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Mode of Application of Biofertilisers in the Crop Field

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Constant deterioration of soil quality due to the extensive use of pernicious chemical fertilisers has become a global concern, which not only restrains crop yield and quality but also has critical ecological consequences. Because of the toxic and non-biodegradable properties of such synthetic fertilisers, the quality of arable land is declining day by day along with the nutrient content of vegetation all around the world. Biofertilisers are innocuous substitutes of harmful synthetic fertilisers, which have an efficient potential for attaining sustainable agricultural development. Nowadays, biofertilisers play a major role in improving the quality and quantity of crop production as well as in the continuous maintenance of physiochemical properties of soil and fertility, which is mandatory for fulfilling the global rising demand for food. Beneficial microbial inoculants, being the main constituent of biofertilisers, associate with the crop plants symbiotically and enhance their growth, yield, development and resistance against various biotic and abiotic stresses. Many of the vital nutrient requirements for the proper growth of plant such as phosphorous, zinc, potassium, nitrogen, etc. are naturally available in complex and unsolubilised forms in soil. However, certain nutrient-solubilising microbes like endophytes, rhizospheric bacteria, etc. have the property of solubilising such minerals by making them readily available to plants. Moreover, transformation in nanosizing and nanofortification of plant biomass like algae and microbial inoculants lead to the invention of biofertilisers, which have the potential to facilitate increased nutrient bioavailability to plants. This chapter discusses the potential of various types of biofertilisers with preference to their mode of application, action and their role in the improvement of crop yield and quality.

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  1. Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed-to-be-University), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Laccy Phurailatpam

  2. ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Maunath Bhanjan, India

    Pramod Kumar Sahu

  3. Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Mizoram, Aizawl, India

    Loknath Samanta

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, UIBT, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India

    Sukhminderjit Kaur

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India

    Vagish Dwibedi

  3. ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, NBAIM, Maunath Bhanjan, India

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  4. Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agariculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

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Phurailatpam, L., Sahu, P.K., Samanta, L. (2023). Mode of Application of Biofertilisers in the Crop Field. In: Kaur, S., Dwibedi, V., Sahu, P.K., Kocher, G.S. (eds) Metabolomics, Proteomes and Gene Editing Approaches in Biofertilizer Industry . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3561-1_3

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