@article{755725,
      recid = {755725},
      author = {Subramaniam, Gopalakrishnan, and Arumugam, Sathya, and  Rajenn, Vijayabharathi,},
      title = {Plant growth promoting actinobacteria a new avenue for  enhancing the productivity and soil fertility of grain  legumes / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xviii, 298 pages) :},
      abstract = {Global yields of legumes have been relatively stagnant for  the last five decades, despite the adoption of conventional  and molecular breeding approaches. The use of plant  growth-promoting (PGP) bacteria for improving agricultural  production, soil and plant health has become one of the  most attractive strategies for developing sustainable  agriculture. Actinomycetes are bacteria that play an  important role in PGP and plant protection, produce  secondary metabolites of commercial interest, and their use  is well documented in wheat, rice, beans, chickpeas and  peas. In order to promote legumes, the general assembly of  the UN recently declared 2016 the "International Year of  Pulses." In view of this development, this book illustrates  how PGP actinomycetes can improve grain yield and soil  fertility, improve control of insect pests and  phytopathogens, and enhance host-plant resistance. It also  addresses special topics of current interest, e.g. the role  of PGP actinomycetes in the biofortification of legume  seeds and bioremediation of heavy metals.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/755725},
}