Bacteria are
ubiquitous in nature: some of them are harmful but majority of them are
beneficial to the plants. They comprise various attributes which directly and
indirectly support plant growth and their fitness against adverse conditions of
both abiotic and biotic in any given environmental system. Coordinated
interactions between microbes and plants are utmost important for their healthy
association. Through this book we intend to provide a total of 18 chapters
which signify the added advantages of bacteria, in general, and PGPR, in
particular, in nutrient uptake and triggering defense responses of the plant
against deleterious phytopathogens. Probiotics for plants exhibits multifarious
functional characteristics beneficial in nature which lead to sustainable
microbial complex ecosystem. Due to their diverse ecology, they exhibit
multifarious functional characters beneficial in nature which lead to
sustainable microbial complex ecosystem favorable to the host plants. Due to
their probiotic nature and sometimes because of intimate association (example
endophytes), they often serve as an alternative to fertilizers, herbicides, and
chemical pesticides. A brief understanding of diversity, colonization,
mechanism of action formulation, and application of such bacteria inoculants
facilitate their contribution in the management of sustainable agroecosystem as
exemplified by studying their responses on a plant model, Arabidopsis. Such
bacteria have also been exploited in the improvement of quality of silk
production. The probiotic nature of various group of bacteria found suitable
candidates for combating fungal, bacterial nematode, and other diseases which
are injurious to majority of plant besides conferring health benefits to
above-ground plant parts and roots deep seated in soil. Some of the chapters
highlight the impact of bacteria on soil structure and microbial community
function that involved rhizosphere signals (molecules) apart from mediated
systemic resistance for plants, potential for phosphorus nutrition application
for microbial consortium, nitrogen fixation, and biofertilizer for eco-friendly
low-input sustainable crop production. The book will benefit the teachers,
researches students, and those interested in strengthening the subject of
Agricultural Microbiology, Biotechnology, Plant Protection, Agronomy, and
Environmental Sciences.
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