1. Edition - March 2008
142.- Euro
2008. XX, 310 Pages, Hardcover
50 Fig. (3 Colored Fig.), 36 Tab. 
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31901-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31901-5 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Sample Chapter



Short description
New ideas on how to grow better, more successful crops, in an environmentally sound way. Experts in the field come together to provide a timely review of progress in the use and exploitation of soil bacteria to improve crop and plant growth.

From the contents
Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Screening Strategies of PGPR
Physicochemical Approaches to Studying Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)
A Review on the Taxonomy and Possible Screening Traits of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Diversity and Potential of Non-Symbiotic Diazotrophic Bacteria in Promoting Plant Growth
Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Plant Colonization of a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium
Quorum Sensing in Bacteria: Potential in Plant Health Protection
Pseudomonas aurantiaca SR1: Plant Growth Promoting Traits, Secondary Metabolites and Crop Inoculation Response
Rice-Rhizobia Association: Evolution of an Alternate Niche of Beneficial Plant-Bacteria Association
Principles, Applications and Future Aspects of Cold Adapted-PGPR
Rhamnolipids Producing PGPR and their Role in Damping off Disease Suppression
Practical Applications of Rhizospheric Bacteria in Biodegradation of Polymers from Plastic Wastes
Microbial Dynamics in the Mycorrhizosphere with Special Reference to Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
Salt Tolerant Rhizobacteria: Plant growth Promoting Traits and Physiological Characterization within Ecologically Stressed Environments
The Use of Rhizospheric Bacteria to Enhance Metal Ion Uptake by Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipe (MART)