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Soil Microbiomes for Sustainable Agriculture

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Editors:
  1. Ajar Nath Yadav

    1. Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, India

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  • Totally devoted to utilization of beneficial soil microbiomes with multifunctional plant growth promoting attributes for sustainable developments
  • Contains scientific achievements made so far on microbial biotechnology of soil microbiomes
  • Unique in its kind
  • Written by eminent experts from different countries

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 27)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Plant Growth-Promoting Soil Microbiomes: Beneficial Attributes and Potential Applications

    • Pragya Tiwari, Subir Kumar Bose, Hanhong Bae
    Pages 1-30

  3. Microbes Associated with Crops: Functional Attributes for Crop Productivity

    • Slimane Mokrani, El-hafid Nabti
    Pages 31-54

  4. Soil Microbes with Multifarious Plant Growth Promoting Attributes for Enhanced Production of Food Crops

    • Yasaman Kiani Boroujeni, Vahid Nikoubin Boroujeni, Ali Asghar Rastegari, Neelam Yadav, Ajar Nath Yadav
    Pages 55-83

  5. Phosphorus Solubilization: Mechanisms, Recent Advancement and Future Challenge

    • Zarrindokht Emami-Karvani, Zahra Chitsaz-Esfahani
    Pages 85-131

  6. Potassium Solubilization: Mechanism and Functional Impact on Plant Growth

    • Chanda Vikrant Berde, Sonal Suresh Gawde, Vikrant Balkrishna Berde
    Pages 133-148

  7. Fe Chelation and Zinc Solubilization: A Promising Approach for Cereals Biofortification

    • Upendra Kumar, Priyanka, Rashmi Malik, Prexha, Yogita, Kamla Malik
    Pages 149-174

  8. Soil Microbes in Plant Growth Promotion and for Mitigation of Abiotic Stress of Drought

    • Surendra Singh Jatav, Manoj Parihar, Abhik Patra, Satish Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar Chitara, Kiran Kumar Mohapatra et al.
    Pages 175-201

  9. Thermotolerant Soil Microbes and Their Role in Mitigation of Heat Stress in Plants

    • Sagar Maitra, Biswajit Pramanick, Prithwiraj Dey, Preetha Bhadra, Tanmoy Shankar, Kumar Anand
    Pages 203-242

  10. Microbiomes of Hypersaline Soils and Their Role in Mitigation of Salt Stress

    • Salma Mukhtar, Dalaq Aiysha, Samina Mehnaz, Kauser Abdulla Malik
    Pages 243-266

  11. Psychrotrophic Soil Microbes and Their Role in Alleviation of Cold Stress in Plants

    • Yachana Jha, Anjali Kulkarni, R. B. Subramanian
    Pages 267-286

  12. Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management in Plants Through Soil Rhizobacteria

    • Vinay Kumar, Balram Sahu, Deep Chandra Suyal, P. Karthika, Manali Singh, Dipti Singh et al.
    Pages 287-313

  13. The Omics Strategies for Abiotic Stress Responses and Microbe-Mediated Mitigation in Plants

    • Sagar Maitra, Preetha Bhadra, Ajar Nath Yadav, Jnana Bharati Palai, Jagadish Jena, Tanmoy Shankar
    Pages 315-377

  14. Plant Probiotics: Technical Challenges and Emerging Solutions for Enhancing Food Crops

    • Ramna Zia, Malik Nawaz Shuja, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Sohail Afzal
    Pages 379-405

  15. Biofertilizers: Microbes for Agricultural Productivity

    • Fatemeh Salimi, Javad Hamedi
    Pages 407-469

  16. Biopesticides: Microbes for Agricultural Sustainability

    • Fatemeh Salimi, Javad Hamedi
    Pages 471-501

  17. Mycorrhiza: Plant Growth-Promoting and Biocontrol Agent Ability Under the Abiotic Stress Conditions

    • Tayyaba Hussain, Muhammad Usmaan, Muhammad Numan, Aamir Abdullah Khan, Faiza Abbas, Alvina Gul
    Pages 503-527

  18. Entomopathogenic Soil Microbes for Sustainable Crop Protection

    • Neelam Thakur, Preety Tomar, Simranjeet Kaur, Samiksha Jhamta, Rajesh Thakur, Ajar Nath Yadav
    Pages 529-571

  19. Global Scenario of Soil Microbiome Research: Current Trends and Future Prospects

    • Gangavarapu Subrahmanyam, Amit Kumar, Reeta Luikham, Jalaja S. Kumar, Ajar Nath Yadav
    Pages 573-603

  20. Functional Annotation and Biotechnological Applications of Soil Microbiomes: Current Research and Future Challenges

    • Ajar Nath Yadav, Tanvir Kaur, Divjot Kour, Rubee Devi, Geetika Guleria, Rajeshwari Negi et al.
    Pages 605-634
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This book encompasses current knowledge of soil microbiomes and their potential biotechnological application for plant growth, crop yield, and soil health under the natural as well as harsh environmental conditions for sustainable agriculture. The microbes are ubiquitous in nature. The soil is a natural hotspot of the soil microbiome. The soil microbiome plays a critical role in the maintenance of global nutrient balance and ecosystem functioning. The soil microbiomes are associated with plant ecosystems through the intense network of plant–microbe interactions. The microbes present in bulk soil move toward the rhizospheric region due to the release of different nutrients by plant systems. The rhizospheric microbes may survive or proliferate in rhizospheric zone depending on the extent of influences of the chemicals secreted into the soil by roots. The root exudates contain the principal nutrients factors (amino acids, glucose, fructose, and sucrose). The microbes present in rhizospheric region have capabilities to fix atmospheric nitrogen, produce different phytohormones, and solubilize phosphorus, potassium, and zinc. The plant systems take these nutrients for their growth and developments. These soil and plant associated microbes also play an important role in protection of plants from different plant pathogenic organisms by producing different secondary metabolites such as ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, siderophores, and hydrolytic enzymes. The soil microbiomes with plant growth-promoting (PGP) attributes have emerged as an important and promising tool for sustainable agriculture. The soil microbiomes promote the plant growth and enhance the crop yield and soil fertility via directly or indirectly different plant growth-promoting mechanism. The soil microbes help the plant for adaptation in extreme habitats by mitigating the abiotic stress of high/low temperatures, hypersalinity, drought, and acidic/alkaline soil. These PGP microbes are used as biofertilizers/bioinoculants to replace the harmful chemical fertilizers for sustainable agriculture and environments.


The aim of the book “Soil Microbiomes for Sustainable Agriculture” is to provide the recent advances in mechanisms of plant growth promotion and applications of soil microbiomes for mitigation of different abiotic stresses in plants. The book is useful to scientists, researchers, and students related to microbiology, biotechnology, agriculture, molecular biology, environmental biology, and related subjects.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, India

    Ajar Nath Yadav

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