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New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Sustainable Agriculture: Microorganisms as Biostimulants
- 1st Edition - November 3, 2021
- Editors: Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Anukool Vaishnav
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 6 3 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 6 0 0 0 - 0
This book provides a comprehensive overview of different agriculturally important microorganisms and their role as plant biostimulants. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Trichoderma,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis book provides a comprehensive overview of different agriculturally important microorganisms and their role as plant biostimulants. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Trichoderma, Cyanobacteria, Endophytes, and Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria have the potential to promote plant growth, disease management, nutrient acquisition, stress alleviation, and soil health management. Presenting an all-inclusive collection of information, this book will be important for students, academicians, researchers working in the field of sustainable agriculture, microbial technology, and biochemical engineers. It will also be of use for policymakers in the area of food security and sustainable agriculture.
- Introduces new microorganisms as plant biostimulants.
- Describes potential mechanisms of plant–microbe interaction for stress alleviation and crop improvement.
- Provides information about different microbial formulations (consortium) and their application to the alleviation of different abiotic stresses (salt, drought, nutrient deficiency, heavy metal, etc.) in plants.
- Discusses about psychrophilic microbes, endophytic microbes, and total plant microbiome and their uses as biostimulants for improving plant health.
Students, Scientists and Researchers at universities, Biochemists, Bioengineers, Biochemical engineers, Chemical engineers, Plant Biochemists, Microbiologist, Microbial industries and Agricultural Industries
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Role of microorganism as new generation plant bio-stimulants: An assessment
- Abstract
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Introduction of plant bio-stimulants
- 1.3 Basic mechanism of bio-stimulants
- 1.4 Sources of plant bio-stimulants
- 1.5 Microbes as plant bio-stimulant
- 1.6 Role of microbes in nutrient uptake/stimulation
- 1.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2 Exploiting biostimulant properties of Trichoderma for sustainable plant production
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Trichoderma metabolism: from decomposers to plant growth promoters
- 2.3 Trichoderma-plant chemical dialogue
- 2.4 Trichoderma-induced resistance to plant pathogens
- 2.5 Trichoderma and plant nutrition
- 2.6 Soil acidification in Trichoderma-plant interactions
- 2.7 Salt stress tolerance mediated by Trichoderma
- 2.8 Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 3 Bacillus rhizobacteria: A versatile biostimulant for sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Diversity of Bacillus species
- 3.3 Direct mechanism of plant growth promotion
- 3.4 Indirect mechanism
- 3.5 Future prospects
- References
- Chapter 4 Arbuscular mycorrhizae, a treasured symbiont to agriculture
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction to mycorrhiza
- 4.2 VAM in agriculture
- 4.3 Application of AMF in bioremediation
- 4.4 Renaturation and afforestation
- 4.5 Mass production of VAM: the past, present and future
- 4.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5 Micro and macroalgae: A potential biostimulant for abiotic stress management and crop production
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Review of literature and recent developments
- 5.3 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 6 Fluorescent Pseudomonads: A multifaceted biocontrol agent for sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Species diversity of Fluorescent Pseudomanads
- 6.3 Mechanisms of Fluorescent Pseudomanads
- 6.4 Future prospects
- References
- Chapter 7 Role of Piriformospora indica in inducing soil microbial communities and drought stress tolerance in plants
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Soil microbial communities: benign hidden players in plant growth
- 7.3 P. indica: an overview
- 7.4 Basic mechanisms in plants to counter drought stress
- 7.5 Morphological and physiological innate responses in plants against drought stress
- 7.6 Multidimensional contribution of P. indica in providing tolerance against drought stress
- 7.7 P. indica mediated adaptative responses generated in rice plants to cope up drought stress
- 7.8 Scope of P. indica for the promotion of sustainable agriculture in xerophytic habitats
- 7.9 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8 Microbes-based bio-stimulants towards sustainable oilseeds production: Nutrient recycling and genetics involved
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Soil microbes and plant interactions
- 8.3 Geochemical changes in plant rhizosphere and release of mineral nutrients
- 8.4 VAM fungi for efficient nutrient acquisition and mobilization
- 8.5 Genetics involved in nutrient cycling
- 8.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9 Role of soil microbes in micronutrient solubilization
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Importance of micronutrients in plant nutrition
- 9.3 Sources and pools of micronutrients in soil and their significance in plant uptake
- 9.4 Factors affecting the availability of micronutrients
- 9.5 Influence of rhizosphere in micronutrient availability
- 9.6 Soil pH and pE as an indicator of micronutrient availability
- 9.7 Micronutrients
- 9.8 Conclusion and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 10 Sustainable induction of systemic resistance in response to potential biological control agents in crops
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Novel scenario of biological control
- 10.3 Suppressive soils pathogens
- 10.4 Potential in PGPR
- 10.5 Induction of systemic resistance
- 10.6 Fungal BCAs
- 10.7 Potental of non-pathogenic strains
- 10.8 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 11 Psychrophilic microbes: Biodiversity, beneficial role and improvement of cold stress in crop plants
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Historical background
- 11.3 Biodiversity of psychrophilic microbes
- 11.4 Mechanisms of adaptation of psychrophilic microbes
- 11.5 Psychrophilic microbes used in crop improvement
- 11.6 The beneficial role of psychrophilic microbes in crop performance
