Microbes for Legume Improvement comprises 21 chapters and provides comprehensive information on concepts of microbial technology for the improvement of legumes grown in different agro-ecosystems. The role of microbes including symbiotic nitrogen fixers, asymbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria (like Azospirillum), plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), phosphate-solubilizing microbes, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and biocontrol agents in the improvement of both conventional and forage legumes growth is discussed. The role of bacterial biofilms in legume-Rhizobium interactions and metal tolerant microbes in the improvement of legumes is dealt separately. Furthermore, recent findings on the taxonomic status of rhizobia, various signal molecules affecting symbiosis, legume-pathogen and legume-rhizobial interactions and proteomic analysis of legume-microbe interactions are addressed.

Bacteria Involved in Nitrogen-Fixing Legume Symbiosis: Current Taxonomic Perspective.- Enhancing Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis Using Signaling Factors.- Key Molecules Involved in Beneficial Infection Process in Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis.- Recent Advances in Rhizobium-Legume Interactions: A Proteomic Approach.- Role of Ethylene and Bacterial ACC Deaminase in Nodulation of Legumes.- Microbial Biofilms: How Effective in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis?.- Potential of Rhizobia as Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria.- Engineering Nodulation Competitiveness of Rhizobial Bioinoculants in Soils.- Growth Promotion of Legumes by Inoculation of Rhizosphere Bacteria.- Mycorrhizosphere Interactions for Legume Improvement.- Role of Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria in Legume Improvement.- Legume Responses to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation in Sustainable Agriculture.- Bacterial Biofilms: Role in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis.- Role of Metal Tolerant Microbes in Legume Improvement.- Legumes-Microbes Interactions Under Stressed Environments.- Role of Azospirillum in the Improvement of Legumes.- Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes.- Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Food Grain Legumes: Current Status.- Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Improving the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis.- The Potential Use of Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis for Enhancing Plant Growth and Management of Plant Diseases.- Microbial Inoculants for Sustainable Legume Production.