Microbiome Stimulants for Crops. Mechanisms and Applications

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Microbial endophytes: Evolution, diversity, community functions, and regulation

2. Friends in low places: Soil derived microbial inoculants for biostimulation and biocontrol in crop production

3. The roles of endophytes in modulating plant development

4. Epichloe endophytes stimulate grass development and physiological state in China

5. Endophytic microbes promote plant growth and alter host secondary metabolites

6. Epichloe endophytes of grasses, in particular their physiological interaction with plants

7. Potential application of plant growth promoting bacteria in bioenergy crop production

8. Soil microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants A special reference to Rhizosphere microbiome

9. Belowground dialogue between plant roots and beneficial microbes

10. Microbial?bio-active?compounds?in plant disease management

11. Microbial biocontrol formulations for commercial applications

12. Potential effect of microbial biostimulants in sustainable vegetable production

13. Microbes as bio stimulants: Tissue culture prospective

14. Biostimulants application in agriculture under abiotic stress conditions

15. Actinomycetes as bio stimulants and their application in agricultural practices

16. Role of microbial volatiles as an aromatic tool in management of crop productivity

17. Microbial consortia: approaches in crop production and yield enhancement

18. ?Fungal enzymes and their potential application as bio stimulants

19. Microbial cell factories for treatment of soil polluted with heavy metals: A green approach

20. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as plant biostimulants

21. Nanobiotechnology of plant microbiome

22. Microbiome establishment, adaptation and their contributions to anaerobic stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition in rice

23. Soil physical and nutritional balance are essential for establishing a healthy microbiome

24. Microbiome stimulants for crops: Indicators for an Economically proficient sustainable agriculture

25. Plant microbiome: Diversity, distribution, and functional relevance in crop improvement and sustainable agriculture

26. Gene expression studies in crop plants for diseases management

27. Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with oil crops

Authors

James F. White Professor of Plant Biology, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Dr. James White is Professor of Plant Biology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Dr. White obtained the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Botany and Plant Pathology/Mycology from Auburn University, Alabama, and the Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Texas, Austin in 1987. Dr. White specializes in symbiosis research, particularly endophytic microbes. He is the author of more than 400 articles, and author and editor of reference books on the biology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of microbial endophytes, including Biotechnology of Acremonium Endophytes of Grasses (1994), Microbial Endophytes (2000), The Clavicipitalean Fungi (2004), The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem (2005; 2016), Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis (2009) and Seed Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology (2019). He and students in his lab are exploring diversity of endophytic and biostimulant microbes and the various impacts that they have on host plants. Ajay Kumar Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, India. Dr. Ajay Kumar is a Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology in India. He has published extensively in leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, and Endophytes related with the medicinal plants, Postharvest management of fruits. Dr. Kumar has published more than 165 research articles including review papers/book chapters/ books in the leading international journals. He is serving as special issue editors in some journals like "Frontiers in Microbiology, Microorganism� etc. In addition also acting as reviewer in some leading journals like Frontiers group, PLOS ONE, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biological Control, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 3Biotech etc. Dr, Kumar has edited several books with leading publishers including Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor and Francis. Samir Droby Senior Research Scientist, ARO, Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences, Division of Biochemistry and Food Science, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Prof. Samir Droby is a senior research scientist at the ARO, the Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences at the Division of Biochemistry and Food Science at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 2013, he has been serving as the chair of the Postharvest Pathology Subject Matter Committee of the International Society of Plant Pathology. His research expertise include developing biological and natural based control strategies for postharvest diseases, microbiome of harvested commodities, mode of action of yeast biocontrol agents, pathogenicity mechanisms of Penicillium species on citrus and apple fruit and resistance mechanisms of fruits against postharvest pathogens. Prof. Droby has published more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 25 review articles and 27 book chapters on various topics related to postharvest pathology.