Contents
Part I Endophytes in Agriculture
1 Endophytes in Mineral Nutrient Management: Introduction . . . . . .
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Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari and Shrivardhan Dheeman
2 Bioefficacy of Endophytes in the Control of Plant Diseases . . . . . . . . 11
Fernando Matias Romero, Amira Susana Nieva,
Oscar Adolfo Ruiz, Andrés Gárriz, and Franco Rubén Rossi
3 Microbial Endophytes: Sustainable Approach for Managing
Phosphorus Deficiency in Agricultural Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anupma Dahiya, Rakesh Kumar, and Satyavir S. Sindhu
4 Cattle Dung Manure Microbiota as a Substitute for Mineral
Nutrients and Growth Management Practices in Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sandhya Dhiman, Sandeep Kumar, Nitin Baliyan,
Shrivardhan Dheeman, and Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari
5 Fluorescent Pseudomonads in Iron Chelation and Plant
Growth Promotion in Abiotic Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
C. Dileep, C. G. Sreekala, T. S. Reshma, and Surabhi Sankar
Part II Endophytes and Mineral Nutrition
6 Microbial Endophytes: New Direction to Natural Sources . . . . . . . . . 123
Azim Ghasemnezhad, Arezou Frouzy, Mansour Ghorbanpour,
and Omid Sohrabi
7 Tropical Endophytic Bacillus Species Enhance Plant Growth
and Nutrient Uptake in Cereals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Camila Cristina Vieira Velloso, Vitória Palhares Ribeiro,
Chainheny Gomes de Carvalho, Christiane Abreu de Oliveira,
Ubiraci Gomes de Paula Lana, Ivanildo Evódio Marriel,
Sylvia Morais de Sousa, and Eliane Aparecida Gomes
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