Plant Growth Promoting Actinobacteria A New Avenue for Enhancing the Productivity and Soil Fertility of Grain Legumes /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Subramaniam, Gopalakrishnan (Editor), Arumugam, Sathya (Editor), Rajendran, Vijayabharathi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Agriculture.; Plant biochemistry.; Microbial ecology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Applied Microbiology.

Global yields of legumes have been relatively stagnant for the last five decades, despite the adoption of conventional and molecular breeding approaches. The use of plant growth-promoting (PGP) bacteria for improving agricultural production, soil and plant health has become one of the most attractiv...