Rhizosphere biology is approaching a century of investigations wherein growth-promoting rhizomicroorganisms (PGPR) have attracted special attention for their ability to enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability at a time when food security and rural livelihood are a key priority. Bio-inputs - either directly in the form of microbes or their by-products - are gaining tremendous momentum and harnessing the potential of agriculturally important microorganisms could help in providing low-cost and environmentally safe technologies to farmers.One approach to such biologically-based strategies is the use of naturally occurring products such as PGPR. Advances in PGPR Research explores recent developments and global issues in biopesticide research, presented via extended case studies and up-to-date coverage of: · Low input biofertilizers and biofungicides used for sustainable agriculture. · Molecular techniques to enhance efficacy of microbial inputs. · Intellectual property issues in PGPR research. Written by an international team of experts, this book considers new concepts and global issues in biopesticide research and evaluates the implications for sustainable productivity. It is an invaluable resource for researchers in applied agricultural biotechnology, microbiology and soil science, and also for industry personnel in these areas.

Contributions by: P.C. Abhilash, Betina Cecilia Agaras, Gautam Anand, Laith K. Tawfeeq Al-Ani, Fabiola Padilla Arizmendi, Fatima Berenice Salazar-Badillo, Mansi Bakshi, E.J. Bedmar, Adrien Biessy, Virendra S. Bisaria, Kartikay Bisen, Marieta Marin Bruzos, Jesús Salvador López-Bucio, Jose López-Bucio, Randy Ortiz-Castro, Jorge Armando Mauricio-Castillo, Vasvi Chaudhry, Niladri Chaudhry, Manoj Kumar Chitara, Pooja Choudhary, Manish Kumar Dubey, Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Rama Kant Dubey, Sheikh Adil Edirisi, Martin Filion, Elisabetta Franchi, Deepika Goyal, Natalia Cripps-Guazzone, Robert Hill, Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa, Angela Cristina Ikeda, María Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo, Madhu Kamle, Diwakar Kandula, Chetan Keswani, Gagan Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Punam Kumari, Richard Daniel Lally, Robert Lawry, Guillermo Nogueira-López, Anupam Maharshi, Shrikant S. Mantri, Rafael Jorge Leon Marcillo, Dmitri V. Mavrodi