ISBN : 9780323918756
Author : Prashant Swapnil
Publisher : Academic Press
Year : 2023
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : Table of contents Cover Title page Table of Contents Copyright Contributors About the editors Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Plant growth-promoting microbiomes: History and their role in agricultural crop improvement Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Plant-microbe interaction 3: Soil: A center for plant-microbe interaction 4: The rhizosphere as an ecosystem 5: Role of rhizobacteria in plant development and soil health 6: Environmental cleanup by PGPR 7: Role of nanotechnology for agricultural sustainability 8: Agricultural context: A “fresh” green revolution in the face of climate change 9: Conclusions and future perspectives References Chapter 2: Role of plant growth-promoting microorganisms in phytoremediation efficiency Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Bioremediation 3: Phytoremediation 4: Plant growth-promoting microorganisms 5: PGPM abetted phytoremediation 6: Future prospects 7: Conclusions References Chapter 3: Physiological and biochemical studies of plant-pathogen interactions Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Physiological changes as a result of plant-pathogen interaction 3: Biochemical changes 4: Conclusions References Further reading Chapter 4: Biochemical process associated with plants and beneficial microbes Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Plant-microbe signaling systems 3: Phytohormones signaling pathways 4: Symbiotic microbes and signaling systems 5: Entophytes and signaling systems 6: Conclusions References Chapter 5: An introduction to current and future aspect on growth promoting microbiome Abstract 1: Introduction (Let’s know the microbiome…) 2: How do these microbes enter their hosts (plant) and their impact on plant growth? 3: Approaches for studying the plant microbiome 4: Factors affecting the plant microbiome 5: Limitations of studying plant microbiome 6: Future prospects of the plant microbiome References Chapter 6: Advances in plant-pathogen interactions in terms of biochemical and molecular aspects Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Interactions between host and pathogen 3: How does pathogen sense plants? 4: How do pathogens recognize host plants? 5: Steps for plant-pathogen interaction 6: Molecular and biochemical mechanism of host-pathogen recognition 7: Conclusions References Chapter 7: Relevance of the antioxidative mechanism during plant-microbe interaction Abstract 1: Antioxidants: Maintenance of cellular redox homeostasis in plants 2: Operation of various antioxidants in plants 3: Antioxidant dynamics under stress 4: Beneficial microbes and plant antioxidant dynamics 5: Detrimental microbes and plant antioxidant dynamics 6: Conclusions 7: Current scenario and future prospects References Chapter 8: Chemical communication between plant roots and microbes within the rhizosphere Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Microorganisms in rhizosphere 3: Plant defense mechanisms 4: Chemical communication within the rhizosphere (as belowground communication) 5: Microbe-plant communication 6: Plant-microbe communication 7: Plant-plant communication (negative) 8: Plant-plant communication (positive)-herbivore resistance 9: Metabolomic studies—plant and rhizosphere microbe interaction analyzing tool 10: Concluding remarks and future perspectives References Chapter 9: Chemical talk within plant holobiont: A fascinating conversation Abstract Conflict of interest 1: Introduction 2: Various kinds of interactions in plant holobiont 3: Different groups of biomolecules involved in cross-talk of plant holobiont 4: Signaling cross talk during different processes 5: Conclusions References Chapter 10: Advanced study of plant-microbe interactions in photosynthesis Abstract 1: Background 2: Introduction 3: Photosynthesis 4: Photosynthesis and respiration 5: Interaction between plants and microorganisms 6: Rhizosphere 7: Factors influencing phyllosphere—Role of plant and microbes 8: Mechanism of interaction between plants and microbes 9: Holobionts 10: Role of the microbes in providing defense against pathogens 11: Siderophores 12: Photosynthetic enhancement by plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPM) 13: Production of natural growth regulators as phytohormones 14: Exopolysaccharides 15: Signal response 16: Stress 17: Cold stress 18: Heat stress 19: Salinity 