Seed Endophytes

Discusses approaches for creating more sustainable agriculture by microbiome engineeringOverview on the manifold beneficial functions of seed microbe interactionsPresents methods for seed microbiome reconstruction and improvement

Discusses approaches for creating more sustainable agriculture using microbiome engineering Offers an overview of the manifold beneficial functions of seed microbe interactions Presents methods for seed microbiome reconstruction and improvement

Auteur

Verma, Satish Kumar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Botany Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi, 221005

India

Satish K Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India where he teaches plant pathology and microbiology to graduate and post graduate students. He worked as Raman Fellow at the Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, where he teaches plant pathology and microbiology to graduate and post graduate students. He received his Ph.D. in Botany (Endophytes) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and he also served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Visva-Bharti, Santiniketan, India for three years. He has published 16 research papers in scientific journals, including Microbial Ecology, Symbiosis, Annals of Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, Plant and Soil, and Current Science. He has also published 3 book chapters. His research interests include the functions of plant microbiomes, endophyte diversity and ecology, and the roles of endophytes in modulation of plant development and protection of hosts from biotic and abiotic stresses.

White, James Francis Jr., Ph.D. Department of Plant Biology and Pathology Rutgers University

New Brunswick

New Jersey, 08901

USA

James White is a Professor at the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the biology of fungi. Dr. White received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Auburn University (Alabama) in Botany and Plant Pathology, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Botany from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. White has published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters, and has edited five reference books on the topic of plant-microbe symbioses. Dr. White's research interests include the evolutionary development of microbial plant symbiosesincluding the study of both fossil and extant systems. Recently, together with students and collaborators, he has been examining the roles of endophytic microbes in stimulating plant development and protection from biotic and abiotic stresses.

Contenu

Section A: Seed Endophytes: Introduction, and Methods for Assessment and Management.- 1. Seed-vectored microbes: Their roles in improving seedling fitness and competitor plant suppression.- 2. Thinking about PPFM bacteria as a model of seed endophytes: Who are they? Where did they come from? What are they doing for the plant? What can they do for us?.- 3. Seed endophytes and their potential applications.- 4. Exploring endophytic communities of plants: Methods for assessing diversity, effects on host development, and potential biotechnological applications.- 5. Understanding the indigenous seed microbiota to design bacterial seed treatments.- Section B: Seed Endophytes: Ecology, Transmission and Adaptations.- 6. The ecology of seed microbiota.- 7. Programming plants for climate resilience through symbiogenics.- 8. Agave seed endophytes: Ecology and impacts on root architecture, nutrient acquisition and cold stress tolerance.- 9.Chemical warfare in the plant microbiome leads to a balance of antagonisms and a healthy plant.- 10. Fungal and bacterial maize kernal interactions with the vertically transmitted endophytic state of Fusarium verticillioides.- Section C: Seed Endophytes: Biology and Functional Roles in Plant development.- 11. Functional roles of seed-inhabiting endophytes of rice.- 12. Mechanism of interaction of endophytic microbes with plants.- 13. Fitness attributes of bacterial and fungal seed endophytes of tall fescue.- 14. Role of the plant root microbiome in abiotic stress tolerance.- 15. Endophytic microbes: Prospects and their application in abiotic stress management and phytoremediation.- 16. Pine seeds carry symbionts: Endophyte transmission re-examined.- Section D: Seed Endophytes: Agricultural Applications and Biotechnology.- 17. Seed endophytes of Jasione Montana: Arsenic detoxification workers in an eco-friendly factory.- 18. Agricultural applications of endophytic microflora.- 19. Rhizome endophytes: Role and application in sustainable agriculture.- 20. Agriculturally important biosynthetic features of endophytic microorganisms.- 21. Microbial Endophytes of maize seeds and their application in crop improvements.- 22. Colonization of seeds by soilborne fungi: linking seed dormancy-defense syndromes, evolutionary constraints, and fungal traits.- 23. Seed Endophytes in Crop plants:Metagenomic approaches to study the functional roles and interactions.

*

*