Plant Biotic Interactions State of the Art

This book highlights recent advances in the field of plant-biotic interactions and explores current serious issues in the crop production industry. It is intended to attract more attention to these important, but often overlooked areas, and to stimulate new ideas for future research.

Plants are constantly under attack by pathogens, pests, and parasites, which can significantly impact worldwide food production and human health. While pathogens and pests attack and interconnect with their hosts in a variety of ways, plants have developed sophisticated immune systems to fight infections. In the field of plant-biotic interactions, most of the studies to date have focused on the function and signaling pathways of plant disease resistance proteins and pattern recognition receptors, as well as pathogen effector proteins. 

In contrast, this book presents new and emerging research areas, and introduces students, researchers, academics, and policy advisors to the latest trends in e.g. microbial technology, environmental microbiology, agricultural science, the health sciences, biological sciences and other related disciplines.

1.    Molecular Insight into Plant-fungal Pathogen Interaction: Merging Trends an Implication in Designing Climate Smart Field Crops

Richa Kamboj¹, Manoj Nath², Deepak Singh Bisht^1*

¹National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology

²Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida-201313, India

2.    On the Possibility Of Accelerating Plant Succession by Manipulating Soil Microorganisms

Virgil Alexandru Iordache^*

Department of Systems Ecology and Sustainability

Research Center for Ecological Services - CESEC

Spl Independentei 91-95 050089 Sector 5 Bucuresti Romania

^*Corresponding author email: virgil.iordache@g.unibuc.ro

3.    Effect of Agnihotra Ash on Drug Resistance E. coli from Water Samples

Reshma Tuladhar ¹, Manita Aryal ¹, Bijaya Laxmi Maharjan¹, Anjana Singh^1*and Ulrich Berk²

¹Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

²Deutsche Gesellschaft für Homa-Therapie, Haldenhof, Germany

*Corresponding author email:  anjanas67@gmail.com 

4.    An Insight into Effect of Microbe-plant Interactions on Yield Of Plant Bioactive Compounds And Essential Oil

Vijayalakshmi Ghosh, Ena Gupta, Shanthy Sundaram*

Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India

5.    Biological Management Of Karnal Bunt: A Novel Sensing Approach

Sugandha Asthana, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Shanthy Sundaram*

Centre of Biotechnology, Nehru Science Centre, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar

Pradesh, India, Pin-211002

*Corresponding author email: shanthy.cbt@gmail.com

6.    Interaction Between Aromatic Oil Components And Bacterial Targets

Smaranika Pattnaik* and Niranjan Behera

Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University,

Jyoti Vihar, Burla 768019, Odisha, India

^*Corresponding author email: smaranika2010@gmail.com

7.    The Genomics Of Plant Microbe Interaction

Ashutosh Mani^*

Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India

^*Corresponding author email:  ashutomani@gmail.com

8. Soil-microbes-plant Interactions And Crop Production And Health

   Alberto Bago^*

   Laboratorio de Micorrizas In Vitro, Departamento de Microbiologia del suelo y

   Sistemas Simbioticos, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (CSIC)

   c) Profesor Albareda, 18008-Granada, Spain

   *Corresponding author email: alberto.bago@eez.csic.es

9. Biological Management Of Soil Borne Plant Diseases

Samiran Gangopadhyaya¹ and Amar Prakash Garg²*

¹School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur-302017, India

²School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur- 302017, India

*Corresponding author email: amarprakashgarg@yahoo.com

10.         Trichoderma-plant Interactions

Prasun K. Mukherjee^*

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

^*Corresponding author email: prasunmukherjee1@gmail.com

11.         Insights Into The Tripartite Association Between Plant-microbes-insect Interactions

Sandeep Kaushik^1*, S. Shweta², Suman Sharma³ and Suman Lakhanpal⁴

¹Department of Environmental Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh

²Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahe, Puducherry

³Suman Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Ramjas College, Delhi University, India

⁴Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

 *Corresponding author email: sskaushik2002@igntu.ac.in

12.         Non -target Effect Of Trichoderma On Soil Microbial Communities

Monika Jangir, Satyawati Sharma and Shilpi Sharma*

Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA

*Corresponding author email: shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in

13.         Effect Of Organic Farming On Soil Microbial Communities

Vijay Lakshmi Shrivas, Upma Singh, Priyanka, P. Hariprasad and Shilpi Sharma*

Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA

*Corresponding author email: shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in

14.         The Microbial Interactions In The Rhizosphere For Biocontrol Of Disease: An Evolutionary Perspective

Ashok Bankar^1* and Geetha Nagaraja²

¹Department of Microbiology, MES-Abasaheb Garware College, SP Pune University, Pune, India

²Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka-570006, India

*Corresponding author email: ashokbankar@gmail.com

15.         Role Of Microbes In Alleviating Soil Stress

¹Rafiq Lone, ²Razia Shuab, ³Salim Khan, ²Zafar A. Reshi

¹Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

²Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

³Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding author email: rafiqlone@gmail.com

16.         Rhizosphere: A Home For Human Pathogens

Richa Sharma, VS Bisaria, Shilpi Sharma*

Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA

*Corresponding author email: shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in

17.         Industrial Wastewater: Impact On Agricultural Soils And Microbial Diversity

Sujata Mani, Vishvas Hare and Pankaj Chowdhary*

Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author email: pankaj161089@gmail.com

18.         Systems And Synthetic B