Plant, Soil and Microbes in Tropical Ecosystems

Dr. Suresh Kumar Dubey is a professor in the Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India. His interests include structure and function of the microbial community involved in controlling methane emission, screening, utilization of microbes for their potential role in bioremediation, and studies on the prevalence of some pathogenic microbes in clinical and food samples and their response to drugs. He has won multiple awards for his work, including Biotech Research Society of India Young Scientist Medal 2004, DST- BOYSCAST Govt. of India fellowship 2006, INSA visiting fellowship 2012 and 2017, and JSPS Invitation fellowship 2012, among others. Dr. Satish Kumar Verma is an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received his Ph.D. in botany (plant microbes) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Verma also served as assistant professor in the Department of Botany, Visva-Bharti, Santiniketan, India, for about 3 years. Dr. Verma has also visited the Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, for a year. He has published 22 research papers in scientific journals of repute, including Microbial Ecology, Symbiosis, Annals of Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, Plant and Soil, and Current Science. He has also published six book chapters and edited a book on seed endophytes. His areas of research interest include the functions of plant microbiomes, diversity and ecology, and the roles of microbes in modulation of plant development and protection of hosts from biotic and abiotic stresses.

Chapter 1. Plant- Rhizobacteria Interactions to Induce Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 2. Rhizospheric and endophytic microorganisms and their role in alleviation of salinity stress in plants.- Chapter 3. Rhizospheric diversity of cyanobacteria and their significance from tropical ecosystem.- Chapter 4. Cyanobacteria in Rhizosphere: Dynamics, Diversity and Symbiosis.- Chapter 5. Effects of Herbicides on Soil Enzymes and their Regulatory Factors in Agroecosystem: A Review.- Chapter 6. Diversity of Pathogenic Fungi in Agricultural Crops.- Chapter 7. Application of soil microorganisms for agricultural and environmental sustainability: a review.- Chapter 8. Biotic constraints to wheat production in tropics: microbial control strategies and mechanism.- Chapter 9. Phytohormones act as a fundamental regulator in plant-microbe association under stress parameters.- Chapter 10. Use of PGPR to optimize soil and crop productivity under abiotic stress.- Chapter 11. Frame work for studying rhizospheric microflora under the effect of improved crop variety.- Chapter 12. Role of rhizospheric microbes in disease suppression during seedlings formation in millets.- Chapter 13. Metagenomics of plant rhizosphere and endophytic association: concepts and applications.- Chapter 14. Methods of assessments of microbial diversity and their functional role in soil fertility and crop productivity- Chapter 15. Development of biofertilisers and microbial consortium an approach to sustainable agriculture practices.- Chapter 16. Biofertilizers as Microbial Consortium for Sustainability in Agriculture.- Chapter 17. Biofertilizers And Biopesticides: A Whole New Dimension for Ameliorating Soil Fertility and Organic Agriculture Practice.-