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| About the Editors |
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| Preface |
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1 Role of microorganism as new generation plant bio-stimulants: An assessment |
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1.2 Introduction of plant bio-stimulants |
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1.3 Basic mechanism of bio-stimulants |
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1.4 Sources of plant bio-stimulants |
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1.5 Microbes as plant bio-stimulant |
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1.6 Role of microbes in nutrient uptake/stimulation |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (8) |
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2 Exploiting biostimulant properties of Trichoderma for sustainable plant production |
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Jesus Salvador Lopez-Bucio |
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2.2 Trichoderma metabolism: from decomposers to plant growth promoters |
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19 | (1) |
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2.3 Tric/ioderma-plant chemical dialogue |
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2.4 Tric/ioderrrw-induced resistance to plant pathogens |
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2.5 Trichoderma and plant nutrition |
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2.6 Soil acidification in Trichoderma-plant interactions |
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25 | (1) |
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2.7 Salt stress tolerance mediated by Trichoderma |
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25 | (1) |
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2.8 Conclusions and future prospects |
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26 | (7) |
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27 | (6) |
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3 Bacillus rhizobacteria: A versatile biostimulant for sustainable agriculture |
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3.2 Diversity of Bacillus species |
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3.3 Direct mechanism of plant growth promotion |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (5) |
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4 Arbuscular mycorrhizae, a treasured symbiont to agriculture |
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4.1 Introduction to mycorrhiza |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (7) |
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4.3 Application of AMF in bioremediation |
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55 | (1) |
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4.4 Renaturation and afforestation |
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56 | (1) |
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4.5 Mass production of VAM: the past, present and future |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (4) |
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59 | (4) |
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5 Micro and macroalgae: A potential biostimulant for abiotic stress management and crop production |
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63 | (1) |
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5.2 Review of literature and recent developments |
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5.3 Conclusion and future prospects |
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76 | (12) |
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77 | (11) |
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6 Fluorescent pseudomonads: A multifaceted biocontrol agent for sustainable agriculture |
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6.2 Species diversity of Fluorescent Pseudomanads |
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83 | (1) |
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6.3 Mechanisms of Fluorescent Pseudomanads |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (5) |
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89 | (4) |
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7 Role of Piriformospora indica in inducing soil microbial communities and drought stress tolerance in plants |
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93 | (1) |
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7.2 Soil microbial communities: benign hidden players in plant growth |
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94 | (1) |
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7.3 P. indica: an overview |
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7.4 Basic mechanisms in plants to counter drought stress |
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101 | (1) |
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7.5 Morphological and physiological innate responses in plants against drought stress |
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102 | (1) |
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7.6 Multidimensional contribution of P. indica in providing tolerance against drought stress |
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103 | (2) |
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7.7 P. indica mediated adaptative responses generated in rice plants to cope up drought stress |
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105 | (1) |
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7.8 Scope of P. indica for the promotion of sustainable agriculture in xerophytic habitats |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (4) |
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107 | (4) |
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8 Microbes-based bio-stimulants towards sustainable oilseeds production: Nutrients recycling and genetics involved |
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111 | (1) |
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8.2 Soil microbes and plant interactions |
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112 | (3) |
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8.3 Geochemical changes in plant rhizosphere and release of mineral nutrients |
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115 | (4) |
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8.4 VAM fungi for efficient nutrient acquisition and mobilization |
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119 | (2) |
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8.5 Genetics involved in nutrient cycling |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (7) |
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126 | (5) |
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9 Role of soil microbes in micronutrient solubilization |
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131 | (1) |
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9.2 Importance of micronutrients in plant nutrition |
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132 | (1) |
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9.3 Sources and pools of micronutrients in soil and their significance in plant uptake |
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133 | (1) |
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9.4 Factors affecting the availability of micronutrients |
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133 | (1) |
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9.5 Influence of rhizosphere in micronutrient availability |
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134 | (1) |
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9.6 Soil pH and pE as an indicator of micronutrient availability |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (10) |
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9.8 Conclusion and future perspectives |
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145 | (6) |
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146 | (5) |
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10 Sustainable induction of systemic resistance in response to potential biological control agents in crops |
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151 | (2) |
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10.2 Novel scenario of biological control |
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153 | (1) |
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10.3 Suppressive soils pathogens |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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10.5 Induction of systemic resistance |
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157 | (9) |
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166 | (1) |
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10.7 Potental of non-pathogenic strains |
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167 | (1) |
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10.8 Conclusion and future prospects |
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168 | (9) |
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169 | (8) |
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11 Psychrophilic microbes: Biodiversity, beneficial role and improvement of cold stress in crop plants |
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11.2 Historical background |
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180 | (1) |
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11.3 Biodiversity of psychrophilic microbes |
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180 | (2) |
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11.4 Mechanisms of adaptation of psychrophilic microbes |
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182 | (4) |
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11.5 Psychrophilic microbes used in crop improvement |
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186 | (3) |
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11.6 The beneficial role of psychrophilic microbes in crop performance |
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189 | (3) |
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11.7 Conclusion and future prospects |
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192 | (7) |
