| Abstrakt: |
This review focused on the beneficial effects of inoculant microorganisms on plant crops and their application in agriculture. Particular emphasis is given to the potential and current use of sustainable agricultural technologies to ensure food security and smart use of natural resources. The advantages of these technologies are: i) no harmful to the environment but, support the accordant development of ecosystems and, ii) lead to obtain healthy agricultural products. Some of the commonly promoted and used beneficial microorganisms in agriculture worldwide include species of Rhizobium, Mycorrhizae, Azospirillum, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Trichoderma, Streptomyces and many more. Beneficial effects such as suppressing pathogens and improved soil structure, nitrogen fixation, promotion of shoot and root growth, increasing nutrient availability, enhancing legume nodulation by rhizobia, and inducing systemic disease resistance have resulted from application of specific inoculant microorganism strains and may account for increased yields associated with their application. Several examples of commercial agro-inoculants application are summarized. Experiments on different crops from various regions of the world have shown encouraging prospects for practical application of these beneficial microorganisms to improve crop yield and soil fertility, thus avoiding many biotic and abiotic environmental factors and constraints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
