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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 48-59.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0608

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Screening of Plant Growth-promoting Rhizobacteria and Research Progress on Growth-Promoting Mechanisms

LIU Jiawen1(), GU Peiwen2, ZHANG Liang1,3(), ZHAO Zhipeng1, CAO Lingxiao1, YANG Qiong1   

  1. 1 College of Enology and Horticulture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021
    2 College of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021
    3 Engineering Research Center of Grape and Wine, Ministry of Education/Ningxia Engineering Technology Research Center of Grape and Wine, Yinchuan 750021
  • Received:2025-07-21 Revised:2025-12-11 Online:2026-06-25 Published:2026-06-23

Abstract:

The excessive application of chemical fertilizers has caused soil degradation and ecological pollution. The development of bio-green alternative technologies has become an urgent need for sustainable agricultural development. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the key biological resources for ecological cultivation, which can promote crop growth and stress resistance through nutrient activation, hormone regulation and signal communication. To clarify the application potential of PGPR to meet the cultivation needs of wine grapes in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, and to provide theoretical support for the construction of green agricultural biological solutions, this paper systematically reviews relevant domestic and international research. It summarizes the traditional single-strain screening methods and synthetic community construction strategies for PGPR, and reviews their core growth-promoting mechanisms (nutrient mobilization, root system regulation, hormone network modulation, and volatile substance-mediated effects), as well as the application of transcriptomics technology in the study of interaction mechanisms. The paper focuses on analyzing the interaction pathways between PGPR and host plants. The research indicates that PGPR can significantly increase crop yields (by 14.96% to 56.67%) and enhance stress resistance through multiple growth-promoting pathways, and a number of excellent strains and key functional genes have been identified. This paper points out that current research faces problems such as poor colonization stability of PGPR in the field and unclear molecular interaction mechanisms. It proposes that future research needs to combine multi-omics technologies to optimize microbial community formulations, strengthen field validation, and promote the sustainable application of PGPR in precision ecological agriculture.

Key words: plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), growth-promoting mechanism, synthetic microbial consortia, volatile substances (VOCs), rhizosphere interaction, transcriptomics

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