- 11.7 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 12 Role of plant-associated bacteria as bio-stimulants in alleviation of chromium toxicity in plants
- Abstract
- 12.1 Cr toxicity to the environment
- 12.2 Strategies of Cr remediation from contaminated environment
- 12.3 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and their beneficial traits
- 12.4 Cr induced oxidative stress in plants and anti-oxidative enzymes
- 12.5 PGPR and phytoremediation
- 12.6 Case study of Cr phytoremediation mediated by root-associated bacteria
- 12.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13 Microbe-based plant biostimulants and their formulations for growth promotion and stress tolerance in plants
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Microbes as plant biostimulants
- 13.3 Mechanism of development of microbe-based plant biostimulants
- 13.4 Microbial bioformulation based plant biostimulants
- 13.5 Microbes as biofertilizers
- 13.6 Biopesticides
- 13.7 Significance of microbes in abiotic and biotic stress alleviation
- 13.8 Challenges and future prospects
- 13.9 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14 Microbial consortia for augmentation of plant growth–revisiting the promising approach towards sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 14.1 Rhizosphere: a nutrient rich niche
- 14.2 Microbial marketing strategies
- 14.3 Plant microbe interactions
- 14.4 Microbe-microbe interactions
- 14.5 Plant probiotics
- 14.6 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)
- 14.7 Nitrogen fixation
- 14.8 Mineral acquisition
- 14.9 Phytohormone production
- 14.10 Prevention of diseases and development of ISR
- 14.11 Biocontrol agents
- 14.12 Biostimulants
- 14.13 Microbial consortia: the dynamics of co-operation
- 14.14 Binary consortium
- 14.15 Three or multi partner consortium development
- 14.16 Multi-omics for development of microbial consortia for plant growth promotion
- References
- Chapter 15 Phosphate solubilization by microorganisms
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Research the selection of phosphate-solubilizing microbes
- 15.3 Bioinoculants containing strains of P solubilizing microorganisms and biomaphos - an example of a successful case in Brazil
- References
- Chapter 16 Fungal endophytes as biostimulants of secondary metabolism in plants: a sustainable agricultural practice for medicinal crops
- Abstract
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Why do we need to study fungal-medicinal plant interaction to make secondary metabolites?
- 16.3 Role of endophytic fungi in production of secondary metabolites; host-endophyte relationship
- 16.4 Metabolic interactions of plant endophytes
- 16.5 Different strategies to exploit fungal endophytes as biostimulants for production of commercially important plant-derived compounds
- 16.6 Secondary metabolic compounds produced by medicinal plants endophytic fungi in vitro
- 16.7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 17 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from the perspectives of tea plantations and diseases
- Abstract
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Tea cultivation in India
- 17.3 Tea varieties
- 17.4 Shade trees in tea plantations
- 17.5 Pests and diseases of tea
- 17.6 Tea rhizosphere
- 17.7 Rhizospheric activity
- 17.8 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)
- 17.9 PGPR and prospective benefits to tea plants
- 17.10 PGPR as biocontrol agents in tea cultivation
- 17.11 Tea plantations and microbial colonization
- 17.12 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 18 Microbiome-based approaches to enhance soil health in arable land
- Abstract
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Conventional microbe-based approach for enhancement of soil health
- 18.3 Limitations associated with conventional approaches
- 18.4 Microbiome: a brief overview
- 18.5 Approaches used to engineer the microbiome
- 18.6 Impact of microbiome-based approaches on the health of plant and soil
- 18.7 Future of microbiome-based approaches in enhancing soil health: integration of metagenomics and metabolomics approaches with designing of synthetic communities
- 18.8 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Chapter 19 Deciphering microbial consortium from termite gut for biofertilizer consortium formulation
- Abstract
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Material and methods
- 19.3 Results and discussions
- 19.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 20 Revivification of rhizobacteria-promoting plant growth for sustainable agricultural development
- Abstract
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Rhizosphere soil
- 20.3 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)
- 20.4 PGPR in farming
- 20.5 Bio-fertilization
- 20.6 The PGPR biological control agents
- 20.7 Mechanisms of direct
- 20.8 Indirect mechanisms
- 20.9 Sustainability of agriculture and future perspective
- 20.10 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 390
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 3, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323851633
- eBook ISBN: 9780323860000
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Harikesh Bahadur Singh
Prof. H. B. Singh works as Distinguished Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura from August 1, 2020 to date. He is a Visiting Professor at Cornell University and University of Illinois, USA, Sau Paulo State University, Sorocaba, Brazil. He is honoured with 22 National and International prestigious awards including the CSIR Award for S&;T Innovation and Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Successfully completed 21 research projects funded by various funding agencies. Established fruitful research collaborations with academic and industry researchers and published jointly with national and international collaborators in high impact journals and obtained 19 patents
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, IndiaAV
Anukool Vaishnav
Dr. Anukool Vaishnav is working as a Postdoctoral Scientist (Swiss excellence fellow) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also associated with the Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, India, as an Assistant Professor. He has operated the SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship as Principal Investigator at the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. As an active researcher, he has published more than 45 publications and 6 books. He has also received several fellowships and young scientist awards from different agencies.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, IndiaRead New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering on ScienceDirect