Abstract
Microbes play an important role in the agricultural industry. While diseases caused by microbes pose a devastating effect to the industry, the application of beneficial microorganisms in agriculture has shown promise in addressing global issues such as disease reduction, yield and growth enhancement, and the reduction in the use of agrochemicals that contaminate the environment. In this chapter, we address (i) various beneficial plant-microbe interactions, (ii) explore the advances made in these beneficial relationships, and finally (iii) identify future directions of research to answer questions in the black box of knowledge pertaining to plant-microbe interaction for sustainable agriculture.
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