Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture [Hardcover]

The use of microbial plant protection products is growing and their importance will strongly increase due to political and public pressure. World population is growing and the amount of food needed by 2050 will be double of what is produced now whereas the area of agricultural land is decreasing. We must increase crop yield in a sustainable way. Chemical plant growth promoters must be replaced by microbiological products. Also here, the use of microbial products is growing and their importance will strongly increase. A growing area of agricultural land is salinated. Global warming will increase this process. Plants growth is inhibited by salt or even made impossible and farmers tend to disuse the most salinated lands. Microbes have been very successfully used to alleviate salt stress of plants. Chemical pollution of land can make plant growth difficult and crops grown are often polluted and not suitable for consumption. Microbes have been used to degrade these chemical pollutants.1. Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interactions; Ben Lugtenberg
Part I. Introductory Chapters
2. The Importance of Microbiology in Sustainable Agriculture; Thomas Sch?fer and Tom Adams
3. Life of Microbes in the Rhizosphere;  Ben Lugtenberg
4. Life of Microbes on Aerial Plant Parts; Johan H.J. Leveau
5. Life of Microbes Inside the Plant; Jes?s Mercado-Blanco
6. Microbial Cell Surfaces and Secretion Systems; Jan Tommassen and Han A.B. W?sten
7. Microbial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing; Aurelien Carlier, Gabriella Pessi, and Leo Eberl
8. Bacterial Volatiles as Airborne Signals for Plants and Bacteria; Choong-Min Ryu
Part II. Phytopathogens and Pest Insects
9. Phytopathogenic Bacteria; Jan van der Wolf and Solke H. De Boer
10. Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes; Pierre J.G.M. de Wit
11. Phytopathogenic Nematodes; Johannes Helló¾