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Microbial Endophytes

Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture

  • 1st Edition - September 17, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ajay Kumar, Vipin Kumar Singh
  • Language: English

Microbial Endophytes: Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture discusses the practical and theoretical aspects regarding the use of endophytic microorganisms in agriculture, providing… Read more

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Microbial Endophytes: Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture discusses the practical and theoretical aspects regarding the use of endophytic microorganisms in agriculture, providing insights on the biotechnological applications associated with long-term crop production. Chapters deal with the various aspects of endophytic microorganisms, including isolation, enumeration, characterization procedures, diversity analysis, and their role as biofertilizer, biocontrol agent and microbial inoculants. Framed to discuss the present and future potential of microbial endophytes in biotic and abiotic stress management, bioremediation, bioactive compounds production, and in nanotechnology, this book provides a single-volume resource that will be valuable to academics and researchers interested in microbiology, agricultural sciences and biotechnology.

Key features

  • Explores aspects of sustainable agriculture by using endophytic microorganism such as bacteria, fungi and actinobacteria
  • Presents insights into the use of endophytes as biofertilizer and biocontrol agents in sustainable agriculture
  • Relates endophyte organisms and nano-technology

Readership

Academics and researchers interested in microbiology, agricultural sciences, biotechnology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Also microbiologists, ecologists, plant pathologists, physiologists, agronomists, molecular biologists, pharmacologist and related researchers transitioning to multidisciplinary work in the field of sustainable agriculture

Table of contents

1. Isolation and characterization of endophytes: Biochemical and molecular approaches2. Diversity of endophytes of traditionally used plant of Indian medicine system3. Endophytic bacteria: Role in sustainable agriculture4. Endophytic bacteria in plant diseases management5. Endophytic bacteria in abiotic stress management6. Endophytic bacteria in xenobiotic degradation7. Endophytic bacteria: Function role in bioremediation8. Endophytic bacteria as a source of bioactive compounds9. Endophytic actinomycetes in bioactive compounds production and plant defense system10. Synthesis and application of nano-particles from endophytic bacteria11. Endophytic bacteria from the medicinal plants and their potential application12. Endophytic fungi as biofertilizer and biocontrol agent13. Application of endophytic fungi in nano-technology and their potential applications

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 17, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editors

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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

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Vipin Kumar Singh

Dr. Vipin Kumar Singh is currently working as CSIR Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Centre of Advanced Study, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Botany from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India in the year 2015. He has worked in the UGC project entitled “Detoxification of arsenic contaminated groundwater by transgenic eco-friendly microbes.” He has more than nine years of research experience in the area of groundwater hydro-geochemistry and bioremediation approaches to clean the contaminated groundwater sites. His area of interest includes the use of fast-growing plants and microbes to clean the contaminated soil and water system. Dr. Singh has published eight book chapters, twenty-one research articles in journals of national and international repute. He is a life time member of Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH) and Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI). Currently, he is the member of editorial board in Indian Journal of Microbiology research and Water open access journal. So far, he has reviewed more than dozens of research articles and book chapters of international repute. He has actively participated in many national and international seminars, symposia, conferences and workshop related to the application of microbes in the management of contaminated sites.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, K.S. Saket P.G. College, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India

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