Importance of biodiversity in rhizosphere microbes for crop response and methods to assess the biodiversity

Abstract

Microbes play a vital role in influencing the quality and health of soil and plants. Several studies had led to understanding of diversity and structure in the plant rhizosphere: linking with Soil Microbial diversity to Modern Agriculture, amrita gupta et.al (2022); Influence of long-term fertilization on soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity, and bacterial and fungal community structure in a brown soil of northeast, China Peiyu Luo et.al (2013). The microbial population has many applications and advantages which are determined only through Long term fertilizer studies. Some of the methods used for assessing the biodiversity of these rhizosphere microbes are: 16s rRNA sequencing, DDGE, TDGE, SEM, etc. Some advantages of rhizosphere microbes are improved crop yield, fighting climate change with minimal soil and environmental degradation, the protection of human health for current and future generations, macro and micro-nutrient cycling for optimum agricultural growth, higher crop yield, and also prevents land degradation. In this article we will study about importance of biodiversity of rhizosphere microbes and various methods to identify the microbial population.