Microbial Probiotics for Agricultural Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Review Articles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Cyclic di-GMP Regulation in Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions

      • Daniel Pérez-Mendoza, Juan Sanjuán

      Pages 3-17

   3. NADPH Oxidases Have Key Roles in Mutulistic Associations with Rhizobia or with Mycorrhizal Fungi in Root Legumes

      • Jesús Montiel, Carmen Quinto

      Pages 19-28

   4. Linking Ammonia Volatilization with Moisture Content and Abundance of Nitrification and Denitrification Genes in N-Fertilized Soils

      • Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa, Jesús González-López, Antonio Vallejo, Eulogio J. Bedmar

      Pages 29-43

   5. Azospirillum as Biofertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture: Azospirillum brasilense AZ39 as a Model of PGPR and Field Traceability

      • Anahí Coniglio, Verónica Mora, Mariana Puente, Fabricio Cassán

      Pages 45-70

   6. The Potential of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in the Sustainability of Agro-Forestry Ecosystems

      • Isabel Videira e Castro, Márcia de Castro Silva, Concepción Fernandez, Belén Colavolpe, Helena Machado

      Pages 71-82

   7. Challenges, Regulations and Future Actions in Biofertilizers in the European Agriculture: From the Lab to the Field

      • Marcia Barquero, Raquel Pastor-Buies, Beatriz Urbano, Fernando González-Andrés

      Pages 83-107

3. Original Research Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. PGPR Characterization of Non-Nodulating Bacterial Endophytes from Root Nodules of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.

      • Renzo A. Valdez-Nuñez, Rony Castro-Tuanama, Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa, Eulogio J. Bedmar, Winston F. Ríos-Ruiz

      Pages 111-126

   3. Endophytic Bacteria from Passiflora incarnata L. Leaves with Genetic Potential for Flavonoid Biosynthesis

      • Marcela Cristina Goulart, Luis Gabriel Cueva-Yesquén, Derlene Attili-Angelis, Fabiana Fantinatti-Garboggini

      Pages 127-139

   4. Isolation and Characterization of Antifungal Secondary Metabolites Produced by Rhizobacteria from Common Bean

      • Miriam Memenza-Zegarra, Doris Zúñiga-Dávila

      Pages 141-153

   5. Rhizobia Promote Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Growth: First Evidence in Cuba

      • Ionel Hernández Forte, María C. Nápoles García

      Pages 155-168

   6. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and PGPR Applications in Tropical Savannas

      • Edith Mora, Danilo Lopez-Hernández, Marcia Toro

      Pages 169-177

   7. Early Effects of Land Use Intensity on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Rice-Soybean Rotations

      • Andrea Rodríguez-Blanco, Matías Giménez

      Pages 179-191

   8. Evaluation of Bioproducts and Mycorrhizal Inoculation in Asian Soybean Rust Control, Nutrient Leaf Contents and Yield Under Field Conditions

      • André Riedi Barazetti, Ane Stéfano Simionato, Miguel Octavio Pérez Navarro, Mickely Liuti Dealis, Jean Marcos Soares Matos, Flúvio Modolon et al.

      Pages 193-204

   9. Effect of Inoculation with Glomeromycota Fungi and Fertilization on Maize Yield in Acid Soils

      • Eliecer Cabrales, Danilo Lopez-Hernández, Marcia Toro

      Pages 205-212

   10. Sustainability of Potato Farms and Use of Microbial Inoculants in the Central Coast of Peru

       • Sergio Eduardo Contreras-Liza, Huberto Noriega-Córdova, Alberto Valenzuela-Muñoz, Sady García-Bendezú, Doris Zúñiga-Dávila

       Pages 213-226

   11. Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria and In Vitro Antagonistic Activity on Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.)

       • Nora Vera-Obando, Katty Ogata-Gutiérrez, Doris Zúñiga-Dávila

       Pages 227-237

   12. Combined Application of Microbial and Non-Microbial Biostimulants to Improve Growth of Peanut Plants Exposed to Abiotic Stresses

       • Ana Furlan, Eliana Bianucci, Micaela Sequeira, Lucía Álvarez, Juan Manuel Peralta, Carina Valente et al.

       Pages 239-256

The book is a comprehensive compilation of the most recent advances in the practical approach of the use of microbial probiotics for agriculture. Unlike the rest of the publications about biofertilizers, this book bridges the gap between the lab studies (molecular, physiological, omics, etc.) and the agronomic application.

• microbial probiotics
• Agriculture
• microorganisms for agriculture
• agronomic application
• microorganisms

• Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología-Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru

  Doris Zúñiga-Dávila, Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo

• Research Group IQUIMAB, Institute of Environment Natural Resources and Biodiversity, University of León, León, Spain

  Fernando González-Andrés

Doris Zúñiga-Dávila is Principal Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru). She is head of the the Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology lab and coordinator of the Ph.D. Program of Biological Science and Engineering. Her research interests are primary directed towards the study on the microbiology, physiology, molecular biology and ecology of nitrogen-fixing and plant growth promoting microorganisms. She has published many papers and several book chapters and serves as reviewer in journals.Fernando González-Andrés is Professor of Plant Production at the University of León (Spain). He also teaches as Visiting Professor, in other foreign Universities as the "Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo" (México). He is member of the Resarch Group Environmental and Chemical Engeneering and Bioprocesses (IQUIMAB -Spain), recognised as a Consolidated Research Unit, being the leader of the research line "Biofertlizers for SustainableAgriculture".
As an Agricultural Engineer PhD, his resarch interest is focused in the agronomical aspect of the Microbial Plant Biostimulants. With this approach, his research topics consists on  the development and opimization of efficient formulations based on elite bacteria strains, for crops biostimulation and biocontrol of diseases, focusing on the genetic basis of the superiority of elite strains, and in the genetic approach of the interaction plant-microorganism. He is also involved in the assessment of the environmental impact of fertilizers in soil microbiota by a metataxonomic approach . The engineering process of plant biostimulatns production is part of his research interests, in colaboration with other members of the group IQUMAB.

He has published 48 Scientific papers in Intenational journals indexed in the SCI, 13 book chapters and has edited or co-edited 7 books, in scientifically recognised publishers. He is co-author of one internationalpatent about a microbial plant biostimulant for mineral fertilizers.  Moreover he has publisehd 14 articles for the dissemniation of scientific knowledge. He serves also as Associate Editor in two international scientific journals. 

Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo is Principal Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru) and is a researcher at the Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology lab. His research interests are primary in biotechnology, biodiversity and microbial genomics, specifically on plant-microbe interactions and on evolution, phylogeny and taxonomy of bacteria. He has published 56 papers and 6 book chapters. He is editor of the Systematic and Applied Microbiology journal and reviewer in several journals.

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