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Potential Application of Agriculturally Promising Microorganisms for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection

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Modern agriculture entails utilization of agrochemicals to boost the food output worldwide. Though these inorganic-based fertilizers are essential as a nutrient addendum to plants and consisted of phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and nitrogen (N) as their primary components, their continuous reliance causes environmental and human health risks, viz., interruption of ecological recycling and elimination of advantageous microbial consortium required to increase production of crops. In the past few years, microorganisms that reside in the soil were largely employed for increase of quality and quantity of crop production along with management of plant and soil health. In addition, greater yields are recorded in crop plants, when they are inoculated with plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) during their cultivation. So, utilization of these PGPMs is an effective and promising approach to raise the grade of food production with no harm to the environment or human health. Further, research studies also supported application of these beneficial microorganisms as marvelous choice to chemical fertilizers and pesticides because they can supply nutrients via atmospheric nitrogen fixation and phosphorus hydrolyzation and prompt the growth of plants by synthesizing the substances needed for plant growth and protection. Moreover, to improve agricultural produce, modern biotechnology is employing recent methods of gene alteration to produce genetically engineered novel transgenic microbial strains. Thus, exploitation of microbial inoculants can be a profitable strategy to intensify the crop production by accumulating more nutrients from soil with limited usage of agrochemicals. The present study investigates current research and developments related to the application of microorganisms as versatile tools to boost the outgrowth and produce of various crop plants in an ecofriendly manner through sustainable agriculture.

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Karri, V.R. (2022). Potential Application of Agriculturally Promising Microorganisms for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection. In: Inamuddin, Ahamed, M.I., Prasad, R. (eds) Application of Microbes in Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology. Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2225-0_18

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