Climate resilient microbes in sustainable crop production

Abstract

Climate change poses a great threat to the sustainability in agricultural crop production. Such circumstances demand the use of improved agricultural practices, environment friendly and climate resilient technologies. Microorganisms, being ubiquitous and abundant in the soil environment, are the key players regulating the earth’s biogeochemical systems. The enormous potential of these microbes is being recognized and scientific community around the globe is involved in significant research towards the selection and commercialization of the microbes of biotechnological and environmental relevance. These microbes may be helpful in sustainable crop production by providing protection to plants from harmful pests and pathogens, by enhancing plant growth, by alleviating environmental and nutritional stresses, thus facilitating plants to cope up with the different abiotic and biotic stress conditions in view of the changing climatic scenario and alleviating its dire consequences.