New Insights, Trends, and Challenges in the Development and Applications of Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos is a Research Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico. He is also the Founder and Director of the Laboratorio de Biotecnología del Recurso Microbiano and the Colección de Microorganismos Edáficos y Endófitos Nativos. He has authored more than 100 scientific and review articles in indexed journals, 4 books, and 20 book chapters. He also has two registered patents in biotechnology on the bioprospecting and bioformulation of microbial inoculants and one software patent on the employ of isotopic techniques for assessing soil erosion. Dr. de los Santos Villalobos has served as president of international scientific congresses, participated in the organization and teaching of national or international workshops, has been a plenary speaker for national or international congresses or symposia, and is also a member of the expert panel of global organizations focused on the development of microbial inoculants and soil conservation. He is currently Associate Editor in several high-impact indexed journals.

1. Introduction Part I. Microbial Ecology in Food Security 2. Microbial Interactions iIn Agroecosystems 3. Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Mechanisms Involved in Plant Diseases 4. Biological Control Agents for Mitigating Plant Diseases 5. Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria as a Sustainable Agricultural Strategy Part II. Development of Next-Generation Bacterial Inoculants 6. Bioprospection of Beneficial Bacteria for Bioproducts Innovation in Agriculture 7. Molecular and Biochemical Responses of Plants to Bacterial Inoculants 8. Omics Approaches for Detecting Action Modes of Microbial Inoculants 9. Polyphasic Taxonomic of Strains Contained in Bacterial Inoculants 10. Bacterial Inoculants Production Systems 11. Bioformulation of Bacterial Inoculants 12. Performance Evaluation of Bacterial Inoculants in the Field Part III. Present and Future Scenario 13. The Role of Microbial Culture Collections in the Bioinoculants Development 14. Legal Framework for the Development of Microbial Inoculants 15. Perspectives and Challenges for Innovating Microbial Inoculants