Agriculturally Important Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2: Applications in Crop Production and Protection

A greater understanding of how plants and microbes live together and benefit each other can therefore provide new strategies to improve plant productivity, in most sustainable way. To achieve the objective of sustainable agricultural practices there is a need for understanding both basic and applied...

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Other Authors: Meena, Vijay Singh (Editor), Mishra, Pankaj Kumar (Editor), Bisht, Jaideep Kumar (Editor), Pattanayak, Arunava (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Microbes for Sustainable Food Production
  • Chapter 1. Importance of Microbes in Nutrient Use Efficiency and Sustainable Food Production
  • Chapter 2. Nutrient Solubilizing Microbes (NSMs): Its Role in Sustainable Crop Production
  • Chapter 3. Implementation of Biofortification Technology by Using PGPR for Sustainable Agricultural Production
  • Chapter 4. Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Chapter 5. Paenibacillus polymyxa-a Prominent Biofertilizer and Biocontrol Agent for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Chapter 6. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Their Role in Plant Nutrition in Sustainable Agriculture
  • Part 2. Microbes for Sustainable Crop Protection
  • Chapter 7. Role of Pseudomonas sp. in Sustainable Agriculture and Disease Management. Chapter 8. Role of Nutrients in Controlling the Plant Diseases in Sustainable Agriculture
  • Chapter 9. Integrated Mechanisms of Plant Disease Containment by Rhizospheric Bacteria: Unraveling the Signal Cross-talk Between Plant and Fluorescent Pseudomonas
  • Chapter 10. Towards Plant Defense Mechanisms Against Root Pathogens
  • Chapter 11. Attempts for Biological Control of Ralstonia solanacearum by Using Beneficial Microorganisms
  • Chapter 12. Prospect and Potential of Burkholderia sp. Against Phytophthora capsici Leonian, A Causative Agent for Foot Rot Sisease of Black Pepper