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<div><p><b>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b><i>Trichoderma</i></b><b>: Advances in Biological Control for Sustainable Soil Ecosystem</b></p>

Prachi Bhargava* <p></p>

<p>Institute of Biosciences and Technology </p>

<p>Sri RamSwaroop Memorial University, Deva Road, Lucknow</p>

*Corresponding author email:&nbsp; prachi.bio@srmu.ac.in <p></p>

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<p><b>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Biocontrol Agents for Management of Fusarial Wilt of Banana(Musa) and Important Fruit Plants</b></p>

<p>Narendra Kumar and SM Paul Khurana*</p>

<p>Amity Institute of Biotechnology</p>

<p>Amity University, Haryana, Gurgaon, Manesar-122413</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: smpaulkhurana@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Host-pathogen Cross Talks: Basic Concept and Mechanisms </b></p>

<p>Saborni Maiti, Satish Kumar and Dhiraj Paul*</p>

National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science <p></p>

<p>NCCS complex, University of Pune campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India </p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: pauldhiraj09@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Rhizospheric Plant-microbe Interactions in Management of Infested Soils </b></p>

<p>Sarika Chaturvedi and SM Paul Khurana*</p>

<p>Amity Institute of Biotechnology</p>

<p>Amity University, Haryana, Gurgaon, Manesar-122413</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email:&nbsp; smpaulkhurana@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Taking Soil-microbes-plant Interactions to the Practice: The Revolution of Ultrapure Inoculants</b></p>

<p>Cano C and Alberto Bago*</p>

Laboratorio de Micorrizas In Vitro, Departamento de Microbiologia del suelo y Sistemas Simbioticos Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (CSIC), c) Profesor Albareda, 1<p></p>

<p>18008-Granada, Spain</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: alberto.bago@eez.csic.es </p>

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<p><b>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Active Constituents of Medicinal Plants Through the Use of Microbes</b></p>

<p>Charu Gupta* and Dhan Prakash</p>

<p>AIHRS,f ull formJ-1 block, Room no. LG-13, Amity University UP, Sector 125, Noida- 201313,UP, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: charumicro@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Microbial Diversity In Soil: Biological Tools for Abiotic Stress Management in Plants</b></p>

<p>Neera Garg*, Aditi, Amandeep Cheema, Kiran Saroy</p>

<p>Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: gargneera@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Amelioration of Salt Stress Tolerance in Plants by Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Insights from "Omics" Approaches</b></p>

<p>Zarin Taj, Mani Rajkumar and Dinakar Challabathula*</p>

<p>Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences</p>

<p>Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur 610 101, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: dinakarc@cutn.ac.in </p>

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<p><b>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Circadian Redox Rhythms Play an Important Role in Plant- pathogen Interaction</b><b></b></p>

<p>Snigdha Tiwari*, Siddarth N. Rahul, Jyoti Sharma, Alka Sahrawat</p>

Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India <p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: snigdha.tiwari07@gmail.com&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>10.&nbsp; </b><b>Proteomics Approaches to Study the Three Way Interaction Between Antagonists, Host and Plant Pathogen in Response to Biological Control</b></p>

<p>Siddarth Nandan Rahul, Alka Sahrawat, Snigdha Tiwari, Jyoti Sharma, </p>

<p>Department of Biotech, Ag. & AI, Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, </p>

<p>NH. 58, Roorkee Road, Dulheda Chauhan, Modipuram, Meerut, U.P. INDIA 250110</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: sagar4499@gmail.com&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>11.&nbsp; </b><b>Beneficial Soil Microbes and their Interaction to Plants </b></p>

<p>Mahesh Kumar*, Bhudeo RanaYashu, Jyostnarani Pradhan</p>

Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, India<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: maheshp10149@gmail.com</p>

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<p><b>12.&nbsp; </b><b>Plant Microbial Ecology as A Potential Option for Stress Management</b></p>

<p>Sunita Chauhan¹ and Shweta Kulshreshtha^2*</p>

<p>¹Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Sanganer, Jaipur, India</p>

<p>²Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Ajmer Road, Jaipur-302006</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: shweta_kulshreshtha@rediffmail.com </p>

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<p><b>13.&nbsp; </b><b>Comparative Studies of Chromosomes in Most Primitivea Higher Advanced Plants with Notes on their Evolutionary Sequences- A Resume</b></p>

<p>M.N. Noor*</p>

<p>Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi-834008, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: m_n_noor@yahoo.com </p>

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<p><b>14.&nbsp; </b><b>Methylobacterium: The Versatile Genus </b></p>

<p>Shikha Srivastava and Ved Pal Singh*</p>

<p>Department of Botany, University of Delhi </p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: vpsingh_biology@rediffmail.com </p>