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193 | (6) |
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12 Role of plant-associated bacteria as bio-stimulants in alleviation of chromium toxicity in plants |
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12.1 Cr toxicity to the environment |
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12.2 Strategies of Cr remediation from contaminated environment |
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200 | (1) |
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12.3 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and their beneficial traits |
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200 | (3) |
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12.4 Cr induced oxidative stress in plants and anti-oxidative enzymes |
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203 | (2) |
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12.5 PGPR and phytoremediation |
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205 | (2) |
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12.6 Case study of Cr phytoremediation mediated by root-associated bacteria |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (5) |
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209 | (4) |
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13 Microbe-based plant biostimulants and their formulations for growth promotion and stress tolerance in plants |
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213 | (2) |
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13.2 Microbes as plant biostimulants |
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215 | (2) |
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13.3 Mechanism of development of microbe-based plant biostimulants |
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217 | (1) |
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13.4 Microbial bioformulation based plant biostimulants |
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218 | (2) |
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13.5 Microbes as biofertilizers |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (1) |
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13.7 Significance of microbes in abiotic and biotic stress alleviation |
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223 | (1) |
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13.8 Challenges and future prospects |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (9) |
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225 | (9) |
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14 Microbial consortia for augmentation of plant growth-revisiting the promising approach towards sustainable agriculture |
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14.1 Rhizosphere: a nutrient rich niche |
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234 | (1) |
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14.2 Microbial marketing strategies |
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234 | (1) |
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14.3 Plant microbe interactions |
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234 | (2) |
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14.4 Microbe-microbe interactions |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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14.6 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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14.9 Phytohormone production |
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238 | (1) |
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14.10 Prevention of diseases and development of ISR |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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14.13 Microbial Consortia: The Dynamics of Co-Operation' |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (1) |
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14.15 Three or multi partner consortium development |
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244 | (4) |
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14.16 Multi-omics for development of microbial consortia for plant growth promotion |
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248 | (9) |
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250 | (7) |
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15 Phosphate solubilization by microorganisms |
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Christiane Ahreu Oliveira Paiva |
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Eduardo Jose Azevedo Correa |
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15.2 Research the selection of phosphate-solubilizing microbes |
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268 | (1) |
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15.3 Bioinoculants containing strains of P solubilizing microorganisms and biomaphos - an example of a successful case in Brazil |
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269 | (14) |
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274 | (9) |
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16 Fungal endophytes as biostimulants of secondary metabolism in plants: a sustainable agricultural practice for medicinal crops |
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283 | (2) |
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16.2 Why do we need to study fungal-medicinal plant interaction to make secondary metabolites? |
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16.3 Role of endophytic fungi in production of secondary metabolites; host-endophyte relationship |
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286 | (13) |
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16.4 Metabolic interactions of plant endophytes |
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16.5 Different strategies to exploit fungal endophytes as biostimulants for production of commercially important plant-derived compounds |
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301 | (3) |
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16.6 Secondary metabolic compounds produced by medicinal plants endophytic fungi in vitro |
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304 | (4) |
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308 | (7) |
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308 | (1) |
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17 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from the perspectives of tea plantations and diseases |
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17.2 Tea cultivation in India |
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316 | (1) |
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17.4 Shade trees in tea plantations |
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17.5 Pests and diseases of tea |
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318 | (1) |
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17.7 Rhizospheric activity |
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319 | (2) |
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17.8 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) |
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17.9 PGPR and prospective benefits to tea plants |
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322 | (4) |
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17.10 PGPR as biocontrol agents in tea cultivation |
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17.11 Tea plantations and microbial colonization |
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326 | (2) |
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328 | (5) |
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18 Microbiome-based approaches to enhance soil health in arable land |
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18.2 Conventional microbe-based approach for enhancement of soil health |
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18.3 Limitations associated with conventional approaches |
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335 | (1) |
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18.4 Microbiome: a brief overview |
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18.5 Approaches used to engineer the microbiome |
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336 | (2) |
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18.6 Impact of microbiome-based approaches on the health of plant and soil |
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18.7 Future of microbiome-based approaches in enhancing soil health: integration of metagenomics and metabolomics approaches with designing of synthetic communities |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (4) |
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342 | (1) |
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19 Deciphering microbial consortium from termite gut for biofertilizer consortium formulation |
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19.2 Material and methods |
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346 | (1) |
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19.3 Results and discussions |
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347 | (4) |
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351 | (2) |
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20 Revivification of rhizobacteria-promoting plant growth for sustainable agricultural development |
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353 | (1) |
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20.3 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) |
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354 | (1) |
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20.6 The PGPR biological control agents |
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355 | (1) |
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20.7 Mechanisms of direct |
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356 | (3) |
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359 | (3) |
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20.9 Sustainability of agriculture and future perspective |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (7) |
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