Microbial Biocontrol: Sustainable Agriculture and Phytopathogen Management

lt;b>Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as visiting scientist at the Department of Postharvest Science of the Agriculture Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published more than hundred research articles and chapters in the leading international journals or books. He has experience in a wide area of research, with a particular focus on fruit microbiome, postharvest management of fruits, microbial biocontrol, plant-microbe Interactions, and endophytes related to fruits. In addition, he is an invited member in the editorial committee of several leading journal as well as active reviewer for renowned international journals like Postharvest Biology and Technology, Microorganism,  Frontier in Microbiology, PLOS ONE, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, Biological Control, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology  etc. Dr. Kumar is an experienced book editor who has published already several books of a global reach.

1 Beneficial fungal strain: molecular approaches in plant disease management.- 2 Host-Induced Gene Silencing: Approaches in Plant Disease Management.- 3 Plant-growth promoting bacteria: aspects in metal bioremediation and phytopathogen management.- 4 Life inside Plants: Insights into the Lifestyle, Diversity, and Metabolites of Endophytic Bacteria involved in Plant Defense against Phytopathogens.- 5 Plant Disease Management Through Microbiome Modulation.- 6 Rhizosphere Bacteria and Rhizobacterial formulations: Small Weapons in the big battle of Plant Disease Management.- 7 Biocontrol potential of microbial consortia: Approaches in food security and disease management.- 8 Bioprospecting new generation biocontrol strategies: A viable solution for attaining agricultural security and food safety.- 9 Microbe-induced plant volatiles and their role in plant disease management.- 10 Microbial protein elicitors in plant defense.- 11 Mechanism of Antagonism: Hyperparasitism and Antibiosis.- 12 Reviving back the Ecological Sustainability through Microbial Bioprospection.- 13 Biogenic Nanoparticles as Novel Biocontrol Agents.- 14 Molecular genetics of biotic stress management for crop improvement.- 15 Biopriming of seeds for disease tolerance and phytopathogen management.