Microbiome Drivers of Ecosystem Function

Microbiome Drivers of Ecosystem Function, the latest release in the Microbiome Research in Plants and Soil series, focuses on advancements in microbial technologies towards harnessing the microbiome for improved crop productivity and health. The book provides insights into the diversity of endophytic microbiomes and their potential utility in agricultural production. As increased crop yield through chemical interventions have limit thresholds and alternative, natural, and/or integrated approaches are increasingly needed, this book serves as an ideal reference for researchers and students in the fields of agricultural biotechnology, biochemistry, environmental science, plant biology, agricultural sciences, and agricultural engineering.Microbial inoculants provide ways in which food production efficiency can be improved. Plant growth-promoting soil organisms increase net crop uptake of soil nutrients, resulting in larger crops and higher yields of harvested food. These and other symbiotic associations between plants and microbes can ultimately be exploited for the increased food production necessary to feed the world, in addition to creating safer farming techniques that minimize ecological disruption. Provides insights on engineered microbes in sustainable agriculture, recent biotechnological developments, and future prospectsIntroduces microbes as chief ecological engineers in reinstating equilibrium in degraded ecosystemsPresents the current state and development, as well as future challenges in studying plant-microbe interactionsDiscusses endophytic microbiomes and other microbial consortium with multifunctional plant growth-promoting attributes INDICE: 1. Biochar-soil-plant-microbe interactions2. Halophyte associated endophytic microbes: potential use in crop production3. Overview of functional metagenomic profiling of root associated bacteria bacteria under salt stress. 4. Microbial Consortium with multifunctional plant growth-promoting attributes: Future Perspective in Agriculture5. Plant root Endophytes: transformers of plant disease6. Use of microbial consortia of PGP bacteria for preventing nematode diseases in plants7. The efficiency of heavy metals-tolerant Bacillus sp. for alleviating heavy metals toxicity on sorghum8. Biofertilizers and their role in plant growth and minimizing environmental impacts9. Bioengineering of rhizobiome towards sustainable agricultural production10. Advancements in understanding plant microbe and microbe interaction11. Role of microbes to enhance underground functioning in high altitude mountain areas 12. Technological advancements and study of Engineered Microbiome in sustainable crop production13. Microbial consortium: utility and delimitation14. Technological intervention in the rhizosphere of tomato plants: a case study 15. Phytomicrobiome in modulating plant - growth and stress resilience: An insight into functions and emerging perspectives in agriculture

• ISBN: 978-0-443-19121-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 450
• Fecha Publicación: 18/10/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés