Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Productivity

By Dinesh K. Maheshwari

Book Overview

Endophytic Bacteria: A Biotechnological Potential in Agrobiology System.- Beneficial Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria on Improved Crop Production: the Prospectus for Africa, Asia, South America and other Developing Economies.- Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for the Improvement of Certain Commercially Grown Medicinal Plants.- Rhizosphere Bacteria from Coastal Sand Dunes and their Applications in Agriculture.- Plant Associated Bacteria in Nitrogen Nutrition in Crops, with Special Reference to Rice and Banana.- Potential of Rhizobia in Productivity Enhancement of Macrotyloma uniflorum L. and Phaseolus vulgaris L. cultivated in Western Himalaya.- Root Nodule and Rhizosphere Bacteria for Legume Growth Promotion and Disease Management.- Bio-inoculants: Understanding Chickpea Rhizobia in Providing Sustainable Agriculture.- Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) as Zinc Mobilizers: Promising Approach for Cereals Biofortification.- Functional Aspects of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria: Impotence in Crop Production.- Siderophores in Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria.- Role of Microbial Siderophores in Improving Crop Productivity in Wheat.- Induction of Plant Defense Response and its Impact on Productivity.- Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Plant Immunity.- Integrated Disease Management in Groundnut for Sustainable Productivity.- The Effect of Volatile Metabolites from Rhizobacteria on Arabidopsis thaliana.- Exopolysaccharides of Paenibacillus polymyxa Rhizobacteria in Plant-Bacterial Interactions.- Interactions in Rhizosphere for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals .- The Green Remediation: State of the Phytoinhabitants in Bridging the Gap Between Plant Peruasiveness and Chemical Remediation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642372406
• ISBN13: 9783642372407
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 507 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"