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- Gives a modern approach to the various facets of plant growth promoting and associative bacteria
- A valuable source of information for scientists in agriculture, agronomy, microbiology, botany, environmental sciences and soil biology
- Written by renowned scientists
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. An ecologically and economically sustainable strategy is the application of microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB). The use of these bio-resources for the enhancement of crop productivity is gaining worldwide importance.
"Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics" discusses the current trends and future prospects of beneficial microorganisms acting as Probiotics. Topics include the application for the aboveground fitness of plants, in mountain ecosystems, in tropical and Mediterranean forests, and in muga sericulture. Further aspects are Arabidopsis as a model system for the diversity and complexity of plant responses, plant parasitic nematodes, nitrogen fixation and phosphorus nutrition.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics
Editors: Dinesh K. Maheshwari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27515-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-27514-2Published: 20 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44664-1Published: 09 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-27515-9Published: 23 April 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 374
Topics: Bacteriology, Agriculture, Plant Physiology, Applied Microbiology