Comparative Study of -Based Plant Biofertilizers: A Proposed Index.

The market for bacteria as agricultural biofertilizers is growing rapidly, offering plant-growth stimulants; biofungicides; and, more recently, protectors against extreme environmental factors, such as drought. This abundance makes it challenging for the end user to decide on the product to use. In this work, we describe the isolation of a strain of (belonging to the operational group ) for use as a plant-growth-promoting rhizobacterium, a biofungicide, and a protector against drought.