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Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Ecosystems

  • 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, applied microbiology, plant protection, environmental sciences and soil ecology

  • Written by renowned scientists

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Emerging Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Agrobiology

    • Abhinav Aeron, Sandeep Kumar, Piyush Pandey, D. K. Maheshwari
    Pages 1-36
  3. Bacillus as PGPR in Crop Ecosystem

    • Ankit Kumar, Anil Prakash, B. N. Johri
    Pages 37-59
  4. Endophytic Bacteria: Perspectives and Applications in Agricultural Crop Production

    • M. Senthilkumar, R. Anandham, M. Madhaiyan, V. Venkateswaran, Tongmin Sa
    Pages 61-96
  5. Commercial Potential of Microbial Inoculants for Sheath Blight Management and Yield Enhancement of Rice

    • K. Vijay Krishna Kumar, M. S. Reddy, J. W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, X. G. Zhou, D. E. Groth et al.
    Pages 237-264
  6. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Fundamentals and Exploitation

    • Clara Pliego, Faina Kamilova, Ben Lugtenberg
    Pages 295-343
  7. PGPR in Coniferous Trees

    • Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, Rafael Leandro de Figueiredo Vasconcellos, Carlos Marcelo Ribeiro, Marina Yumi Horta Miyauchi
    Pages 345-359
  8. Perspectives of PGPR in Agri-Ecosystems

    • Meenu Saraf, Shalini Rajkumar, Tithi Saha
    Pages 361-385
  9. Ecofriendly Management of Charcoal Rot and Fusarium Wilt Diseases in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

    • Sandeep Kumar, Abhinav Aeron, Piyush Pandey, Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari
    Pages 387-405
  10. Crop Health Improvement with Groundnut Associated Bacteria

    • Swarnalee Dutta, Manjeet Kaur, Appa Rao Podile
    Pages 407-430
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 431-434

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: Crop Ecosystems describes the beneficial role of plant growth promoting bacteria with special emphasis on oil yielding crops, cereals, fruits and vegetables. Chapters present studies on various aspects of bacteria-plant interactions, soil-borne and seed-borne diseases associated with food crops such as rice, sesame, peanuts, and horticultural crops. Further reviews describe technologies to produce inoculants, the biocontrol of post harvest pathogens as a suitable alternative to agrochemicals, and the restoration of degraded soils.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Botany Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar (Uttarakhand), India

    Dinesh K. Maheshwari

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