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Biofertilizers function as key player in sustainable agriculture by improving soil fertility, plant tolerance and crop productivity
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Current soil management strategies are mainly dependent on inorganic chemical-based fertilizers, which caused a serious threat to human health and environment. The exploitation of beneficial microbes as a biofertilizer has become paramount importance in agriculture sector for their potential role in food safety and sustainable crop production. The eco-friendly approaches inspire a wide range of application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs), endo- and ectomycorrhizal fungi, cyanobacteria and many other useful microscopic organisms led to improved nutrient uptake, plant growth and plant tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. The present review highlighted biofertilizers mediated crops functional traits such as plant growth and productivity, nutrient profile, plant defense and protection with special emphasis to its function to trigger various growth- and defense-related genes in signaling network of cellular pathways to cause cellular response and thereby crop improvement. The knowledge gained from the literature appraised herein will help us to understand the physiological bases of biofertlizers towards sustainable agriculture in reducing problems associated with the use of chemicals fertilizers.
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- Bhardwaj, D., Ansari, M. W., Sahoo, R. K., & Tuteja, N.
- Venue
- Microbial Cell Factories
- Published
- 2014-05-08
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 66-66
- ISSN
- 1475-2859 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2152856675
- Cited by
- 1,168
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 45.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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