BookManoj Kumar, Hassan Etesami, Vivek Kumar, editors.
Summary: This book discusses the role of salt in current agricultural approaches, including the low salt tolerance of agricultural crops and trees, impact of saline soils, and salt-resistant plants. Halophytes are extremely salt tolerant plants, which are able to grow and survive under salt at concentrations as high as 5 g/l by maintaining negative water potential. The salt-tolerant microbes inhabiting the rhizospheres of halophytes may contribute to their salt tolerance, and the rhizospheres of halophytic plants provide an ideal opportunity for isolating various groups of salt-tolerant microbes that could enhance the growth of different crops under salinity stress. The book offers an overview of salt-tolerant microbes' ability to increase plant tolerance to salt to facilitate plant growth, the potential of the halophytes rhizospheres as a reservoir of beneficial salt-tolerant microbes, their future application as bio-inoculants in agriculture and a valuable resource for an alternative way of improving crop tolerance to salinity and promoting saline soil-based agriculture. This special collection of reviews highlights some of the recent advances in applied aspects of plant (halophytes)-microbe interactions and their contribution towards eco-friendly approaches saline soil-based agriculture.
Contents:
Soil Salinity as a Challenge for Sustainable Agriculture and Bacterial Mediated Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Crop Plants
Restoration of Plant Growth under Saline Soil by Halotolerant Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)
Halotolerant Rhizobacteria: A Promising Probiotic for Saline Soil Based Agriculture
Development of Salt Tolerance in Crops by Using Halotolerant Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Rhizospheric Soils of Halophytes
Halotolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi and Bacteria as an Alternative Strategy for Improving Nutrient Availability to Salinity-Stressed Crop Plants
Bacterial Endophytes from Halophytes: How Do They Help Plants to Alleviate Salt Stress?
Effects of Halophilic Bacteria on Biochemical Characteristics of Rice Cultivars under Salinity Stress Conditions
Production of Rhamnolipids by a Halotolerant Bacterial Strain with Seawater and its Application in the Treatment of Powdery Mildew of Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)
Bottlenecks in Commercialization and Future Prospects of Beneficial Halotolerant Microorganisms for Saline Soils
Role of Halotolerant Microbes in Plant Growth Promotion under Salt Stress Conditions.