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Microbiological Activity for Soil and Plant Health Management

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It has been clarified that the whole globe will experience a rapid increase in population. Therefore, there is a need to identify a sustainable solution that could help to meet the demand of the ever-growing population. Some of the rising question from the majority of the globe is how to proffer solution of the challenges of foods insecurity, climates changes, high level of anthropogenic activities in the environment, and high level of unemployment among the youths, as well as a higher level of mortality rate as a result of the recent pandemic activity due to COVID-19. Furthermore, some other challenges include malnutrition and several nutrition challenges. Therefore, provides comprehensive details on the numerous microorganism that could influence soil health in promoting plant growth, and serves as potential bioremediation of polluted soil as well as provide detailed information on the application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in sustainable agriculture and environment as well as provide detailed information on other beneficial microorganisms that could boost Agricultural production.

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Adetunji, C.O. et al. (2021). Recent Trends in Organic Farming. In: Soni, R., Suyal, D.C., Bhargava, P., Goel, R. (eds) Microbiological Activity for Soil and Plant Health Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2922-8_20

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