Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 214, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113821
Keywords
Nutrient acquisition; Soil -plant -microbe interaction; PGPR; PGPB; Sustainable agriculture; Nanotechnology; Phytoremediation
Funding
- UGC fellowship
- BHU (IoE grant project)
- UGC Start-up research grant
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India
- DST-INSPIRE faculty Fellowship
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) , DST [EMR/2016/006109]
- BHU (IoE seed grant)
- UGC New Delhi
- DST Inspire fellowship
- MPCST
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The interaction between plants and microorganisms plays a crucial role in plant growth, development, and health. Studying beneficial soil microbes and developing microbial inoculant technology can improve crop productivity and promote environmentally friendly agriculture.
Plants can achieve their proper growth and development with the help of microorganisms associated with them. Plant-associated microbes convert the unavailable nutrients to available form and make them useful for plants. Besides nutrient acquisition, soil microbes also inhibit the pathogens that cause harm to plant growth and in-duces defense response. Due to the beneficial activities of soil nutrient-microbe-plant interactions, it is necessary to study more on this topic and develop microbial inoculant technology in the agricultural field for better crop improvement. The soil microbes can be engineered, and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) technology can be developed as well, as its application can be improved for utilization as biofertilizer, biopesticides, etc., instead of using harmful chemical biofertilizers. Moreover, plant growth-promoting microbe inoculants can enhance crop productivity. Although, scientists have discussed several tools and techniques by omics and gene editing approaches for crop improvement to avoid biotic and abiotic stress and make the plant healthier and more nutritive. However, beneficial soil microbes that help plants with the nutrient acquisition, development, and stress resistance were ignored, and farmers started utilizing chemical fertilizers. Thus, this review attempts to summarize the interaction system of plant microbes, the role of bene-ficiary soil microbes in the rhizosphere zone, and their role in plant health promotion, particularly in the nutrition acquisition of the plant. The review will also provide a better understanding of soil microbes that can be exploited as biofertilizers and plant growth promoters in the field to create environmentally friendly, sustainable agriculture systems.
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