Advancing Sustainable Agriculture Through Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change

Table of Contents

1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Understanding the Basis of Symbiosis
2. Taxonomy, ecology, and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A key component of soil microbiome
3. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Plant nutrition and health for sustainable agriculture
4. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Soil fertility through enhancement of nutrient availability
5. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and major nutrient cycling
6. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil microbiome and ecosystem functioning
7. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and carbon sequestration
8. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in improving soil structure and water holding capacity
9. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in remediation of soil pollutant
10. Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on soil microbial communities
11. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as plant growth enhancers: mechanisms and applications
12. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and drought tolerance in plants
13. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and salinity stress tolerance in plants
14. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and temperature stress tolerance in plants
15. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and water relations in plants
16. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and biotic stress tolerance in plants
17. The complex network of signals and responses during interactions between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
18. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant secondary metabolite production
19. Inoculum Production, Formulation, and Quality Control of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
20. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture
21. Enhancing crop production through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
22. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic farming
23. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and urban agriculture
24. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rehabilitation in degraded lands
25. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and climate-smart agriculture
26. Designing novel symbioses for agricultural applications: Perspectives from synthetic biology
27. New frontiers for sustainable agriculture through nanotechnology and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
28. Perceptions, knowledge, and practices among farmers regarding social impacts of mycorrhizal technology adoption
29. Economic analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in crop production
30. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agriculture: Policy and regulatory frameworks
31. Case studies on agricultural applications of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the field: Pros and cons
32. Endophytic fungi and sustainable agricultural production
33. Ectomycorrhizal fungi and sustainable agriculture
34. Genetic association and mycorrhiza
35. Role of biostimulation and biocontrol of mycorrhizal symbiosis
36. Challenges, opportunities, and future directions for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi research and development

Authors

Allah Ditta Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Karachi, Pakistan. Allah Ditta is an Assistant Professor at Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He earned his BSc (Hons) MSc (Hons) from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan and received his Ph.D. from Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. He has carried out research projects in the areas of Eco-restoration by using integrated organic, inorganic and microbial strategies. He has also served as Assistant Professor at Department of Environmental Sciences, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan. His major research interests encompass broad, interdisciplinary field of plant production, with a focus on eco-restoration under abiotic stresses. The breadth of his research spans from degraded land ecological amelioration, using integrated and sustainable approaches. Dr. Ditta has published more than 85 research and review articles (Impact factor 210.43) in internationally well-recognized journals along with thirteen book chapters. Sajid Mehmood Key Laboratory, Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation, Hainan Province, Hainan University, Haikou, China. Dr. Sajid Mehmood completed his BSc (Hons.) in Agriculture from Arid Agricultural University of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and his MSc (Hons.) in Soil Science and graduated in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Wuhan, China and finished his Ph.D. at the College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, examining the different types of risk, management strategies and efficiency at crop level using biochar, slag and ferrous manganese ore. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Hainan University in the Department of Ecology and Environment. He has research experience on as-is and modified (magnetic and acidic) biochars. Dr. Sajid worked as a research associate in a project of National Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr. Sajid has been on the Editorial board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed journals of Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, RSC, Oxford University Press, The Royal Society, CSIRO, PLOS and John Wiley & Sons. Muhammad Imtiaz Senior Scientist, Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz is a Senior Scientist at Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan, and also as Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou (Guangdong), P.R. China focusing on the fate of heavy metals stress in the soil environment, and in plants as well as on their remediation approached for the sustainable agriculture. Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz has research and teaching experience and has published research in various well reputed scientific impact factor journals. He has participated in many national and international conferences and seminars, and presented his research there. Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz has been working as Section Editor of "Journal of Environment and Agriculture (JEA) since 2017.