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Application of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria as an Eco-Friendly Strategy for Mitigating the Harmful Effects of Abiotic Stress on Plants

Ahmed Hassan Abdou^1,*, Omar Abdullah Alkhateeb², Hossam Eldin Hamed Mansour³, Hesham S. Ghazzawy⁴, Muayad Saud Albadrani⁵, Nadi Awad Al-harbi⁶, Wasimah B. Al-Shammari⁷, Khaled Abdelaal^8,*

1 Social Studies Department, College of Arts, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture & Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
3 Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences Department, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
4 Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawara, 42353, Saudi Arabia
6 Biology Department, University College of Tayma, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
7 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, P.O. Box 2440, Hail, 55476, Saudi Arabia
8 EPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Ahmed Hassan Abdou. Email: ; Khaled Abdelaal. Email: