Table 2.

Phosphate solubilizing bacteria as biofertilizer

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)	Host plant	Effect	Reference
Azotobacter chroococcum	Wheat	Better performance with phosphate-solubilizing mutants	Nosheen et al. (2021)
Bacillus megaterium	Sugarcane	Yield and yield components of sugarcane growing in pots are promoted	Chungopast et al. (2021)
Bradyrhizobium japonicum	Soybean	Reduces negative impacts of drought stress on the growth efficiency of soybean plants	Sheteiwy et al. (2021)
Pantoea agglomerans	Tomato	Improved growth	Mei et al. (2021)
Pseudomonas fluorescens	Sweet potato	Increased yield	Santana-Fernández et al. (2021)
Rhizobium leguminosarum	Faba bean	Enhanced production of faba bean	Fikadu (2022)