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This book provides a comprehensive information on basic and applied concepts of microbesial strategies adopted for the improvement of vegetables grown in various production systems. The beneficial role of soil microbes including plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), nitrogen fixers, and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in the improvement of vegetables grown both in normal and contaminated soils is discussed. The role of PGPR in tomato production is dealt separately. The impact of heavy metals on different vegetables and abatement of metal toxicity following metal tolerant PGPR and their consequential impact on vegetables grown in metal polluted soil is discussed. Moreover, recent advances in the management of vegetable diseases employing PGPR are addressed. This volume is therefore of special interest to both academics, professionals and practitioners working in the field of vegetable farming/horticulture, microbiology and plant protection sciences.

Life sciences. --- Microbiology. --- Plant breeding. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Agricultural microbiology. --- Crop improvement. --- Crops --- Improvement, Crop --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Improvement --- Agriculture --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Breeding --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms

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This book focuses on food security in sustainable agriculture and nutrient management. The study of plant probiotic microbes’ synergism using existing techniques has greatly improved our grasp of the structure and functioning of the plant microbiome. However, the function of plant probiotic microbes and their relation to plants’ health in the context of food security, soil nutrient management, human and plant health are largely unexplored. Compared to human probiotics, diverse types and millions of microbiota inhabit plants, forming multifaceted and complicated ecological societies that stimulate plant growth and health through their combined metabolic activities. From the perspective of sustainable cropping systems, observing plant probiotics can provide insights on how to stimulate and maintain plant productivity, along with host stress tolerance and recycling of soil nutrients. This book combines reviews and original research articles to highlight the latest advances in plant probiotics, their specificity, diversity, function, as well as plant microbiome management to improve plant growth and productivity, nutrient management and human health.

Life sciences. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Microbiology. --- Bacteriology. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Food Microbiology. --- Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Agricultural microbiology. --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Food --- Microbiology. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Foods --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Cooking --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Nutrition --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Sanitary microbiology --- Bacteriology

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This book addresses basic and applied aspects of two nexus points of microorganisms in agro-ecosystems, namely their functional role as bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides. Readers will find detailed information on all of the aspects that are required to make a microbe “agriculturally beneficial.” A healthy, balanced soil ecosystem provides a habitat for crops to grow without the need for interventions such as agro-chemicals. No organism in an agro-ecosystem can flourish individually, which is why research on the interaction of microorganisms with higher forms of life has increasingly gained momentum in the last 10-15 years. In fact, most of plants’ life processes only become possible through interactions with microorganisms. Using these “little helpers” as a biological alternative to agro-chemicals is a highly contemporary field of research. The information presented here is based on the authors’ extensive experience in the subject area, gathered in the course of their careers in the field of agricultural microbiology. The book offers a valuable resource for all readers who are actively involved in research on agriculturally beneficial microorganisms. In addition, it will help prepare readers for the future challenges that climate change will pose for agriculture and will help to bridge the current gaps between different scientific communities.

Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Oxidative stress. --- Microbial ecology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Sustainable development. --- Life Sciences. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Sustainable Development. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Oxidative Stress. --- Agricultural microbiology. --- Sustainable agriculture. --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Agriculture --- Alternative agriculture --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Cytology. --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Ecology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Environmental aspects --- Oxidation-reduction reaction --- Stress (Physiology) --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Earth sciences