Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable increase in agricultural production while keeping the environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a real challenge in current agricultural practices. Application of PGPR can help in meeting the expected demand for increasing agricultural productivity to feed the world’s booming population. Global concern over the demerits of chemicals in agriculture has diverted the attention of researchers towards sustainable agriculture by utilizing the potential of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). Use of PGPR as biofertilizers, biopesticides, soil, and plant health managers has gained considerable agricultural and commercial significance. 

The book Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture has contributions in the form of book chapter from 25 eminent global researchers, that discusses about the PGPRs and their role in growth promotion of various crop plants, suppression of wide range of phytopathogens, their formulation, effect of various factors on growth and performance of PGPR, assessment of diversity of PGPR through microsatellites and role of PGPR in mitigating biotic and abiotic stress.This book will be helpful for students, teachers, researchers, and entrepreneurs involved in PGPR and allied fields. The book will be highly useful to researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. 

Chapter 1. Diversity and Plant Growth Promoting Potential of Bacterial Endophytes in Rice Seeds.- Chapter 2. Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 3. The Biological Method of Increasing Seed Germination and Productivity of Grain Crops.- Chapter 4. Development and Formulation of Beneficial Rhizobacteria Consortia to Improve Soil Health and Agricultural Practice Sustainability in Indonesia.- Chapter 5. Biochemical Characterization of Microbials and their Effects on the Growth and Yield of Multiplier Onion (Allium ascalonicum L.) in the Philippines.- Chapter 6. Evaluation of The Side Effects of Nitrification Inhibiting Agrochemicals In Soils.- Chapter 7. Cyanobacteria from Sorghum bicolor Grown Fields of Ecopark at Cibinong Science Center-Botanic Gardens, Indonesia.- Chapter 8. Stimulation of Seed Germination and Growth Parameters of Rice var. Sahbhagi by Enterobacter cloacae in Presence of Ammonia Sulphate as Substitute of ACC.- Chapter 9. Impact of Biofertilizer on Crop Yield of Isabgol (Plantago ovata) and Senna (Cassia alexandrina).- Chapter 10. Evaluation of mixtures of beneficial microorganisms on Brassica chinensis, L.- Chapter 11. Characterization of Sugarcane Mosaic Disease and its Management with PGPR.- Chapter 12. Effect of Different Doses of Pendimethalin on Microbial Activities and Nodulation in Chickpea.- Chapter 13. Effect of Herbicide Application on Soil Microflora and Nutrient Status of Soil.- Chapter 14. Yield Maximization in Pigeonpea (cajanuscajan l. Millsp.) Through Application of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria.- Chapter 15. Financial Analysis of Biofertilizer Application: Case Study of Gliocompost Utilization on Red Chili Farming.- Chapter 16. Viability of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida and Rhizobium sp. as Liquid Bacterial Fertilizers In Various Formulated Carriers.- Chapter 17. Studies on the Performance of Coropulse on Blackgram.- Chapter 18. Microbial Surfactants and Their Significance in Agriculture.- Chapter 19. Compatibility Potential of Brassica Species and Mustard Seed Meal With Pseudomonas fluorescens for Biological Control of Soil-Borne Plant Diseases.- Chapter 20. Diversity Assessment of Antagonistic Trichoderma Species by Comparative Analysis of Microsatellites.- Chapter 21. Overview of bio-pesticides in Pakistan.- Chapter 22. Evaluation of Indigenous Fluorescent Pseudomonads for the Management of Newly Emerging Wilt of Pomegranate Caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata.- Chapter 23. Comparative Study of Indigenous and Non-indigenous Rhizobacterial Isolates to Induce the Resistance of Bunching Onion Against Spodoptera exigua (Hübner).- Chapter 24. Use of Bioinoculants in the Modulation of Volatile Organic Compound Emission Under Environmental Stresses for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 25. Salinity Resistance of Azotobacter Isolated from Saline Soil in West Java. 

Dr. Riyaz Sayyed is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s Arts, Science College, Shahada, Maharashtra, India. Currently, he serves as President of the Indian Chapter of the Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture. He has 15 years of research expertise in siderophore based PGPR and has authored 89 peer-reviewed research papers and 61 books. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards and honors from various research societies and the Government of India. In addition, he is an Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Sustainability (Springer). 

Dr. M.S. Reddy is a Founder and Chairman of the Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture, consultant for several national and international agencies, successful businessman, investor and entrepreneur. Over the past 40 years he has served as a Professor at the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, USA, and has established a body of multi-disciplinary, internationally recognized research in the area of PGPR and poverty alleviation. Dr. Reddy has received many prestigious awards from many countries around the world. In addition to having authored or co-authored over 250 publications, he serves as an Editor, Associate Editor and Reviewer for various journals. 

Dr. Sarjiya Antonious is Head of the Microbiology Laboratory, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia and currently serves as President of the Indonesian Chapter of the Asian PGPR Society. Has more than 15 years of research expertise in industrial biofertilizer development and has authored or co-authored many peer-reviewed papers in the fields of microbiology and soil biochemistry. A professional biofertilizer industrial consultant for biofertilizers, several of his inventions have been patented and adopted by national stakeholders and licensed for agro industries. He has received many prestigious awards, including a technology transfer (ALTEK) award and honors from international research organizations.