Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture

1. Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interactions; Ben Lugtenberg
Part I. Introductory Chapters
2. The Importance of Microbiology in Sustainable Agriculture; Thomas Schäfer and Tom Adams
3. Life of Microbes in the Rhizosphere; Ben Lugtenberg
4. Life of Microbes on Aerial Plant Parts; Johan H.J. Leveau
5. Life of Microbes Inside the Plant; Jesús Mercado-Blanco
6. Microbial Cell Surfaces and Secretion Systems; Jan Tommassen and Han A.B. Wösten
7. Microbial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing; Aurelien Carlier, Gabriella Pessi, and Leo Eberl
8. Bacterial Volatiles as Airborne Signals for Plants and Bacteria; Choong-Min Ryu
Part II. Phytopathogens and Pest Insects
9. Phytopathogenic Bacteria; Jan van der Wolf and Solke H. De Boer
10. Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes; Pierre J.G.M. de Wit
11. Phytopathogenic Nematodes; Johannes Helder, Mariëtte Vervoort, Hanny van Megen, Katarzyna Rybarczyk Mydlowska, Casper Quist, Geert Smant, and Jaap Bakker
12. Herbivorous Insects - a Threat for Crop Production; Eddy van der Meijden
13. Phytopathogenic Viruses; Carmen Büttner, Susanne von Bargen, and Martina Bandte
14. Induced Disease Resistance; Corné M.J. Pieterse and Saskia C.M. Van Wees
15. Apologies to the Planet - Can we Restore the Damage?; Dulce Eleonora de Oliveira and Marc Van Montagu
16. Will the Public ever Accept Genetically Engineered Plants?; Inge Broer
Part III. Control of Plant Diseases and Pests using Beneficial Microbes
17. Microbial Control of Phytopathogenic Nematodes; Xiaowei Huang, Keqin Zhang, Zefen Yu, and Guohong Li
18. Microbial Control of Root-Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes; Linda Thomashow and Peter A.H.M. Bakker
19. Control of Insect Pests by Entomopathogenic Nematodes; Vladimír Puza
20. Bacillus thuringiensis -based Products for Insect Pest Control; Ruud A. de Maagd
21. Post Harvest Control; Emilio Montesinos, Jesús Francés, Esther Badosa, and Anna Bonaterra
Part IV. Plant Growth Promotion by Microbes
22. The Nitrogen Cycle; Martine A.R. Kox and Mike S.M. Jetten
23. Biological Nitrogen Fixation; Frans J. de Bruijn
24. Phosphate Mobilisation by Soil Microorganisms; José-Miguel Barea and, Alan E Richardson
25. Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: the Lives of Beneficial Fungi and their Plant Host; Paola Bonfante and Alessandro Desirò
26. Plant Hormones Produced by Microbes; Stijn Spaepen
27. Stress Control and ACC Deaminase; Bernard R. Glick
28. Plant-Microbe Interactions and Water Management in Arid and Saline Soils; Daniele Daffonchio, Heribert Hirt, and Gabriele Berg
29. Rhizoremediation; Sofie Thijs and Jaco Vangronsveld
Part V. Important Technologies
30. Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere Analyzed by Cultivation-independent; DNA-based Methods; Susanne Schreiter, Namis Eltlbany, and Kornelia Smalla
31. Visualization of Plant-Microbe Interactions; Massimiliano Cardinale and Gabriele Berg
Part VI. Products for Plant Growth-promotion and Disease Suppression
32. Commercialisation of Microbes: Present Situation and Future Prospects; Willem J. Ravensberg
33. Commercialization of Microbes: Manufacturing, Inoculation, Best Practice for Objective Field Testing, and Registration; Faina Kamilova, Yaacov Okon , Sandra de Weert, and Katja Hora
34. Towards a New Generation of Commercial Microbial Disease Control and Plant -Growth Promotion Products; Rainer Borriss
35. Important Organizations and Companies; Ben Lugtenberg
Part VII. Paradigms in Plant-Microbe Interactions
36. Trichoderma: a Multi-Purpose Tool for Integrated Pest Management; Matteo Lorito and Sheridan L. Woo
37. Agrobacterium , the Genetic Engineer; Paul J.J. Hooykaas
38. Take-All Decline and Beneficial Pseudomonads; David M. Weller
39. The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans , the Irish Potato Famine Pathogenl; Charikleia Schoina and Francine Govers
40. , a Plant-Beneficial Bacterium; Rainer Borriss
41. Soybean Production in the Americas; Woo-Suk Chang, Hae-In Lee, and Mariangela Hungria
Part VIII. Future Prospects and Dre