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Metagenomic Approaches in Understanding the Mechanism and Function of PGPRs: Perspectives for Sustainable Agriculture

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The rationale of this article especially emphasizes the potential contributions of metagenomics to the study of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) which play an important role in the sustainable agriculture. Several studies are currently focused to unravel the molecular mechanism implicated in plant–microbe interactions to comprehend the functionality of PGPRs. In this context, researchers are presently using advanced molecular techniques, modern sequencing technologies, and metagenomics, to explore the structural and functional aspects of genes that analyze the protein composition. Metagenomics has a huge prospective to endow with fundamental knowledge on plant–microbe interactions necessary for new innovations to increase sustainable agricultural productivity. This review summarizes the main features of PGPRs in sustainable agriculture and gives a brief outlook on the recent trends in plant–microbe metagenomics. It also critically discusses the current knowledge of plant–soil–microbe-mediated interactions and the impact of enhanced genomic technologies and our perception to understand how these relationships impact plant performance and sustainable improvement of plant productivity. Metagenomic applications in framework of plant–microbe interactions are also highlighted that profit from these novel technologies.

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Bramhachari, P.V., Nagaraju, G.P., Kariali, E. (2017). Metagenomic Approaches in Understanding the Mechanism and Function of PGPRs: Perspectives for Sustainable Agriculture. In: Meena, V., Mishra, P., Bisht, J., Pattanayak, A. (eds) Agriculturally Important Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5589-8_8

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