Microbial Biocontrol: Sustainable Agriculture and Phytopathogen Management

1. Front Matter

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2. Beneficial Fungal Strain: Molecular Approaches in Plant Disease Management

   • Hasan Can, Musa Seymen, Onder Turkmen

   Pages 1-32

3. Host-Induced Gene Silencing: Approaches in Plant Disease Management

   • Ömür Baysal, Kubilay Kurtulus Bastas

   Pages 33-50

4. Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria: Aspects in Metal Bioremediation and Phytopathogen Management

   • Ana Maria Queijeiro Lopez, Amanda Lys Dos Santos Silva, Fernanda Cristina De Albuquerque Maranhão, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira

   Pages 51-78

5. Life Inside Plants: Insights into the Lifestyle, Diversity, and Metabolites of Endophytic Bacteria Involved in Plant Defense Against Phytopathogens

   • B. N. Aloo, E. R. Mbega, B. A. Makumba, J. B. Tumuhairwe

   Pages 79-111

6. Plant Disease Management Through Microbiome Modulation

   • Saira Ali, Asma Imran

   Pages 113-150

7. Rhizosphere Bacteria and Rhizobacterial Formulations: Small Weapons in the Big Battle of Plant Disease Management

   • B. N. Aloo, B. A. Makumba, E. R. Mbega, J. B. Tumuhairwe

   Pages 151-186

8. Biocontrol Potential of Microbial Consortia: Approaches in Food Security and Disease Management

   • Hariom Verma, Chandra Kant, Sandeep Kumar Singh, James F. White, Ajay Kumar, Samir Droby

   Pages 187-203

9. Bioprospecting New-Generation Biocontrol Strategies: A Viable Solution for Attaining Agricultural Security and Food Safety

   • Nitika Thakur

   Pages 205-213

10. Microbe-Induced Plant Volatiles and Their Role in Plant Disease Management

    • Swati Das, Anandamay Barik

    Pages 215-234

11. Microbial Protein Elicitors in Plant Defense

    • J. Beslin Joshi, D. Senthamilselvi, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow, Sivakumar Uthandi

    Pages 235-256

12. Mechanism of Antagonism: Hyperparasitism and Antibiosis

    • Sampat Nehra, Raj Kumar Gothwal, Siddhant Dhingra, Alok Kumar Varshney, Pooran Singh Solanki, Poonam Meena et al.

    Pages 257-277

13. Reviving Back the Ecological Sustainability Through Microbial Bioprospection

    • Nitika Thakur, Rachit Sood, Shobhika Parmar

    Pages 279-299

14. Biogenic Nanoparticles as Novel Biocontrol Agents

    • Sougata Ghosh, Bishwarup Sarkar

    Pages 301-322

15. Molecular Genetics of Biotic Stress Management for Crop Improvement

    • Alkesh Hada, M. S. Mohamed Jaabir, S. Velmurugan, Chunoti Changwal, Anil Kumar

    Pages 323-353

16. Biopriming of Seeds for Plant Disease Tolerance and Phytopathogen Management

    • Nalika Priyanwada Ranathunge

    Pages 355-369

This first volume of a two-volume work presents the manifold applications of beneficial microbes and microbiomes in plant growth promotion, in enhancing crop resilience and in control of phytopathogens through microbial antagonists. In-depth insights into latest technologies such as biopriming of seeds and soil inoculation of rhizosphere microorganisms are provided.

The two-volume work “Microbial Biocontrol” introduces mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions and explores latest strategies of how microbes can be applied in biocontrol and management of plant pathogens, replacing chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The book covers different groups of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, but also the interplay of entire microbiomes, and reviews their specific benefits in crop growth promotion, in enhancing the plants’ tolerance against biotic and abiotic stress as well as in post-harvest management of various plant diseases. Novel tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 and microbe derivednanoparticles are also addressed besides the legal aspects of biocontrol applications.

Today, rising global population and changing climatic conditions emerge as a major challenge for agronomist farmers and researchers in fulfilling the requirements of global food production. The conventional agricultural practices utilize undistributed use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to enhance growth and yield of agricultural products and fresh foods, but their extensive and continuous use have led to a range of negative consequences on the food quality and safety, to environment as well as to human and animal health. Microbial biocontrol applications are presented as a solution, paving the way to a sustainable agriculture in compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

The book addresses researchers in academia and agriculture.

• sustainable agriculture
• microbial secondary metabolites
• plant pathogens
• nanoparticles
• CRISPR/Cas9
• microbiome
• plant-microbe interaction

• Postharvest Science, Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani centre, Israel, Rishon, Lezzion, Israel

  Ajay Kumar

Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as visiting scientist at the Department of Postharvest Science of the Agriculture Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published more than hundred research articles and chapters in the leading international journals or books. He has experience in a wide area of research, with a particular focus on fruit microbiome, postharvest management of fruits, microbial biocontrol, plant-microbe Interactions, and endophytes related to fruits. In addition, he is an invited member in the editorial committee of several leading journal as well as active reviewer for renowned international journals like Postharvest Biology and Technology, Microorganism,  Frontier in Microbiology, PLOS ONE, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, Biological Control, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology  etc. Dr. Kumar is an experienced book editor who has published already several books of a global reach.

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