Plant Growth and Health Promoting Bacteria

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maheshwari, Dinesh K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Microbiology Monographs, 18
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Agriculture.; Bacteriology.; Plant pathology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Pathology.; Applied Microbiology.

To cope with the increasing problems created by agrochemicals such as plant fertilizers, pesticides and other plant protection agents, biological alternatives have been developed over the past years. These include biopesticides, such as bacteria for the control of plant diseases, and biofertilizer t...