eng Enviro Research Publishers Current Agriculture Research Journal 2347-4688 2321-9971 2013-08-27 1 1 35 38 484 article Sartaj A. Wani 1 Subhash Chand 1 Tahir Ali 1 Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Research on Azotobacter chroococcum spp. in crop production has manifested its significance in plant nutrition and its contribution to soil fertility. The possibility of using Azotobacter chroococcum in research experiments as microbial inoculant through production of growth substances and their effects on the plant has markedly enhanced crop production in agriculture. Being soil bacteria, Azotobacteria genus synthesizes auxins, cytokinins, and GA–like substances, and these growth materials are the primary substances controlling the enhanced growth. These hormonal substances, which originate from the rhizosphere or root surface, affect the growth of the closely associated higher plants. In order to guarantee the high effectiveness of inoculants and microbiological fertilizers it is necessary to find the compatible partners, i.e. a particular plant genotype and a particular Azotobacter strain that will form a good association. http://www.agriculturejournal.org/volume1number1/potential-use-of-azotobacter-chroococcum-in-crop-production-an-overview/ Azotobacter Chroococcum Inoculant Microbiological Fertilizer Plant