Role of Potassium (K) Solubilising Microbes (KSM) in Growth and Induction of Resistance against Biotic and Abiotic Stress in Plant: A Book Review Mukherjee Arpan1,*, Gaurav Anand Kumar1, Singh Saurabh1, Chouhan Gowardhan Kumar1, Kumar Akhilesh1, Das Somenath2 1Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding author email id: arpan.mukherjee55@gmail.com
Online published on 17 February, 2020. Abstract During green revolution, the basic target was to feed people without caring for the environment and soil health, so the random use of chemicals destroyed the natural texture of soil, reduced the soil fertility. A lot of scientists around the world reported that deprivation of available nutrients in soil affect the plant health and yield that directly lead to increase the chances of perception of disease in human by reducing the immunity power. Now a days, soil fertility and health are going to decrease so the major nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) should be needed for sustainable agriculture. In this review, our focus on potassium (K) nutrient which is very important for providing strength and immunity to plant under stress conditions. This element is naturally present in soil but in unavailable form. For solubilising potassium complex compound if need efficient microbial strains for solubilising complex compound of potassium into available form for potassium which is easily uptake by plants. This review is the summary and zest of the books: Potassium Solubilising Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture. This book mainly discusses about the current critical situation of available soluble potassium (K) in agricultural soil systems and the alternative methods to overcome this situation by the use of microbes for a green and healthy environment for enhancing sustainable agriculture. Top Keywords Sustainable agriculture, Potassium solubilising microorganisms, Plant health, Soil health. Top |