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Biofertilizer Application in Horticultural Crops

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India is the second largest producer of horticultural crops in the world. But the productivity and quality need to be enhanced to fulfil the demand of increasing population. It needs ecofriendly technology which can increase production for ensuring national food security and sustainable production system. Excessive use of non-renewable exhaustive petroleum product-based chemicals in horticultural production system and their residual effect on soil, environment and human health is very harmful. Ecofriendly, cost-effective and organic-based inputs such as botanical pesticides, biofertilizers, FYM, vermicompost, biogas slurry, disease and pest-resistant varieties in cultivation of horticultural crops will be safeguarding soil health and quality production. The use of various bioinoculants like Azotobacter, Azospirillum and VAM along with PGPRs not only will supplement various nutrients in the soil but also improve the quality and quantity of fruits.

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  1. CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Regional Research Station, Bawal, Rewari, Haryana, 123501, India

    D. V. Pathak

  2. CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bawal, Rewari, Haryana, 123501, India

    Mukesh Kumar

  3. Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India

    Kusum Rani

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Pathak, D.V., Kumar, M., Rani, K. (2017). Biofertilizer Application in Horticultural Crops. In: Panpatte, D., Jhala, Y., Vyas, R., Shelat, H. (eds) Microorganisms for Green Revolution. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 6. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6241-4_11

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