Vijay Kumar Sharma,
Ajay Kumar,
Michel Rodrigo Zambrano Passarini,
Shobhika Parmar,
Vipin Kumar Singh
In the recent past, beneficial microorganisms were sustainably used in agriculture as a safe, economical, and better alternative to chemical fertilizers or pesticides. These beneficial microbes, including bacteria, actinomycetes, and yeast, were efficiently applied in the soil, seeds, fruits, or plants as inoculants to achieve the optimum agricultural yield. Application of microbial inoculum improves the overall performance of the plants by maintaining the bioavailability of nutrients in the soil, endogenous secretion of growth hormones, checking various infections related to pests and/or phytopathogens during pre- or postharvest periods, as well as mitigating abiotic stress conditions such as salinity, drought, and heavy metals. Besides crop improvement, microbial inoculants have also played an effective role in fermentation technology and tissue culture.
Vijay Kumar Sharma,
Ajay Kumar,
Michel Rodrigo Zambrano Passarini,
Shobhika Parmar,
Vipin Kumar Singh
In the recent past, beneficial microorganisms were sustainably used in agriculture as a safe, economical, and better alternative to chemical fertilizers or pesticides. These beneficial microbes, including bacteria, actinomycetes, and yeast, were efficiently applied in the soil, seeds, fruits, or plants as inoculants to achieve the optimum agricultural yield. Application of microbial inoculum improves the overall performance of the plants by maintaining the bioavailability of nutrients in the soil, endogenous secretion of growth hormones, checking various infections related to pests and/or phytopathogens during pre- or postharvest periods, as well as mitigating abiotic stress conditions such as salinity, drought, and heavy metals. Besides crop improvement, microbial inoculants have also played an effective role in fermentation technology and tissue culture.