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Agricultural Reviews, volume 35 issue 3 (september 2014) : 159-171

PHOSPHATE SOLUBILISING MICROORGANISMS: ROLE IN PHOSPHORUS NUTRITION OF CROP PLANTS- A REVIEW

Deepshikha Thakur*, Rajesh Kaushal, Vineet Shyam
1Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173 230, India.
Cite article:- Thakur* Deepshikha, Kaushal Rajesh, Shyam Vineet (2025). PHOSPHATE SOLUBILISING MICROORGANISMS: ROLE IN PHOSPHORUS NUTRITION OF CROP PLANTS- A REVIEW . Agricultural Reviews. 35(3): 159-171. doi: 10.5958/0976-0741.2014.00903.9.

ABSTRACT

Phosphorus is the least mobile nutrient element in plant and soil compared to other essential macronutrients. Root development, stalk, stem strength, flower, seed formation, crop maturity, N-fixation in legumes and crop quality are the attributes associated with phosphorus (P) nutrition. Phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms play role in P nutrition by enhancing its availability to plants through release from inorganic and organic soil P pools by solubilization and mineralization. Principal mechanism in soil for P solubilization is lowering of soil pH by microbial production of organic acids and mineralization of organic P by acid phosphatases. Use of phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms alone or in combination with other beneficial bacteria and mycorrhiza as inoculants increase prospects of direct application of rock phosphate (RP) in P uptake and crop production.

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