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Plant-Microbe Interactions (Hardcover)
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Plant-Microbe Interactions (Hardcover)
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Plants constitute an excellent ecosystem for microorganisms. The
environmental conditions differ considerably between the highly
variable aerial plant part and the more stable root system.
Microbes interact with plant tissues and cells with different
degrees of dependence. The most interesting from the microbial
ecology point of view, however, are specific interactions developed
by plant-beneficial (either non symbiotic or symbiotic) and
pathogenic microorganisms. Beneficial interactions are caused by
symbiotic and non-symbiotic bacteria and a highly specialized type
of fungi, the mycorrhizae. The pathogenic and detrimental
interactions of microbes involve viroids, viruses, bacteria and
fungi, and lead to infectious diseases affecting only the plant
kingdom. Microflora composition of any agro-ecosystem is governed
by the equilibrium created by the associations and interactions of
all flora and fauna found in the community. In soil, microorganisms
live in close proximity and interact among themselves as well as
with existing plant communities in different ways, which could be
beneficial (mutualism, commensalism, proto-cooperation) or neutral
(epiphytic). These microbial interactions govern the functioning
and stability of agro-ecosystem, playing significant role in the
production and productivity crops. Hence, this book on
Plant-Microbe Interactions is aimed at bringing out the recent
developments in this field including the molecular mechanisms and
proteomics involved in the establishment of Plant-Microbe
Interactions. The book reviews the enormous diversity of plant
associated microbes, and their molecular mechanisms, small
molecules and proteomics involved in the establishment of their
mutual interactions. Utilization of these rhizosperic,
phyllospheric and endophytic microbes as nutrient providers, in
combating phytopathogens and ameliorating the stressed and polluted
soils is also explained. Importantly, the book also throws light on
the unanswered questions and future direction of research in the
field. It illustrates how the basic knowledge can be amalgamated
with advanced technology to design the future bio-formulations.
This book will be useful in providing latest information in this
topic to Scientists, Researchers, Ph.D and PG students working in
the field of Plant Sciences.
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