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Plant Biotic Interactions

State of the Art

  • Presents the latest findings on and trends in plant-biotic interactions and their applications in plant productivity and agricultural sustainability

  • Covers a range of disciplines, e.g. microbial technology, environmental microbiology, agricultural science, the health sciences, biological sciences and other related disciplines

  • A valuable asset for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and scholars, scientists in academia, industry, planners and policymakers from diverse fields

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Endophytic Microorganisms as Biological Control Agents for Plant Pathogens: A Panacea for Sustainable Agriculture

    • Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Deepak Kumar, Meenakshi Raina, Olawale Arogundade, Neera Bhalla Sarin
    Pages 1-20
  3. Plant–Phytophthora Interaction Proteomics

    • M. Anandaraj, P. Umadevi
    Pages 21-29
  4. Impact of Climate Change on Soil Microbial Community

    • Srikanth Mekala, Srilatha Polepongu
    Pages 31-41
  5. Industrial Effluents: Impact on Agricultural Soils and Microbial Diversity

    • Sujata Mani, Pankaj Chowdhary, Vishvas Hare
    Pages 43-60
  6. Plant Metabolites Involved in Plant–Pathogen Interactions

    • Daraksha Parween, Binod Bihari Sahu, Maya Kumari, Ramesh N. Pudake
    Pages 61-84
  7. Management of Root-Knot Nematode in Different Crops Using Microorganisms

    • Aastha Singh, Pankaj Sharma, Anju Kumari, Rakesh Kumar, D. V. Pathak
    Pages 85-99
  8. Rhizosphere: A Home for Human Pathogens

    • Richa Sharma, V. S. Bisaria, Shilpi Sharma
    Pages 113-127
  9. Effect of Organic Farming on Structural and Functional Diversity of Soil Microbiome: Benefits and Risks

    • Vijay Laxmi Shrivas, Upma Singh, L. Weisskopf, P. Hariprasad, Shilpi Sharma
    Pages 129-146
  10. Plants for Biocontrol and Biological Control of Plant Pathogens

    • Prachi Saxena, Jyoti Srivastava, Shrishti Pandey, Shreya Srivastava, Neha Maurya, Niharika Chand Kaushik et al.
    Pages 147-179
  11. Interaction Between Aromatic Oil Components and Bacterial Targets

    • Smaranika Pattnaik, Niranjan Behera
    Pages 211-226
  12. Effect of Agnihotra Ash on Drug-Resistant Escherichia coli in Water

    • Reshma Tuladhar, Bijaya Laxmi Maharjan, Supriya Sharma, Anjana Singh, Ulrich Berk
    Pages 243-251
  13. Plant Microbe Interface: The Plant Antimicrobial Peptides

    • S. Manivannan, P. Umadevi
    Pages 253-261
  14. Microbe-Mediated Abiotic Stress Alleviation: Molecular and Biochemical Basis

    • Pandiyan Kuppusamy, Samadhan Yuvraj Bagul, Sudipta Das, Hillol Chakdar
    Pages 263-281
  15. Microbial Diversity in Soil: Biological Tools for Abiotic Stress Management in Plants

    • Neera Garg, Kiran Saroy, Amandeep Cheema, Aditi Bisht
    Pages 283-321

About this book

This book highlights recent advances in the field of plant-biotic interactions and explores current serious issues in the crop production industry. It is intended to attract more attention to these important, but often overlooked areas, and to stimulate new ideas for future research.

Plants are constantly under attack by pathogens, pests, and parasites, which can significantly impact worldwide food production and human health. While pathogens and pests attack and interconnect with their hosts in a variety of ways, plants have developed sophisticated immune systems to fight infections. In the field of plant-biotic interactions, most of the studies to date have focused on the function and signaling pathways of plant disease resistance proteins and pattern recognition receptors, as well as pathogen effector proteins. 

In contrast, this book presents new and emerging research areas, and introduces students, researchers, academics, and policy advisors to the latest trends in e.g. microbial technology, environmental microbiology, agricultural science, the health sciences, biological sciences and other related disciplines.




Editors and Affiliations

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

    Ajit Varma, Swati Tripathi

  • Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, India

    Ram Prasad

About the editors

Prof Dr Ajit Varma: Professor Varma has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Allahabad University and Former Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is the Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Pro-Vice Chancellor, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, and Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 314 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editor in Chief of Soil Biology Series, Springer Verlag Germany. Dr Varma is the Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of Microbiology Society of India.

Dr Swati Tripathi: Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. She is working on plant microbe interaction, and microbial biotechnology. Dr Tripathi has a number of research papers and review articles to her credit in the journals of international repute. She has her post doctoral experience from South Korea and has been awarded Early Career Research Award recently.

Dr Ram Prasad: Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. He is working on plant microbe interaction, nanobiotechnology, and microbial biotechnology. Dr Prasad has edited several books and has a number of research papers and review articles to his credit in the journals of international repute. During 2014, Dr Prasad has been awarded American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigator, USA. Presently, he is working as Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Biotic Interactions

  • Book Subtitle: State of the Art

  • Editors: Ajit Varma, Swati Tripathi, Ram Prasad

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26657-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26656-1Published: 11 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26659-2Published: 18 December 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26657-8Published: 28 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 321

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Microbiology, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Plant Sciences

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