ABSTRACT
Plant–microbe interaction protects the plant from various phytopathogens. Over time, the demand for horticultural products has increased significantly across the globe. The increasing human population requires more agricultural produce. Recently, the increased usage of inorganic fertilizers has deteriorated the soil quality. The uncontrolled usage of inorganic compounds has led to various health hazards and contaminated ground water. Hence, there is a need to adopt sustainable methods to limit the excessive use chemical fertilizers use and to adopt bioinoculants such as biological nitrogen fixers (BNF), plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), phosphate-solubilizing microbes (PSM), and vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM), which are time-tested and eco-friendly approaches.
