Endophytes: Crop Productivity and Protection: Volume 2

✍ Scribed by Dinesh K. Maheshwari, K. Annapurna (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 16
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book reviews the latest developments in our understanding of microbial endophytes and their potential applications in enhancing productivity and disease protection. It covers all the latest discoveries regarding endophytes, their interactions with plants and application in agricultural productivity and protection.

Our understanding of endophytes has increased exponentially in recent decades. These microbes, such as fungi, bacteria, and actinobacteria, establish a symbiotic or parasitic association with plants. A better understanding of endophytic microorganisms may help to elucidate their functions and potential role in developing sustainable systems of crop production and improved protection against biotic stresses. Endophytes play a vital role in plant growth and health promotion. Endophytic bacteria are of agrobiological interest because they create host-endophyte relationships, which can open exciting prospects for newer biotechnological applications. Endophytes have also proven to be a beneficial and sustainable alternative to agrochemicals due to their role in the biocontrol of pests and diseases. Further, endophytes are essential to the production of several secondary metabolites in grasses, in the process of gummosis in trees, and the production of useful metabolites such as alkaloids, pestaloside, cryptocandin, enfumafungin, subglutinols, etc. for the host plant. They are also involved in the production of enzymes, biosurfactants, biocontrol agents and plant growth promoters. As such, it is imperative that we explore these products’ industrial applications in the fields of biotechnology, pharmacy and agriculture.

This volume will offers a valuable guidance for botanists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, molecular biologists, environmentalists, policymakers, conservationists, and those working for the protection of plant species of agricultural and medicinal importance.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Endophytes as Contender of Plant Productivity and Protection: An Introduction (Dinesh K. Maheshwari, Shrivardhan Dheeman, K. Annapurna)....Pages 1-9
Plant Growth Promotion by Endophytic Bacteria in Nonnative Crop Hosts (Akshit Puri, Kiran Preet Padda, Chris P. Chanway)....Pages 11-45
Endophytic Fungi Bioremediation (Yelugere L. Krishnamurthy, B. Shankar Naik)....Pages 47-60
Endophytic Bacteria: Role in Phosphate Solubilization (Abhishek Walia, Shiwani Guleria, Anjali Chauhan, Preeti Mehta)....Pages 61-93
Endophytic Microbes: A Resource for Producing Extracellular Enzymes (Abdul Latif Khan, Raheem Shahzad, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, In-Jung Lee)....Pages 95-110
Beneficial Effects of Bacterial Endophytes on Forest Tree Species (Akshit Puri, Kiran Preet Padda, Chris P. Chanway)....Pages 111-132
Role of Bacterial Endophytes in Plant Disease Control (A. Muthukumar, R. Udhayakumar, R. Naveenkumar)....Pages 133-161
Endophytic Actinobacteria for Sustainable Agricultural Applications (M. F. Carvalho, Y. Ma, R. S. Oliveira, H. Freitas)....Pages 163-189
Endophytic Fungi: A Remarkable Source of Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites (Pamoda B. Ratnaweera, E. Dilip de Silva)....Pages 191-212
Endophytes: Potential Source of Therapeutically Important Secondary Metabolites of Plant Origin (Shahid Iqbal Mohammed, Mohini Panditrao Patil, Ravindra Himmatrao Patil, Vijay Laxminarayan Maheshwari)....Pages 213-237
Harnessing Endophytic Microbial Volatile Organic Compound (MVOC) for Sustainable Agroecosystem (Dinesh Chandra, Pallavi, A. K. Sharma)....Pages 239-259
Potential of Lignin-Degrading Endophytic Fungi on Lignocellulosic Biorefineries (Úrsula Fillat, Raquel Martín-Sampedro, David Macaya-Sanz, Juan A. Martín, David Ibarra, María E. Eugenio)....Pages 261-281
Conclusion (K. G. Ramawat)....Pages 283-286
Back Matter ....Pages 287-291

✦ Subjects

Plant Biochemistry