Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) : prospects for sustainable agriculture

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Diversity and Plant Growth-Promoting Potential of Bacterial Endophytes in Rice (Denver Walitang, Sandipan Samaddar, Aritra Roy Choudhury, Poulami Chatterjee, Shamim Ahmed, Tongmin Sa)....Pages 3-17 Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture (Suhas P. Wani, S. Gopalakrishnan)....Pages 19-45 The Biological Method of Increasing Seed Germination and Productivity of Grain Crops (Irina Smirnova, Amankeldy Sadanov)....Pages 47-61 Development and Formulation of Beneficial Rhizobacteria Consortia to Improve Soil Health and Agricultural Practice Sustainability in Indonesia (Tualar Simarmata, Betty N. Fitriatin, Mieke R. Setiawati, Diyan Herdiyantoro, Pujawati Suryatmana, Reginawanti Hindersah et al.)....Pages 63-74 Biochemical Characterization of Microbials and Their Effects on the Growth and Yield of Multiplier Onion (Allium ascalonicum L.) in Northwestern Philippines (Dionisio S. Bucao, Romeo H. Yapit Jr., Maura Luisa S. Gabriel)....Pages 75-91 Evaluation of the Side Effects of Nitrification-Inhibiting Agrochemicals in Soils (Ferisman Tindaon, Gero Benckiser)....Pages 93-107 Cyanobacteria from Sorghum bicolor-Grown Fields of Ecopark at Cibinong Science Center-Botanic Gardens, Indonesia (Debora Christin Purbani)....Pages 109-116 Stimulation of Seed Germination and Growth Parameters of Rice var. Sahbhagi by Enterobacter cloacae in the Presence of Ammonium Sulphate as Substitute of ACC (A. Sagar, P. K. Shukla, R. Z. Sayyed, P. W. Ramteke)....Pages 117-124 Impact of Biofertilizer on Crop Yield of Isabgol (Plantago ovata) and Senna (Cassia alexandrina) (Sangeeta Singh, Kamal Joshi, Sunil Choudhary, Rakesh Nagar, Bindu Nirwan, Neha Sharma et al.)....Pages 125-131 Evaluation of Mixtures of Beneficial Microorganisms on Brassica chinensis L. (Tarzan Sembiring, Lies Sriwuryandari)....Pages 133-143 Characterization of Sugarcane Mosaic Disease and Its Management with PGPR (N. Raja Kumar, K. Vijay Krishna Kumar, B. Ravindra Reddy)....Pages 145-155 Effect of Different Doses of Pendimethalin on Microbial Activities and Nodulation in Chickpea (Ashok S. Jadhav, M. G. Patil, R. K. Sonwane)....Pages 157-162 Effect of Herbicide Application on Soil Microflora and Nutrient Status of Soil (Ashok S. Jadhav, M. G. Patil, R. K. Sonwane)....Pages 163-168 Yield Maximization in Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) Through the Application of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (Rohit Sonawane, Ashok S. Jadhav, Kailash Dakhore)....Pages 169-174 Financial Analysis of Biofertilizer Application: Case Study of Gliocompost Utilization on Red Chili Farming ( Irawan, L. Pramudyani)....Pages 175-184 Viability of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida and Rhizobium sp. LM-5 as Liquid Bacterial Fertilizers in Various Formulated Carriers ( Puwanto, Febrina Angelina Samosir, Yuyun Yuwariah, Sumadi, Tualar Simarmata)....Pages 185-193 Studies on the Performance of Coropulse on Black Gram (Vigna mungo L.) in Rice Fallows (Ramesh Thatikunta, Prasanth Kumar Pabbathi, P. V. Mohan Rao, K. S. R. K. Murthy)....Pages 195-201 Front Matter ....Pages 203-203 Microbial Surfactants and Their Significance in Agriculture (Hameeda Bee, Mohamed Yahya Khan, R. Z. Sayyed)....Pages 205-215 Compatibility Potential of Brassica Species and Mustard Seed Meal with Pseudomonas fluorescens for Biological Control of Soilborne Plant Diseases (Bindu Madhavi Gopireddy, Uma Devi Gali, Vijay Krishna Kumar Kotamraju, Ramesh Babu Tatinaeni, China Muniswamy Naidu)....Pages 217-231 Diversity Assessment of Antagonistic Trichoderma Species by Comparative Analysis of Microsatellites (Shalini Rai, Pramod W. Ramteke, Alka Sagar, Kalyani Dhusia, Satyam Kumar Kesari)....Pages 233-254 Overview of Biopesticides in Pakistan (M. Inam-ul-Haq, Sajjad Hyder, Tahira Nisa, Shagufta Bibi, Sohaib Ismail, M. Ibrahim Tahir)....Pages 255-268 Evaluation of Indigenous Fluorescent Pseudomonads for the Management of Newly Emerging Wilt of Pomegranate Caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata (Gururaj Sunkad, T. H. Shruthi, Raja)....Pages 269-285 Comparative Study of Indigenous and Nonindigenous Rhizobacterial Isolates to Induce the Resistance of Bunching Onion Against Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Trimurti Habazar, Arneti Arneti, Trizelia Trizelia, Ilma Juita, Viner Elviona Putri)....Pages 287-303 Use of Bioinoculants in the Modulation of Volatile Organic Compound Emission Under Environmental Stresses for Sustainable Agriculture (Poulami Chatterjee, Sandipan Samaddar, Aritra Roy Choudhury, Denver Walitang, Sunyoung Jeon, Tongmin Sa)....Pages 305-321 Salinity Resistance of Azotobacter Isolated from Saline Soil in West Java (Reginawanti Hindersah, Pujawati Suryatmana, Mieke Rochimi Setiawati, Betty Natalie Fitriatin, Anne Nurbaity, Tualar Simarmata)....Pages 323-334 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