Overview
- Most comprehensive list of latest research findings on agriculturally and industrially important microbial genus Bacillus and many species and strains under it
- Futures research direction on applied aspects encompassing genomics, post genomics, proteomics and metabolomics of the genus Bacillus
- Detailed illustration of modes of action of multiple Bacillus strains providing beneficial effects to plants and production of industrially important metabolites
Part of the book series: Bacilli in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Bioprospecting (BAAG)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The Gram-positive and spore-forming Bacilli are the most dominant group of bacteria that exist in various ecological niches on the earth. They represent one of the most important unmapped pools of biodiversity with immense potential of applications in agriculture, environment, and industry. As these bacteria are highly tolerant to stressful environment and enhance plant tolerance to harsh environment such as salinity, drought, and heavy metal toxicity, plant-associated Bacilli have high potential for promoting sustainable crop production. Many species of Bacilli are being commercially used as phytostimulator and biofertilizer. Some of them are applied as biopesticide for protecting crop plants from phytopathogens and insect pests. The Bacillus-based products are becoming popular in ecologically sound and climate resilient agricultural production system. In fact, Bacillus and allied species based formulations are already dominating the biopesticides market, although, to compete with other formulations and chemical alternatives, the biology of Bacillus had to be understood from perspective of such applications. Our understanding of the biology and molecular-basis of the beneficial effects of plant-associated Bacilli has greatly been progressed in recent years through genomics, metagenomics, post-genomics and metabolomics studies. The volume two of the series Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology comprehensively reviews and updates current knowledge of Bacilli as phytostimulant and biological control of plant pests. Better understanding the biology, ecology and mechanism of action of the beneficial strains of Bacilli will play a role in the development of products to support green biotechnology in agriculture and industries.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. M. Tofazzal Islam, Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agr Uni, Department of Biotechnology,
Dr. M. Mahfuz Rahman, West Virginia University
Prof. Piyush Pandey, Assam University, Department of Microbiology
Prof. Michael Henry Boehme, Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences
Prof. Geert Haesaert, Ghent University, Department Applied Biosciences
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology: Phytostimulation and Biocontrol
Book Subtitle: Volume 2
Editors: Md Tofazzal Islam, M. Mahfuz Rahman, Piyush Pandey, Michael Henry Boehme, Geert Haesaert
Series Title: Bacilli in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Bioprospecting
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15175-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15174-4Published: 02 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15177-5Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15175-1Published: 01 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2524-5120
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5139
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 335
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Bacteriology, Agriculture, Plant Biochemistry, Enzymology