Microbial Strategies for Crop Improvement

1. The Use of Microorganisms to Facilitate the Growth of Plants in Saline Soils
Elisa Gamalero, Graziella Berta, Bernard R. Glick

2. Recent Advances in Plant Growth Promotion by Phosphate-Solubilizing Microbes
Almas Zaidi, Mohammad Saghir Khan, Munees Ahemad, Mohd Oves, P. A. Wani

3. Developing Beneficial Microbial Biofilms on Roots of Non legumes: A Novel Biofertilizing Technique
Gamini Seneviratne, RMMS Thilakaratne, APDA Jayasekara, KACN Seneviratne, KRE Padmathilake, MSDL Silva

4. Role of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase in Rhizobium–Legume Symbiosis
Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A Khedhairy, Saud Al-Arifi, Mohammad Saghir Khan

5. Strategies for Crop Improvement in Contaminated Soils Using Metal-Tolerant Bioinoculants
Anju Rani, Reeta Goel

6. Functional Diversity Among Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: Current Status
Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, P. A. Wani, Munees Ahemad, Mohammad Oves

7. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Sustainable Agriculture
Azeem Khalid, Muhammad Arshad, Baby Shaharoona, Tariq Mahmood

8. Soil Health – A Precondition for Crop Production
Niharendu Saha, Biswapati Mandal

9. Recent Advances in Biopesticides
Parvez Qamar Rizvi, Rummana A. Choudhury, Arshad Ali

10. Benefits of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Sustainable Crop Production
M. Vosátka, J. Albrechtová

11. Enhancement of Rhizobia–Legumes Symbioses and Nitrogen Fixation for Crops Productivity Improvement
Hamdi Hussein Zahran

12. Monitoring the Development of Nurse Plant Species to Improve the Performances of Reforestation Programs in Mediterranean Areas
R. Duponnois, M. Hafidi, J. Thioulouse, A. Galiana, L. Ouahmane, B. Dreyfus, Y. Prin

13. Pea Cultivation in Saline Soils: Influence of Nitrogen Nutrition
Etelvina Figueira

14. Plant Growth-Promoting Diazotrophs and Productivity of Wheat on the Canadian Prairies
Anthony O. Anyia, Daniel J. Archambault, Carols J. Bécquer, Jan J. Slaski

15. Factors Affecting the Variation of Microbial Communities in Different Agro-Ecosystems
Munees Ahemad, Almas Zaidi, Md Saghir Khan, Mohammad Oves

16. Strategies for Utilizing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms for Enhanced Phosphate Uptake and Growth of Plants in the Soils of the Tropics
Nelson Walter Osorio, Mitiku Habte

17. Erratum

Keywords: Life Sciences, Agriculture, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Plant Sciences, Agricultural Economics