Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives: Volume 2: Microbial Interactions and Agro-Ecological Impacts

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
 Interaction Between Beneficial Bacteria and Sugarcane  (Guilherme Grodzki Oliveira Figueiredo, Valeria Rosa Lopes, Ricardo Cancio Fendrich, Vivian Jaskiw Szilagyi-Zecchin)....Pages 1-27
 Potential for Developing Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropical Andes by Making Use of Native Microbial Resources  (Luis Andrés Yarzábal, Eduardo J. Chica)....Pages 29-54
 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Improve Tolerance of Agricultural Plants to Cope Abiotic Stress Conditions  (Pablo Cornejo, Alex Seguel, Paula Aguilera, Sebastián Meier, John Larsen, Fernando Borie)....Pages 55-80
 The Actions of PGPR on Micronutrient Availability in Soil and Plant Under Calcareous Soil Conditions: An Evaluation over Fe Nutrition  (Muzaffer İpek, Ahmet Eşitken)....Pages 81-100
 Microbe-Mediated Induced Abiotic Stress Tolerance Responses in Plants  (Neveen B. Talaat, Bahaa T. Shawky)....Pages 101-133
 Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi (PGPF): Phytostimulation and Induced Systemic Resistance  (Md. Motaher Hossain, Farjana Sultana, Shaikhul Islam)....Pages 135-191
 Plant-Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Mechanisms and Their Ecological Benefits  (Kulandaivelu Velmourougane, Garima Saxena, Radha Prasanna)....Pages 193-219
 Strategies for Biological Control and Antagonisms  (Ane S. Simionato, Miguel O. P. Navarro, André R. Barazetti, Igor M. O. dos Santos, Flavia R. Spago, Andreas L. Chryssafidis et al.)....Pages 221-244
 Toward an Integrated Resource Management: Harnessing Trichoderma for Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture  (Sumita Pal, H. B. Singh, Deep Ranjan Sarkar, Ranjeet Singh Yadav, Amitava Rakshit)....Pages 245-256
 Cyanobacteria: Role in Agriculture, Environmental Sustainability, Biotechnological Potential and Agroecological Impact  (Shivam Yadav, Shweta Rai, Ruchi Rai, Alka Shankar, Shilpi Singh, L. C. Rai)....Pages 257-277
 Green Input in Agriculture: An Overview  (Pinkee Phukon, Joyashree Baruah, Debojit Kumar Sarmah, Brijmohan Singh Bhau)....Pages 279-305
 Harnessing the Plant Microbiome: A Key Towards Sustainable Agriculture  (Sanjana Kaul, Malvi Choudhary, Tanwi Sharma, Manoj K. Dhar)....Pages 307-322
 Trichoderma and Its Potential Applications  (Monika Jangir, Ritika Pathak, Satyawati Sharma)....Pages 323-339
 Potential Microbiological Approaches for the Remediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils  (R. Krishnamoorthy, V. Venkateswaran, M. Senthilkumar, R. Anandham, G. Selvakumar, Kiyoon Kim et al.)....Pages 341-366
 Phytoremediation and Rhizoremediation: Uptake, Mobilization and Sequestration of Heavy Metals by Plants  (Smita S. Kumar, Abudukeremu Kadier, Sandeep K. Malyan, Altaf Ahmad, Narsi R. Bishnoi)....Pages 367-394
 Beneficial Microbes for Disease Suppression and Plant Growth Promotion  (Mukesh Meena, Prashant Swapnil, Andleeb Zehra, Mohd Aamir, Manish Kumar Dubey, Jyoti Goutam et al.)....Pages 395-432
 Rhizoremediation of Environmental Contaminants Using Microbial Communities  (Ashish A. Prabhu, Sushma Chityala, Dharanidaran Jayachandran, Narendra Naik, Veeranki Venkata Dasu)....Pages 433-453
 Microbial Pesticides: Development, Prospects and Popularization in India  (D. V. Pathak, Rashmi Yadav, Mukesh Kumar)....Pages 455-471
 Potential of Beneficial Bacteria as Eco-friendly Options for Chemical-Free Alternative Agriculture  (Ch. Srinivasarao, M. Manjunath)....Pages 473-493
 Bacterial Rhizoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC)  (Jai Godheja, S. K. Shekhar, D. R. Modi)....Pages 495-519
 Biotechnology of Commercial Microbial Products  (Sushma Chityala, Vidhyadhar Nandana, Dharanidaran Jayachandran, Ashish A. Prabhu, Veeranki Venkata Dasu)....Pages 521-542
 Beneficial Plant-Microbes Interactions: Biodiversity of Microbes from Diverse Extreme Environments and Its Impact for Crop Improvement  (Priyanka Verma, Ajar Nath Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Dhananjaya Pratap Singh, Anil Kumar Saxena)....Pages 543-580
 Crop Genetic Engineering: An Approach to Improve Fungal Resistance in Plant System  (Saquib Mahmood, Nita Lakra, Avinash Marwal, N. M. Sudheep, Khalid Anwar)....Pages 581-591
 Fungi: An Effective Tool for Bioremediation  (Sachin Gupta, Anshu Wali, Moni Gupta, Sudheer Kumar Annepu)....Pages 593-606
 Commercial Microbial Products: Exploiting Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction  ( Pallavi, Dinesh Chandra, A. K. Sharma)....Pages 607-626
 Microbe-Mediated Biotic Stress Management in Plants  (Pooja Kannojia, P. K. Sharma, Abhijeet K. Kashyap, Nazia Manzar, Udai B. Singh, Kamal Chaudhary et al.)....Pages 627-648
 Microbial Interactions and Perspectives for Bioremediation of Pesticides in the Soils  (Ratna Prabha, D. P. Singh, M. K. Verma)....Pages 649-671
 Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria for Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture  (Abhijeet S. Kashyap, Vijay K. Pandey, Nazia Manzar, Pooja Kannojia, Udai B. Singh, P. K. Sharma)....Pages 673-693
 Belowground Microbial Crosstalk and Rhizosphere Biology  (Satyavir S. Sindhu, Anju Sehrawat, Ruchi Sharma, Anupma Dahiya, Aakanksha Khandelwal)....Pages 695-752
 Plant Interaction with Methylotrophic Communities  (Manish Kumar, Raghvendra Saxena, Rajesh Singh Tomar, Pankaj Kumar Rai)....Pages 753-763