Chapter 4
Endophytic Bacteria: Role in Phosphate
Solubilization
Abhishek Walia, Shiwani Guleria, Anjali Chauhan and Preeti Mehta
Abstract The worldwide need to increase agricultural and horticultural production
from a consistently diminishing and degraded land resource has set remarkable strain
in light of agro biological systems. The current methodology is to keep up and
enhance agricultural and horticultural productivity only by means of the utilization of
chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Despite the fact that the utilization of chemical
fertilizers is credited with almostfifty percent of increase in agricultural production
yet they are closely associated with environmental contamination and health prob-
lems in human beings and animals. Microbial assorted qualities in the soil are viewed
as critical for keeping up for the manageability of agriculture and horticulture sys-
tems. Nonetheless, the connections between microbial differences and environmental
processes are not surely known. Rhizosphere soil strongly affects a range of proce-
dures influencing crop yield. Rhizobacteria that are present inside plant roots, framing
more close associations, are known as endophytes. These endophytes are likewise
called intracellular plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) microorganisms
dwelling inside plant cells, producing nodules and being present inside these specific
structures. These incorporate an extensive variety of soil microorganisms framing
less formal relationship than the rhizobia-legume advantageous interaction called
symbiosis, endophytes may empower plant development, directly or indirectly and
incorporate the rhizobia. In this review, we essentially concentrate on the plant
development by Phosphate solubilization furthermore by different means.
Phosphorus is normally lacking in most characteristic soils since it is settled as
A. Walia
Department of Microbiology, DAV University, Jalandhar, India
S. Guleria
Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India
A. Chauhan
Department of Soil Science and Water Management, Dr. YSPUH & F, Solan,
Himachal Pradesh, India
P. Mehta (&)
DBT-IOC Centre, R&D, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Sec-13, Faridbad,
Haryana 121007, India
e-mail: [email protected]
©Springer International Publishing AG 2017
D.K. Maheshwari and K. Annapurna (eds.),Endophytes: Crop Productivity
and Protection, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 16,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-66544-3_4
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