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The Importance and Application of Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agricultural Crop Production Ecosystems

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Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity ((SDEB,volume 1))

Abstract

Soil inhabiting bacteria are integral to global biogeochemical cycles and influence nutrient cycling and mineral solubilization important to soil health, and crop productivity. Soil bacteria directly impact plant fitness as pathogens, beneficial mutualists, and indirectly as decomposers, or through antagonistic activity against plant pathogens. Moreover, such beneficial bacteria have the capacity to produce plant hormones and induce systemic disease resistance responses in plants. This chapter discusses bacterial diversity and its role in sustainable agriculture in crop ecosystems. The chapter also addresses the potential role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), biological control agents (BCAs) and the significance of bacterial community diversity associated with soil borne plant disease suppression in sustainable agricultural crop production. The influence of herbicide resistant crop rotation systems on soil bacterial diversity is discussed. Current culture-independent approaches to study bacterial diversity, and directions for future applied research in agricultural production systems are also discussed.

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Rosenzweig, N. (2014). The Importance and Application of Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agricultural Crop Production Ecosystems. In: Maheshwari, D. (eds) Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05936-5_13

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