Plant-Microbe Interaction - Recent Advances in Molecular and Biochemical Approaches

Dr. Prashant Swapnil is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab, Department of Botany, Punjab, India; Dr. Mukesh Meena is Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India; Dr. Harish is Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India; Dr. Avinash Marwal is based at the Department of Biotechnology, University College of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India; Dr. Selvakumar Vijayalakshmi is based at the School of Food Science and Biotechnology Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea; and Dr. Andleeb Zehra works at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, India. Mukesh Meena is an assistant professor at the Department of Botany at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, in India. His areas of research and work expertise are; plant-microbial interactions, fungal biology, toxic metabolites, plant-pathogen interaction, plant growth promoting microbes, fungal bio-molecules, induced resistance, programmed cell death, biological control, rhizobacteria, environment, heavy metal stress, and molecular markers. He has been honored with several fellowship awards in his career including Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF), UGC Research Fellowship in Science. He has authored several research articles related to isolation and characterization of fungal toxins, applications of fungal glucose oxidase, fungal toxins, production and technological applications of enzymes from microbial sources, beneficial microbes for disease suppression and plant growth promotion. He has published more than 80 peer reviewed international publications and more than 45 book chapters. He has also published three books with international publishers. Assistant Professor Dr. Harish works in the Department of Botany at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Avinash Marwal works in the Department of Biotechnology, Vigyan Bhawan - Block B, New Campus at the University College of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Rajasthan, India. Selvakumar Vijayalakshmi works as a Senior Researcher for Food science and Biotechnology at School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, South Korea. Andleeb Zehra works in the Department of Botany at the Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, India.

1. Pathogen effectors: Biochemical and structural targets during plant-microbe interactions
2. PGPMs-mediated improvement of crops under abiotic stress
3. Endurance of microbes against nitrogen/starvation by altering biochemical and physiological activities of plants
4. Destructive role of chemical secreted by plant to diminish harmful microbes
5. Role of pathogen signalling during plant-microbe interaction for disease suppression
6. Agricultural management to improve beneficial microbiota
7. Sustainable agricultural approach to study interaction of plants and microbes
8. The practice and nature of biological control related to plant microbe interaction
9. Advantageous features of plant growth-promoting microorganisms to improve plant growth in difficult conditions
10. Recent developments and future challenges in plant-microbe interaction