Saline Soil-based Agriculture by Halotolerant Microorganisms

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Soil Salinity as a Challenge for Sustainable Agriculture and Bacterial-Mediated Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Crop Plants (Hassan Etesami, Fatemeh Noori)....Pages 1-22 Restoration of Plant Growth Under Saline Soil by Halotolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) (Leila Bensidhoum, Sylia Ait Bessai, Elhafid Nabti)....Pages 23-51 Halotolerant Rhizobacteria: A Promising Probiotic for Saline Soil-Based Agriculture (Ankita Alexander, Avinash Mishra, Bhavanath Jha)....Pages 53-73 Development of Salt Tolerance in Crops Employing Halotolerant Plant Growth–Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Halophytic Rhizosphere Soils (Ashok Panda, Asish Kumar Parida)....Pages 75-101 Halotolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi and Bacteria as an Alternative Strategy for Improving Nutrient Availability to Salinity-Stressed Crop Plants (Hassan Etesami, Hossein Ali Alikhani)....Pages 103-146 Bacterial Endophytes from Halophytes: How Do They Help Plants to Alleviate Salt Stress? (Ignacio D. Rodríguez-Llorente, Eloisa Pajuelo, Salvadora Navarro-Torre, Jennifer Mesa-Marín, Miguel A. Caviedes)....Pages 147-160 Effects of Halophilic Bacteria on Biochemical Characteristics of Rice Cultivars Under Salinity Stress Conditions (Mehvish Riaz Khattak, Sami Ullah Jan, Ijaz Malook, Sehrish Riaz Khattak, Nazneen Akhtar, Sehresh Khan et al.)....Pages 161-174 Production of Rhamnolipids by a Halotolerant Bacterial Strain with Seawater and Its Application in the Treatment of Powdery Mildew of Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) (Xiangsheng Zhang, Boping Tang)....Pages 175-185 Bottlenecks in Commercialization and Future Prospects of Beneficial Halotolerant Microorganisms for Saline Soils (Bushra Tabassum, Adeyinka Olawale Samuel, Muhammad Umar Bhatti, Neelam Fatima, Naila Shahid, Idrees Ahmad Nasir)....Pages 187-208 Role of Halotolerant Microbes in Plant Growth Promotion Under Salt Stress Conditions (Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Sajid Mahmood Nadeem, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Rana Binyamin, Muhammad Rashid Waqas)....Pages 209-253