Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The Nature of Sustainable Agriculture

   • Andrew D. Noble, Sawaeng Ruaysoongnern

   Pages 1-25

3. The Microbiology of Natural Soils

   • Teri C. Balser, Devin Wixon, Lindsey K. Moritz, Laura Lipps

   Pages 27-57

4. Soil Microbiology and Nutrient Cycling

   • David W. Hopkins, Jennifer A. J. Dungait

   Pages 59-80

5. The Role of Microbial Communities in the Formation and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter

   • Leo Condron, Christine Stark, Maureen O’Callaghan, Peter Clinton, Zhiqun Huang

   Pages 81-118

6. Intimate Associations of Beneficial Soil Microbes with Host Plants

   • Oksana Y. Shtark, Alexey Y. Borisov, Vladimir A. Zhukov, Nikolay A. Provorov, Igor A. Tikhonovich

   Pages 119-196

7. Soil-Borne Pathogens and Their Interactions with the Soil Environment

   • Geoffrey R. Dixon, Emma L. Tilston

   Pages 197-271

8. The Impact of Land-Use Practices on Soil Microbes

   • Emma L. Tilston, Tom Sizmur, Geoffrey R. Dixon, Wilfred Otten, Jim A. Harris

   Pages 273-295

9. The Effects of Plant Breeding on Soil Microbes

   • Petra Marschner, Zed Rengel

   Pages 297-314

10. Utilizing Soil Microbes for Biocontrol

    • Alison Stewart, Michael Brownbridge, Robert A. Hill, Trevor A. Jackson

    Pages 315-371

11. How Will Climate Change Impact Soil Microbial Communities?

    • Teri C. Balser, Jessica L. M. Gutknecht, Chao Liang

    Pages 373-397

12. Evaluating the Economic and Social Impact of Soil Microbes

    • Harpinder S. Sandhu, Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta, Stephen D. Wratten

    Pages 399-417

13. Back Matter

    Pages 419-436

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Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often complex inter-relationships are being explored with increasing success providing exciting opportunities for increasing crop yields and quality in sustainable harmony with the populations of beneficial soil microbes and to the detriment of pathogens. This book explores current knowledge for each of these aspects of soil microbiology and indicates where future progress is most likely to aid in increasing crop productivity by means which are environmentally benign and beneficial.

• Bio-control
• Economics
• Marsch
• Pathogen
• Pathology
• Sustainable
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Symbiosis
• crop plants
• crop yield
• microbe
• microbiology
• quality
• soil

• , School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  Geoffrey R. Dixon

• Scottish Universities Environmental Rese, East Kilbride, United Kingdom

  Emma L. Tilston

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