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Endophytic Microorganisms: Promising Candidate as Biofertilizer

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Microorganisms for Green Revolution

Part of the book series: Microorganisms for Sustainability ((MICRO,volume 6))

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The microbial community inhabits plants on the surface as well as inside the plant tissues as epiphytes and endophytes, respectively. The endophytic microbial community is not recovered as epiphytic microbial communities, but both are playing a very important role in plant growth promotion and as a unique biofertilizer for agricultural fields. These microbial communities are associated with several plant growth-promoting attributes and therefore enhance plant growth and agricultural yields. The endophytic bacterial and fungal communities are isolated from different plant parts by taking plant tissues during isolation processes. Stem tissues, leaf tissues and mostly roots are taken for the recovery and isolation of endophytic microorganisms. Endophytic microorganisms are very unique in their functionality and abundance. High GC-containing bacterial communities (actinomycetes), low GC-containing bacteria (firmicutes) and methylotrophic bacterial and fungal communities are generally present as endophytes in the plant tissues. The current compilation will emphasize the role of the above-said microbial communities as biofertilizers in agricultural fields as well as their abundance. The antiquity about different microbial endophytes will provide an insight to elaborate their effect, promotion and sustainability to agriculture.

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Manish Kumar, Raghvendra Saxena and Rajesh Singh Tomar wish to express their sincere gratitude to Dr. Ashok Kumar Chauhan, President, RBEF parent organization of Amity University Madhya Pradesh (AUMP), for providing necessary facilities as well as valuable support.

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    Manish Kumar, Raghvendra Saxena & Rajesh Singh Tomar

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  1. Department of Agricultural Microbiology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India

    Deepak G. Panpatte

  2. Department of Agricultural Microbiology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India

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Kumar, M., Saxena, R., Tomar, R.S. (2017). Endophytic Microorganisms: Promising Candidate as Biofertilizer. 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_4

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