Decoding Plant-Environment-Microbiome Interactions in Stress-Resilient Agriculture

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-32932-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Decoding Plant-Environment-Microbiome Interactions in Stress-Resilient Agriculture delivers both foundational understanding and forward-looking perspectives on the rapidly advancing field of phyto-microbiome research. Showcasing the unique advantages of microbial partnerships in stressed soils, the book explores how optimizing plant-microbiome interactions can transform crop productivity and sustainability.

Focusing on the phyto-microbiome’s diverse components-including root-associated microbiota, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, endophytes, phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and actinomycetes-the volume reveals how these microbial networks enhance plant stress tolerance, rehabilitate degraded or contaminated soils, and sustain yields under adverse conditions.

Harnessing these natural bioresources effectively requires an integrated understanding of the complex crosstalk between plants and their associated microbes, from molecular signaling to ecological mechanisms. Drawing on insights from internationally recognized scientists and leading academicians, this book consolidates cutting-edge research and emerging innovations, providing readers with the knowledge needed to advance stress-resilient and environmentally sustainable agriculture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rizvi, Asfa

Khan, Mohammad Saghir

Pajuelo, Eloisa

Oufdou, Khalid

Ahmed, Bilal

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section A: Phyto-Microbiome and Abiotic Stresses
1. Heavy Metal-Rhizobiome Interactions: Abundance, Composition, and Physiological Functions
2. Salt Stress-Soil Microbiome Interactions: Structure, Diversity and Physiological Functions
3. Drought Stress- Soil Microbial Communities
4. Low/High Temperature Effects on Microbial Growth and Associated Activities
5. Abiotic Stresses-Plant Interaction: Morpho-Anatomical Features and Physiological Functions
6. Genotoxic Effects of Different Types of Stresses on Microbiome and Plants
7. Phytochemicals under Abiotic Stress: Production and its Role in Plant Defence
8. Development of Stress Resilience among Rhizobiome: An Overview
9. Rhizosphere Engineering for Optimizing Bioremediation Potential: Recent Advances

Section B: Phytomicrobiomes as Biotools in Agriculture Resilience Under Stress Conditions
10. Phyto-microbiome: Ecology, Physiology and Emerging Trends in Microbial Application
11. The Plant Holobiont: Root Exudates, Rhizosphere Interactions and Biotechnological Applications
12. Plant Endophytic Microbiome: Importance in Crop Production
13. Importance of Melanin, Proline, and EPS in Stress Alleviation
14. Siderophilic Microbes and their Role in Abatement of Abiotic Stress
15. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Mediated Remediation of Stressed Soils: Recent Developments
16. Phytoremediation: Basic Concepts and Real Field Success Story
17. Stress Tolerant Rhizosphere Microbiome-Plant Interactions: Importance in Crop Production
18 Role Of “Omics” in Designing Biofertilizers for a Better Plant Resilience Under Stressful Conditions
19. Bacterial Biosorbents: An Effective Metal Detoxification Microbial Strategy
20. Stress Tolerant Endophytes: Importance in Crop Yield Optimization
21. Performance of Food Crops in Problem Soils Influenced by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
22. Actinomycetes: A Suitable Microbiological Agent for Bioremediation Techniques and Crop Production
23. Microbes Based Nanobioremediation of Inorganic Pollutants: Concepts and Application

Section C: Human Health Implications and Food Safety
24. Phytomicrobiome for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
25. Human Health Risks and Regulatory Guidelines Associated with Consumption of Contaminated/Poor Quality Foods
26. Transference of knowledge from lab to land/field: Real Application of Phytomicrobiomes, Regulatory issues and Developmental constrains

Über Autor(innen)

Pajuelo, Eloisa
Eloisa Pajuelo is a professor of microbiology at the University of Seville, in Spain. She has 25 years of experience studying plant-microbe interactions, particularly the interaction of legumes with rhizobia, microbiota of halophytes under stress by heavy metals, and stresses caused by factors involved in climate change (namely salinity, drought, and low/high temperature). Her current research focuses on the design and application of biofertilizers in the current situation of multiple stresses that constraint plant growth. Dr. Pajuelo's expertise also includes soil bacteria dynamics, endophytes, PGPR, and phytoremediation. She has published over 125 papers and book chapters in highly recognized peer reviewed international journals.

Oufdou, Khalid
Khalid Oufdou is a full professor at the Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, in Morocco. He developed more than 20 research projects in Spain, France, Germany, Tunisia, Portugal, Sweden (3 IFS grants), and the European Union. He was awarded fellowships by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst and Alexander von Humboldt foundation in Germany. Professor Oufdou has extensive experience in areas related with plant-microbe interactions, stress management of contaminated environments, plant biotechnology, microbial ecology, and antibacterials. He has published more than 80 research papers with high impact factors.

Ahmed, Bilal
Bilal Ahmed is a Research Scientist at Purdue University, USA. His research areas include microbiology, nanotoxicology, nano-bioremediation, and molecular microbiology. Dr. Ahmed has published over 60 research publications in peer reviewed high impact factor journals such as Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, and Scientific Reports, among others. He has also published numerous chapters and review articles in many books and journals published by

leading international publishers. He currently serves as a member on the editorial board of Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology (Taylor & Francis), associate editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science (section: Toxicology, Pollution, and the Environment), and review editor for Frontiers in Plant Science and Frontiers in Nanotechnology.

Khan, Mohammad Saghir
Mohammad Saghir Khan is a professor of microbiology at the Department of Agricultural Microbiology in Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has 27 years of teaching experience at the postgraduate and doctoral levels, as well as 29 years of research experience in environmental microbiology, nanotechnology, biofertilizer technology, soil pollution, bioremediation technology, immunology, soil microbiology and food crop production. Dr. Khan has published over 300 scientific papers including, original research papers, review articles, and book chapters in various national and international publications with over 22,000 Research citations, and edited 11 books, seven of which have been published under Springer. Currently, he serves as an associate editor for three international journals, namely the International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, Frontiers in Environmental Science: Toxicology, Pollution, and the Environment and Journal of Modern Agriculture and Biotechnology.

Rizvi, Asfa
Asfa Rizvi works at Department of Department of Botany, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, in Jamia Hamdard University, India. She has extensive experience in the areas of biotic and abiotic stress, environmental microbiology (heavy metals-PGPR-crop interactions), biofertilizers technology, bioremediation technology (microbiome-based remediation strategies), and soil pollution (inorganic pollutants). Dr. Rizvi has published over 50 high impact factor scientific papers, review articles, and book chapters in national and international peer reviewed journals.