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.

<p><b> 1.</b><b>    Molecular Insight into Plant-fungal Pathogen Interaction: Merging Trends an Implication in Designing Climate Smart Field Crops</b><b></b></p><p>Richa Kamboj¹, Manoj Nath², Deepak Singh Bisht^1*</p><p>¹National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology</p><p>²Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida-201313, India</p>*Corresponding author email: deebisht@gmail.com<p></p><p> </p><p><b>2.</b><b>    On the Possibility Of Accelerating Plant Succession by Manipulating Soil Microorganisms</b></p><p>Virgil Alexandru Iordache^*</p><p>Department of Systems Ecology and Sustainability</p><p>Research Center for Ecological Services - CESEC</p><p>Spl Independentei 91-95 050089 Sector 5 Bucuresti Romania</p><p>^*Corresponding author email: virgil.iordache@g.unibuc.ro</p><p> </p><p><b>3.</b><b>    Effect of Agnihotra Ash on Drug Resistance <i>E. coli</i> from Water Samples</b></p><p>Reshma Tuladhar ¹, Manita Aryal ¹, Bijaya Laxmi Maharjan¹, Anjana Singh^1*and Ulrich Berk²</p><p>¹Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal</p><p>²Deutsche Gesellschaft für Homa-Therapie, Haldenhof, Germany</p><p>*Corresponding author email:  anjanas67@gmail.com </p><p> </p><p><b>4.</b><b>    An Insight into Effect of Microbe-plant Interactions on Yield Of Plant Bioactive Compounds And Essential Oil</b></p><p>Vijayalakshmi Ghosh, Ena Gupta, Shanthy Sundaram*</p><p>Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India</p>*Corresponding author email: shanthy.cbt@gmail.com<p></p><p> </p><p><b>5.</b><b>    Biological Management Of Karnal Bunt: A Novel Sensing Approach</b></p><p>Sugandha Asthana, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Shanthy Sundaram*</p><p>Centre of Biotechnology, Nehru Science Centre, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar</p><p>Pradesh, India, Pin-211002</p><p>*Corresponding author email: shanthy.cbt@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>6.</b><b>    Interaction Between Aromatic Oil Components And Bacterial Targets</b></p><p>Smaranika Pattnaik* and Niranjan Behera</p><p>Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University,</p><p>Jyoti Vihar, Burla 768019, Odisha, India</p><p>^*Corresponding author email: smaranika2010@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>7.</b><b>    The Genomics Of Plant Microbe Interaction</b></p><p>Ashutosh Mani^*</p><p>Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India</p><p>^*Corresponding author email:  ashutomani@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>8.</b> Soil-microbes-plant Interactions And Crop Production And Health</p><p>   Alberto Bago^*</p><p>   Laboratorio de Micorrizas In Vitro, Departamento de Microbiologia del suelo y</p><p>   Sistemas Simbioticos, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin (CSIC)</p><p>   c) Profesor Albareda, 18008-Granada, Spain</p><p>   *Corresponding author email: alberto.bago@eez.csic.es</p><p> </p><p><b>9.</b><b> Biological Management Of Soil Borne Plant Diseases</b></p><p>Samiran Gangopadhyaya¹ and Amar Prakash Garg²*</p><p>¹School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur-302017, India</p><p>²School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur- 302017, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: amarprakashgarg@yahoo.com</p><p> </p><p><b>10.</b>         Trichoderma-plant Interactions</p><p>Prasun K. Mukherjee^*</p><p>Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA</p><p>^*Corresponding author email: prasunmukherjee1@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>11.</b><b>         Insights Into The Tripartite Association Between Plant-microbes-insect Interactions</b></p><p>Sandeep Kaushik^1*, S. Shweta², Suman Sharma³ and Suman Lakhanpal⁴</p><p>¹Department of Environmental Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh</p><p>²Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahe, Puducherry</p><p>³Suman Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Ramjas College, Delhi University, India</p><p>⁴Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India</p><p> *Corresponding author email: sskaushik2002@igntu.ac.in</p><p> </p><p><b>12.</b><b>         Non -target Effect Of Trichoderma On Soil Microbial Communities</b></p><p>Monika Jangir, Satyawati Sharma and Shilpi Sharma*</p><p>Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA</p><p>*Corresponding author email: shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in</p><p> </p><p><b>13.