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Fruit Microbiome

Emerging Aspects in Postharvest Disease Management

  • 1st Edition - August 7, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ajay Kumar, Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Manoj Kumar Solanki
  • Language: English

Fruit Microbiome: Emerging Aspects in Postharvest Disease Management covers all areas of microbial ecology and serves as a basis for innovative methods of microbiome engine… Read more

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Description

Fruit Microbiome: Emerging Aspects in Postharvest Disease Management covers all areas of microbial ecology and serves as a basis for innovative methods of microbiome engineering and the incorporation of probiotics on fruit nutritional quality. Emphasizing the latest advancements in the fruit microbiome and applications in biocontrol perspectives, the book includes advanced and recent insights into the development of microbial pesticides that will be helpful for those seeking ways to protect and improve plant health and yield protection.

Phyto-microbiome plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and productivity of all plants, including fruit plants whose yield contributes to global food security. Fruit also harbors numerous microbial communities as an epiphytes or endophytes, and theses microbes play a vital role in protecting them from pathogen invasion during pre-or- postharvest storage. Further, the development and commercialization of several biocontrol products derived from fruits microbiome have proven relevant in broader plant disease management.

Key features

  • Highlights emerging microbial biocontrol strategies for plant pathogens management using fruits microbiome
  • Includes production and commercialization of microbial biopesticides
  • Presents the latest omics and other technologies used for targeting fruit microbiomes and their sustainable use in phytopathogen management

Readership

Researchers, academics and advanced students in horticulture, agriculture and crop sciences

Table of contents

1. An introduction of fruit microbiome and its application in postharvest management

2. Current scenario of food security and plant disease management

3. Microbiome engineering: Application in plant disease management

4. Plant disease management of fresh produce through microbiome modulation

5. Synthetic microbial consortia and their application in postharvest management of fruit

6. Latest omics and approaches to fruit microbiome and their application as biocontrol agent

7. Prebiotics application for postharvest management of fruits

8. Edible coating on the fresh produce to protect from pathogen invasion

9. Endophytic microorganism as a source of bioactive compounds.

10. Endophytic microbiome of fruits and their application in plant disease management

11. Beneficial Yeast: Tiny warriors of the fresh produce

12. Beneficial macro fungi application the post-harvest management of fruits

13. Biocontrol Activity and Plant Growth Promotion Exerted by Aureobasidium pullulans Strains

14. Survey of apple microbiome: Their diseases and management aspect

15. Survey of citrus microbiome: Their diseases and management aspect

16. Microbial intervention a novel approach in post-harvest management of fruit

17. Engineered nanoparticles application in phytopathogen management of fresh produce

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 7, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

AK

Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (2018–2022), and completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, focusing on plant–microbe interactions. Dr. Kumar’s research expertise spans plant–microbe interactions, microbial biocontrol, postharvest fruit disease management, microbial endophytes of medicinal plants, and cyanobacteria–pesticide interactions. He is a prolific author in leading international journals and is also actively engaged in academic editing with major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Microbiology, a Guest Editor for Microorganisms and Plants (MDPI), and a Series Editor for Plant and Soil Microbiome (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

SV

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos is a full-time professor at Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, where he conducts research in microbial ecology, plant–microorganism–soil interactions, microbial inoculant production, and agro‑ecosystem conservation using isotopic techniques. His work integrates ecological, physiological, biochemical, and genetic approaches, spanning research from in vitro studies to field-level applications. In addition to his research and publications contributions, he has organized and taught multiple workshops and has served as President of international scientific congresses, as well as a plenary speaker at various congresses and symposia. His scientific achievements have been recognized by the National System of Researchers (Level 2), a special mention in the 2013 AgroBio Award (national), and the 2014 Tecnos Award (international) for contributions to biotechnology. He is also a member of expert panels for several organizations dedicated to soil conservation and the development of microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for several high–impact journals. His research programs and outputs reflect the work of a strong collaborative team of students and colleagues committed to advancing scientific knowledge with national and global impact, as well as the comprehensive training of human resources.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Laboratorio de Biotecnología del Recurso Microbiano, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON), Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico

MS

Manoj Kumar Solanki

Manoj Kumar Solanki is currently employed as a scientist in the Institute of Biology, Biotechnology, and Environment Protection of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. In 2006, he received his master’s degree in microbiology from Barkatullah University, and in 2013, he received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Rani Durgawati University in India. He also served as a research associate in a DBTfunded project at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India. He received a visiting scientist fellowship from the Guangxi Academy of Agriculture Sciences in China from 2013 to 2015, as well as a visiting scientist fellowship from the Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization in Israel from 2016 to 2020. He has been involved in numerous research activities on plants-microbes interaction, soil microbiology, plant disease management, enzymology, and microbial genome analysis during his research career, and has published a number of publications in prestigious peer-reviewed international journals and books. He is also expanding his knowledge of agriculturally significant microorganisms, with a focus on soil and crop health management, among other things as well as worked as associate/guest editor for various journals and has sound expertise in editing books and reviewing articles.

Affiliations and expertise
University of Silesia, Poland

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