Abstract
Soil is a dynamic living matrix which serves as a potential resource of food and agricultural applications. It is also a matrix for maintenance of life processes. Sustainable agriculture today has become an indispensable move for plant health which is continuously and invariably affected by pathogenic organisms. These pathogenic organisms have become a major and chronic threat to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem stability worldwide. Increase in yield, growth of plants, and protection from weeds and pathogens contribute to plant health by enormous use of chemical fertilizers. However the use of such chemical fertilizers has also lead to the side effects of agrochemicals. With respect to these considerations and public concerns about side effects of agrochemicals, today there is an urgent need for the biological agents which could be accepted worldwide. The use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is a better alternative to resolve this problem. PGPR exerts potential health benefits to plant health thereby playing important role in increasing soil fertility, plant growth promotion, and suppression of phytopathogens in order to build an eco-friendly sustainable agriculture. This review provides an eco-friendly approach to increase crop production and plant health by growth-promoting rhizobacteria with global applicability.
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