Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Ecosystems

1. Emerging Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Agrobiology
Abhinav Aeron, Sandeep Kumar, Piyush Pandey, D. K. Maheshwari

2.
Bacillus as PGPR in Crop Ecosystem
Ankit Kumar, Anil Prakash, B. N. Johri

3. Endophytic Bacteria: Perspectives and Applications in Agricultural Crop Production
M. Senthilkumar, R. Anandham, M. Madhaiyan, V. Venkateswaran, Tongmin Sa

4. PGPR Interplay with Rhizosphere Communities and Effect on Plant Growth and Health
Gabriele Berg, Christin Zachow

5. Impact of Spatial Heterogeneity Within Spermosphere and Rhizosphere Environments on Performance of Bacterial Biological Control Agents
Daniel P. Roberts, Donald Y. Kobayashi

6. Biocontrol Mechanisms Employed by PGPR and Strategies of Microbial Antagonists in Disease Control on the Postharvest Environment of Fruits
Anjani M. Karunaratne

7. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria Associated with Sugarcane
Samina Mehnaz

8. Use of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Horticultural Crops
Ahmet Esitken

9. Commercial Potential of Microbial Inoculants for Sheath Blight Management and Yield Enhancement of Rice
K. Vijay Krishna Kumar, M. S. Reddy, J. W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, X. G. Zhou, D. E. Groth, S. Zhang, R. Sudhakara Rao, Qi Wang, M. R. B. Raju, S. Krishnam Raju, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, H. Sudini, B. Du, M. E. Miller

10. Beneficial Endophytic Rhizobia as Biofertilizer Inoculants for Rice and the Spatial Ecology of This Bacteria–Plant Association
Y. G. Yanni, F. B. Dazzo, M. I. Zidan

11. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Fundamentals and Exploitation
Clara Pliego, Faina Kamilova, Ben Lugtenberg

12. PGPR in Coniferous Trees
Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, Rafael Leandro de Figueiredo Vasconcellos, Carlos Marcelo Ribeiro, Marina Yumi Horta Miyauchi

13. Perspectives of PGPR in Agri-Ecosystems
Meenu Saraf, Shalini Rajkumar, Tithi Saha

14. Ecofriendly Management of Charcoal Rot and Fusarium Wilt Diseases in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
Sandeep Kumar, Abhinav Aeron, Piyush Pandey, Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari

15. Crop Health Improvement with Groundnut Associated Bacteria
Swarnalee Dutta, Manjeet Kaur, Appa Rao Podile

Keywords: Life Sciences, Bacteriology, Agriculture, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology