New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering

This book provides a comprehensive overview of different agriculturally important microorganisms and their role as plant biostimulants. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Trichoderma, Cyanobacteria, Endophytes, and Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria have the potential to promote plant growth, disease management, nutrient acquisition, stress alleviation, and soil health management. Presenting an all-inclusive collection of information, this book will be important for students, academicians, researchers working in the field of sustainable agriculture, microbial technology, and biochemical engineers. It will also be of use for policymakers in the area of food security and sustainable agriculture.- Introduces new microorganisms as plant biostimulants.
- Describes potential mechanisms of plant-microbe interaction for stress alleviation and crop improvement.
- Provides information about different microbial formulations (consortium) and their application to the alleviation of different abiotic stresses (salt, drought, nutrient deficiency, heavy metal, etc.) in plants.
- Discusses about psychrophilic microbes, endophytic microbes, and total plant microbiome and their uses as biostimulants for improving plant health.

1. Role of Microorganism as new generation plant bio-stimulants: An assessment2. Exploiting biostimulant properties of Trichoderma for sustainable plant production3. Bacilli Rhizobacteria: A versatile biostimulant for sustainable Agriculture4. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae, a Treasured Symbiont to Agriculture5. Micro and Macroalgae: A Potential Biostimulant for Abiotic Stress Management and Crop Production6. Fluorescent Pseudomonads: A Multifaceted Biocontrol Agent for Sustainable Agriculture7. Role of Piriformospora indica in inducing soil microbial communities and drought stress tolerance in plants8. Microbes-based bio-stimulants towards sustainable oilseeds production: Nutrients recycling and genetics involved9. Role of soil microbes in micronutrient solubilization10. Sustainable induction of systemic resistance in response to potential biological control agents in crops11. Psychrophilic Microbes: Biodiversity, Beneficial Role and Improvement of Cold Stress in Crop Plants12. Role of plant-associated bacteria as bio-stimulants in alleviation of chromium toxicity in plants13. Microbe-based plant biostimulants and their formulations for growth promotion and stress tolerance in plants14. Microbial consortia for Augmentation of Plant Growth-Revisiting the promising approach toward sustainable agriculture15. Phosphate solubilization by microorganisms16. Fungal endophytes as biostimulants of secondary metabolism in plants: a sustainable agricultural practice for medicinal crops17. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria from the Perspectives of Tea Plantations and Diseases18. Microbiome-based approaches to enhance soil health in arable land19. Deciphering microbial consortium from termite gut for biofertilizer consortium formulation20. Revivification of rhizobacteria-promoting plant growth for sustainable agricultural development