Alleviation of Abiotic Stress in Medicinal Plants by PGPR

摘要: The use of traditional medicine and medicinal plant is a normative practice for the maintenance good health in most developing countries. Interest plants as re-emerging aid has been fuelled by rising costs prescription drugs personal well-being these Medicinal face number biotic abiotic environmental stresses that have detrimental impact on growth development. Among various stresses, some major stress factors are salinity, flooding, heavy metals, drought, cold, soil compaction, mechanical impedance deficiency nutrient. Under conditions, several physiological imbalances such enhanced ethylene production nutritional hormonal imbalance may influence therapeutic traits plants. conventional approaches to mitigate associated with did not bring much success. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) group beneficial bacteria reside rhizosphere zone association roots different Application seeds or promotes protects from harmful effects multifarious factor. In addition, also characterised protect their host pathogenic microorganisms. role PGPR relation effect synthesis metabolites still unclear under condition. This chapter explains possible interactions, i.e. characteristics plant, types factor, response stress, alleviating stressful conditions. envisaged scope studies published date focusing improvement, biologically active compound contribution an inducer tolerance valuable