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Microbiome Stimulants for Crops: Mechanisms and Applications provides the latest developments in the real-world development and application of these crop management alternatives in a cost-effective, yield protective way. Sections address questions of research, development and application, with insights into recent legislative efforts in Europe and the United States. The book includes valuable information regarding mechanisms and the practical information needed to support the growing microbial inoculant and biostimulant industry, thus helping focus scientific research in new directions.

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Author:   James White (Professor of Plant Biology, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) ,  Ajay Kumar (Visiting Scientist, Agriculture Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Volcani Center, Rishon, Lezziyon, Israel)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing
Weight:   1.430kg
ISBN:  

9780128221228

ISBN 10:   0128221224
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   22 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Microbial endophytes: Evolution, diversity, community functions, and regulation 2. Friends in low places: Soil derived microbial inoculants for biostimulation and biocontrol in crop production 3. The roles of endophytes in modulating plant development 4. Epichloe endophytes stimulate grass development and physiological state in China 5. Endophytic microbes promote plant growth and alter host secondary metabolites 6. Epichloe endophytes of grasses, in particular their physiological interaction with plants 7. Potential application of plant growth promoting bacteria in bioenergy crop production 8. Soil microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants - A special reference to Rhizosphere microbiome 9. Belowground dialogue between plant roots and beneficial microbes 10. Microbial?bio-active?compounds?in plant disease management 11. Microbial biocontrol formulations for commercial applications 12. Potential effect of microbial biostimulants in sustainable vegetable production 13. Microbes as bio stimulants: Tissue culture prospective 14. Biostimulants application in agriculture under abiotic stress conditions 15. Actinomycetes as bio stimulants and their application in agricultural practices 16. Role of microbial volatiles as an aromatic tool in management of crop productivity 17. Microbial consortia: approaches in crop production and yield enhancement 18. ?Fungal enzymes and their potential application as bio stimulants 19. Microbial cell factories for treatment of soil polluted with heavy metals: A green approach 20. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as plant biostimulants 21. Nanobiotechnology of plant microbiome 22. Microbiome establishment, adaptation and their contributions to anaerobic stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition in rice 23. Soil physical and nutritional balance are essential for establishing a healthy microbiome 24. Microbiome stimulants for crops: Indicators for an Economically proficient sustainable agriculture 25. Plant microbiome: Diversity, distribution, and functional relevance in crop improvement and sustainable agriculture 26. Gene expression studies in crop plants for diseases management 27. Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with oil crops

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Dr. James White is Professor of Plant Biology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Dr. White obtained the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Botany and Plant Pathology/Mycology from Auburn University, Alabama, and the Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Texas, Austin in 1987. Dr. White specializes in symbiosis research, particularly endophytic microbes. He is the author of more than 400 articles, and author and editor of reference books on the biology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of microbial endophytes, including Biotechnology of Acremonium Endophytes of Grasses (1994), Microbial Endophytes (2000), The Clavicipitalean Fungi (2004), The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem (2005; 2016), Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis (2009) and Seed Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology (2019). He and students in his lab are exploring diversity of endophytic and biostimulant microbes and the various impacts that they have on host plants. Dr. Ajay Kumar is a visiting scientist at the Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani center, Rishon Leziyon, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development Israel. He has published extensively in leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, and Endophytes related with the medicinal plants, Postharvest management of fruits. Dr. Kumar has published more than 165 research articles including review papers/book chapters/ books in the leading international journals. He is serving as special issue editors in some journals like Frontiers in Microbiology, Microorganism etc. In addition also acting as reviewer in some leading journals like Frontiers group, PLOS ONE, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biological Control, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 3Biotech etc. Dr, Kumar has edited several books with leading publishers including Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor and Francis.

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