Potassium Releasing Bacteria for Unlocking Soil Potassium- A Way Forward for Judicious Use of Chemical Fertilizers

Potassium (K) is one of the essential macronutrients required for plants and its availability to hampered due fixation with other ions. The Releasing Micro-organisms (KRMs) present in soil are capable converting fixed form potassium into an available K uptake. Most commonly potash releasing bacteria rhizosphere belong phylum Firmicutes, Proteobacteria Actinobacteria. These microbes produce organic acids, siderophores, biofilms insoluble a soluble form. They also some plant growth hormones, apart from providing abiotic biotic stress resistance which results enhanced yield quality traits crop. use KRMs as bio-fertilizer could decrease level application chemical fertilizers thereby reduce excess accumulation soil. presence sufficient numbers Potash Bacteria (KRB) would ease transformation processes.