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Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture Softcover Repri Edition
Contributor(s): Lugtenberg, Ben (Editor)

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 ISBN: 3319381857     ISBN-13: 9783319381855
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE: $161.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Ecology
- Science | Life Sciences - Microbiology
- Science | Life Sciences - Botany
Dewey: 571.2
Physical Information: 448 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
 
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The use of microbial plant protection products is growing and their importance will strongly increase due to political and public pressure. World population is growing and the amount of food needed by 2050 will be double of what is produced now whereas the area of agricultural land is decreasing. We must increase crop yield in a sustainable way. Chemical plant growth promoters must be replaced by microbiological products. Also here, the use of microbial products is growing and their importance will strongly increase. A growing area of agricultural land is salinated. Global warming will increase this process. Plants growth is inhibited by salt or even made impossible and farmers tend to disuse the most salinated lands. Microbes have been very successfully used to alleviate salt stress of plants. Chemical pollution of land can make plant growth difficult and crops grown are often polluted and not suitable for consumption. Microbes have been used to degrade these chemical pollutants.
 
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