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Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria.
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This review restricts itself to bacteria that are derived from and exert this effect on the root and generally designated as PGPR (plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria), which can be direct or indirect in their effects on plant growth.Abstract:
Several microbes promote plant growth, and many microbial products that stimulate plant growth have been marketed. In this review we restrict ourselves to bacteria that are derived from and exert this effect on the root. Such bacteria are generally designated as PGPR (plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria). The beneficial effects of these rhizobacteria on plant growth can be direct or indirect. This review begins with describing the conditions under which bacteria live in the rhizosphere. To exert their beneficial effects, bacteria usually must colonize the root surface efficiently. Therefore, bacterial traits required for root colonization are subsequently described. Finally, several mechanisms by which microbes can act beneficially on plant growth are described. Examples of direct plant growth promotion that are discussed include (a) biofertilization, (b) stimulation of root growth, (c) rhizoremediation, and (d) plant stress control. Mechanisms of biological control by which rhizobacteria can promote plant growth indirectly, i.e., by reducing the level of disease, include antibiosis, induction of systemic resistance, and competition for nutrients and niches.read more
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The rhizosphere microbiome and plant health
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Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere.
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Structure and functions of the bacterial microbiota of plants
Davide Bulgarelli,Klaus Schlaeppi,Stijn Spaepen,Stijn Spaepen,Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat,Paul Schulze-Lefert +5 more
TL;DR: The plant microbiota emerges as a fundamental trait that includes mutualism enabled through diverse biochemical mechanisms, as revealed by studies on plant growth- Promoting and plant health-promoting bacteria.
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Hormonal Modulation of Plant Immunity
Corné M. J. Pieterse,Dieuwertje van der Does,Christos Zamioudis,Antonio Leon-Reyes,Saskia C. M. Van Wees +4 more
TL;DR: Evidence is emerging that beneficial root-inhabiting microbes also hijack the hormone-regulated immune signaling network to establish a prolonged mutualistic association, highlighting the central role of plant hormones in the regulation of plant growth and survival.
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): emergence in agriculture
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The Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants
M. H. Martin,H. Marschner +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the relationship between Mineral Nutrition and Plant Diseases and Pests, and the Soil-Root Interface (Rhizosphere) in Relation to Mineral Nutrition.
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Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relationship between mineral nutrition and plant diseases and pests, and diagnose deficiency and toxicity of mineral nutrients in leaves and other aerial parts of a plant.
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Trichoderma species--opportunistic, avirulent plant symbionts.
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Biological control of soil-borne pathogens by fluorescent pseudomonads
Dieter Haas,Geneviève Défago +1 more
TL;DR: Biocontrol strains of fluorescent pseudomonads produce antifungal antibiotics, elicit induced systemic resistance in the host plant or interfere specifically with fungal pathogenicity factors during root colonization.
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Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria for Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: Principles, Mechanisms of Action, and Future Prospects
TL;DR: As agricultural production intensified over the past few decades, producers became more and more dependent on agrochemicals as a relatively reliable method of crop production.