Plant-Bacteria Interactions: Strategies and Techniques to Promote Plant Growth

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Plant-Bacteria Interactions: Strategies and Techniques to Promote Plant Growth

Editor(s): Iqbal Ahmad, John Pichtel, Shamsul Hayat

Published Online: 27 MAR 2008

Print ISBN: 9783527319015

Online ISBN: 9783527621989

DOI: 10.1002/9783527621989

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Here, an extremely experienced team of authors from five different continents provides a timely review of progress in the use and exploitation of soil bacteria to improve crop and plant growth. They present novel ideas on how to grow better, more successful crops, in an environmentally sound way, making this invaluable reading for those working in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological and agricultural industries.

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Front Matter (pages I–XVII)

    2. Chapter 1

      Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Screening Strategies of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) (pages 1–17)

      Jorge Barriuso, Beatriz Ramos Solano, José A. Lucas, Agustín Probanza Lobo, Ana García-Villaraco and Francisco J. Gutiérrez Mañero

    3. Chapter 2

      Physicochemical Approaches to Studying Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (pages 19–40)

      Alexander A. Kamnev

    4. Chapter 3

      Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) (pages 41–54)

      Beatriz Ramos Solano, Jorge Barriuso and Francisco J. Gutiérrez Mañero

    5. Chapter 4

      A Review on the Taxonomy and Possible Screening Traits of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (pages 55–80)

      Marina Rodríguez-Díaz, Belén Rodelas-Gonzalés, Clementina Pozo-Clemente, Maria Victoria Martínez-Toledo and Jesús González-López

    6. Chapter 5

      Diversity and Potential of Nonsymbiotic Diazotrophic Bacteria in Promoting Plant Growth (pages 81–109)

      Farah Ahmad, Dr. Iqbal Ahmad, Farrukh Aqil, Mohammad Saghir Khan and Dr. Samsul Hayat

    7. Chapter 6

      Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Colonization of a Plant by Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (pages 111–128)

      Christina D. Moon, Stephen R. Giddens, Xue-Xian Zhang and Robert W. Jackson

    8. Chapter 7

      Quorum Sensing in Bacteria: Potential in Plant Health Protection (pages 129–153)

      Dr. Iqbal Ahmad, Farrukh Aqil, Farah Ahmad, Maryam Zahin and Javed Musarrat

    9. Chapter 8

      Pseudomonas aurantiaca SR1: Plant Growth Promoting Traits, Secondary Metabolites and Crop Inoculation Response (pages 155–163)

      Marisa Rovera, Evelin Carlier, Carolina Pasluosta, Germán Avanzini, Javier Andrés and Susana Rosas

    10. Chapter 9

      Rice–Rhizobia Association: Evolution of an Alternate Niche of Beneficial Plant–Bacteria Association (pages 165–193)

      Ravi P. N. Mishra, Ramesh K. Singh, Hemant K. Jaiswal, Manoj K. Singh, Youssef G. Yanni and Frank B. Dazzo

    11. Chapter 10

      Principles, Applications and Future Aspects of Cold-Adapted PGPR (pages 195–212)

      Mahejibin Khan and Reeta Goel

    12. Chapter 11

      Rhamnolipid-Producing PGPR and Their Role in Damping-Off Disease Suppression (pages 213–233)

      Alok Sharma

    13. Chapter 12

      Practical Applications of Rhizospheric Bacteria in Biodegradation of Polymers from Plastic Wastes (pages 235–243)

      Ravindra Soni, Sarita Kumari, Mohd G. H. Zaidi, Yogesh S. Shouche and Reeta Goel

    14. Chapter 13

      Microbial Dynamics in the Mycorrhizosphere with Special Reference to Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (pages 245–256)

      Abdul G. Khan

    15. Chapter 14

      Salt-Tolerant Rhizobacteria: Plant Growth Promoting Traits and Physiological Characterization Within Ecologically Stressed Environments (pages 257–281)

      Dilfuza Egamberdiyeva and Khandakar R. Islam

    16. Chapter 15

      The Use of Rhizospheric Bacteria to Enhance Metal Ion Uptake by Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipe (Mart) (pages 283–303)

      Lai M. So, Alex T. Chow, Kin H. Wong and Po K. Wong

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      Index (pages 305–310)

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