Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health provides readers with an overview of plant growth-promoting microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms to improve plant growth and soil health. Students and researchers in soil science will gain a comprehensive understanding of soil microbiota diversity and functions, along with insights into the mechanisms by which plant growth, including molecular processes involved in nutrient acquisitions and defense mechanisms work. In addition, the book provides a noteworthy emphasis on fungi.
A soil beneficial microbe cannot only be the living cells, but also their components, such as molecules or enzymes produced by this beneficial microbiota. Molecules like microbial phytohormones can be excellent promoters or regulators of plant growth, as well as proteins and other compounds like volatiles, which might elicit a systemic resistance response against pathogenic threats. Therefore, plant growth promoters living in soil, associated with plant roots, could act through direct beneficial interactions with the plant, by stimulating or regulating growth responses to environmental conditions, or indirectly by inhibiting the growth of potential microbial pathogens and herbivore pests.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xiii 8. About the editor - p. xix 9. Preface - p. xxi 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 11. Chapter 1. Soil microorganisms and their role in sustainable agriculture - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. Diversity of soil microorganisms and their impact on soil functions - p. 9 13. Chapter 3. Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and plant health - p. 55 14. Azospirillum and its influence on efficient nutrient acquisition by plants: a model beyond phytohormones - p. 83 15. Chapter 5. Value-added coproducts from biofuel-based biorefinery enhance soil health by microbiome manipulation - p. 107 16. Chapter 6. The rhizosphere as a source of microbial endophytes: novel insights into plant beneficial interactions - p. 153 17. Chapter 7. Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for stimulating plant nutrition and soil health - p. 185 18. Chapter 8. Growth promoting bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi for plant and soil health - p. 207 19. Chapter 9. Utilizing microorganisms to enhance fertilization efficiency, productivity, and quality of agricultural products: a sustainable approach to agricultural development - p. 223 20. Chapter 10. Auxin and cytokinin in the regulation of plant growth by soil bacteria - p. 251 21. Chapter 11. Stimuli-responsive release of microbial metabolites loaded nanoformulations at rhizosphere microenvironment for enhanced plant health - p. 269 22. Chapter 12. Soil microbial enzyme activities as indicators of soil health - p. 289 23. Chapter 13. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for managing oomycete plant pathogens - p. 311 24. Lysobacter: an emerging frontier in sustainable control of soilborne phytopathogenic microorganisms - p. 327 25. Trichoderma in soil ecosystems: enzymes, secondary metabolites, and ecological adaptation - p. 367 26. Chapter 16. Plant growth promotion by bacterial cyclodipeptides: novel insights into TOR/S6K pathway activation - p. 387 27. Chapter 17. Volatiles produced by soil bacteria as biocontrol and plant growth agents - p. 399 28. Chapter 18. The relevant role of soil microorganisms in ameliorating abiotic stress in crop plants - p. 421 29. Chapter 19. The soil microbiome: a paradigm for arid land conservation - p. 457 30. Chapter 20. An eco-friendly drought mitigation through soil microorganisms and crop symbiosis in sustainable agriculture - p. 487 31. Chapter 21. Microbial interventions for improving wheat and maize production under low-nutrient soils - p. 511 32. Chapter 22. Unraveling plant–microbe interactions with multiomics: state of the art and opportunities for sustainable agriculture - p. 529 33. Chapter 23. Plant growth-promoting microbes as effective agents in promoting abiotic stress tolerance of crops - p. 557 34. Index - p. 585
Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health provides readers with an overview of plant growth-promoting microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms to improve plant growth and soil health. Students and researchers in soil science will gain a comprehensive understanding of soil microbiota diversity and functions, along with insights into the mechanisms by which plant growth, including molecular processes involved in nutrient acquisitions and defense mechanisms work. In addition, the book provides a noteworthy emphasis on fungi.
A soil beneficial microbe cannot only be the living cells, but also their components, such as molecules or enzymes produced by this beneficial microbiota. Molecules like microbial phytohormones can be excellent promoters or regulators of plant growth, as well as proteins and other compounds like volatiles, which might elicit a systemic resistance response against pathogenic threats. Therefore, plant growth promoters living in soil, associated with plant roots, could act through direct beneficial interactions with the plant, by stimulating or regulating growth responses to environmental conditions, or indirectly by inhibiting the growth of potential microbial pathogens and herbivore pests.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xiii 8. About the editor - p. xix 9. Preface - p. xxi 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 11. Chapter 1. Soil microorganisms and their role in sustainable agriculture - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. Diversity of soil microorganisms and their impact on soil functions - p. 9 13. Chapter 3. Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and plant health - p. 55 14. Azospirillum and its influence on efficient nutrient acquisition by plants: a model beyond phytohormones - p. 83 15. Chapter 5. Value-added coproducts from biofuel-based biorefinery enhance soil health by microbiome manipulation - p. 107 16. Chapter 6. The rhizosphere as a source of microbial endophytes: novel insights into plant beneficial interactions - p. 153 17. Chapter 7. Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for stimulating plant nutrition and soil health - p. 185 18. Chapter 8. Growth promoting bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi for plant and soil health - p. 207 19. Chapter 9. Utilizing microorganisms to enhance fertilization efficiency, productivity, and quality of agricultural products: a sustainable approach to agricultural development - p. 223 20. Chapter 10. Auxin and cytokinin in the regulation of plant growth by soil bacteria - p. 251 21. Chapter 11. Stimuli-responsive release of microbial metabolites loaded nanoformulations at rhizosphere microenvironment for enhanced plant health - p. 269 22. Chapter 12. Soil microbial enzyme activities as indicators of soil health - p. 289 23. Chapter 13. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for managing oomycete plant pathogens - p. 311 24. Lysobacter: an emerging frontier in sustainable control of soilborne phytopathogenic microorganisms - p. 327 25. Trichoderma in soil ecosystems: enzymes, secondary metabolites, and ecological adaptation - p. 367 26. Chapter 16. Plant growth promotion by bacterial cyclodipeptides: novel insights into TOR/S6K pathway activation - p. 387 27. Chapter 17. Volatiles produced by soil bacteria as biocontrol and plant growth agents - p. 399 28. Chapter 18. The relevant role of soil microorganisms in ameliorating abiotic stress in crop plants - p. 421 29. Chapter 19. The soil microbiome: a paradigm for arid land conservation - p. 457 30. Chapter 20. An eco-friendly drought mitigation through soil microorganisms and crop symbiosis in sustainable agriculture - p. 487 31. Chapter 21. Microbial interventions for improving wheat and maize production under low-nutrient soils - p. 511 32. Chapter 22. Unraveling plant–microbe interactions with multiomics: state of the art and opportunities for sustainable agriculture - p. 529 33. Chapter 23. Plant growth-promoting microbes as effective agents in promoting abiotic stress tolerance of crops - p. 557 34. Index - p. 585
