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Optimizing the Plant Endosphere for Stress Management

Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture

  • 1st Edition - February 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sankalp Misra, Manish Kumar, Diby Paul
  • Language: English

Optimizing the Plant Endosphere for Stress Management builds on the premise that the internal plant microbiome, central to crop performance, becomes more consequential… Read more

Description

Optimizing the Plant Endosphere for Stress Management builds on the premise that the internal plant microbiome, central to crop performance, becomes more consequential as drought, salinity, heavy-metal contamination, and disease sharpen under climate change and agricultural intensification.
Colonization determines subsequent outcomes: entry and transmission, the reciprocal signaling that accompanies recognition, and the transcriptional reprogramming through which host immunity is modulated together govern whether an association is established or excluded. Where stability is reached, physiological contribution becomes measurable: phytohormone-mediated growth regulation, nutrient mobilization, osmolyte accumulation and the scavenging of reactive oxygen species under osmotic and oxidative load, and the priming of systemic resistance alongside the release of antimicrobial compounds— functions that are frequently mutually reinforcing.
Translating these mechanisms into agronomic practice remains the principal challenge. Endospheric assembly can be directed toward defined synthetic communities, yet predictable engineering is limited by composition complexity and context dependence; nanoscale tools, multi-omics profiling, and synthetic-biology design are accordingly assessed for their capacity to narrow the distance between controlled study and field conditions. Whether they succeed depends on grower and industry engagement as much as on technical progress, with reduced agrochemical input, sustained yield, and strengthened food security as the overriding objectives.

Key features

  • Marks the shift from cataloguing endophyte diversity to engineering it toward defined agronomic ends.
  • Evaluates the compatibility of candidate strains with specific host crops as a precondition for reliable deployment.
  • Examines the unresolved complexity of plant–endophyte–environment interactions with the same weight given to their demonstrated benefits.

Readership

Researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in plant microbiology, plant–microbe interactions, microbial ecology, and plant stress biology. R&D specialists in agricultural biotechnology, agronomy, and sustainable agriculture, together with professionals in the agri-input and biotechnology industries developing endophyte-based products.

Table of contents

Part I: Fundamentals and Mechanisms

1. Plant–Endophyte Interactions in Sustainable Agriculture: Mechanisms, Functional Integration and Emerging Bio-Integrated Strategies

2. Harnessing Plant–Microbe Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture Under Environmental Stress

3. Mechanism of Endophyte Entry and Transmission

4. Effect of Climate Change on Endophyte Colonization

5. Signalling Pathways and Gene Expression Changes Under Plant Endophyte Interactions

6. Recognition and Evasion Mechanisms of Endophytes in Plants

7. Role of Endophytes in Enhancing Tolerance to Drought, Salinity, and Heavy Metals

Part II: Functional Roles in Plant Stress and Nutrition

8. Modulation of Antioxidant Systems and Osmolyte Biosynthesis

9. Induced Systemic Resistance in Plant Defense

10. Endophyte-Mediated Production of Antimicrobial Compounds and Enzymes to Mitigate Biotic Stress

11. Endophytes Mediated Nutrient Acquisition in Plants: Diversity, Mechanisms, and Agricultural Applications

12. Endophyte-Based Sustainable Nutrient Management: From Genomics to Field Application

13. Optimizing the plant endosphere for stress management: enhancing sustainable agriculture

14. Compatibility assessment of endophytes with target plant species

Part III: Applications, Engineering, and Future Technologies

15. Strategies for Modulating Endophyte Composition and Enhancing Microbial Diversity in Host Plants

16. Challenges in Plant Endosphere Community Engineering

17. Endophytic Fungi Mediated Nano-solutions for Biotic or Abiotic Plant Stress

18. Endophytic Bacteria Mediated Nano-solutions for Biotic or Abiotic Plant Stress

19. Addressing the Complexity of Plant-Endophyte Environment Interactions

20. Integration of Omics Technologies and Synthetic Biology Approaches for Plant-Endophyte Interactions: Synergistic Potential for Agricultural Applications

21. Harnessing Omics Technologies for Plant–Endophyte Associations

22. Endophyte-Mediated Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Mechanisms and Applications

23. Recent Advances in Endophyte-Mediated Techniques in Agriculture

24. Bridging Research and Practice: Engaging Stakeholders in Agricultural Innovation

25. Leaf phyllosphere endophytes contributing in the nano-dye synthesis; a case study

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Sankalp Misra

Sankalp Misra is a faculty member at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University (SRMU), Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his PhD in biological sciences at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, with his degree awarded by the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). He has qualified for the CSIR–UGC NET and has been awarded a Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) and a Research Associateship (RA) from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India. He has received the Young Researcher Award from the Institute of Scholars and SRMU, as well as Best Poster Awards at international and national conferences. He holds a life membership of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI). He has published research articles in SCI-indexed journals, authored book chapters, and edited a book. He has received research grants from several funding agencies, including ICMR, the Uttar Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (UPCST), and SRMU. His research interests include sustainable agriculture, abiotic stress-resilient agriculture, and biofertilizer-based technologies for improving soil fertility and crop productivity.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biosciences, Institute of Biosciences & Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Manish Kumar

Manish Kumar is a faculty member at Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his PhD in microbiology from ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms and R.D. University, Jabalpur. His expertise lies in plant–microbe interaction, microbial metagenomics, microbial diversity, and in silico vaccine design. He has qualified for the ICAR-NET and has held Research Associate (RA) and Senior Research Fellow (SRF) positions in ICAR and CSIR laboratories. He is a recipient of the SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship, awarded in 2022 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, under which he worked with Dr. Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Professor in the Department of Biology at San Diego State University, United States. He serves as an editor and reviewer for several reputed microbiology journals, and he has organized numerous workshops and national and international conferences as organizing secretary and joint organizing secretary.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Diby Paul

Diby Paul is a Professor of Biology at the College of Life and Health Sciences at Truett McConnell University in Georgia, United States. He has published numerous research articles on topics such as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, rhizosphere microbial ecology, bacterial salt-stress tolerance, quorum sensing, and quorum quenching. His postdoctoral research involved characterizing bacterial proteins associated with salt-stress tolerance. He is a recipient of the Endeavour Executive Research Fellowship, under which he conducted advanced research on the molecular characterization of the rhizosphere microbiome at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. His research at the Sociomicrobiology and Microbial Interactions Laboratory focuses on using quorum-quenching phytomolecules to inhibit harmful bacterial biofilm formation.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Sociomicrobiology and Microbial Interactions Laboratory, School of STEM, Truett McConnell University, Cleveland, GA, United States