TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Overview of Agricultural Microbiology
1.2 Microbial Intervention in Agriculture
1.2.1 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)
1.2.2 Beneficial Functions of PGPR
1.2.3 Nutrient supply function
1.2.4 Phosphorus-Solubilizing Bacteria
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Agricultural Microbiology and Soil Environment
2.1.2 Microbial Intervention in Soil-Health Improvement
2.2 Application of microorganisms in detoxification function
2.2.1 Heavy metal detoxification
2.2.2 Field Applications of Microbes in Heavy Metal Toxicity Bioremediation
2.2.3 Microbes in degradation of toxicants in pesticides
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Plant Microbes and Health Protection
3.2 Microbial Nutrition of Plants
3.3 Microbial Benefits for Diseases and Weeds
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Application of Agricultural Microbiology in Ecological, Agronomic and
Biotechnology
4.2 Microbiology Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
4.2.1 Biofertilizers
4.2.2 Bio-pesticides
4.2.3 Bio-herbicides
4.2.4 Bioinsecticides
4.3 Agricultural Microbiology and Bioremediation
4.4 Conclusion
