and stress management that caused a big threat to soil degradation and also puts our fertile soils and lives of humans in danger as these chemicals are very harmful to soil and animal health. Recently, researchers have found plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) as one of the most promising ways to meet the needs of increasing population in an effective manner with increased crop growth and productivity with no harmful impact on soil, plants, and animals. Rhizospheric microbes not only help in increased crop production but it also enhances soil fertility as well as helps the plant in mitigating the various biotic and abiotic stresses. Thereby, exploring the beneficial properties of these microorganisms we may improve crop growth and productivity in a sustainable way.

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Nehal, N., Rathore, U.S., Sharma, N. (2021). Microbes and Soil Health for Sustainable Crop Production. In: Nath, M., Bhatt, D., Bhargava, P., Choudhary, D.K. (eds) Microbial Metatranscriptomics Belowground. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9758-9_28

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