Advances in Plant Microbiome and Sustainable Agriculture

Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has extensive teaching and research experience. He holds a doctorate degree in Microbial Biotechnology from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India,. Dr. Yadav has published 133 highly cited papers and has received 12 best paper presentation awards as well as an outstanding teacher award in 2018. He is a life member of the Association of Microbiologists in India, Indian Science Congress Council and National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. Ali Asghar Rastegari is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biological Science, Department of Molecular and Cell Biochemistry, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, I.R. Iran. He has extensive teaching and research experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from the University of Science and Research, Tehran Branch, Iran. He has published 18 research papers and 12 abstracts at various conferences. He is a life member of the Iranian Society for Trace Elements Research (ISTER), The Biochemical Society of I.R. IRAN, and a member of the Society for Bioinformatics in Northern Europe (SocBiN). Dr. Neelam Yadav is a Senior Researcher, currently working on microbial diversity from diverse sources and their biotechnological applications in agriculture and allied sectors. She holds a postgraduate degree from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her research interests include probiotic microbes and beneficial microbiomes from diverse sources. She has published 35 papers in respected international and national journals. She is an editor/ reviewer for various international and national journals. She is a life member of the Microbiologists in India, Indian Science Congress Council, Indiaand National Academy of Sciences, India. Ms. Divjot Kour is Project Fellow in the DEST-Project at the Department of Biotechnology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India, and holds a doctorate degree in Biotechnology from the same university. She has published 25 research and review papers in various international and national journals as well as and book chapters. She has published 18 research communications at conferences/symposiums/workshops. She has received 5 best paper presentation awards, and has isolated over 500 microbes (bacteria and fungi) from diverse sources. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, India.

Chapter 1. Plant-Microbes Interaction: Current Developments and Future Challenges.- Chapter 2. Rhizospheric Microbiomes: Biodiversity, Current Advancement, and Potential Biotechnological Application.- Chapter 3. Endophytic Microbiomes: Biodiversity, Current Status, and Potential Agricultural Applications.- Chapter 4. Culturable Plant-Associated Endophytic Microbial Communities from Leguminous and Non-Leguminous Crops.- Chapter 5. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Abundance, Interaction with Plants and Potential Biological Application.- Chapter 6. Endophytic Microbiomes and their Plant Growth Promoting Attributes for Plant Health.- Chapter 7. Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Culturable Rhizospheric Actinomicrobiota.- Chapter 8. Bacillus and Endomicrobiome: Biodiversity and potential Applications in Agriculture.- Chapter 9. Role of Microbes in Improving Plant Growth and Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 10. Biofertilizers and Biopesticides: Microbes for SustainableAgriculture.