Part I. An Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interaction
1 Rhizosphere Interactions: Life Below Ground .................. 3
Kalaivani K. Nadarajah
2 Shaping the Other Sides: Exploring the Physical
Architecture of Rhizosphere ................................. 25
Madhurima Chatterjee, Raktim Bhattacharya, and Rabindranath
Bhattacharyya
3 Applications and Mechanisms of Plant Growth-Stimulating
Rhizobacteria ............................................... 37
Prem Chandra and Enespa Singh
4 Microbial Ecology at Rhizosphere: Bioengineering and
Future Prospective .......................................... 63
Shyamalina Haldar and Sanghamitra Sengupta
5 Mycorrhizosphere: The Extended Rhizosphere and Its
Significance ................................................ 97
P. Priyadharsini, K. Rojamala, R. Koshila Ravi,
R. Muthuraja, K. Nagaraj, and T. Muthukumar
6 Arbuscular Mycorrhizae: Effect of Rhizosphere and Relation
with Carbon Nutrition ...................................... 125
Ibrahim Ortaş, Somayyeh Razzaghi, and Mazhar Rafique
Part II. Plant-Microbe Interaction Under Abiotic and Biotic
Stress
7 Microbial-Mediated Amelioration of Plants Under Abiotic
Stress: An Emphasis on Arid and Semiarid Climate ........... 155
Amrita Kasotia, Ajit Varma, Narendra Tuteja, and Devendra
Kumar Choudhary
8 Bacterial ACC-deaminase: An Eco-friendly Strategy to Cope
Abiotic Stresses for Sustainable Agriculture ............... 165
Sarita Kumari, Ajit Varma, Narendra Tuteja, and Devendra
Kumar Choudhary
9 Increasing Phytoremediation Efficiency of Heavy Metal-
Contaminated Soil Using PGPR for Sustainable Agriculture ... 187
Payman Abbaszadeh-Dahaji, Mahtab Omidvari, and Mansour
Ghorbanpour
10 PGPR-Mediated Amelioration of Crops Under Salt Stress ...... 205
Anukool Vaishnav, Ajit Varma, Narendra Tuteja, and
Devendra Kumar Choudhary
11 Plant-Microbe Interaction for the Removal of Heavy Metal
from Contaminated Site ..................................... 227
Asit Mandal, J.K. Thakur, Asha Sahu, Sudeshna
Bhattacharjya, M.C. Manna, and Ashok K. Patra
12 Bacteria-Mediated Elicitation of Induced Resistance in
Plants upon Fungal Phytopathogen ........................... 249
Shekhar Jain, Ajit Varma, Narendra Tuteja, and Devendra
Kumar Choudhary
13 Essential Oils as Antimicrobial Agents Against Some
Important Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi .............. 271
Bachir Raho Ghalem
14 Halophilic Bacteria: Potential Bioinoculants for
Sustainable Agriculture and Environment Management Under
Salt Stress ................................................ 297
Anjney Sharma, Anukool Vaishnav, Hena Jamali, Anchal
Kumar Srivastava, Anil Kumar Saxena, and Alok Kumar
Srivastava
15 Abiotic Stress Mitigation Through Plant-Growth-Promoting
Rhizobacteria .............................................. 327
Palika Sharma, Veena Khanna, and Suman Kumari
Part III Plant-Microbe Interaction and Plant Productivity
16 Growth Promotion Features of the Maize Microbiome: From
an Agriculture Perspective ................................. 345
Ubiana de Cássia Silva, Christiane Abreu de Oliveira,
Ubiraci Gomes de Paula Lana, Eliane Aparecida Gomes and
Vera Lucia dos Santos
17 Biofertilizers: A Timely Approach for Sustainable
Agriculture ................................................ 375
Supriya Tomer, Deep Chandra Suyal, and Reeta Goel
18 Role of Beneficial Fungi in Sustainable Agricultural
Systems .................................................... 397
Mehrnaz Hatami and Fereshteh Ahangarani
19 Significance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and
Rhizosphere Microflora in Plant Growth and Nutrition ....... 417
Hindumathi Amballa and Narasimha Reddy Bhumi
20 Prospect of Phyllosphere Microbiota: A Case Study on
Bioenergy Crop Jatropha curcas ............................. 453
Santosh Ranjan Mohanty, Garima Dubey, Usha Ahirwar,
Ashok Kumar Patra, and Bharati Kollah
21 Sinker Root System in Trees with Emphasis on Soil Profile .. 463
S. Devi, R. Angrish, S. Madaan, O.P. Токy, and S.S. Arya
22 Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Play a Role
as Phytostimulator for Sustainable Agriculture ............. 475
Sapna Gupta, Ruchi Seth, and Anima Sharma
23 Diversity, Quorum Sensing, and Plant Growth Promotion
by Endophytic Diazotrophs Associated with Sugarcane
with Special Reference to Gluconacetobacter
diazotrophicus ............................................. 495
Iqbal Ahmad, Mohd. Musheer Altaf, Jyoti Sharma, and
Abdullah Safar Al-thubiani
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