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"Widely regarded as the driest place on earth, the seemingly desolate Atacama Desert of Chile is a place steeped in intrigue and haunted by collective memories. This book, based on archival research and the author's personal field work, brings together the works of geographers, historians, anthropologists, botanists, geologists, astronomers, novelists,and others to offer a nuanced understanding of this complex desert landscape. Beginning with the indigenous Atacameño peoples at the southern edge of the Incan Empire, the volume moves through five hundred years of history, sharing accounts written by Spanish, French, German, Dutch, British, American,and other travelers pirates, scientists, explorers, and entrepreneurs among them. The Atacama's austere landscape hides many secrets, including vast mineral wealth, the world's oldest mummies,and the more recent remains of dissidents murdered by the regime of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the early 1970s. Today numerous observatories operate under the Atacama's clear night skies, astronauts train on the rugged desert floor, and tourists flock there for inspiration. In addition to a rich set of narratives, the book features 115 images historical maps, photographs, and natural history illustrations, most in full color to tell a more complete and compelling story. Imagining the Atacama Desert shows how what was once a wilderness at the edges of empire became one of South America's most iconic regions, one that continues to lure those seeking adventure and the unknown"--Provided by publisher.

Physical geography --- Geography --- Atacama Desert (Chile) --- Desierto de Atacama (Chile) --- Discovery and exploration. --- Civilization.

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Numerous studies have demonstrated that the plant microbiome is highly relevant for the growth and fitness of plants. Plants in ecosystems and agroecosystems can recruit a wide variety of microorganisms, including beneficial microbes which are being studied and applied as biostimulators to improve nutrition and tolerance of plants and as biocontrol of phytopathogens. In this context, this Book contains a selection of articles describing diverse ecological and biotechnological aspects of microbiomes in native and agronomic plants (e.g., pepper, potato, rice and lettuce) created by researchers from Italy, China, Korea, Egypt, Oman, Germany, the USA, and Chile.

bioprospecting --- inoculants --- plant growth-promoting bacteria --- plant microbiome --- plant–microbe interactions --- plant microbiota --- cultivation-dependent of plant microbiota --- plant broth-based culture media --- “in-situ-similis” culturing strategy --- vegan nutrition --- clover bacterial endophytes --- co-occurrence network --- fungal community --- fungal functional role --- plastic shed cultivation --- rhizosphere --- rhizosphere microbiome --- shotgun metagenomic sequencing --- partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis --- rice --- recombinant inbred lines --- root and shoot biomass --- heading and physiological maturity stage --- Codonopsis tangshen --- continuous cropping --- 454 pyrosequencing --- bacterial community --- bacterial structure --- soil chemical properties --- Streptomyces biocontrol agent --- cucumber --- microbial community composition --- microbial function --- Cadophora spp. --- corm rot --- dark septate endophytes --- functional guild --- internal transcribed spacer --- Talaromyces spp. --- aquaponics --- metabarcoding --- bacterial communities --- carbohydrases --- phytases --- endosymbiont --- microbial diversity --- fig and fig wasp --- Ficus hirta --- interaction --- alpha and beta diversity --- diversity --- metagenomics --- Streptomyces spp. spatial location --- variety --- volcanoes --- Andean Altiplano --- wild rice --- microbial community --- rhizosphere microorganism --- plant growth promoting --- extreme environments --- Atacama Desert --- 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol --- biocontroller