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- Title
Harnessing rhizobacteria to fulfil inter‐linked nutrient dependency on soil and alleviate stresses in plants.
- Authors
Neemisha; Kumar, Arun; Sharma, Poonam; Kaur, Avneet; Sharma, Sandeep; Jain, Rahul
- Abstract
Plant rhizo‐microbiome comprises complex microbial communities that colonize at the interphase of plant roots and soil. Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in the rhizosphere provide important ecosystem services ranging from the release of essential nutrients for enhancing soil quality and improving plant health to imparting protection to plants against rising biotic and abiotic stresses. Hence, PGPR serve as restoring agents to rejuvenate soil health and mediate plant fitness in the facet of changing climate. Though it is evident that nutrient availability in soil is managed through inter‐linked mechanisms, how PGPR expedite these processes remain less recognized. Promising results of PGPR inoculation on plant growth are continually reported in controlled environmental conditions, however, their field application often fails due to competition with native microbiota and low colonization efficiency in roots. The development of highly efficient and smart bacterial synthetic communities by integrating bacterial ecological and genetic features provides better opportunities for successful inoculant formulations. This review provides an overview of the interplay between nutrient availability and disease suppression governed by rhizobacteria in soil followed by the role of synthetic bacterial communities in developing efficient microbial inoculants. Moreover, an outlook on the beneficial activities of rhizobacteria in modifying soil characteristics to sustainably boost agroecosystem functioning is also provided.
- Subjects
PLANT growth-promoting rhizobacteria; COLONIZATION (Ecology); RHIZOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL communities; MICROBIAL inoculants; RHIZOSPHERE
- Publication
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022, Vol 133, Issue 5, p2694
- ISSN
1364-5072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jam.15649