Our understanding of plant microbe interactions advances rapidly and the application of beneficial microbes in agriculture and horticulture presently usd 17 billion annually is increasing fast therefore there is a strong need to present the principles of these interactions to a broad public in this book the basics of all interactions mentioned above are explained in an easily . Principles of plant microbe interactions microbes for sustainable agriculture lugtenberg ben 9783319381855 books amazonca. The use of microbial plant protection products is growing and their importance will strongly increase due to political and public pressure world population is growing and the amount of food needed by 2050 will be double of what is produced now whereas the area of agricultural land is decreasing we must increase crop yield in a sustainable way. 1 introduction to plant microbe interactions ben lugtenberg part i introductory chapters 2 the importance of microbiology in sustainable agriculture thomas schafer and tom adams 3 life of microbes in the rhizosphere ben lugtenberg 4 life of microbes on aerial plant parts johan hj leveau 5 life of microbes inside the plant . In this context the book principles of plant microbe interactions microbes for sustainable agriculture edited by ben lugtenberg 2015 is a topical and timely contribution on plant microbe interactions and offers a great hope for harnessing such beneficial interactions for making agriculture as a sustainable enterprise