Abstract
Plants encounter various challenges that impact on growth and development. In the agricultural scenario, any limiting condition can transform into serious economic losses. Conventional methods employed to deal with biotic and abiotic stresses, including chemical methods, plant breeding, genetic engineering and other modern practices, present a variety of practical concerns. For example, transgenic plants can lead to selection pressure on the parasites thus providing a means to develop resistance. Hence a shift towards exploring the potentialities in plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPM) as a part of mainstream agricultural practices is imperative. In this review, we focus on PGPM (inclusive term for plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and fungi), which, apart from their plant growth-promoting activities, also play a role in plant diseases control as well as in alleviating the impact of abiotic stresses. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms by which PGPM modify plant stress responses to boost their resistance and the nuances of the PGPM-host interactions would lead to increased acceptance of PGPM in agricultural applications.
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Sattiraju, K.S., Kotiyal, S., Arora, A., Maheshwari, M. (2019). Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes: Contribution to Stress Management in Plant Hosts. In: Sobti, R., Arora, N., Kothari, R. (eds) Environmental Biotechnology: For Sustainable Future. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7284-0_8
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