Plant-Bacteria Interactions. Strategies and Techniques to Promote Plant Growth

Christopher A. Cullis.978-0-470-05723-0, 978-0-471-37314-8

Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 2
Related Titles……Page 3
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
List of Contributors……Page 14
1 Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Screening Strategies of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)……Page 20
2 Physicochemical Approaches to Studying Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria……Page 38
3 Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)……Page 60
4 A Review on the Taxonomy and Possible Screening Traits of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria……Page 74
5 Diversity and Potential of Nonsymbiotic Diazotrophic Bacteria in Promoting Plant Growth……Page 100
6 Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Plant Colonization by a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium……Page 130
7 Quorum Sensing in Bacteria: Potential in Plant Health Protection……Page 148
8 Pseudomonas aurantiaca SR1: Plant Growth Promoting Traits, Secondary Metabolites and Crop Inoculation Response……Page 174
9 Rice–Rhizobia Association: Evolution of an Alternate Niche of Beneficial Plant–Bacteria Association……Page 184
10 Principles, Applications and Future Aspects of Cold-Adapted PGPR……Page 214
11 Rhamnolipid-Producing PGPR and Their Role in Damping-Off Disease Suppression……Page 232
12 Practical Applications of Rhizospheric Bacteria in Biodegradation of Polymers from Plastic Wastes……Page 254
13 Microbial Dynamics in the Mycorrhizosphere with Special Reference to Arbuscular Mycorrhizae……Page 264
14 Salt-Tolerant Rhizobacteria: Plant Growth Promoting Traits and Physiological Characterization Within Ecologically Stressed Environments……Page 276
15 The Use of Rhizospheric Bacteria to Enhance Metal Ion Uptake by Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipe (Mart)……Page 302
Index……Page 324