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Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Constraints in Bioformulation, Commercialization, and Future Strategies

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Plant Growth and Health Promoting Bacteria

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Bioformulations for plant growth promotion continue to inspire research and development in many fields. Increase in soil fertility, plant growth promotion, and suppression of phytopathogens are the targets of the bioformulation industry that leads to the development of ecofriendly environment. The synthetic chemicals used in the agriculture to increase yields, kill pathogens, pests, and weeds, have a big harmful impact on the ecosystem. But still the chemicals rule the agroindustry. The aim of the review is to assess the constraints associated with the effective development of bioinoculant industry particularly in developing countries. Another objective of the review is to evaluate what should be explored in the future to uplift the stature of the bioinoculants. Bioformulations offer an environmentally sustainable approach to increase crop production and health, contributing substantially in making the twenty-first century the age of biotechnology.

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Thanks are due to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, Council of Science & Technology, Lucknow and UCOST, Dehradun, India. Authors are grateful to Vice Chancellor, CSJM University, Kanpur, India for their support.

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Arora, N.K., Khare, E., Maheshwari, D.K. (2010). Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Constraints in Bioformulation, Commercialization, and Future Strategies. In: Maheshwari, D. (eds) Plant Growth and Health Promoting Bacteria. Microbiology Monographs, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13612-2_5

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