Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interactions....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
The Importance of Microbiology in Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 5-6
Life of Microbes in the Rhizosphere....Pages 7-15
Life of Microbes on Aerial Plant Parts....Pages 17-24
Life of Microbes Inside the Plant....Pages 25-32
Microbial Cell Surfaces and Secretion Systems....Pages 33-44
Microbial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing....Pages 45-52
Bacterial Volatiles as Airborne Signals for Plants and Bacteria....Pages 53-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Phytopathogenic Bacteria....Pages 65-77
Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes....Pages 79-90
Phytopathogenic Nematodes....Pages 91-102
Herbivorous Insects—A Threat for Crop Production....Pages 103-114
Phytopathogenic Viruses....Pages 115-122
Induced Disease Resistance....Pages 123-133
Apologies to the Planet—Can We Restore the Damage?....Pages 135-144
Will the Public Ever Accept Genetically Engineered Plants?....Pages 145-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Microbial Control of Phytopathogenic Nematodes....Pages 155-164
Microbial Control of Root-Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes....Pages 165-173
Control of Insect Pests by Entomopathogenic Nematodes....Pages 175-183
 Bacillus thuringiensis -Based Products for Insect Pest Control....Pages 185-192
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Post Harvest Control....Pages 193-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
The Nitrogen Cycle....Pages 205-214
Biological Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 215-224
Phosphate Mobilisation by Soil Microorganisms....Pages 225-234
Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: The Lives of Beneficial Fungi and Their Plant Hosts....Pages 235-245
Plant Hormones Produced by Microbes....Pages 247-256
Stress Control and ACC Deaminase....Pages 257-264
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Water Management in Arid and Saline Soils....Pages 265-276
Rhizoremediation....Pages 277-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere Analyzed by Cultivation-Independent DNA-Based Methods....Pages 289-298
Visualization of Plant-Microbe Interactions....Pages 299-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Commercialisation of Microbes: Present Situation and Future Prospects....Pages 309-317
Commercialization of Microbes: Manufacturing, Inoculation, Best Practice for Objective Field Testing, and Registration....Pages 319-327
Towards a New Generation of Commercial Microbial Disease Control and Plant Growth Promotion Products....Pages 329-337
Important Organizations and Companies....Pages 339-342
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Trichoderma: A Multi-Purpose Tool for Integrated Pest Management....Pages 345-353
 Agrobacterium , The Genetic Engineer....Pages 355-361
Take-All Decline and Beneficial Pseudomonads....Pages 363-370
The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans , the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen....Pages 371-378
 Bacillus , A Plant-Beneficial Bacterium....Pages 379-391
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Soybean Production in the Americas....Pages 393-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Exploring the Feasibility of Transferring Nitrogen Fixation to Cereal Crops....Pages 403-410
The Minimal Rhizosphere Microbiome....Pages 411-417
The Edible Plant Microbiome: Importance and Health Issues....Pages 419-426
From Nodulation to Antibiotics....Pages 427-434
Back Matter....Pages 435-448