Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction

Part I. Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution of Plant Probiotic Microorganisms (PPM)

1. Identification of Human Pathogenic Bacteria in Plant Roots by Using MALDI-TOF MS Methodology
Encarna Velázquez, Esther Menéndez, Fernando Sánchez Juanes, Noemí Valencia Daza, Juan Pérez Yépez, Milagros León Barrios, Ricardo Pérez Galdona, Ana Garrido, José Manuel González Buitrago

2. Rhizobial Biofertilizers for Ornamental Plants
Esther Menéndez, Rocío Escribano-Viana, José D. Flores-Félix, Pedro F. Mateos, Raúl Rivas

3. Analysis of the PGPB Potential of Bacterial Endophytes Associated with Maize
Lorena Celador-Lera, Esther Menéndez, Jose D. Flores-Félix, Pedro F. Mateos, Raúl Rivas

4. Identification of Rhizobial Strains Nodulating Pisum Sativum in Northern Spain Soils by MALDI-TOF MS (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry) Analysis
Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, Fernando Sánchez Juanes, Lorena Carro, José D. Flores-Félix, Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Eugenia Cerda Castillo, José Manuel González Buitrago, Encarna Velázquez

5. Analysis of Cultivable Endophytic Bacteria in Roots of Maize in a Soil from León Province in Mainland Spain
Esther Menéndez, Martha Helena Ramirez-Bahena, Alvaro Peix, Carmen Tejedor, Rebeca Mulas, Fernando González-Andrés, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, Encarna Velázquez

Part II. Genetics, Genomics and Proteomics of PPM and Their Associated Plants

6. Molecular Determinants of Negative Regulation of the Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Transcription Factor FixK2

Noemí Fernández, Juan J. Cabrera, Sergio Salazar, Sergio Parejo, M. Carmen Rodríguez, Andrea Lindemann, Mariette Bonnet, Hauke Hennecke, Eulogio J. Bedmar, Socorro Mesa

7. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Analysis of Rhizobia Nodulating Phaseolus Vulgaris in Different Soils
Lucía Isabel López Díez, Fernando Sánchez Juanes, Martha Helena Ramírez Bahena, José Manuel González Buitrago, Alvaro Peix, Encarna Velázquez

Part III. Plant–Microorganisms Interactions

8. Optimization of the Immunodetection of Tagged-LYK3 Nod Factor Receptor in Medicago truncatula Root Extracts
Maria Magdalini Chroni, Estíbaliz Larrainzar

9. Functional Characterization of a Chitinase Class III (CgCHI3) and a Glutathione S-Transferase (CgGST) Involved in Casuarina glauca–Frankia Symbiosis
Inês Graça, Márcia Guilherme, Pedro Tavares, Alice S. Pereira, Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros

10. Effective Colonization of Spinach Root Surface by Rhizobium

Alejandro Jiménez-Gómez, Esther Menéndez, José D. Flores-Félix, Paula García-Fraile, Pedro F. Mateos, Raúl Rivas

11. Interactions Between Micromonospora and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Inmaculada García-Romera, Juan Antonio Ocampo

12. Different Effects on Vigna unguiculata Plants After the Inoculation with Strains from Two Bradyrhizobium Symbiovars
Ana Bejarano, Luís R. Silva, Paula Andrade, Encarna Velázquez, Raúl Rivas

Part IV. Physiology and Biochemistry of Beneficial Microorganisms and Associated Plants

13. Salt Stress Tolerance in Casuarina glauca and Its Relation with Nitrogen-Fixing Frankia Bacteria
Nuno Duro, Mário Costa, Paula Batista-Santos, Paula Scotti-Campos, Isabel P. Pais, Filipe Colwell, Ana P. Rodrigues, José N. Semedo, Fernando C. Lidon, José C. Ramalho, Katharina Pawlowski, Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros

Part V. Inoculants For Agriculture and Environmental Science

14. Induced Systemic Resistance Could Explain the Reduction in the Incidence of Black Sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) in Banana Plants Inoculated with Bacteria Isolated from Banana Tree Roots in the Dominican Republic
Iris-Esther Marcano, César-Antonio Díaz-Alcántara, Victoria Seco, Beatriz Urbano, Fernando González-Andrés

15. Microbial Inoculants with Autochthonous Bacteria for Biodiverse Legume Pastures in Portuguese Agro-Forestry Ecosystems
Ricardo Soares, Eva Arcos, Eugénio Ferreira, Isabel Videira e Castro

16. Improving Legume–Rhizobium Symbiosis for Copper Phytostabilization Through Genetic Manipulation of Both Symbionts
Eloísa Pajuelo, Patricia Pérez-Palacios, Asunción Romero-Aguilar, Julián Delgadillo, Bouchra Doukkali, Ignacio D. Rodríguez-Llorente, Miguel A. Caviedes

17. Symbiotic and Agronomic Characterization of Bradyrhizobial Strains Nodulating Cowpea in Northern Peru
Renzo Alfredo Valdez, Bertha Soriano, Gardenia Prado, David Zavaleta, Minoru Matsubara, Doris Zúñiga, Patricie Dion, Ángel Valladolid, Asdrúbal Ruesta, Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa, David Correa-Galeote, Eulogio J. Bedmar

18.
Rhizobium as Potential Biofertilizer of Eruca Sativa

Alba Rubio-Canalejas, Lorena Celador-Lera, Xavier Cruz-González, Esther Menéndez, Raúl Rivas

19. Biocontrol of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli and Phytophthora capsici with Autochthonous Endophytes in Common Bean and Pepper in Castilla y León (Spain)
Marcia Barquero, Arsenio Terrón, Encarna Velázquez, Fernando González-Andrés

20. Disease Control and Plant Growth Promotion (PGP) of Selected Bacterial Strains in Phaseolus vulgaris

Miriam Memenza, Elvia Mostacero, Félix Camarena, Doris Zúñiga

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