Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics [1 ed.] 3642275141, 9783642275142

Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Probiotics for Plants: Importance of Rhizobacteria on Aboveground Fitness in Plants....Pages 1-14
Bacterial Inoculants for Field Applications Under Mountain Ecosystem: Present Initiatives and Future Prospects....Pages 15-44
Potential Use of Soil Microbial Community in Agriculture....Pages 45-64
Impact of Application of Biofertilizers on Soil Structure and Resident Microbial Community Structure and Function....Pages 65-77
The Impact of Mycorrhizosphere Bacterial Communities on Soil Biofunctioning in Tropical and Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems....Pages 79-95
Ecology of Bacterial Endophytes in Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 97-126
Strategies for the Exploration and Development of Biofertilizer....Pages 127-139
Endophytic Bacteria and Their Role in Legumes Growth Promotion....Pages 141-168
Role of PGPR Under Different Agroclimatic Conditions....Pages 169-183
Consortium of Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Future Perspective in Agriculture....Pages 185-200
Signals in the Rhizosphere and Their Effects on the Interactions Between Microorganisms and Plants....Pages 201-211
Role of Plant: Microbe Interactions in the Sustainable Development of Muga Sericulture....Pages 213-225
Arabidopsis as a Model System to Decipher the Diversity and Complexity of Plant Responses to Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria....Pages 227-249
Interactions of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria....Pages 251-267
PGPR-Mediated Systemic Resistance for Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 269-285
Potential of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 287-313
Contribution of N 2 Fixation for the World Agriculture....Pages 315-324
Plant Probiotics in Phosphorus Nutrition in Crops, with Special Reference to Rice....Pages 325-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-371