Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Pratik Raval, Dr. Jasmee R Patel, Dr. Naresh Chaudhary and Dr. Maitrik Joshi

Abstract:
Sustainable agriculture involves the successful management of agricultural resources to satisfy human needs while maintaining or enhancing environmental quality without exploiting the natural resources of future generations. The chemical fertilizers used in the agriculture to increase yields, kill pathogens, pests, and weeds, have a big harmful impact on the ecosystem. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) are a group of bacteria that enhances plant growth and development with no negative side effects. The productive efficiency of a specific PGPR may be further enhanced with the optimization and acclimatization according to the prevailing soil conditions. In future, they are expected to replace the chemical fertilizers, pesticides and artificial growth regulators which have numerous side-effects to sustainable agriculture. The important advances on plant-PGPR cooperation will be brought in the future by combining both ecology and functional biology approaches.