</b><b>         Effect Of Organic Farming On Soil Microbial Communities</b></p><p>Vijay Lakshmi Shrivas, Upma Singh, Priyanka, P. Hariprasad and Shilpi Sharma*</p><p>Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA</p><p>*Corresponding author email: shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in</p><p> </p><p><b>14.</b>         The Microbial Interactions In The Rhizosphere For Biocontrol Of Disease: An Evolutionary Perspective</p><p>Ashok Bankar^1* and Geetha Nagaraja²</p><p>¹Department of Microbiology, MES-Abasaheb Garware College, SP Pune University, Pune, India</p><p>²Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka-570006, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: ashokbankar@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>15.</b><b>         Role Of Microbes In Alleviating Soil Stress</b></p><p>¹Rafiq Lone, ²Razia Shuab, ³Salim Khan, ²Zafar A. Reshi</p><p>¹Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India</p><p>²Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India</p><p>³Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p><p>*Corresponding author email: rafiqlone@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>16.</b><b>         Rhizosphere: A Home For Human Pathogens</b></p><p>Richa Sharma, VS Bisaria, Shilpi Sharma*</p><p>Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA</p><p>*Corresponding author email: shilpi@dbeb.iitd.ac.in</p><p> </p><p><b>17.</b><b>         Industrial Wastewater: Impact On Agricultural Soils And Microbial Diversity</b></p><p>Sujata Mani, Vishvas Hare and Pankaj Chowdhary*</p><p>Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: pankaj161089@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>18.</b>         Systems And Synthetic Biology Approach To Understand The Importance Of Plant-microbe Interaction</p><p>Ashish A. Prabhu, Shuchishloka Chakraborty and V. Venkatadasu*</p><p>Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering</p><p>Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: veeranki@iitg.ernet.in</p><p> </p><p><b>19.</b>         Study On Microbial Production Of Phytohormone Hormone</p><p>Nirav Bhavsar* and Nikhil Bhatt</p><p>¹Nirav H. Bhavsar, Department of Microbiology, Shri A.N. Patel P. G. Institute of Science and </p><p>Sardar Patel University, Anand, India</p><p>²M.D. Gramseva Mahavidyalaya, Gujarat Vidyapith, Sadra, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: nhbhavsar@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>20.</b><b>         Insight To Biotechnological Advances In Study Of Beneficial Plant Microbe Interaction With Special Reference To <i>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</i></b></p><p>Pankaj Kumar¹ and Dinesh Kumar Srivastava²*</p><p>¹National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India</p><p>²Department of Biotechnology, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan-              173230, Himachal Pradesh, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: dksuhf89@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>21.</b><b>         Ecological Diversity Of Microbes And Its Biotechnological Implications In Plant Growth And Soil Health: Current Scenario And Future Prospects</b></p><p>Divjot Kour¹, Kusam Lata Rana¹, Ajar Nath Yadav¹*, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan², Ram Prasad³,    Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal¹, Anil Kumar Saxena⁴</p><p>¹Department of Biotechnology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, India</p><p>²Department of Bio-Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India</p><p>³Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Sector 125, Noida, India</p><p>⁴ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Mau, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: ajarbiotech@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>22.</b><b>         Effect Of Climate Change On Plant And Soil Microbial Diversity</b></p><p>Suruchi Singh and Supriya Tiwari*</p><p>Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, UP, INDIA</p><p>*Corresponding author email: supriyabhu@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>23.  