Biofertilizers function as key player in sustainable agriculture by improving soil fertility, plant tolerance and crop productivity

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bhardwaj, Deepak ^a   Ansari, Mohammad W ^a   Sahoo, Ranjan K ^a   Tuteja, Narendra ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Biofertilizer; Crop improvement; Environmental stress; Mode of action of biofertilizers; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GROWTH PROMOTOR; INDOLEACETIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE; RIBOFLAVIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SUBTILISIN; THIAMINE;

ACHROMOBACTER PIECHAUDII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AZOTOBACTER; BABUVIRUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTIC STRESS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD SAFETY; FUSARIUM WILT; GERMINATION; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; GOSSYPIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIOME; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC FARMING; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT TOLERANCE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TRIFOLII; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT GROWTH; SALT STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WATERMELON;

CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; RHIZOBIALES;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; MICROBIOTA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84900523852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-66     Document Type: Review

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