Salt Stress, Microbes, and Plant Interactions: Causes and Solution

Dr. Mohd Sayeed Akhtar (PhD) is working as an Assistant Professor in Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, U.P., India. He has received his PhD degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India in 2008, prior to conducting post-doctoral research at the Botanical Institute, University of Basel (BIB), Switzerland (2008–2010), and Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea in 2011. He was an Assistant Professor, Jimma University, Ethiopia (2011-2014), and a fellow researcher at the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), (2014-2015). Dr. Akhtar has more than 15 years of research, and 10 years of teaching experience in soil microbiology, applied microbiology, environmental microbiology, molecular biology, plant pathology and plant nanobiotechnology. He is author and co-author of more than hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and has edited 12 books with international publishers. He is serving the scientific community as editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international journals. His current research is focused on the rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions and their molecular biotechnology, bioremediation, biomineralization, nano-fertilizers and nanobiotechnology.

Chapter 1. Global concern for salinity on various agro-ecosystems.- Chapter  2. Potentiality of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in easing of soil salinity and environmental sustainability.- Chapter 3. Use of Plant Hormones for the Improvement of Plant Growth and Production under Salt Stress.- Chapter 4. Plant growth regulators and salt stress: Mechanism of tolerance trade off.- Chapter 5. Impact of plant microbe interactions on plant metabolism under saline environment.- Chapter 6. Plant survival and tolerance under high salinity conditions: Primary and secondary cell wall sensing mechanism.- Chapter 7. Field Application of Rhizobial Inoculants in Enhancing Faba bean Production in Acidic Soils: An Innovative Strategy to Improve Crop Productivity.- Chapter 8. Heavy Metal Stress and Tolerance in Plants Mediated by Rhizospheric Microbes.- Chapter 9. Use of Nanoparticles in Alleviating Salt Stress.- Chapter 10. Soil-Plant and Microbial Interaction in Improving Salt Stress.- Chapter 11. Plants Growing Under Salinity Stress can be Eased Through Mycorrhizal Association.- Chapter 12. Halophilic microbe interactions with plants to mitigate salt stress.- Chapter 13. Effect of Salinity on the Nutrients and Plant Health.