Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) association in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): A brief review

Abstract

Chemical fertilizers extensively used in soil fertilization directly affect environment and indirectly human health. The way out is the use of biofertilizers, of which arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are successfully being seen to be an effective replacement for improving both the establishment and subsequently growth of field crops. AMF and PGPRs used singly and also in combinations have shown significant improvements of various crops in the field. These and aspects related are already reviewed. Here an effort has been made to bring those of previous reviews, monographs, and other relevant literature, specifically in relation to the potato crop, to a single consolidation in brief, however, without losing the crux.