Relationship Between Microbes and the Environment for Sustainable Ecosystem Services, Volume 1. Microbial Products for Sustainable Ecosystem Services

Table of Contents

1. Microbial food products: A sustainable solution to alleviate hunger 2. Role of soil microbiome in transformation and reclamation of soil 3. Microorganisms as biocontrol agents for sustainable?agriculture 4. Relationship between probiotics and living beings for sustainable life on land 5. Microbial adaptation to climate change and its impact on sustainable development 6. Earthworm Microbial Interaction for sustainable soil ecosystem and Crop productivity 7. Avenues of Sustainable Pollutant Bioremediation Using Microbial Biofilms 8. Endophytic bacteria in a biocontrol perspective 9. Microbiome stimulants and their applications in crop plants 10. Microbes: A sustainable tool for healthy and climate smart agriculture 11. Microbes as biocontrol agent: From crop protection till food security 12. Composting process: Fundamental and molecular aspects 13. Lichenized fungi, a primary bioindicator/ biomonitor for bio-mitigation of excessive ambient air nitrogen deposition worldwide 14. Molecular markers and genomics assisted breeding for improving crop plants 15. Nanoherbicides: a sustainable option for Field Applications 16. Coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB): A viable method for removing pesticides from contaminated sites

Authors

Jastin Samuel Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, and leads the Waste Valorization Research Lab, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. Dr. Jastin Samuel (PhD) is working as Assistant Professor leading waste valorization research lab at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. He has more than a decade experience in R&D. He has been an active part of DST, EU-DBT, and CSIR-funded projects. He was awarded the prestigious CSIR-SRF fellowship in Engineering (ENG42) in 2013. Along with his team, he has developed lab-scale mine wastewater treatment system for opencast mines at Orissa, India; established ETP tertiary treatment facility for two industries (sugar industry and distillery industry) with reuse and business proposition in Andhra Pradesh, India, that is, approved by CPCB; established a water treatment facility at Pondicherry in PPP mode with the State Government. He is presently working on pathway assessment and mitigation of Micro and Nano-plastics. He has been a member of review boards of various journals and conferences in India and abroad. Ajay Kumar Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, India. Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar recently completed his tenure as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel. He has published more than 175 research, review articles, and book chapters in international and national journals. He serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and as guest editor for various journals such as Plants, Microorganisms, and Sustainability. Dr. Kumar has also edited more than 32 books with the leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar's research experience is in the field of plant-microbe interactions, postharvest management, cyanobacterial biology, and so on. Joginder Singh Panwar Professor, Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India. Prof. Joginder Singh is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University in India. Previously, he has worked as Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University in Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and European Federation of Biotechnology. He has published extensively, including both journal papers and book chapters. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Pedosphere, Soil and Sediment Contamination, Symbiosis, International Journal of Phytoremediation, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Annals of Agricultural Sciences, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and many more.