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<p><b>15.&nbsp; </b><b>Impact of Global Climate Change on Beneficial Plant-microbe Interactions </b></p>

<p>Sunil Prajapati* and Omveer Singh Raghuwanshi</p>

<p>Department of Horticulture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya,</p>

<p>Jabalpur-482004 (Madhya Pradesh) India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: prajapatisunil4960@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>16.&nbsp; </b><b>Management of Root Knot Nematode in Different Crops Using Microorganisms</b></p>

<p>Aastha¹, Anju Kumari², Sonam Antil¹, Satish Kumar¹, Swati Sindhu¹ and Rakesh Kumar¹*</p>

<p>¹Department of Microbiology, CCS HAU Hisar</p>

<p>²Center of Food Science & Technology, CCS HAU Hisar</p>

<p>*Corresponding authors email: sehrawatrk@gmail.com&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>17.&nbsp; </b><b>Symbiotic Fungus Mediated Translocatio Fe and Zn in Maize</b></p>

Sakshi, Saumya, Vivek Yadav, Amit Kharkwal, Ajit Varma*<p></p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, NOIDA-201313, India</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Corresponding author email: ajitvarma@amity.edu&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>18.&nbsp; </b><b>Plant Pathogen Interactions and Biocontrol</b></p>

<p>Arunodhayam Kalleti*, K. Gopal, Y. Yohan</p>

<p>&nbsp;Dr. YSRHU College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email:&nbsp; karunodayam@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>19.&nbsp; </b><b>Enhancement in Production of Bioactive Compounds Using Plant Microbial Interaction</b></p>

<p>Naresh Pratap Singh* and Vaishali Shami</p>

SVPUA&T, Meerut (UP), India<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: naresh.singh55@yahoo.com &nbsp;</p>

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<p><b>20.&nbsp; </b><b>Impact of Climate Change on Soil Microbial Community</b></p>

<p>Mekala Srikanth*, Santhosh Manchala and Mahantesh Kamatyanatti</p>

<p>Choudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University, Hisar, Hrayana</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email:&nbsp; sricoolhortico@gmail.com</p>

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<p><b>21.&nbsp; </b><b>Modulation Of Plant Pathogen Interactions&nbsp; </b></p>

<p>Rafiya Mushtaq¹, Sumaira Jan², Nighat Mushtaq³, Meinaz Nissar⁴ and M.K. Sharma ¹</p>

<p>¹Division of Fruit Science, SKUAST, Kashmir</p>

<p>²Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Kashmir</p>

<p>³Division of Vegetable Science SKUAST, Kashmir&nbsp; </p>

<p>⁴Division of Entomology, SKUAST, Kashmir </p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: rafiazargar.25@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>22.&nbsp; </b><b>The Relationships Between <i>Piriformospora indica</i> and Microbes Isolated from Saline Areas</b></p>

<p>Mohammad Javad Zarea*</p>

<p>Ilam University, Ilam, IRAN</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: zareamj@yahoo.com </p>

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<p><b>23.&nbsp; </b><b>Plant-microbiome Interactions in Hydrocarbon-contaminated Soils</b></p>

<p>Irma Morelli*, María Teresa Del Panno, Ana Carolina Agnello</p>

<p>CINDEFI | Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas (UNLP)</p>

Calle 50 N°227 e/115 y 116 (B1900AJL) La Plata - Buenos Aires - Argentina<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: guri@biol.unlp.edu.ar </p>

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<p><b>24.&nbsp; </b><b>The Rhizosphere Microbiome : Microbial Communities and Plant Health</b></p>

<p>Sandeep Jain^1*, Jyoti Jain² and Jayesh Singh²</p>

<p>&nbsp;¹Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana -141004</p>

<p>^&nbsp;2Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004</p>

<p>&nbsp;*Corresponding author email: sandeepjain@pau.edu </p>

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<p><b>25. Microbiome Community Interactions with Social Forestry </b></p>

<p>Adi Nath, Vinod K. Kannaujiya, Md. Aklaqur Rahman and Shanthy Sundaram*</p>

<p>Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: shanthy.cbt@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>26. Plant-microbe Interactions: Applications for Plant</b><b>‐</b><b>growth Promotion and in-situ Agri-waste&nbsp;&nbsp; Management</b></p>

<p>Anu Kalia¹ and Jayesh Singh²* </p>

<p>¹Electron Microscopy and Nanoscience Laboratory, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana -141004, Punjab, India</p>

<p>²Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India</p>

*Corresponding author email: jayesh_singh@pau.edu <p></p>

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<p><b>27. Role of Flavonoids and Other Phenolic Acids as a Signaling Compound in Plant Microbe Interaction</b></p>

