Plant - Associated Bacteria
Contents: Preface. 1. Plant -associated bacteria: survey, molecular phylogeny, genomics and recent advances/Gwyn A. Beattie. Beneficial bacteria: 2. Rhizobium-legume symbioses: molecular signals elaborated by rhizobia that are important for nodulation/Hari B. Krishnan and John O. Bennett. 3. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in non-legumes/David A. Dalton and Sasha Kramer. 4. Epiphytic bacteria, their ecology and functions/Sam S. Gnanamanickam and J. Ebenezar Immanuel. 5. Bacterial endophytes: the endophytic niche, its occupants, and its utility/C.W. Bacon and D.M. Hinton. Rhizosphere bacteria: 6. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria/Appa Rao Podile and G. Krishna Kishore. 7. Contribution of studies on suppressive soils to the identification of bacterial biocontrol agents and to the knowledge of their models of action/P. Lemanceau, M. Maurhofer and G. Defago. 8. Root-associated bacteria inducing systemic resistance/L.C. Van Loon and P.A. H.M. Bakker. 9. Rhizophere competence and the role of root colonization in biocontrol/Sandra De Weert and Guido V. Bloemberg. 10. Deleterious Rhizobacteria/R.J. Kremer. Plant pathogenic bacteria: 11. Agrobacterium biology and crown gall disease/A. Anand and K. Mysore. 12. Clavibacter michiganensis, a group of gram-positive phytopathogenic bacteria/R. Eichenlaub, K.-H. Gartemann and A. Burger. 13. The soft rot Erwinia/Amy O. Charkowski. 14. Plant pathogenic Pseudomonas species/Monica Hofte and P. De Vos. 15. Virulence functions of xanthomonads/Sujatha Subramoni, G. Jha and R.V. Sonti. 16. Plant pathogenic Ralstonia species/T.P. Denny. 17. Burkholderia/R. Gitaitis and Claudia Nischwitz. 18. Plant pathogenic members of the genera Acidovorax and Herbaspirillum/M. Fegan.
"This volume is developed on the broad theme of plant-associated bacteria. It is envisioned as a resource volume for researchers working with beneficial and harmful groups of bacteria associated with crop plants. The book is divided into two parts. Part I (9 chapters) on beneficial bacteria includes chapters on symbiotic nitrogen fixers, diazotrophs, epiphytes, endophytes and rhizosphere bacteria and deleterious rhizobacteria. Part II (8 chapters) consists of detailed descriptions of 8 genera of plant pathogenic bacteria. The opening chapter is on the plant associated bacteria survey, molecular phylogeny, genomics and recent advances. Each chapter includes terminology/definitions, molecular phylogeny, methods that can be used (Both traditional and latest molecular tools) and applications."
