You might benefit from this University of Wisconsin Extension publication with a very practical explanation and some references. The summary is this bacteria has demonstrated growth promoting activity which favors health. Secondly the bacteria is very effective in colonizing and competing with pathogenic bacterial and other microbes in the root rhizosphere region. Thirdly beside the production of growth factors, competition it does produce several antibiotics which are lethal agents to pathogens and finally there is much information now developing that the bacteria can trigger the systemic acquired resistance mechanism. One of growth promoting mechanisms associated with the bacteria is the capacity to solubilize Phosphorus this is very important is the potato crop which has a high Phosphorus requirement and is grown under low temperature regimes which dampen the natural soil solubilization of Phosphorus. Hope you find some good information.