Beneficial soil microorganisms, an ecological alternative for soil fertility management

C Altomare, I Tringovska - Genetics, biofuels and local farming systems, 2011 - Springer
The new challenges that will be faced by agriculture in the twenty-first century impose the
adoption of strategies able to increase food production without further increase the area of …

Plant growth–promoting microbes: a boon for sustainable agriculture

S Lalitha - Sustainable agriculture towards food security, 2017 - Springer
Biofertilizers are defined as living cells with efficient strains of microorganisms that help crop
plant uptake of nutrients by rhizosphere soil when applied through soil. Certain microbial …

Importance of soil microbes in nutrient use efficiency and sustainable food production

SK Meena, VS Meena - … Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture: Volume 2 …, 2017 - Springer
Microorganisms that sustain the fertility of soils, resulting in improved plant nutrition, have
continued to magnetize attention because of the increasing cost of agricultural inputs and …

Fungi, P-solubilization, and plant nutrition

M Vassileva, GO Mendes, MA Deriu, G Benedetto… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The application of plant beneficial microorganisms is widely accepted as an efficient
alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. It was shown that annually, mycorrhizal …

Microbes: a sustainable approach for enhancing nutrient availability in agricultural soils

A Sahu, S Bhattacharjya, A Mandal, JK Thakur… - Role of Rhizospheric …, 2018 - Springer
The soil scientists along with microbiologists had a big responsibility to come forward with a
sustainable solution to enhance soil nutrient supplying capacity, without applying the …

Applications and constraints of plant beneficial microorganisms in agriculture

S Debnath, D Rawat, AK Mukherjee… - … in plant science, 2019 - books.google.com
At present time, chemical fertilizers are more in practice for crop production, which failed to
upkeep soil and environment quality and affected the sustainability of the agricultural …

Plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPM) as potential microbial bio-agents for eco-friendly agriculture

M Gangwar, P Saini, P Nikhanj, S Kaur - Advances in Soil Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
The use of chemical fertilizers generates environmental and public health problems. The
exploitation of beneficial microbes as a biofertilizer has become of foremost importance in …

Role of microorganisms as biofertilizers

Z Mushtaq, S Faizan, A Hussain - … : A Sustainable Continuum for Plant and …, 2021 - Springer
Biofertilizers are the living microbes that inhabit the root zone or the interior plant parts.
These microbes promote growth, productivity, and physiological properties of plant either …

Efficacy of biofertilizers: challenges to improve crop production

E Malusà, F Pinzari, L Canfora - Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable …, 2016 - Springer
Different kinds of soil microorganisms belonging to several taxa of the bacteria, fungi, and
possibly, protozoa kingdoms, colonizing the rhizosphere or the plant tissues and promoting …

Advances in microorganisms-based biofertilizers: Major mechanisms and applications

SS Ali, M Kornaros, A Manni, R Al-Tohamy… - Biofertilizers, 2021 - Elsevier
The rising global population and consequent reduction of land resources has led to an
excessive utilization of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. With the only target of reaching …