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Growth-Promoting Effect of Potassium-Solubilizing Microorganisms on Some Crop Species

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Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture

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Potassium (K) is an essential substance for plant growth. With the fast development of world agriculture, attainable soils K levels have dropped due to crop removal, leaching, runoff, and erosion. The potassium is a fundamental macronutrient for plant growth and plays important roles in making active of several metabolic processes including protein synthesis, photosynthesis, and enzyme activation. Whole soil K reserves are usually large despite the fact that the distribution of potassium forms differs from soil to soil as a role of the dominant soil minerals present. Many microorganisms in the soil are capable to solubilize “unavailable” forms of K-bearing minerals, such as micas, illite, and orthoclases by expelling organic acids which either directly dissolve rock K or chelate silicon ions to bring the K into solution. In this article, we are focusing on the enhancement of potassium to the plant by the help of efficient potassium-solubilizing microorganisms (KSMs) with specific crop species examples.

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  1. Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Eslamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, 33135-369, Tehran, Iran

    Hossein Zahedi

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  1. Crop Production Division, ICAR – Vivekananda Instit of Hill Agri, Almora, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vijay Singh Meena

  2. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Bihari Ram Maurya

  3. Instit of Envir and Sustainable Develop, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Jay Prakash Verma

  4. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ram Swaroop Meena

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Zahedi, H. (2016). Growth-Promoting Effect of Potassium-Solubilizing Microorganisms on Some Crop Species. In: Meena, V., Maurya, B., Verma, J., Meena, R. (eds) Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2776-2_3

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