Microbe Science for Gardeners - Secrets to Better Plant Health

Microscopic organisms are as important to plant growth as water and light. Microbe Science for Gardeners highlights the essential role of microbes in plant biosystems and health, provides practical how-to gardening advice for enhancing plant microbiomes and preventing disease, and debunks common gardening myths.

Sommario

1. Introduction

Why Learn About Microbes?

Terms Used in This Book

2. The World Under a Microscope

Microbes by the Numbers

Microbes Are Important to Plants

Microbes Can Harm Plants

Gardeners Affect Microbes

How Do Microbes Move Around?

How Much Do We Really Know?

3. Bacteria

How Do Bacteria Eat?

Where Do Bacteria Live?

Life Cycle of Bacteria

Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria

4. Fungi

What do Fungi Eat?

Where Do Fungi Live?

Life Cycle of Fungi

Pathogenic Fungi

Mycorrhizal Fungi

5. Yeast

Life Cycle of Yeast

Yeast-Plant Interactions

Yeast in Hellebore Nectar

Yeast Creates Alcoholics

Yeast on Leaves

Yeast in Soil

A Bioindicator of Air Quality

A Possible Solution to Plastic Pollution

6. Nematodes

7. Protozoa

Life Cycle of Protozoa

Nutrient Cycling

Protozoa-Plant Interactions

Plant Diseases

8. Viruses

Viruses in Soil

Life Cycle of a Virus

The Spread of Viruses

Virus Infection of Microbes

Virus Infection of Plants

Rapid Mutation

Beneficial Interaction with Plants

9. More Microbes

Archaea

Actinomycetes

Cyanobacteria

Algae

10. Microbe Communities

Microbe Communities and Microbiomes

Signaling Between Microbes

Microbes Attack Microbes

Mycorrhizal Interactions

Lichens

11. Plants Love Microbes

Nutrient Availability

The Phyllosphere

Rhizosphere

Rhizophagy Cycle

Seed Microbiome

12. Manipulating Microbes

Fungal-to-Bacterial Ratio

Effect of Agriculture

Biodiversity

13. Bioinoculants for the Garden

Bioinoculants for Seeds

Bioinoculants as a Foliar Spray

Bioinoculants for Soil

Microbes Are No Longer Living

Should Gardeners Use Commercial Bioinoculants?

Compost Tea

14. Pathogens

You Suspect a Disease-What Now?

List of Plant Diseases

Fighting Plant Diseases

Commercial Pesticides

Human Diseases

Endnotes

Index

About the Author

Also by the Author

About New Society Publishers

Info autore

Robert Pavlis is a chemist, Master Gardener, speaker, blogger, and owner and developer of Aspen Grove Gardens, a 6-acre botanical garden featuring 3,000 varieties of plants. His many published works include Compost Science for Gardeners, Plant Science for Gardeners, Soil Science for Gardeners, and Building Natural Ponds. He lives in Guelph, ON.

Riassunto

Microscopic organisms are as important to plant growth as water and light. Microbe Science for Gardeners highlights the essential role of microbes in plant biosystems and health, provides practical how-to gardening advice for enhancing plant microbiomes and preventing disease, and debunks common gardening myths.

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Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Pavlis
• Editore: New society publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.09.2023
• EAN: 9780865719774
• ISBN: 978-0-86571-977-4
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 228 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: Garden Science Series
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura > Giardinaggio; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Microbiology (non-medical), NATURE / Plants / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Trees, wildflowers & plants, Trees, wildflowers & plants: general interest, Self-sufficiency & ‘green’ lifestyle, Food and Gardening