1. Introduction to Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Part I. Introductory Chapters.- 2. The Importance of Microbiology in Sustainable Agriculture.- 3. Life of Microbes in the Rhizosphere.- 4. Life of Microbes on Aerial Plant Parts.- 5. Life of Microbes Inside the Plant.- 6. Microbial Cell Surfaces and Secretion Systems.- 7. Microbial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing.- 8. Bacterial Volatiles as Airborne Signals for Plants and Bacteria.- Part II. Phytopathogens and Pest Insects.- 9. Phytopathogenic Bacteria.- 10. Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes.- 11. Phytopathogenic Nematodes.- 12. Herbivorous Insects - a Threat for Crop Production.- 13. Phytopathogenic Viruses.- 14. Induced Disease Resistance.- 15. Apologies to the Planet – Can we Restore the Damage?.- 16. Will the Public ever Accept Genetically Engineered Plants?.- Part III. Control of Plant Diseases and Pests using Beneficial Microbes.- 17. Microbial Control of Phytopathogenic Nematodes.- 18. Microbial Control of Root-Pathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes.- 19. Control of Insect Pests by Entomopathogenic Nematodes.- 20. Bacillus thuringiensis-based Products for Insect Pest Control.- 21. Post Harvest Control.- Part IV. Plant Growth Promotion by Microbes.- 22. The Nitrogen Cycle.- 23. Biological Nitrogen Fixation.- 24. Phosphate Mobilisation by Soil Microorganisms.- 25. Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: the Lives of Beneficial Fungi and their Plant Host.- 26. Plant Hormones Produced by Microbes.- 27. Stress Control and ACC Deaminase.- 28. Plant-Microbe Interactions and Water Management in Arid and Saline Soils.- 29. Rhizoremediation.- Part V. Important Technologies.- 30. Microbial Communities in the Rhizosphere Analyzed by Cultivation-independent; DNA-based Methods.- 31. Visualization of Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Part VI. Products for Plant Growth-promotion and Disease Suppression.- 32. Commercialisation of Microbes: Present Situation and Future Prospects.- 33. Commercialization of Microbes: Manufacturing, Inoculation, Best Practice for Objective Field Testing, and Registration.- 34. Towards a New Generation of Commercial Microbial Disease Control and Plant -Growth Promotion Products.- 35. Important Organizations and Companies.- Part VII. Paradigms in Plant-Microbe Interactions.- 36. Trichoderma: a Multi-Purpose Tool for Integrated Pest Management.- 37. Agrobacterium, the Genetic Engineer.- 38. Take-All Decline and Beneficial Pseudomonads.- 39. The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen.- 40. Bacillus, a Plant-Beneficial Bacterium; Rainer Borriss.- 41. Soybean Production in the Americas.- Part VIII. Future Prospects and Dreams.- 42. Exploring the Feasibility of Transferring Nitrogen Fixation to Cereal Crops.- 43. The Minimal Rhizosphere Microbiome.- 44. The Edible Plant Microbiome: Importance and Health Issues.- 45. From Nodulation to Antibiotics.
