New Insights, Trends and Challenges in the Development and Applications of Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture provides information about how to develop high-quality microbial inoculants (biofertilizers and biopesticides) for increasing crop yields and quality and reducing the economic, environmental and health costs of food production. The book's chapters discuss cutting-edge approaches and techniques to develop bioformulations as reliable, viable solutions for food production, including the importance of a legal framework to guarantee the quality and safety of these bio-products. Additionally, it provides information on the current limitations and future approaches to enhance microbial inoculant development for contributing to global food security.
Interest in biofertilizers and the potential for their use in sustainable agriculture is increasing. However, many commercial bioproducts are low quality due to the lack of quality standards which causes a decrease in efficiency, high variability in the field, and loss of confidence from farmers.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I. Microbial Ecology in Food Security
2. Microbial Interactions iIn Agroecosystems
3. Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Mechanisms Involved in Plant Diseases
4. Biological Control Agents for Mitigating Plant Diseases
5. Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria as a Sustainable Agricultural Strategy
Part II. Development of Next-Generation Bacterial Inoculants
6. Bioprospection of Beneficial Bacteria for Bioproducts Innovation in Agriculture
7. Molecular and Biochemical Responses of Plants to Bacterial Inoculants
8. Omics Approaches for Detecting Action Modes of Microbial Inoculants
9. Polyphasic Taxonomic of Strains Contained in Bacterial Inoculants
10. Bacterial Inoculants Production Systems
11. Bioformulation of Bacterial Inoculants
12. Performance Evaluation of Bacterial Inoculants in the Field
Part III. Present and Future Scenario
13. The Role of Microbial Culture Collections in the Bioinoculants Development
14. Legal Framework for the Development of Microbial Inoculants
15. Perspectives and Challenges for Innovating Microbial Inoculants
