Phosphate solubilizing microbes for crop improvement / Mohammad Saghir Khan and Almas Zaidi, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khan, Mohammad Saghir.

Zaidi, Almas.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies series.

Agriculture issues and policies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil microbiology.

Phosphates--Solubility.

Phosphates.

Crop improvement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Phosphate Solubilizing Microbes for Crop Improvement' provides a comprehensive source of information on strategies and concepts of microbial technology especially phosphate-solubilising microbes for the improvement of crops in different agro-ecosystems. The book presents the biological importance of phosphorus and strategies adopted for isolation and screening of PSM (s), mechanisms of P solubilization, mechanisms of plant growth promotion, and method for the development of microphos. Furthermore, some novel approaches including molecular tools used to identify the potential phosphate-solubilising microbes are presented. The recent advances in understanding the genetics and molecular biology of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and the genetic engineering of bacterial strains with enhanced phosphate-solubilizing activity are discussed that is likely to lead to improve the efficiency of microphos inoculants and crop productivity. The problems, prospect and potentials of phosphate-solubilising microbes and their impact on agronomically important crops grown in conventional soils are discussed separately. Special attention is paid to highlight the functional variations within phosphate-solubilising microbes and to understand the impact of various factors on the phosphate-solubilising efficiency and colonization of such naturally occurring organisms. The synergism between phosphate-solubilizing microbes and other plant growth promoting rhizobacteria/arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their interactive effect on crop productivity is highlighted separately. The book also presents a broad and updated view of the management of plant diseases using phosphate-solubilising microbes. The book further describes as to how the growth promoting rhizobacteria facilitate plant growth and how advanced information strategies can be used to manipulate and modify the soil environment.

Contents:

Biological importance of phosphorus and phosphate solubilizing microbes: an overview

Novel approaches for analysis of biodiversity of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria

Effects of phosphate-solubilizing microorganism on soil phosphorus fractions

Role of plant growth promoting microorganisms for sustainable crop production

Genetic and functional diversity of phosphate solubilizing fluorescent pseudomonads and their simultaneous role in promotion of plant growth and soil health

Practical use of phosphate solubilizing soil microorganisms

Phosphate-solubilization by psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microorganisms: an asset for sustainable agriculture at low temperatures

Beneficial microbes in sustainable tropical crop production

Molecular genetics of phosphate solubilization in rhizosphere bacteria and its role in plant growth promotion

Strategies for development of microphos and mechanisms of phosphate-solubilization

Variation in plant growth promoting activities of phosphate-solubilizing microbes and factors affecting their colonization and solubilizing efficiency in different agro-ecosystems

Management of plant diseases using phosphate-solubilizing microbes

Phosphate solubilizing microbes: potentials and success in greenhouse and field applications

Genetic and phenotypic characterization of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and their effects on growth and symbiotic properties of alfalfa plants

Microbial facilitation of phosphorus nutrition in sugarcane

Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms for augmenting crop nutrition

Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms: prospects, promises and problems

Genetic manipulations of metal accumulation and heavy metal tolerance: improving plants for environmental remediation

Biological control of plant nematodes with phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/14/2020).

ISBN:

1-61728-561-7

OCLC:

662452489