Phosphate solubilizing microbes for crop improvement
By: Mohammad Saghir Khan and Almas Zaidi, editors
Series: Agriculture issues and policies series; Agriculture issues and policies series
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9781608761128
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biological importance of phosphorus and phosphate solubilizing microbes: an overview; title: Novel approaches for analysis of biodiversity of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria; title: Effects of phosphate-solubilizing microorganism on soil phosphorus fractions; title: Role of plant growth promoting microorganisms for sustainable crop production; title: Genetic and functional diversity of phosphate solubilizing fluorescent pseudomonads and their simultaneous role in promotion of plant growth and soil health; title: Practical use of phosphate solubilizing soil microorganisms; title: Phosphate-solubilization by psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microorganisms: an asset for sustainable agriculture at low temperatures; title: Beneficial microbes in sustainable tropical crop production; title: Molecular genetics of phosphate solubilization in rhizosphere bacteria and its role in plant growth promotion; title: Strategies for development of microphos and mechanisms of phosphate-solubilization; title: Variation in plant growth promoting activities of phosphate-solubilizing microbes and factors affecting their colonization and solubilizing efficiency in different agro-ecosystems; title: Management of plant diseases using phosphate-solubilizing microbes; title: Phosphate solubilizing microbes: potentials and success in greenhouse and field applications; title: Genetic and phenotypic characterization of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and their effects on growth and symbiotic properties of alfalfa plants; title: Microbial facilitation of phosphorus nutrition in sugarcane; title: Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms for augmenting crop nutrition; title: Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms: prospects, promises and problems; title: Genetic manipulations of metal accumulation and heavy metal tolerance: improving plants for environmental remediation; title: Biological control of plant nematodes with phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms.