Microbiome Stimulants for Crops: Mechanisms and Applications

Microbiome Stimulants for Crops: Mechanisms and Applications provides the latest developments in the real-world development and application of these crop management alternatives in a cost-effective, yield protective way. Sections address questions of research, development and application, with insights into recent legislative efforts in Europe and the United States. The book includes valuable information regarding mechanisms and the practical information needed to support the growing microbial inoculant and biostimulant industry, thus helping focus scientific research in new directions. Provides methods for finding and testing endophytic and growth promotional microbesExplains the mechanisms of microbes and other biostimulant function in promoting plant growthEvaluates methods for treatments of plants with microbes and microbiome stimulantsIdentifies areas for new research INDICE: Introduction 1. Microbial Endophytes: Evolution, Diversity, Community Functions, and Regulation 2. Friends in Low Places: Soil derived microbial inoculants for biostimulation and biocontrol in crop production 3. The roles of endophytes in modulating plant development 4. Epichloe endophytes stimulate grass development and physiological state in China 5. Endophytic microbes promote plant growth and alter host secondary metabolites 6. Epichloe endophytes of grasses, in particular their physiological interaction with plants 7. Potential application of plant growth promoting bacteria in bioenergy crop production 8. Soil microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants - A special reference to Rhizosphere microbiome 9. Belowground dialogue between plant roots and beneficial microbes 10. Microbial bio-active compounds in plant disease management 11. Microbial biocontrol formulations for commercial applications 12. Potential Effect of Microbial Biostimulants in Sustainable Vegetable Production 13. Microbes as bio stimulants: Tissue culture prospective 14. Biostimulants Application in Agriculture under Abiotic Stress Conditions 15. Actinomycetes as bio stimulants and their application in agricultural practices 16. Role of microbial volatiles as an aromatic tool in management of crop productivit 17. Microbial consortia: approaches in crop production and yield enhancement 18. Fungal enzymes and their potential application as bio stimulants 19. Microbial Cell Factories for Treatment of Soil Polluted with Heavy Metals : A green Approach 20. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as plant biostimulants 21. Nanobiotechnology of Plant Microbiome 22. Microbiome establishment, adaptation and their contributions to anaerobic stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition in rice 23. Soil physical and nutritional balance are essential for establishing a healthy microbiome 24. Microbiome Stimulants for Crops: Indicators for an Economically Proficient Sustainable Agriculture 25. Plant Microbiome: Diversity, Distribution, and Functional relevance in Crop Improvement and Sustainable Agriculture 26. Gene expression studies in crop plants for diseases management 27. Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with oil crops

• ISBN: 978-0-12-822122-8
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 550
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés