Cyanobacteria as a source of biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture
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Continuous increase in global human population and depletion of natural resources of energy posing threat to environment needs, sustainable supply of food and energy. The most ecofriendly approach ‘green technology’ has been exploited for biofertilizer preparation. Cyanobacteria are the most successful and sustained prokaryotic organism during the course of evolution. They are considered as one of the primitive life forms found on our planet. Cyanobacteria are emerging candidates for efficiently conversion of radiant energy into chemical energy. This biological system produces oxygen as a by-product. Cyanobacterial biomass can also be used for the large scale production of food, energy, biofertilizers, secondary metabolites, cosmetics and medicines. Therefore, cyanobacteria are used in ecofriendly sustainable agricultural practice for production of biomass of very high value and decreasing the level of CO2. This review article describes the methods of mass production of cyanobacterial biofertilizers and their applications in agriculture and industrial level.
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Cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen, reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizers in crops.
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- Authors
- Chittora, D., Meena, M., Barupal, T., Swapnil, P., & Sharma, K.
- Affiliations
- Mohanlal Sukhadia University (IN)
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Meena, Mukesh
- Venue
- Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 22
- Pages
- 100737
- ISSN
- 2405-5808 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7021550
- OpenAlex
- W3005844260
- Cited by
- 312
- References
- 142
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 13
- FWCI
- 3.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- University Grants Commission
- University Grants Committee
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Keywords
- cyanobacteria, biofertilizers, sustainable agriculture, environmental technology, CO2 reduction, photosynthetic oxygen production, cyanobacterial secondary metabolites
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