Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture (eBook)

Sustainable increase in agricultural production while keeping the environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a real challenge in current agricultural practices. Application of PGPR can help in meeting the expected demand for increasing agricultural productivity to feed the world's booming population. Global concern over the demerits of chemicals in agriculture has diverted the attention of researchers towards sustainable agriculture by utilizing the potential of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). Use of PGPR as biofertilizers, biopesticides, soil, and plant health managers has gained considerable agricultural and commercial significance. 

The book Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture has contributions in the form of book chapter from 25 eminent global researchers, that discusses about the PGPRs and their role in growth promotion of various crop plants, suppression of wide range of phytopathogens, their formulation, effect of various factors on growth and performance of PGPR, assessment of diversity of PGPR through microsatellites and role of PGPR in mitigating biotic and abiotic stress.This book will be helpful for students, teachers, researchers, and entrepreneurs involved in PGPR and allied fields. The book will be highly useful to researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. 

Dr. Riyaz Sayyed is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal's Arts, Science College, Shahada, Maharashtra, India. Currently, he serves as President of the Indian Chapter of the Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture. He has 15 years of research expertise in siderophore based PGPR and has authored 89 peer-reviewed research papers and 61 books. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards and honors from various research societies and the Government of India. In addition, he is an Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Sustainability (Springer). 

Dr. M.S. Reddy is a Founder and Chairman of the Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture, consultant for several national and international agencies, successful businessman, investor and entrepreneur. Over the past 40 years he has served as a Professor at the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, USA, and has established a body of multi-disciplinary, internationally recognized research in the area of PGPR and poverty alleviation. Dr. Reddy has received many prestigious awards from many countries around the world. In addition to having authored or co-authored over 250 publications, he serves as an Editor, Associate Editor and Reviewer for various journals. 

Dr. Sarjiya Antonious is Head of the Microbiology Laboratory, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia and currently serves as President of the Indonesian Chapter of the Asian PGPR Society. Has more than 15 years of research expertise in industrial biofertilizer development and has authored or co-authored many peer-reviewed papers in the fields of microbiology and soil biochemistry. A professional biofertilizer industrial consultant for biofertilizers, several of his inventions have been patented and adopted by national stakeholders and licensed for agro industries. He has received many prestigious awards, including a technology transfer (ALTEK) award and honors from international research organizations. 

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Sustainable increase in agricultural production while keeping the environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a real challenge in current agricultural practices. Application of PGPR can help in meeting the expected demand for increasing agricultural productivity to feed the world's booming population. Global concern over the demerits of chemicals in agriculture has diverted the attention of researchers towards sustainable agriculture by utilizing the potential of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). Use of PGPR as biofertilizers, biopesticides, soil, and plant health managers has gained considerable agricultural and commercial significance. The book Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture has contributions in the form of book chapter from 25 eminent global researchers, that discusses about the PGPRs and their role in growth promotion of various crop plants, suppression of wide range of phytopathogens, their formulation, effect of various factors on growth and performance of PGPR, assessment of diversity of PGPR through microsatellites and role of PGPR in mitigating biotic and abiotic stress.This book will be helpful for students, teachers, researchers, and entrepreneurs involved in PGPR and allied fields. The book will be highly useful to researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.