Omics Based Understanding Of Plant-microbe Interface: Genomics To Ionomics</b></p><p>     P. Umadevi¹and S. Manivannan²</p><p>             ¹ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode</p>             Department of Horticulture, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India<p></p><p>             *Corresponding author email: smanivanan@cus.ac.in</p><p> </p><p><b>24. Engineering Plant-microbe Interactions for Bioenergy Crops: Reviewing Opportunities And Challenges</b></p><p>Rishi Mahajan^1,2*, Shalini Chandel³ and Gunjan Goel²</p><p>¹Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, TAB- Shahpur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh- 176206, India</p><p>²Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan 173234, India</p><p>³Department of Botany, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, TAB-Dehra, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh-177101, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: rishisml@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>25. Reviewing Microbial Diversity vis-à-vis Plant-microbe Interaction In The Rhizosphere Of Horticultural Woody Perennials</b></p><p>Shalini Chandel¹ and Rishi Mahajan²*</p><p>¹Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, TAB- Shahpur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh- 176206, India</p><p>²Department of Botany, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, TAB-Dehra, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh- 177101, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: rishisml@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>26. Microbe Mediated Abiotic Stress Alleviation: Molecular And Biochemical Basis</b></p><p>Hillol Chakdar^*, Sudipta, Das, Mahendra Singh Rajawat, Pandiyan K and Anil Kumar Saxena</p><p>ICAR-NBAIM, Mau</p>*Corresponding author email: hillol.chakdar@gmail.com<p></p><p> </p><p><b>27. Metagenomics As A Tool To Explore New Insights From Plant Microbe Interface</b></p><p>Prachi Bhargava^*</p><p>Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Sri RamSwaroop Memorial University, Deva Road, Lucknow</p><p>*Corresponding author email prachi.bio@srmu.ac.in</p><p> </p><p>28. Plants For Biocontrol And Biological Control Of Plant Pathogens</p><p>Mohd. Imran¹ and Siddharth Vats^2*</p><p>¹Department of Biosciences F\O Science, Integral University, Lucknow.  U.P</p><p>E.mail: imranmohdkhan@rediffmail.com</p><p>²Institute of BioSciences and Technology, Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva Road-225003, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA</p><p>*Corresponding author email: vatssidd@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>29. Entomopathogenic Nematodes In Biological Control Of Insect Pests With Reference Insect</b> Immunity Against Parasitic Nematodes Infections</p><p>Istikhar¹ and Amar Prakash Garg²*</p><p>¹School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur-302017, India</p><p>²School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur- 302017, India</p><p>*Corresponding author email: amarprakashgarg@yahoo.com</p><p> </p><p><b>30. Advances In Molecular Approaches To Investigate Plant-pathogen Interactions</b></p><p>Pranay Jain^1* and Ram Kumar Pundir²</p><p>¹Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119</p><p>²Department of Biotechnology Engineering Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Mithapur, Ambala Cantt</p><p>*Corresponding author email: drpranayjain@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>31. A Review On Sustainable Approaches To Control Plant Pathogens</b></p><p>Pranay Jain* and Ram Kumar Pundir</p>Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119<p></p><p>*Corresponding author email: drpranayjain@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>32. Biological Control Of Plant Diseases: Opportunities And Limitations</b></p><p>Akanksha Singh¹, Vipin Kumar Singh¹, Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy¹, Deepika¹, Awanindra Dwivedi², and Nawal Kishore Dubey¹*</p><p>¹Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, India</p><p>²National Centre for Disease Control, 22, Sham Nath Marg, Delhi-54, India</p><p>Mobile: +91-9415295765</p><p>*Corresponding author email: nkdubeybhu@gmail.com </p><p> </p><p><b>33. Lactic Acid Bacteria As Plant Growth Promoters And Biocontrol Agents</b></p><p>Rama Bhadekar* and Jinal Bhola</p><p>Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of IT and Biotechnology,</p><p>Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Katraj, Pune 411046</p><p>*Corresponding author email: neeta.bhadekar@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><b>34. Effects Of Radiation On Soil Microbes And Plants</b></p><p>Chanda Siddoo-Atwal*</p><p>Moondust Cosmetics, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6J 2J1</p><p>*Corresponding author email: moondustcosmetics@gmail.com</p><p> </p><br>