Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions

1. Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interactions; Ben Lugtenberg<br>Part I. Introductory Chapters<br>2. The Importance of Microbiology in Sustainable Agriculture; Thomas Schäfer and Tom Adams<br>3. Life of Microbes in the Rhizosphere; &nbsp;Ben Lugtenberg<br>4. Life of Microbes on Aerial Plant Parts; Johan H.J. Leveau<br>5. Life of Microbes Inside the Plant; Jesús Mercado-Blanco<br>6. Microbial Cell Surfaces and Secretion Systems; Jan Tommassen and Han A.B. Wösten<br>7. Microbial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing; Aurelien Carlier, Gabriella Pessi, and Leo Eberl<br>8. Bacterial Volatiles as Airborne Signals for Plants and Bacteria; Choong-Min Ryu<br>Part II. Phytopathogens and Pest Insects<br>9. Phytopathogenic Bacteria; Jan van der Wolf and Solke H. De Boer<br>10. Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes; Pierre J.G.M. de Wit<br>11. Phytopathogenic Nematodes; Johannes Helder, Mariëtte Vervoort, Hanny van Megen, Katarzyna Rybarczyk Mydłowska, Casper Quist, Geert Smant, and Jaap Bakker<br>12. Herbivorous Insects - a Threat for Crop Production; Eddy van der Meijden<br>13. Phytopathogenic Viruses; Carmen Büttner, Susanne von Bargen, and Martina Bandte<br>14. Induced Disease Resistance; Corné M.J. Pieterse and Saskia C.M. Van Wees<br>15. Apologies to the Planet – Can we Restore the Damage?; Dulce Eleonora de Oliveira and Marc Van Montagu<br>16. Will the Public ever Accept Genetically Engineered Plants?; Inge Broer<br>Part III. Control of Plant Diseases and Pests using Beneficial Microbes<br>17. Microbial Control of Phytopathogenic Nematodes; Xiaowei Huang, Keqin Zhang, Zefen Yu, and Guohong Li<br>18. Microbial Control of Root-Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes; Linda Thomashow and Peter A.H.M. Bakker<br>19. Control of Insect Pests by Entomopathogenic Nematodes; Vladimír Půža<br>20. Bacillus thuringiensis-based Products for Insect Pest Control; Ruud A. de Maagd<br>21. Post Harvest Control; Emilio Montesinos, Jesús Francés, Esther Badosa,&nbsp; and Anna Bonaterra<br>Part IV. Plant Growth Promotion by Microbes<br>22. The Nitrogen Cycle; Martine A.R. Kox and Mike S.M. Jetten<br>23. Biological Nitrogen Fixation; Frans J. de Bruijn<br>24. Phosphate Mobilisation by Soil Microorganisms; José-Miguel Barea and, Alan E Richardson<br>25. Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: the Lives of Beneficial Fungi and their Plant Host; Paola Bonfante and Alessandro Desirò<br>26. Plant Hormones Produced by Microbes; Stijn Spaepen<br>27. Stress Control and ACC Deaminase; Bernard R. Glick<br>28. Plant-Microbe Interactions and Water Management in Arid and Saline Soils; Daniele Daffonchio, Heribert Hirt, and Gabriele Berg<br>29. Rhizoremediation; &nbsp;Sofie Thijs and Jaco Vangronsveld<br>Part V. Important Technologies<br>30. Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere Analyzed by Cultivation-independent; DNA-based Methods; Susanne Schreiter, Namis Eltlbany, and Kornelia Smalla<br>31. Visualization of Plant-Microbe Interactions; Massimiliano Cardinale and Gabriele Berg<br>Part VI. Products for Plant Growth-promotion and Disease Suppression<br>32. Commercialisation of Microbes: Present Situation and Future Prospects; Willem J. Ravensberg<br>33. Commercialization of Microbes: Manufacturing, Inoculation, Best Practice for Objective Field Testing, and Registration; Faina Kamilova, Yaacov Okon , Sandra de Weert, and Katja Hora<br>34. Towards a New Generation of Commercial Microbial Disease Control and Plant -Growth Promotion Products; Rainer Borriss<br>35. Important Organizations and Companies; Ben Lugtenberg<br>Part VII. Paradigms in Plant-Microbe Interactions<br>36. Trichoderma: a Multi-Purpose Tool for Integrated Pest Management; Matteo Lorito and Sheridan L. Woo<br>37. Agrobacterium, the Genetic Engineer; Paul J.J. Hooykaas<br>38. Take-All Decline and Beneficial Pseudomonads; David M. Weller<br>39. The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish Potato Famine Pathogenl; Charikleia Schoina and Francine Govers<br>40. <Bacillus, a Plant-Beneficial Bacterium; Rainer Borriss<br>41. Soybean Production in the Americas; Woo-Suk Chang, Hae-In Lee, and Mariangela Hungria<br>Part VIII. Future Prospects and Dreams<br>42. Exploring the Feasibility of Transferring Nitrogen Fixation to Cereal Crops; Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran<br>43. The Minimal Rhizosphere Microbiome; Jos M. Raaijmakers<br>44. The Edible Plant Microbiome: Importance and Health Issues; Gabriele Berg, Armin Erlacher, Martin Grube<br>45. From Nodulation to Antibiotics; Eva Kondorosi