Plant Microbe Symbiosis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. The Rhizobium–Plant Symbiosis: State of the Art

   • Nitin Kumar, Priyanshi Srivastava, Kanchan Vishwakarma, Rajesh Kumar, Hasmitha Kuppala, Sanjiv Kumar Maheshwari et al.

   Pages 1-20

3. Diversity and Importance of the Relationship Between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Tropical Agroforestry Systems in Mexico

   • Iván Oros-Ortega, Luis Alberto Lara-Pérez, Fernando Casanova-Lugo, Víctor Francisco Díaz-Echeverría, Gilberto Villanueva-López, Pablo J. Ramírez-Barajas et al.

   Pages 21-34

4. Nitrogen Fixation in a Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis: The Roots of a Success Story

   • Sahana Basu, Gautam Kumar

   Pages 35-53

5. A Genome-Wide Investigation on Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Leguminous Plants

   • Lebin Thomas, Zeeshanur Rahman

   Pages 55-73

6. Symbiotic Signaling: Insights from Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

   • Rinku Dhanker, Suman Chaudhary, Anju Kumari, Rakesh Kumar, Sneh Goyal

   Pages 75-103

7. Contribution of Beneficial Fungi for Maintaining Sustainable Plant Growth and Soil Fertility

   • Rakesh Suchitra, Kaushik Rajaram, Nagarathinam Arunkumar, D. Siva Sundara Kumar

   Pages 105-113

8. Biofertilizers Toward Sustainable Agricultural Development

   • G. Chandramohan Reddy, R. K. Goyal, Shriniketan Puranik, Vijaykumar Waghmar, K. V. Vikram, K. S. Sruthy

   Pages 115-128

9. Plant Microbiome: Trends and Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture

   • Arjun Singh, Murugan Kumar, Shaloo Verma, Prassan Choudhary, Hillol Chakdar

   Pages 129-151

10. Plants and Microbes: Bioresources for Sustainable Development and Biocontrol

    • Prachi Bhargava, Neeraj Gupta, Rajesh Kumar, Siddharth Vats

    Pages 153-176

11. Plant-Microbiome Interactions in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils

    • Ana Carolina Agnello, Irma Susana Morelli, María Teresa Del Panno

    Pages 177-201

12. Rhizoremediation: A Unique Plant Microbiome Association of Biodegradation

    • Arvind Kumar, Sruchi Devi, Himanshu Agrawal, Simranjeet Singh, Joginder Singh

    Pages 203-220

13. Pesticide Tolerant Rhizobacteria: Paradigm of Disease Management and Plant Growth Promotion

    • Tina Roy, Nirmalendu Das, Sukanta Majumdar

    Pages 221-239

14. Structure and Function of Rhizobiome

    • Raja V. N. R. Vukanti

    Pages 241-261

15. Soil Microbes-Medicinal Plants Interactions: Ecological Diversity and Future Prospect

    • Ramesh Kumar Kushwaha, Vereena Rodrigues, Vinay Kumar, Himani Patel, Meenakshi Raina, Deepak Kumar

    Pages 263-286

16. Insight to Biotechnological Advances in the Study of Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction with Special Reference to Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    • Pankaj Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Srivastava

    Pages 287-302

17. Amelioration of Salt Stress Tolerance in Plants by Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: Insights from “Omics” Approaches

    • Kavya Bakka, Dinakar Challabathula

    Pages 303-330

18. Plant Microbial Ecology as a Potential Option for Stress Management in Plants

    • Deepkamal Jha, Shweta Kulshreshtha, Sunita Chauhan

    Pages 331-360

This book provides an overview of the latest advances concerning symbiotic relationships between plants and microbes, and their applications in plant productivity and agricultural sustainability.

Symbiosis is a living phenomenon including dynamic variations in the genome, metabolism and signaling network, and adopting a multidirectional perspective on their interactions is required when studying symbiotic organisms.

Although various plant-microbe symbiotic systems are covered in this book, it especially focuses on arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis and root nodule symbiosis, the two most prevalent systems. AM symbiosis involves the most extensive interaction between plants and microbes, in the context of phylogeny and ecology. As more than 90% of all known species of plants have the potential to form mycorrhizal associations, the productivity and species composition, as well as the diversity of natural ecosystems, are frequently dependent upon the presence and activity of mycorrhizas.

In turn, root nodule symbiosis includes morphogenesis and is formed by communication between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The biotechnological application of plant–microbe symbiosis is expected to foster the production of agricultural and horticultural products while maintaining ecologically and economically sustainable production systems.

Designed as a hands-on guide, this book offers an essential resource for researchers and students in the areas of agri-biotechnology, soil biology and fungal biology.

• Azolla-Anabaena Association
• Arbuscular Mycorrhiza symbiosis
• Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis
• Microbe-Microbe interaction
• Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
• Nitrogen Fixation
• Plant-Microbe interaction
• Plant Surface Microbiology
• Rhizobium-Plant Symbiosis
• Root Nodule symbiosis
• Soil-Microbes-Plants Interaction
• Symbiotic Fungi
• Symbiotic Signaling

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

  Ajit Varma, Swati Tripathi

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

  Ram Prasad

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.

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