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Abstract
The agricultural sector has always been supremely concerned with the rapid increase of global population leading to a drastic upsurge in food demand. In past decades, with the adoption of the green revolution, the agricultural sector has been entirely dependent on extreme utilization of agrochemicals consisting of pesticides. This continuous practice with agrochemicals leads to deterioration of environmental health and resources. Hence, the current necessity is to conserve the environment without influencing crop productivity. Consequently, the innovation of the next revolution by using microbial inoculants to restrict agrochemical exploitation results in sustainable agriculture can be a neoteric approach. Thenceforth, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can play pertinent role in sustainable agriculture. These can be rhizospheric or endophytic depending upon their location in the host plant. Myriad of PGPR formulations are available in the market as microbial inoculants either as liquid or solid based carriers. The present review centralized the behavior of endophytic and rhizospheric PGPR in association with the plant, their growth promoting attributes; mechanisms of action and biocontrol activities. This review will provide the insight of plant–PGPR interactions for enhancing plant health and productivity in climate resilient agriculture.
Acknowledgment
The authors express their sincere thanks to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, Punjab, India.
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Correction Statement
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