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Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics

  • Gives a modern approach to the various facets of plant growth promoting and associative bacteria
  • A valuable source of information for scientists in agriculture, agronomy, microbiology, botany, environmental sciences and soil biology
  • Written by renowned scientists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Probiotics for Plants: Importance of Rhizobacteria on Aboveground Fitness in Plants

    • Carla Spence, Emily Alff, Deepak Shantharaj, Harsh Bais
    Pages 1-14
  3. Potential Use of Soil Microbial Community in Agriculture

    • Noshin Ilyas, Asghari Bano
    Pages 45-64
  4. Impact of Application of Biofertilizers on Soil Structure and Resident Microbial Community Structure and Function

    • Shilpi Sharma, Rashi Gupta, Gaurav Dugar, Ashok K. Srivastava
    Pages 65-77
  5. The Impact of Mycorrhizosphere Bacterial Communities on Soil Biofunctioning in Tropical and Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems

    • Robin Duponnois, Ezékiel Baudoin, Jean Thioulouse, Mohamed Hafidi, Antoine Galiana, Michel Lebrun et al.
    Pages 79-95
  6. Ecology of Bacterial Endophytes in Sustainable Agriculture

    • Pablo Hardoim, Riitta Nissinen, Jan Dirk van Elsas
    Pages 97-126
  7. Strategies for the Exploration and Development of Biofertilizer

    • Chiu-Chung Young, Fo-Ting Shen, Sonu Singh
    Pages 127-139
  8. Endophytic Bacteria and Their Role in Legumes Growth Promotion

    • Tania Taurian, Fernando Ibáñez, Jorge Angelini, María Laura Tonelli, Adriana Fabra
    Pages 141-168
  9. Role of PGPR Under Different Agroclimatic Conditions

    • Anju Rani, Reeta Goel
    Pages 169-183
  10. Consortium of Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Future Perspective in Agriculture

    • Piyush Pandey, Sandeep Bisht, Anchal Sood, Abhinav Aeron, G. D. Sharma, D. K. Maheshwari
    Pages 185-200
  11. Signals in the Rhizosphere and Their Effects on the Interactions Between Microorganisms and Plants

    • N. S. Paulucci, J. C. Vicario, A. B. Cesari, M. B. García, M. S. Dardanelli, W. F. Giordano
    Pages 201-211
  12. Role of Plant: Microbe Interactions in the Sustainable Development of Muga Sericulture

    • Bala Gopalan Unni, Basabrani Devi, Yelena Kakoty, Sawlang Borsingh Wann, Archana Borah, Pallavi Dowarah
    Pages 213-225
  13. Interactions of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

    • Zaki A. Siddiqui, Rukshima Nesha, Neelu Singh, Subha Alam
    Pages 251-267
  14. Potential of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture

    • R. Z. Sayyed, M. S. Reddy, K. Vijay Kumar, S. K. R. Yellareddygari, A. M. Deshmukh, P. R. Patel et al.
    Pages 287-313
  15. Contribution of N2 Fixation for the World Agriculture

    • André Luís Braghini Sá, Armando Cavalcante Franco Dias, Manoel de Araújo Teixeira, Rosana Faria Vieira
    Pages 315-324
  16. Plant Probiotics in Phosphorus Nutrition in Crops, with Special Reference to Rice

    • Md. Tofazzal Islam, Md. Motaher Hossain
    Pages 325-363
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 365-371

About this book

The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. An ecologically and economically sustainable strategy is the application of microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB). The use of these bio-resources for the enhancement of crop productivity is gaining worldwide importance.

 "Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics" discusses the current trends and future prospects of beneficial microorganisms acting as Probiotics. Topics include the application for the aboveground fitness of plants, in mountain ecosystems, in tropical and Mediterranean forests, and in muga sericulture. Further aspects are Arabidopsis as a model system for the diversity and complexity of plant responses, plant parasitic nematodes, nitrogen fixation and phosphorus nutrition.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Botany Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri Univ., Haridwar (U.K.), India

    Dinesh K. Maheshwari

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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