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Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture

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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2776-2

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 V.S. Meena, R.S. Meena, J.P. Verma, B.R. Maurya (Eds.)
Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable
Agriculture

▶ Comprehensive compilation of potassium solubilizing microbes and

their role in sustainable agriculture
▶ Focuses on both the basic and applied aspects of potassium
solubilizing microorganisms (KSMs)
▶ Highlights mechanisms of potassium solubilization in crop plants

The potassium solubilizing microorganisms (KSMs) are a rhizospheric microorganism

which solubilizes the insoluble potassium (K) to soluble forms of K for plant growth
and yield. K-solubilization is carried out by a large number of saprophytic bacteria
(Bacillusmucilaginosus, B. edaphicus, B. circulans, Acidothiobacillus ferrooxidans,
Paenibacillus spp.) and fungal strains (Aspergillus spp. and Aspergillus terreus). Major
amounts of K containing minerals (muscovite, orthoclase, biotite, feldspar, illite, mica) are
1st ed. 2016, X, 352 p. 51 illus., 42 illus. in present in the soil as a fixed form which is not directly taken up by the plant.
color.
Nowadays most of the farmers use injudicious application of chemical fertilizers for
achieving maximum productivity. However, the KSMs are most important microorganisms
Printed book for solubilizing fixed form of K in soil system. The KSMs are an indigenous rhizospheric
Hardcover microorganism which show effective interaction between soil-plant systems. The
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potassium fertilizer as chemical form has been recorded in agriculture for enhancing crop
yield. Most of the farmers use only nitrogen and phosphorus and not the K fertilizer due to
eBook unawareness that the problem of K deficiency occurs in rhizospheric soils. The K fertilizer is
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