03349nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10680928 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090721s2009 nyuad sb 001 0 eng d 2009029203 9781608761128 (hardcover) 1608761126 (hardcover) 9781617285615 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)662452489 QR111 .P46 2009eb 579/.1757 22 Phosphate solubilizing microbes for crop improvement [electronic resource] / Mohammad Saghir Khan and Almas Zaidi, editors. New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009. xvii, 451 p. : ill. (some col.). Agriculture issues and policies series Includes bibliographical references and index. Biological importance of phosphorus and phosphate solubilizing microbes: an overview -- Novel approaches for analysis of biodiversity of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria -- Effects of phosphate-solubilizing microorganism on soil phosphorus fractions -- Role of plant growth promoting microorganisms for sustainable crop production -- Genetic and functional diversity of phosphate solubilizing fluorescent pseudomonads and their simultaneous role in promotion of plant growth and soil health -- Practical use of phosphate solubilizing soil microorganisms -- Phosphate-solubilization by psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microorganisms: an asset for sustainable agriculture at low temperatures -- Beneficial microbes in sustainable tropical crop production -- Molecular genetics of phosphate solubilization in rhizosphere bacteria and its role in plant growth promotion -- Strategies for development of microphos and mechanisms of phosphate-solubilization -- Variation in plant growth promoting activities of phosphate-solubilizing microbes and factors affecting their colonization and solubilizing efficiency in different agro-ecosystems -- Management of plant diseases using phosphate-solubilizing microbes -- Phosphate solubilizing microbes: potentials and success in greenhouse and field applications -- Genetic and phenotypic characterization of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and their effects on growth and symbiotic properties of alfalfa plants -- Microbial facilitation of phosphorus nutrition in sugarcane -- Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms for augmenting crop nutrition -- Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms: prospects, promises and problems -- Genetic manipulations of metal accumulation and heavy metal tolerance: improving plants for environmental remediation -- Biological control of plant nematodes with phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Soil microbiology. Phosphates Solubility. Crop improvement. Electronic books. local Khan, Mohammad Saghir. Zaidi, Almas. ebrary, Inc. Agriculture issues and policies series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10680928 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 60304 60304