1st ed. 2019 Edition
by R. Z. Sayyed (Editor), M. S. Reddy (Editor), Sarjiya Antonius (Editor)
Sustainable increase in agricultural production while keeping the
environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a
real challenge in current agricultural practices. Application of PGPR
can help in meeting the expected demand for increasing agricultural
productivity to feed the world’s booming population. Global concern over
the demerits of chemicals in agriculture has diverted the attention of
researchers towards sustainable agriculture by utilizing the potential
of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). Use of PGPR as
biofertilizers, biopesticides, soil, and plant health managers has
gained considerable agricultural and commercial significance.
The book Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture has
contributions in the form of book chapter from 25 eminent global
researchers, that discusses about the PGPRs and their role in growth
promotion of various crop plants, suppression of wide range of
phytopathogens, their formulation, effect of various factors on growth
and performance of PGPR, assessment of diversity of PGPR through
microsatellites and role of PGPR in mitigating biotic and abiotic
stress.This book will be helpful for students, teachers, researchers,
and entrepreneurs involved in PGPR and allied fields. The book will be
highly useful to researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and
policymakers.