<p>Pinkey Lhamu Lepcha, Laxuman Sharma*</p>

<p>Department of Horticulture, Sikkim University, 6 Mile Samdur Tadong,Gangtok, Sikkim</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: lsharma@cus.ac.in <b></b></p>

<p><b>Roles in Sustainable Agroecosystems</b></p>

<p>Neera Garg*, Amrit Bharti, Amrita, Shyna Bhalla</p>

<p>Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: gargneera@gmail.com , garg_neera@yahoo.com </p>

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<p><b>29</b>. <b>An Overview of the Plant-microbe-soil Interactions in the Rhizosphere</b></p>

<p>Niranjan Patil and Ashok Bankar*</p>

Department of Microbiology, MES-Abasaheb Garware College, SP Pune University, Pune, India<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: ashokbankar@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>30. Comparison of Conventional and Molecular-based Techniques to Detect Microbes/ Microflora Important in Plant-microbe Interactions</b></p>

<p>Regina Sharmila Dass* and Rathijit Mallick</p>

<p>Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: reginadass@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>31.</b> <b>Possible Mechanism of Microbes to Improving Soil Health</b></p>

<p>Nighat Mushtaq¹*, Rafia Mushtaq², Rouf Ahmad Bhat³, Khursheed Hussain⁴, Farahanaz Rasool⁵</p>

<p>¹Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, J&K </p>

<p>²Division of Fruit Science, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, J&K</p>

<p>³Division of Environmental science, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, J&K</p>

<p>⁴Assistant Professor, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, J&K</p>

<p>⁵Division of Plant Pathology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, J&K</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: nighatmushtaq2@gmail.com&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>32.</b> <b>Microbial Interactions: Concept and Applications in Soil Ecosystem</b></p>

<p>Bunty Sharma* and Moninder Singh</p>

Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Punjab-140401, India<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: sharmabunty097@gmail.com</p>

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<p><b>34. Soil Microbial Biomass: Aim, Assessment and Applications in Soil Ecology</b></p>

<p>Bunty Sharma* and Rajveer Kaur</p>

Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Punjab-140401<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: sharmabunty097@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>35.</b> <b>Plant Microbiome: Trenda Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture</b></p>

<p>Hillol Chakdar*, Shaloo Verma, Arjun Singh, Kumar M and Anil Kumar Saxena</p>

<p>ICAR-NBAIM, Mau</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: hillol.chakdar@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>36.</b> <b>Cyanobacterial Diversity in Selective Quarry Water of Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India</b></p>

B. Sadhana^* and A.B. Karthik Kumar<p></p>

<p>Centre for Research and P.G. Department of Botany, Thiagarajar College, Madurai-625009, Tamil Nadu, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: sadhanakarthik2004@yahoo.co.in </p><br></div>

<b>Prof Dr Ajit Varma</b>: 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.<p><b>Dr Swati Tripathi: </b>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.</p><p><b></b></p>

<p><b>Dr Ram Prasad:&nbsp;</b>Associate Professor at the Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interests include applied and environmental&nbsp;microbiology, plant-microbe interaction, sustainable agriculture, and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than 150 publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles & book chapters, has five patents issued or pending, and has edited or authored several books. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA; and Research Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China.</p>

<p>This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on plant-microbiome interactions and associations. It covers all major mechanistic approaches used to investigate microbes’ impacts on plant growth promotion, disease control and health.</p><p><br></p><p>The industrial manufacture of nitrogen currently accounts for roughly 2% of the world’s total energy consumption. Microbial products are expected to reduce the need for costly fertilizers, as well as chemical pesticides and fungicides. While beneficial microorganisms are increasingly being used in agriculture, abiotic and biotic stresses such as heat, drought, cold, and salt can quickly kill or render them useless in the field. However, discovering new and better treatments is a lengthy process due to the considerable microbial diversity found in soils.</p><p><br></p><p>Researchers have now proposed using biotechnological approaches to accelerate the process of microbial technology development. The fact that plant-associated microbes stimulate plant growth and development is well known, as the examples of rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi show. The mechanisms by which these microorganisms maintain plant growth include the production of phytohormones, fixation of nitrogen, and the mobilization of phosphorus and minerals. The plant microbiome is also involved in pathogen suppression, and especially the root microbiome acts as a protective shield against soil-borne pathogens.</p><p><br></p><p>A special feature of this book is its multidisciplinary approach, spanning from plant microbiology/biocontrol, fungal and bacterial endophytes, plant physiology, to biochemistry, proteomics and genomics. It is ideally suited for researchers and student of agri-biotechnology, soil biology and fungal biology.</p>

<p>Provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on plant-microbiome interactions</p><p>Covers all major mechanistic approaches used to investigate microbes’ impacts on plant growth promotion, disease control and health</p><p>Offers a hands-on guide for researchers and students of agri-biotechnology, soil biology and fungal biology</p>