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Modern agriculture lost its sustainability owing to excess use of chemical fertilizers and harmful pesticides further leading to higher cost of cultivation, declined food security and safety, and finally the reduction in soil fertility. Food safety concerns among consumers, increase of interest in residue-free agricultural productivity, and ease of registration compared with chemical contemporaries paved the way to focus research on the production of biofertilizers and biopesticides. Plant growth-promoting bacteria is gaining importance in promoting plant health and growth as its symbiotic association with plant increases the bioavailability of phosphorus and nitrogen and water uptake, resists pests, and improves production of phytohormones. Hence, there arises a great need for sustainable agriculture by the use of biofertilizers and biopesticides for which the collaboration of microbiologists, plant breeders, plant pathologists, and agronomists is needed so as to develop innovative techniques of organic farming further protecting soil fertility. |
