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Endophytes and Their Applications as Biofertilizers

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Endophytes are microorganisms residing inside plant tissues. The endophytes are not harmful for the plant health, and besides this, they provide nutrients to plants as well as protect plants from stress conditions and from plant pathogens. The endophytic microbial community includes different genus of bacteria, fungi, algae, actinomycetes, and transgenic microbes like Bacillus sp. and Piriformospora indica. These microbial strains can be used as consortium or single species as biofertilizers. These biofertilizers are free from chemicals and have a number of benefits for agricultural crops such as they help in plant growth, act as biocontrol agents, protect plants from stress, and also help in the recovery of diseased plant, N2 fixation, and IAA production, etc. This compendium will accentuate on the different types of endophytic microorganisms and their extensive role as a biofertilizer in the field of agriculture.

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Yadav, G., Srivastva, R., Gupta, P. (2021). Endophytes and Their Applications as Biofertilizers. In: Bhatt, P., Gangola, S., Udayanga, D., Kumar, G. (eds) Microbial Technology for Sustainable Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3840-4_7

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