Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Chapter 1 Agrochemical industry: a multibillion industry 1
4. Chapter 2 Plant protection through agrochemicals and its consequences 25
5. Chapter 3 Agrochemicals and their effects on soil microbial population 45
6. Chapter 4 Effect of abiotic stresses on plant systems and their mitigation 59
7. Chapter 5 Plant pathogenesis and disease control 95
8. Chapter 6 Plant defense systems: mechanism of self-protection by plants against pathogens 115
9. Chapter 7 Role of Beneficial Microbes for Plant growth Improvement 141
10. Chapter 8 Microbial bioproducts for plant growth and protection: trends and prospective 177
11. Chapter 9 Nanopesticides: challenges and opportunities 201
12. Chapter 10 Assessment of the role of rhizosphere in soil and its relationship with microorganisms and element absorption 225
13. Chapter 11 Biosurfactant: an environmentally benign biological agent for sustainable agroecological agriculture 253
14. Chapter 12 Bacillus lipopeptide-based antifungal agents for plant disease control 313
15. Chapter 13 Use of alkaloids in plant protection 337
16. Chapter 14 Biotechnological approaches for plant stress management 353
17. Chapter 15 Role of proteins and enzymes in plant disease control 395
18. Chapter 16 The role of PGPRs in phosphate solubilization and nitrogen fixation in order to promote plant growth parameters under salinity, drought, nutrient deficiency, and heavy metal stresses 415
19. Chapter 17 Impact of endophytic fungi in biotic stress management 447
20. Chapter 18 Ecosystem services and ecological role of birds in insect and pest control 463
21. Chapter 19 Role of entomopathogenic fungi in biocontrol of insect pests 505
22. Chapter 20 Indigenous practices for pest control and marketability of the produce for development of sustainable agriculture 549
23. Chapter 21 Role of plant microbiome in crop protection 573
24. List of contributing authors 601
25. Index 611