Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions - Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture

The use of microbial plant protection products is growing and their importance will strongly increase due to political and public pressure. World population is growing and the amount of food needed by 2050 will be double of what is produced now whereas the area of agricultural land is decreasing. We must increase crop yield in a sustainable way. Chemical plant growth promoters must be replaced by microbiological products. Also here, the use of microbial products is growing and their importance will strongly increase. A growing area of agricultural land is salinated. Global warming will increase this process. Plants growth is inhibited by salt or even made impossible and farmers tend to disuse the most salinated lands. Microbes have been very successfully used to alleviate salt stress of plants. Chemical pollution of land can make plant growth difficult and crops grown are often polluted and not suitable for consumption. Microbes have been used to degrade these chemical pollutants.

List of contents

1. Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Part I. Introductory Chapters.- 2. The Importance of Microbiology in Sustainable Agriculture.- 3. Life of Microbes in the Rhizosphere.- 4. Life of Microbes on Aerial Plant Parts.- 5. Life of Microbes Inside the Plant.- 6. Microbial Cell Surfaces and Secretion Systems.- 7. Microbial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing.- 8. Bacterial Volatiles as Airborne Signals for Plants and Bacteria.- Part II. Phytopathogens and Pest Insects.- 9. Phytopathogenic Bacteria.- 10. Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes.- 11. Phytopathogenic Nematodes.- 12. Herbivorous Insects - a Threat for Crop Production.- 13. Phytopathogenic Viruses.- 14. Induced Disease Resistance.- 15. Apologies to the Planet - Can we Restore the Damage?.- 16. Will the Public ever Accept Genetically Engineered Plants?.- Part III. Control of Plant Diseases and Pests using Beneficial Microbes.- 17. Microbial Control of Phytopathogenic Nematodes.- 18. Microbial Control of Root-Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes.- 19. Control of Insect Pests by Entomopathogenic Nematodes.- 20. Bacillus thuringiensis-based Products for Insect Pest Control.- 21. Post Harvest Control.- Part IV. Plant Growth Promotion by Microbes.- 22. The Nitrogen Cycle.- 23. Biological Nitrogen Fixation.- 24. Phosphate Mobilisation by Soil Microorganisms.- 25. Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: the Lives of Beneficial Fungi and their Plant Host.- 26. Plant Hormones Produced by Microbes.- 27. Stress Control and ACC Deaminase.- 28. Plant-Microbe Interactions and Water Management in Arid and Saline Soils.- 29. Rhizoremediation.- Part V. Important Technologies.- 30. Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere Analyzed by Cultivation-independent; DNA-based Methods.- 31. Visualization of Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Part VI. Products for Plant Growth-promotion and Disease Suppression.- 32. Commercialisation of Microbes: Present Situation and Future Prospects.- 33. Commercialization of Microbes: Manufacturing, Inoculation, Best Practice for Objective Field Testing, and Registration.- 34. Towards a New Generation of Commercial Microbial Disease Control and Plant -Growth Promotion Products.- 35. Important Organizations and Companies.- Part VII. Paradigms in Plant-Microbe Interactions.- 36. Trichoderma: a Multi-Purpose Tool for Integrated Pest Management.- 37. Agrobacterium, the Genetic Engineer.- 38. Take-All Decline and Beneficial Pseudomonads.- 39. The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen.- 40. Bacillus, a Plant-Beneficial Bacterium; Rainer Borriss.- 41. Soybean Production in the Americas.- Part VIII. Future Prospects and Dreams.- 42. Exploring the Feasibility of Transferring Nitrogen Fixation to Cereal Crops.- 43. The Minimal Rhizosphere Microbiome.- 44. The Edible Plant Microbiome: Importance and Health Issues.- 45. From Nodulation to Antibiotics.

About the author

Prof. Lugtenberg is well-known expert in his field (beneficial bacteria which kill plant-pathogenic fungi or promote plant growth), appreciated for publication record and editing job, with a significant network. Used to play several important roles within the community, e.g. President of the International Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Summary

The use of microbial plant protection products is growing and their importance will strongly increase due to political and public pressure. World population is growing and the amount of food needed by 2050 will be double of what is produced now whereas the area of agricultural land is decreasing. We must increase crop yield in a sustainable way. Chemical plant growth promoters must be replaced by microbiological products. Also here, the use of microbial products is growing and their importance will strongly increase. A growing area of agricultural land is salinated. Global warming will increase this process. Plants growth is inhibited by salt or even made impossible and farmers tend to disuse the most salinated lands. Microbes have been very successfully used to alleviate salt stress of plants. Chemical pollution of land can make plant growth difficult and crops grown are often polluted and not suitable for consumption. Microbes have been used to degrade these chemical pollutants.

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“The book helps in exploring the diverse microbial partners, its importance’s and mechanisms of the actions for proper understanding of the topic. … we enjoyed reading this book as the editor tried to cover almost all fundamental and applied aspects of the plant-microbe interactions. As a final word, the book can be described as a book for all.” (Rama K. Dubey, Vishal Tripathi and P. C. Abhilash, Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 6, 2015)

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"The book helps in exploring the diverse microbial partners, its importance's and mechanisms of the actions for proper understanding of the topic. ... we enjoyed reading this book as the editor tried to cover almost all fundamental and applied aspects of the plant-microbe interactions. As a final word, the book can be described as a book for all." (Rama K. Dubey, Vishal Tripathi and P. C. Abhilash, Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 6, 2015)

Product details

• Assisted by: Be Lugtenberg (Editor), Ben Lugtenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2014
• EAN: 9783319085746
• ISBN: 978-3-31-908574-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 245 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 906 g
• Illustrations: XXIV, 448 p. 200 illus., 100 illus. in color.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany