Principles of plant-microbe interactions : microbes for sustainable agriculture /: microbes for sustainable agriculture. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ben Lugtenberg, editor.
• Editors: Lugtenberg, Ben, 1941-
• Contents: Introduction to plant-microbe interactions -- Part I: Introductory chapters. The importance of microbiology in sustainable agriculture -- Life of microbes in the rhizosphere -- Life of microbes on aerial plant parts -- Life of microbes inside the plant -- Microbial cell surfaces and secretion systems -- Microbial biofilms and quorum sensing -- Bacterial volatiles as airborne signals for plants and bacteria -- Part II: Phytopathogens and pest insects. Phytopathogenic bacteria -- Plant pathogenic fungi and oomycetes -- Phytopathogenic nematodes -- Herbivorous insects: a threat for crop production -- Phytopathogenic viruses -- Induced disease resistance -- Apologies to the planet---can we restore the damage? -- Will the public ever accept genetically engineered plants? -- Part III: Control of plant diseases and pests using beneficial microbes. Microbial control of phytopathogenic nematodes -- Microbial control of root-pathogenic fungi and oomycetes -- Control of insect pests by entomopathogenic nematodes -- Bacillus thuringiensis-based products for insect pest control -- Post harvest control -- Part IV: Plant growth promotion by microbes. The nitrogen cycle -- Biological nitrogen fixation -- Phosphate mobilisation by soil microorganisms -- Arbuscular mycorrhizas: the lives of beneficial fungi and their plant host -- Plant hormones produced by microbes -- Stress control and acc deaminase -- Plant-microbe interactions and water management in arid and saline soils -- Rhizoremediation -- Part V: Important technologies. Microbial communities in the rhizosphere analyzed by cultivation-independent DNA-based methods -- Visualization of plant-microbe interactions -- Part VI: Products for plant growth-promotion and disease suppression. Commercialisation of microbes: present situation and future prospects -- Commercialization of microbes: manufacturing, inoculation, best practice for objective field testing, and registration -- Towards a new generation of commercial microbial disease control and plant growth promotion products -- Important organizations and companies -- Part VII: Paradigms in plant-microbe interactions. Trichoderma: a multi-purpose tool for integrated pest management -- Agrobacterium, the genetic engineer -- Take-all decline and beneficial pseudomonads -- The oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish potato famine pathogen -- Bacillus, a plant-beneficial bacterium -- Soybean production in the Americas -- Part VIII: Future prospects and dreams. Exploring the feasibility of transferring nitrogen fixation to cereal crops -- The minimal rhizosphere microbiome -- The edible plant microbiome: importance and health issues -- From nodulation to antibiotics.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 448 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 579.178; Life sciences; Plant-microbe relationships; Plant diseases; Phytopathogenic microorganisms; Plants -- Microbiology; Sustainable agriculture; Plant Ecology; Microbiology; Plant physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology; Phytopathogenic microorganisms; Plant diseases; Plant-microbe relationships; Plants -- Microbiology; Sustainable agriculture; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Microbiology (non-medical); Plant physiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Plant ecology; Plants -- microbiology; Life Sciences; Plant Ecology; Microbiology; Plant Physiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319085753; 3319085751
• Related ISBNs: 9783319085746; 3319085743
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed December 7, 2015).
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