Microbial inoculants: reviewing the past, discussing the present and previewing an outstanding future for the use of beneficial bacteria in agriculture

More than one hundred years have passed since the development of the first microbial inoculant for plants. Nowadays, the use of microbial inoculants in agriculture is spread worldwide for different crops and carrying different microorganisms. In the last decades, impressive progress has been achieved in the production, commercialization and use of inoculants. Nowadays, farmers are more receptive to the use of inoculants mainly because high-quality products and multi-purpose elite strains are available at the market, improving yields at low cost in comparison to chemical fertilizers. In the context of a more sustainable agriculture, microbial inoculants also help to mitigate environmental impacts caused by…

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  Fundacion Araucaria

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  Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

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  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
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  Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

  Awards: 400468/2016-6, 2014-2, 465133/2014-, 465133/2014-2, STI 043/2019, CNPq 465133/2014-2
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  Fundação Araucária

  Awards: 400468/2016-6, 465133/2014-2, 043/2019, STI 043/2019