20: The role of light 21: Signal transduction by holobionts and systemic alteration in plant genes and proteins 22: Engineering plants using microorganisms to enhance plant photosynthesis 23: Metabolomics: Tools used to analyze plant interactions with rhizomicrobes 24: Conclusions References Chapter 11: PGPR-mediated synthesis and alteration of different secondary metabolites during plant-microbe interactions Abstract 1: Introduction 2: PGPR and its role in plant growth promotion 3: PGPR and secondary metabolites 4: Mode of action of PGPR on plants during their interaction 5: PGPR-mediated regulation of secondary metabolite synthesis 6: Role of SMs in antagonistic activity against plant pathogen 7: Factor affecting PGPR efficiency 8: Negative impact 9: Conclusions References Chapter 12: Mycotoxins produced in plant-pathogen interactions Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Historical perspective 3: Mycotoxigenic fungi 4: Important mycotoxins 5: Detection procedures 6: Regulation of mycotoxins in foods and feeds 7: Conclusions and future perspectives References Chapter 13: Improvement of soil fertility through plant microbial interaction Abstract Acknowledgments 1: Introduction 2: Biological nitrogen fixation 3: Biocontrol of phytopathogens 4: Bio-fertilizers 5: Biodegredation 6: Conclusions Authors’ contributions References Chapter 14: Manipulation of cell wall components and enzymes on plant-microbe interactions Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Host and nonhost resistance 3: Violation of nonhost resistance by pathogenic microbes: A battle from pathogen 4: Plant and microbe interaction 5: Outline on experimental analysis of plant cell wall on plant microbe interaction 6: Conclusions References Chapter 15: Acinetobacter: A versatile plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) Abstract Contribution of authors Conflict of interest 1: Introduction 2: Role of Acinetobacter as a PGPR 3: Direct mechanisms 4: Indirect mechanisms 5: Conclusions and future prospective References Chapter 16: Exserohilum turcicum [Pass.] resistance in maize: A sustainable agricultural approach for studying plant-microbe interactions Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Genetic diversity of the Exserohilum turcicum 3: Qualitative resistance 4: Quantitative resistance 5: Implications for breeding 6: Conclusions References Chapter 17: Mechanistic basis of the symbiotic signaling pathway between the host and the pathogen Abstract Acknowledgments 1: Introduction 2: Signaling molecules 3: Receptors 4: Suppression of plant immunity 5: The common symbiotic signaling pathway 6: Conclusions References Chapter 18: Diversity of methylobacterium species in the plant phytosphere and their different strategies to mitigate biotic and abiotic stress responses Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Isolation and characterization of methylotrophic bacteria 3: Biodiversity of methylotrophic bacteria 4: Plant growth-promoting (PGP) attributes of methylotrophic bacteria 5: Abiotic stress response of methylotrophic bacteria 6: Biocontrol or biotic stress mitigation by methylotrophs 7: Conclusions References Chapter 19: Calcium/calmodulin-mediated signaling mechanism of symbiotic relationship between plants and microbes Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Symbiotic systems 3: How to identify proteins that bind CaM 4: The use of Ca2+/CaM for protein phosphorrylation 5: Role of calcium/calmodulin-mediated signaling in plant-microbe interactions References Chapter 20: Plant-microbe interactions in photosynthesis, nutrient acquisition, and plant growth Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Microbial phytohormone-mediated stress tolerance in plant 3: Chloroplast-plant microbe interactions 4: Microbes that interact with plants influence photosynthetic efficiency by changing stomatal pattern 5: Application of plant-interacting microbes for increasing crop productivity 6: Conclusions and future perspectives References Chapter 21: Beneficial metabolite production, a comparative account of medicinal plants and fungal interaction Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Endophytic fungi-host interaction 3: The coexistence and coevolution of host plants and their symbionts 4: Medicinal plants, fungal endophytes, and their capabilities 5: Bioactive ingredients from endophytic fungi of medicinal plants 6: Conclusions and future perspectives of endophytic fungi of medicinal plants References Index