Azotobacter: A potential bio-fertilizer for soil and plant health management

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Rose Rizvi¹  Rizwan Ali Ansari²  Aisha Sumbul³  Irshad Mahmood³ 

[1] Section of Plant Pathology, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India;Corresponding author at: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.;Section of Plant Pathology, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India;

关键词: Stressor;    Agroecosystem;    Siderophores;    PGPR and phytohormone;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Stressor (biotic as well as abiotic) generally hijack the plant growth and yield characters in hostile environment leading to poor germination of the plants and yield. Among the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, Azotobacter spp. (Gram-negative prokaryote) are considered to improve the plant health. Various mechanisms are implicated behind improved plant health in Azotobacter spp. inoculated plants. For example, acceleration of phytohormone like Indole-3-Acetic Acid production, obviation of various stressors, nitrogen fixation, pesticides and oil globules degradation, heavy metals metabolization, etc. are the key characteristics of Azotobacter spp. action. In addition, application of this bacteria has also become helpful in the reclamation of soil suggesting to be a putative agent which can be used in the transformation of virgin land to fertile one. Application of pesticides of chemical origin are being put on suspension mode as the related awareness program is still on. As far as the limitations of this microbe is concerned, commercial level formulations availability is still a great menace. Present review has been aimed to appraise the researchers pertaining to utility of Azotobacter spp. in the amelioration of plant health in sustainable agroecosystem. The article has been written with the target to gather maximum information into single pot so that it could reach to the dedicated researchers.

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