Symbiotic Soil Microorganisms -

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Résumé :
This book explores microbial symbiosis, with a particular focus on soil microorganisms, highlighting their application in enhancing plant growth and yield. It addresses various types of bacterial and fungal microbes associated with symbiotic phenomena, including rhizobium symbiosis, arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, algal/lichen symbiosis, and Archeal symbiosis. Presenting strategies for employing a diverse range of bacterial and fungal symbioses in nutrient fortification, adaptation of plants in contaminated soils, and mitigating pathogenesis, it investigates ways of integrating diverse approaches to increase crop production under the current conventional agroecosystem. Providing insights into microbial symbioses and the challenges of adopting a plant-microbe synergistic approach towards plant health, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students and anyone in industry working on bio-fertilizers and their agricultural applications. ...

Sommaire:

Part I. Fungal Symbiosis.- Current Status-Enlightens in Its Biology and Omics Approach on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Community.- An Insight through Root-Endophytic-Mutualistic Association in Improving Crop Productivity and Sustainability.- Interaction Between Root Endophytes and Plants: Their Bioactive Products and Significant Functions.- Unravelling the Role of Endophytes in Micronutrient Uptake and Enhanced Crop Productivity.- Dual and Tripartite Symbiosis of Invasive Woody Plants.- Eco-friendly Association of Plants and Actinomycetes.- The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis of Trees: Structure, Function, and Regulating Factors.- Effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Improving Carob Culture in the Mediterranean Regions.- Leaf Endophytes and Their Bioactive Compounds.- Role of Endophytic Fungus Piriformospora indica in Nutrient Acquisition and Plant Health.- The Role of Symbiotic Fungi in Nutri-Farms.- Part II. Bacterial Symbiosis.- Understanding the Evolution of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria.- Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis During Environmental Stress.- Archaeal Symbiosis for Plant Health and Soil Fertility.- Microbial Symbionts of Aquatic Plants.- Rhizobium Presence and Functions in Microbiomes of Non-leguminous Plants.- Part III. Insect-Fungus Mutualism.- Symbiotic Harmony Between Insects and Fungi: A Mutualistic Approach.- Panorama of Metarhizium: Host Interaction and Its Uses in Biocontrol and Plant Growth Promotion.- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Potential Plant Protective Agent Against Herbivorous Insect and Its Importance in Sustainable Agriculture.- Eradication of Malaria by the Mutualistic Interaction Between Wickerhamomyces anomalus and Anopheles sp.- Part IV. Microbial Symbiosis in Disease and Stress Management.- Halophyte-Endophyte Interactions: Linking Microbiome Community Distribution and Functionality to Salinity.- Root Endophytic Microbes and Their Potential Applications in Crop Disease Management.- Do Mycorrhizal Fungi Enable Plants to Cope with Abiotic Stresses by Overcoming the Detrimental Effects of Salinity and Improving Drought Tolerance?.- Combined Use of Beneficial Bacteria and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for the Biocontrol of Plant Cryptogamic Diseases: Evidence, Methodology, and Limits.- Remediation of Toxic Metal-Contaminated Soil and Its Revitalisation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.