Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics [recurso electrónico] $c

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: Plant Probiotics__" discusses the current trends and future prospects of beneficial microorganisms acting as Probiotics. Topics include the application for the aboveground fitness of plants, in mountain ecosystems, in tropical and Mediterranean forests, and in muga sericulture. Further aspects are __Arabidopsis__ as a model system for the diversity and complexity of plant responses, plant parasitic nematodes, nitrogen fixation and phosphorus nutrition. 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 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: Plant Probiotics" discusses the current trends and future prospects of beneficial microorganisms acting as Probiotics. Topics include the application for the aboveground fitness of plants, applications in mountain ecosystems, in tropical and Mediterranean forests, and in muga sericulture. Further aspects are Arabidopsis as a model system for the diversity and complexity of plant responses, plant parasitic nematodes, nitrogen fixation and phosphorus nutrition Annotation 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: Plant Probiotics" discusses the current trends and future prospects of beneficial microorganisms acting as Probiotics. Topics include the application for the aboveground fitness of plants, in mountain ecosystems, in tropical and Mediterranean forests, and in muga sericulture. Further aspects are Arabidopsis as a model system for the diversity and complexity of plant responses, plant parasitic nematodes, nitrogen fixation and phosphorus nutrition