TY - BOOK ID - 7691032 TI - Plant Growth Promoting Actinobacteria : A New Avenue for Enhancing the Productivity and Soil Fertility of Grain Legumes AU - Subramaniam, Gopalakrishnan. AU - Arumugam, Sathya. AU - Rajendran, Vijayabharathi. PY - 2016 SN - 9811007055 9811007071 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life sciences. KW - Microbiology. KW - Agriculture. KW - Plant biochemistry. KW - Microbial ecology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Microbial Ecology. KW - Plant Biochemistry. KW - Applied Microbiology. KW - Legumes KW - Bean family (Plants) KW - Fabaceae KW - Faboideae KW - Leguminosae KW - Lotoideae KW - Papilionaceae KW - Papilionatae KW - Papilionoideae KW - Pea family (Plants) KW - Pulse crops KW - Pulse family (Plants) KW - Rosales KW - Biochemistry. KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemical composition of organisms KW - Organisms KW - Physiological chemistry KW - Biology KW - Chemistry KW - Medical sciences KW - Environmental microbiology KW - Microorganisms KW - Ecology KW - Microbiology KW - Microbial biology KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Composition KW - Phytochemistry KW - Plant biochemistry KW - Plant chemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Botany KW - Phytochemicals KW - Plant biochemical genetics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7691032 AB - Global yields of legumes have been relatively stagnant for the last five decades, despite the adoption of conventional and molecular breeding approaches. The use of plant growth-promoting (PGP) bacteria for improving agricultural production, soil and plant health has become one of the most attractive strategies for developing sustainable agriculture. Actinomycetes are bacteria that play an important role in PGP and plant protection, produce secondary metabolites of commercial interest, and their use is well documented in wheat, rice, beans, chickpeas and peas. In order to promote legumes, the general assembly of the UN recently declared 2016 the “International Year of Pulses.” In view of this development, this book illustrates how PGP actinomycetes can improve grain yield and soil fertility, improve control of insect pests and phytopathogens, and enhance host-plant resistance. It also addresses special topics of current interest, e.g. the role of PGP actinomycetes in the biofortification of legume seeds and bioremediation of heavy metals. ER -