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Microbial Strategies for Crop Improvement

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Editors:
  1. Mohammad Saghir Khan

    1. Fac. Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  2. Almas Zaidi

    1. Fac. Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  3. Javed Musarrat

    1. Fac. Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  • Gives balanced and up-to-date information on the potential application of microbes in crop improvement

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Use of Microorganisms to Facilitate the Growth of Plants in Saline Soils

    • Elisa Gamalero, Graziella Berta, Bernard R. Glick
    Pages 1-22

  3. Recent Advances in Plant Growth Promotion by Phosphate-Solubilizing Microbes

    • Almas Zaidi, Mohammad Saghir Khan, Munees Ahemad, Mohd Oves, P. A. Wani
    Pages 23-50

  4. Developing Beneficial Microbial Biofilms on Roots of Non legumes: A Novel Biofertilizing Technique

    • Gamini Seneviratne, RMMS Thilakaratne, APDA Jayasekara, KACN Seneviratne, KRE Padmathilake, MSDL De Silva
    Pages 51-62

  5. Role of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase in Rhizobium–Legume Symbiosis

    • Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A Al Khedhairy, Saud Al-Arifi, Mohammad Saghir Khan
    Pages 63-83

  6. Strategies for Crop Improvement in Contaminated Soils Using Metal-Tolerant Bioinoculants

    • Anju Rani, Reeta Goel
    Pages 85-104

  7. Functional Diversity Among Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: Current Status

    • Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, P. A. Wani, Munees Ahemad, Mohammad Oves
    Pages 105-132

  8. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Sustainable Agriculture

    • Azeem Khalid, Muhammad Arshad, Baby Shaharoona, Tariq Mahmood
    Pages 133-160

  9. Soil Health – A Precondition for Crop Production

    • Niharendu Saha, Biswapati Mandal
    Pages 161-184

  10. Recent Advances in Biopesticides

    • Parvez Qamar Rizvi, Rummana A. Choudhury, Arshad Ali
    Pages 185-203

  11. Benefits of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Sustainable Crop Production

    • M. Vosátka, J. Albrechtová
    Pages 205-225

  12. Enhancement of Rhizobia–Legumes Symbioses and Nitrogen Fixation for Crops Productivity Improvement

    • Hamdi Hussein Zahran
    Pages 227-254

  13. Monitoring the Development of Nurse Plant Species to Improve the Performances of Reforestation Programs in Mediterranean Areas

    • R. Duponnois, M. Hafidi, J. Thioulouse, A. Galiana, L. Ouahmane, B. Dreyfus et al.
    Pages 255-265

  14. Pea Cultivation in Saline Soils: Influence of Nitrogen Nutrition

    • Etelvina Figueira
    Pages 267-286

  15. Plant Growth-Promoting Diazotrophs and Productivity of Wheat on the Canadian Prairies

    • Anthony O. Anyia, Daniel J. Archambault, Carols J. Bécquer, Jan J. Slaski
    Pages 287-300

  16. Factors Affecting the Variation of Microbial Communities in Different Agro-Ecosystems

    • Munees Ahemad, Almas Zaidi, Md Saghir Khan, Mohammad Oves
    Pages 301-324

  17. Strategies for Utilizing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms for Enhanced Phosphate Uptake and Growth of Plants in the Soils of the Tropics

    • Nelson Walter Osorio, Mitiku Habte
    Pages 325-351

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 353-358
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With an ever-increasing human population, the demand placed upon the agriculture sector to supply more food is one of the greatest challenges for the agrarian community. In order to meet this challenge, environmentally unfriendly agroch- icals have played a key role in the green revolution and are even today commonly recommended to circumvent nutrient de?ciencies of the soils. The use of ag- chemicals is, though, a major factor for improvement of plant production; it causes a profound deteriorating effect on soil health (soil fertility) and in turn negatively affects the productivity and sustainability of crops. Concern over disturbance to the microbial diversity and consequently soil fertility (as these microbes are involved in biogeochemical processes), as well as economic constraints, have prompted fun- mental and applied research to look for new agro-biotechnologies that can ensure competitive yields by providing suf?ciently not only essential nutrients to the plants but also help to protect the health of soils by mitigating the toxic effects of certain pollutants. In this regard, the role of naturally abundant yet functionally fully unexplored microorganisms such as biofertilizers assume a special signi?cance in the context of supplementing plant nutrients, cost and environmental impact under both conventional practices and derelict environments. Therefore, current devel- ments in sustainability involve a rational exploitation of soil microbial communities and the use of inexpensive, though less bio-available, sources of plant nutrients, which may be made available to plants by microbially-mediated processes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

    Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, Javed Musarrat

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