The Recent Use of Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria to Promote the Growth of Agricultural Food Crops

Lucy Reed () and Bernard R. Glick ()
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Lucy Reed: Bayer CropScience Inc., 810-180 Kent St., Ottawa, ON K1P 0B6, Canada
Bernard R. Glick: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-24

Abstract: In the past 15–20 years, the employment of Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) to facilitate the growth of agricultural food crops has increased dramatically. These beneficial soil bacteria, whose use and demonstrations of efficacy have previously been largely limited to the laboratory, have now been shown to be effective under field conditions. In addition, the mechanisms that these bacteria utilize to facilitate plant growth are now mostly well characterized. Moreover, several companies across the globe have commercialized a number of PGPB and there is every indication that this trend will continue to grow. As a consequence of these developments, in this review article, a large number of recent reports on the successful testing of many different types of PGPB and their effects on various food crops is discussed.

Keywords: plant-growth-promoting bacteria; PGPB; commercialized PGPB; organic agriculture; plant growth; plant stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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