Overview
- Discusses application of whole microbiomes in plant growth promotion
- Provides an overview on the latest developments in biocontrol applications
- Covers different microorganisms and their bioactive compounds
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This first volume of a two-volume work presents the manifold applications of beneficial microbes and microbiomes in plant growth promotion, in enhancing crop resilience and in control of phytopathogens through microbial antagonists. In-depth insights into latest technologies such as biopriming of seeds and soil inoculation of rhizosphere microorganisms are provided.
The two-volume work “Microbial Biocontrol” introduces mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions and explores latest strategies of how microbes can be applied in biocontrol and management of plant pathogens, replacing chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The book covers different groups of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, but also the interplay of entire microbiomes, and reviews their specific benefits in crop growth promotion, in enhancing the plants’ tolerance against biotic and abiotic stress as well as in post-harvest management of various plant diseases. Novel tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 and microbe derivednanoparticles are also addressed besides the legal aspects of biocontrol applications.
Today, rising global population and changing climatic conditions emerge as a major challenge for agronomist farmers and researchers in fulfilling the requirements of global food production. The conventional agricultural practices utilize undistributed use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to enhance growth and yield of agricultural products and fresh foods, but their extensive and continuous use have led to a range of negative consequences on the food quality and safety, to environment as well as to human and animal health. Microbial biocontrol applications are presented as a solution, paving the way to a sustainable agriculture in compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The book addresses researchers in academia and agriculture.
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Book Title: Microbial Biocontrol: Sustainable Agriculture and Phytopathogen Management
Book Subtitle: Volume 1
Editors: Ajay Kumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87512-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87511-4Published: 05 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87514-5Published: 06 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87512-1Published: 04 May 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 369
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Applied Microbiology, Agriculture, Food Microbiology, Microbiology