Eco-friendly Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Crop Improvement

Author(s):  
K. V. B. R. Tilak ◽  
C. Manoharachary
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (03) ◽  
pp. 210-214
Author(s):  
Debnirmalya Gangopadhyay ◽  
Ashmita Ghosh

It is usually admitted that the chemical fertilizers and pesticides used in modern agriculture create a real environmental and public health problems. The increasing demand for production with a significant reduction of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides use is a big challenge nowadays. The use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria or PGPR has been proven to be an environmentally sound way of increasing crop yields by facilitating plant growth through either a direct or indirect mechanism. They play an important role to increase in soil fertility, plant growth promotion and suppression of phytopathogens for development of ecofriendly sustainable agriculture. In view of the latest advances in PGPR biotechnology, this paper proposes to do the review on PGPR in rhizosphere and describes the different mechanisms used by PGPR to promote the plants growth and health. In prospect to a healthy and sustainable agriculture, the PGPR approach revealed as one of the best ecofriendly alternatives.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (no 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Mary Swaroopa ◽  
R. Jaya Madhuri

Crop productivity and crop improvement are colloidal components as the demand of the increasing population, worldwide for the provision of food from crops require dedicated agricultural strategies that tend to lean on natural, available and, beneficial, easily reproducible means of products. In general, the soil components rich in organic matter that can avail rich microbial community initiates agricultural productivity in abundance and in the way to deduce it. But, commercially available chemical pesticides, pollution in the environment, biotic and abiotic constituents are found to be the key components that stress the crop productivity. This can be overtaken by the microbes that can function as both “bio-fertilizer” and “antagonistic” agents, mentioned as Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria(PGPR), as they present satisfactory, advantageous impact when ever required, due to their presence in the rhizospheric region, by providing nutrients uptake from soil and controlling the unnecessary hazardous bio-impact on plants .Present study relies on sustainable agricultural development that utilizes the bacteria from the rhizospheric region thereby recommending bio-formulation in the future to mobilize the unaware farmer for better productivity, free of devastating chemical components that enter the food chain via crop produced by using chemicals, and also by easy means without affecting the surrounding environment and human health. In this context, Sclerotium rolfsii, a deleterious pathogen that affects groundnut crops predominantly, how best can be prevented and can be suppressed by using beneficial PGPR is been studied.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 880-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Sarathambal ◽  
K. Ilamurugu ◽  
L. Srimathi Priya ◽  
K. K. Barman

In the context of increasing international concern for food security and environmental quality, the use of bioinoculants like diazotrophs and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for reducing chemical inputs in agriculture is a potentially important issue. The improvement in agricultural sustainability requires optimal use and management of soil fertility and soil physical properties, where both rely on soil biological processes and soil biodiversity. Biological nitrogen fixation by plant-associated bacteria is eco-friendly and has been effectively exploited for crop plants including legumes. Although associations of rhizobacteria with non-leguminous plants such as grasses have been known for decades, they have been poorly - studied. Weedy grass species normally thrive in adverse conditions and act as potential habitats for the diverse groups of elite bacteria with multiple beneficial characters remains unexplored. A more complete understanding of the diversity and functioning of rhizobacterial microorganisms, especially those that have symbiotic relationships with grass species is of great value for agricultural research and application.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Praptiningsih Gamawati Adinurani ◽  
Sri Rahayu ◽  
Nurul Fima Zahroh

Mikroba Bacillus subtilis merupakan agen pengendali hayati mempunyai kelebihan sebagai Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) yaitu dapat berfungsi sebagai biofertilizer, biostimulan, biodekomposer dan bioprotektan. Tujuan penelitian mengetahui potensi B. subtilis dalam merombak bahan organik sebagai usaha meningkatkan ketersediaan bahan organik tanah yang semakin menurun. Penelitian menggunakan Rancangan Petak Terbagi dengan berbagai  bahan organik sebagai petak utama (B0 = tanpa bahan organik, B1 = kotoran ayam,  B2 = kotoran kambing, B3 = kotoran sapi) dan aplikasi B.subtilis sebagai anak petak (A0 = 0 cc/L, A1 = 5cc/L, A2 = 10 cc/L, Pengamatan meliputi variabel tinggi tanaman, indeks luas daun, jumlah buah per tanaman, berat buah per tanaman, dan bahan organik tanah. Data pengamatan  dianalisis ragam  menggunakan  Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) versi 25 dan dilanjutkan dengan uji Duncan untuk mengetahui signifikansi perbedaan antar perlakuan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak terdapat interaksi antara bahan organik kotoran ternak dan konsentrasi B. subtilis terhadap semua variabel pengamatan. Potensi B. subtilis sangat baik dalam mendekomposisi bahan organik yang ditunjukkan dengan peningkatan bahan organik, dan hasil terbaik pada kotoran  sapi (B3) dan konsentrasi B. subtilis 15 mL/L masing-masing sebesar 46.47 % dan 34.76 %. Variabel pertumbuhan tidak berbeda nyata kecuali tinggi tanaman dengan pertambahan tinggi paling banyak pada pemberian kotoran kambing sebesar 170.69 %.


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