Microbial Strategies for Vegetable Production /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2017. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Microbial Inoculants in Organic Vegetable Production: Current Perspective
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Need of organic vegetables
- 3. Essential characteristics of organic farming systems
- 4. Microbial inoculants as components of organic production
- 5. Microbes as bio-control agents for suppression of plant diseases
- 6. Microbes for decomposition of organic residues
- 7. Factors affecting the efficacy of microbial inoculants
- Part 2. Plant growth promoting bacteria: Importance in vegetable production
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Place of PGPR in Food safety and agricultural challenges
- 3. Mechanism of growth promotion by PGPR-A general perspective
- 4. PGPR-hydrolytic enzymes
- 5. Systemic tolerance and systemic resistance induction by PGPR
- Part 3. Role of Nitrogen Fixing Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Sustainable Production of Vegetables: Current Perspective
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rationale for using nitrogen fixers in vegetable production
- 3. Nitrogen fixers-Vegetable Interactions: How nitrogen fixers enter vegetables
- 4. Mechanism of vegetable Growth Promotion by nitrogen fixing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
- 5. Nitrogen fixing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria improve vegetable production: A general perspective
- 6. Effects of nitrogen fixing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on important vegetable crops
- Part 4. Role of Plant growth Promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in the improvement of vegetable crop production under stress conditions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Stress factors
- Part 3. Drought
- 4. Alleviation of drought and salinity stress by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
- Part 5. Growth improvement and management of vegetable diseases by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rationale for using PGPR in the Management of Vegetables Diseases
- 3. How plant growth promoting rhizobacteria combat phytopathogen attack: A general perspective
- 4. Some Examples of Growth Promotion and Vegetable Disease Management by PGPR Wilt disease: A general perspective
- Part 6
- Perspectives of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Growth Enhancement and Sustainable Production of Tomato
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nutritional composition of tomato fruit
- 3. Health benefits of lycopene
- 4. Rhizosphere and PGPR
- Part 7. Beneficial Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria in Vegetable Production Under Abiotic Stress
- 1 Introduction
- 2. Impact of plant growth promoting bacteria on vegetables under stressed environment
- Part 8
- Metal Toxicity to Certain Vegetables and Bioremediation of Metal Polluted Soils
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Heavy Metals: A brief account
- 3. Sources of Vegetable Contamination by Heavy Metals
- 4. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals: A Serious Concern
- Part 9. Recent Advances in Management Strategies of Vegetable Diseases
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Soil borne phytopatogenic diseases of vegetables: A general account
- 3. General effects of diseases on vegetable crop production
- 4. Management practices for control of vegetable diseases.