Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Stress Management: Volume 1: Rhizobacteria in Abiotic Stress Management (Microorganisms for Sustainability, 12)

"Increasing agro productivity to feed a growing global population under the present climate scenario requires optimizing the use of resources and adopting sustainable agricultural production. This can be achieved by using plant beneficial bacteria, i.e., those bacteria that enhance plant growth under abiotic stress conditions, and more specifically, microorganisms such as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), which are the most promising candidates in this regard. Attaining sustainable agricultural production while preserving environmental quality, agro-ecosystem functions and biodiversity represents a major challenge for current agricultural practices; further, the traditional use of chemical inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, nutrients etc.) poses serious threats to crop productivity, soil fertility and the nutritional value of farm produce. Given these risks, managing pests and diseases, maintaining agro-ecosystem health, and avoiding health issues for humans and animals have now become key priorities. The use of PGPR as biofertilizers, plant growth promoters, biopesticides, and soil and plant health managers has attracted considerable attention among researchers, agriculturists, farmers, policymakers and consumers alike. Using PGPR can help meet the expected demand for global agricultural productivity to feed the world's booming population, which is predicted to reach roughly 9 billion by 2050. However, to do so, PGPR strains must be safe for the environment, offer considerable plant growth promotion and biocontrol potential, be compatible with useful soil rhizobacteria, and be able to withstand various biotic and abiotic stresses. Accordingly, the book also highlights the need for better strains of PGPR to complement increasing agro-productivity. ." - Prové de l'editor Front Matter ....Pages i-xx The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria to Modulate Proline Biosynthesis in Plants for Salt Stress Alleviation (Shamim Ahmed, Aritra Roy Choudhury, Poulami Chatterjee, Sandipan Samaddar, Kiyoon Kim, Sunyoung Jeon et al.)....Pages 1-20 Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria and Salinity Stress: A Journey into the Soil (Bahman Fazeli-Nasab, R. Z. Sayyed)....Pages 21-34 Dark Septate Endophytes and Their Role in Enhancing Plant Resistance to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses (Iman Hidayat)....Pages 35-63 Rhizobacteria and Abiotic Stress Management (Naeem Khan, Asadullah, Asghari Bano)....Pages 65-80 Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: Benign and Useful Substitute for Mitigation of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Jyoti Singh, Prachi Singh, Shatrupa Ray, Rahul Singh Rajput, Harikesh Bahadur Singh)....Pages 81-101 Rhizospheric Microflora: A Natural Alleviator of Drought Stress in Agricultural Crops (J. Patel Priyanka, R. Trivedi Goral, K. Shah Rupal, Meenu Saraf)....Pages 103-115 Quorum Sensing Molecules of Rhizobacteria: A Trigger for Developing Systemic Resistance in Plants (Mahejibin Khan, Prachi Bhargava, Reeta Goel)....Pages 117-138 Zinc-Solubilizing Bacteria: A Boon for Sustainable Agriculture (Ashok Kumar, Savita Dewangan, Pramod Lawate, Indra Bahadur, Srishti Prajapati)....Pages 139-155 Rhizobacteria as Bioprotectants Against Stress Conditions (F. Pereira)....Pages 157-177 Rhizobacteria for Reducing Heavy Metal Stress in Plant and Soil (Biplab Dash, Ravindra Soni, Reeta Goel)....Pages 179-203 Pesticide Residues in the Soil Cause Cross-Resistance Among Soil Bacteria (Rangasamy Kirubakaran, Athiappan Murugan, Nowsheen Shameem, Javid A. Parray)....Pages 205-218 Psychrotrophic Microbes: Biodiversity, Mechanisms of Adaptation, and Biotechnological Implications in Alleviation of Cold Stress in Plants (Ajar Nath Yadav, Divjot Kour, Sushma Sharma, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan, Bhanumati Singh, Vinay Singh Chauhan et al.)....Pages 219-253 Drought-Tolerant Phosphorus-Solubilizing Microbes: Biodiversity and Biotechnological Applications for Alleviation of Drought Stress in Plants (Divjot Kour, Kusam Lata Rana, Ajar Nath Yadav, Neelam Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Amit Kumar et al.)....Pages 255-308 Role of PGPR for Alleviating Aluminum Toxicity in Acidic Soil (Jintu Dutta, Utpal Bora)....Pages 309-326 Rhizobacteria: Legendary Soil Guards in Abiotic Stress Management (Afreen Khan, R. Z. Sayyed, Sonia Seifi)....Pages 327-343 Rhizobacteria–Plant Interaction, Alleviation of Abiotic Stresses (R. K. Singh, Prahlad Masurkar, Sumit Kumar Pandey, Suman Kumar)....Pages 345-353 Role of Rhizobacteria in Drought Tolerance (Meghmala Waghmode, Aparna Gunjal, Neha Patil, Neelu Nawani)....Pages 355-362