Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health provides readers with an overview of plant growth-promoting microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms to improve plant growth and soil health. Students and researchers in soil science will gain a comprehensive understanding of soil microbiota diversity and functions, along with insights into the mechanisms by which plant growth, including molecular processes involved in nutrient acquisitions and defense mechanisms work. In addition, the book provides a noteworthy emphasis on fungi.

A soil beneficial microbe cannot only be the living cells, but also their components, such as molecules or enzymes produced by this beneficial microbiota. Molecules like microbial phytohormones can be excellent promoters or regulators of plant growth, as well as proteins and other compounds like volatiles, which might elicit a systemic resistance response against pathogenic threats. Therefore, plant growth promoters living in soil, associated with plant roots, could act through direct beneficial interactions with the plant, by stimulating or regulating growth responses to environmental conditions, or indirectly by inhibiting the growth of potential microbial pathogens and herbivore pests.

Consolidates the latest advances on plant growth-promoting microorganisms residing in soil
Includes both direct e.g., phytohormones, plant nutrition, and indirect e.g., biocontrol mechanisms to promote plant growth
Covers the main mechanisms to promote plant growth: phytohormones and biocontrol
Includes detailed information about types of soil microrganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and other microscopic organisms and their specific functions and impact on soil health

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-10-22
Mått191 x 235 x 32 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor620
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780443340550

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Gustavo Santoyo is a Professor of Agrogenomics at the Institute of Chemical and Biological Research, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. His current research focuses on elucidating plant–soil–microbe interactions and on investigations in agrogenomics. He serves as a Special Content Editor for Microbiological Research (Elsevier) and as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Plant Sciences (Frontiers), Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier), and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Springer). He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and holds the Nivel III distinction in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores of Mexico. In 2024, he received the State Award for Science, Technology, and Innovation, granted by the Government of the State of Michoacán.

1. Soil microbiological diversity and soil functions2. Impact of agrochemicals on soil health3. Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion4. Rhizosphere fungi in sustainable agriculture5. Plant microbiome and the holobiont concept6. Diversity of plant root-associated microorganisms7. Soil nitrogen-fixing bacteria8. Mycorrhizal fungi and soil health9. The rhizosphere as a source of plant endophytes10. Biocontrol bacterial agents residing in soil11. Plant growth-stimulating mechanisms by Trichoderma12. Mycoparasitism by soil Trichoderma species13. Microbial phytohormones production by soil microbes14. Microbial facilitators of plant nutrient acquisition15. Ethylene and ACC deaminase in beneficial soil microorganisms16. Induced systemic resistance and microbial elicitors17. Microbial siderophores18. Microbial volatiles produced by soil bacteria19. Diversity of plant growth promoters in saline soils20. Stressful agriculture and soil microorganisms21. The role of microorganisms on nutrient cycling22. Fungal biodiversity and soil health23. Soil enzyme activities as indicators of soil health