Plant - growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), well known as bene/icial microorganisms controlling soil-borne diseases and maintaining soil ecological quality, should havebroad prospects of development. In this review, recent advanceson themechanisms of PGPR controlling soil-borne diseases were summarized, including production of antibiotics and hydrolyzing enzymes, releasing volatile gases, inducing resistance, secreting iron carriers and hormones, fixing nitrogen and releasingphosphorus, and so on. In addition, the mechanisms of PGPR coloni...