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Bacillus as Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): A Promising Green Agriculture Technology

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Bacillus is a cosmopolitan bacteria present in all kinds of environments including rhizospheric soil. Root-associated Bacillus spp. usually promote plant growth by various means, e.g., production of phytohormone precursor, i.e., indole acetic acid (IAA-auxin), phosphate solubilization, and siderophore production or serve as biocontrol and are thus termed plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). This genus may also be used along with other biocompatible bacteria including nitrogen-fixing species like Azospirillum and Azotobacter and hence may be called as consortia of bacteria or which can be used as co-inoculant to increase/improve the fertility of soil. This chapter focused on the application of Bacillus on different economically important crops.

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    Brijendra Kumar Kashyap, Anand Kumar Pandey & Sarit Prabha

  2. Department of Food Quality & Safety, Institute for Post-harvest and Food Sciences, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel

    Manoj Kumar Solanki

  3. National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

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  4. University Department of Biotechnology, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India

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Kashyap, B.K., Solanki, M.K., Pandey, A.K., Prabha, S., Kumar, P., Kumari, B. (2019). Bacillus as Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): A Promising Green Agriculture Technology. In: Ansari, R., Mahmood, I. (eds) Plant Health Under Biotic Stress. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6040-4_11

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