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Microbial Strategies for Vegetable Production pp 1–21Cite as

Microbial Inoculants in Organic Vegetable Production: Current Perspective

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Vegetable crops provide food and nutritional security to millions of people. They are rich in moisture and essential nutrients that make them susceptible to diseases and pests. To increase the productivity and to prevent disease and pest attack, a wide range of agrochemicals are applied to the crop which leave harmful residues in vegetables and consequently pollute the soil and groundwater. In the present situation, the growing awareness on consumption of contaminated food products and the ill effects of chemical farming on environment make people more concern for food quality and safety leading to more focus on organic vegetable production. Generally, organic farming avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, plant growth regulators, etc. but primarily rely upon biological cycle within the farming system. As a component of organic farming, microbial inoculants performs pivotal role in crop production through decomposition of organic residues, improving nutrient uptake and availability, mineralization, nutrient recycling, detoxification of organic and inorganic substances, supply of plant growth-promoting compound and suppression of disease and pest. Due to constantly diminishing biological wealth, utilisation of bioinoculants will be one of the promising alternatives as renewable resource for promoting organic vegetables. Here, an attempt has been made to highlight the potential microbial inoculants and their benefits in sustainable cultivation of organic vegetables.

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    Ranjit Chatterjee & Ravi Kiran Thirumdasu

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India

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Chatterjee, R., Roy, A., Thirumdasu, R.K. (2017). Microbial Inoculants in Organic Vegetable Production: Current Perspective. In: Zaidi, A., Khan, M. (eds) Microbial Strategies for Vegetable Production. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54401-4_1

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