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Beneficial Plant-Microbes Interactions: Biodiversity of Microbes from Diverse Extreme Environments and Its Impact for Crop Improvement

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Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives

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Microbes are capable of colonizing the rhizosphere and phyllosphere as well as living inside the plant tissues as endophytes. The microbiomes associated with the crops have the ability to produce phytohormones (indoleacetic acid and gibberellic acid); solubilize (phosphorus, potassium and zinc) and bind nutrients, besides eliciting plant defence reactions against pathogens; and also help in plant growth under harsh environments. The biodiversity of plant growth-promoting (PGP) microbes have been illustrated by different genera and species and their mechanisms of action for the following different phyla of domain Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya:Actinobacteria,Ascomycota,Bacteroidetes,Basidiomycota,Crenarchaeota,Euryarchaeota,Firmicutes andProteobacteria (α/β/γ/δ). This book chapter intends to present research results obtained so far concerning the application of beneficial microbes as PGP microbes and their potential biotechnological application to increase the plant growth and yields and soil health. The diverse range of activities as well as the number of microbes sorted out in different culture collections around the world, may provide an important resource to rationalize the use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture. There are many microbial species that act as PGP microbes, described in the literature as successful for improving plant growth and health. However, there is a gap between the mode of action/mechanism of the PGP microbes for plant growth and the role of the PGP microbes as biofertilizers. Hence, this book chapter bridges the gap mentioned and summarizes the mechanism of PGP microbes as biofertilizers for agricultural sustainability.

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Verma, P., Yadav, A.N., Kumar, V., Singh, D.P., Saxena, A.K. (2017). Beneficial Plant-Microbes Interactions: Biodiversity of Microbes from Diverse Extreme Environments and Its Impact for Crop Improvement. In: Singh, D., Singh, H., Prabha, R. (eds) Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6593-4_22

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