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Microbiome in Plant Health and Disease

Challenges and Opportunities

  • Describes the basics and applications of plant-microbiome interactions
  • Discusses effective metagenomic approaches to studying these interactions
  • Provides insights into the exploitation of microbial communities in sustainable agriculture and ecological restitution

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Applications of Plant–Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecosystems

    • Rasheed A. Adeleke, Bhavna Nunthkumar, Ashira Roopnarain, Linda Obi
    Pages 1-34
  3. Exploring the Phyllosphere Bacterial Community for Improving Tree Crop Protection

    • Diogo Mina, José Alberto Pereira, Teresa Lino-Neto, Paula Baptista
    Pages 35-52
  4. Bacteria-Inducing Legume Nodules Involved in the Improvement of Plant Growth, Health and Nutrition

    • Encarna Velázquez, Lorena Carro, José David Flores-Félix, Esther Menéndez, Martha-Helena Ramírez-Bahena, Alvaro Peix
    Pages 79-104
  5. Role of Endophytes in Plant Health and Abiotic Stress Management

    • Ahmed Mohamed Eid, Salim S. Salim, Saad El-Din Hassan, Mohamed A. Ismail, Amr Fouda
    Pages 119-144
  6. Affirmative Plant-Microbe Interfaces Toward Agroecosystem Sustainability

    • Qasim Ali, Sana Ashraf, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Ijaz
    Pages 145-170
  7. Emerging Insights on Rhizobacterial Functions

    • P. Jishma, E. K. Radhakrishnan
    Pages 171-189
  8. Role of Microbes in Plant Health, Disease Management, and Abiotic Stress Management

    • Zabta Khan Shinwari, Faouzia Tanveer, Irum Iqrar
    Pages 231-250
  9. Plant-Microbiome Interactions in Agroecosystem: An Application

    • Maqshoof Ahmad, Sajid Mahmood Nadeem, Zahir Ahmad Zahir
    Pages 251-291
  10. Biodiversity and Biotechnological Applications of Microorganisms Associated with Tropical Plants

    • João Lúcio Azevedo, Maria Carolina Quecine
    Pages 293-313
  11. Rhizobia for Biological Control of Plant Diseases

    • Camila Gazolla Volpiano, Bruno Brito Lisboa, Camille Eichelberger Granada, Jackson Freitas Brilhante São José, Andreia Mara Rotta de Oliveira, Anelise Beneduzi et al.
    Pages 315-336
  12. Bioactive Compounds Produced by Biocontrol Agents Driving Plant Health

    • Miguel O. P. Navarro, Amanda C. M. Piva, Ane S. Simionato, Flávia R. Spago, Fluvio Modolon, Janaina Emiliano et al.
    Pages 337-374
  13. The Continuous Story of Truffle-Plant Interaction

    • Ghoson Mosbah Daba, Waill Ahmed Elkhateeb, Ting-Chi Wen, Paul William Thomas
    Pages 375-383
  14. Development of Future Bioformulations for Sustainable Agriculture

    • Muhammad Ijaz, Qasim Ali, Sana Ashraf, Muhammad Kamran, Abdul Rehman
    Pages 421-446

About this book

The book discusses the complex interactions between plants and their associated microbial communities. It also elucidates the ways in which these microbiomes are connected with the plant system, and how they affect plant health. 


The different chapters describe how microbiomes affect plants with regard to immunity, disease conditions, stress management and productivity. In addition, the book describes how an ‘additional plant genome’ functions as a whole organ system of the host, and how it presents both challenges and opportunities for the plant system. Moreover, the book includes a dedicated section on using omics tools to understand these interactions, and on exploiting them to their full potential. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India

    Vivek Kumar

  • School of Environmental Science & Engg, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Ram Prasad

  • Centre for Life Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India

    Manoj Kumar

  • Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India

    Devendra K. Choudhary

About the editors

Vivek Kumar is working as Associate Professor, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, India and is leading plant-microbe-interaction, bioremediation and microbial ecology research group. He has obtained his masters and doctoral degree from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. Serving as editor and reviewer of several reputed international journals. Has more than hundred publications to his credit. He has authored a practical manual book and edited several books with Springer Nature. He had also served as Microbiologist in Public Authority of Agricultural Affairs & Fish Resources, Kuwait and has been credited with first time reporting of Pink Rot inflorescence disease of Date palm in Kuwait caused by Serratia marcescens.


Ram Prasad is associated with Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2005. His research interests include applied microbiology, plant-microbe-interaction, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one hundred fifty publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, book chapters, five patents issued or pending, and several edited or authored books. Dr. Prasad has been awarded the Young Scientist Award and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding Scientist Award in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award, and Research Excellence Award. He serves as an editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Academia Journal of Biotechnology. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA and presently works as a Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.


Manoj Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor, Life Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, heading the department since 2018 onwards. Dr. Kumar is having long research experience in Plant Developmental Biology with doctorate and postdoctoral research experiences from prestigious organizations (India and abroad). He has opted academic career with a passion in fundamental sciences (plant developmental biology) where he excelled numerous collaborative research activities at national and international levels. He has published valuable research inputs in accredited journals and edited books, also guided several students at master, M. Phil., doctorate and post-doctorate levels. He has been principle investigator of several projects of national funding agencies– DBT, DRDO etc. 
He is associated as editor and reviewer with several research journals and offering consultancy to several biotechnology firms at international level.  
At present he is principal investigator of DBT-BUILDER program and leading an elite research group at multidisciplinary level. Dr. Kumar is exploring academic world with a vision of empowering young generation with fact-finding approach destined for rural India. 


Devendra K. Choudhary shows his presence as Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology. He is active researcher and operated major projects sponsored by DBT, DST and SERB, New Delhi, India, as principal investigator and co-investigator. He has published quorum of research/review articles along with several book chapters for reputed journals and edited several books through Springer and filed three patents to India Patent Office, New Delhi. He has supervised several research scholars for their doctoral programme. In addition, he is recipient of NASI-life membership and accorded with Indian National Science Academy (INSA) visiting and summer research fellowship.

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