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<div><p><b>Preface</b></p>

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<p><b>Contents </b></p>

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<p><b>1.&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>Alfa Diversity and Ecological Importance of the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis (ECM-VAM) in <i>Abies religiosa</i> Forest. A Mexican Endemic High Mountain Species</b></p>

<p>Antonio Andrade-Torres*, Ruben F. Guzmán-Olmos, Martín H. Polo-Marcial, Luis A. Lara-Pérez, Angel I. Ortiz-Ceballos, Juan C. Noa and Iván Oros-Ortega.</p>

<p>Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. de las Culturas Veracruzanas No. 101, Col. Emiliano Zapata, C.P. 91090, Xalapa, Veracruz, México</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: aandrade@uv.mx </p>

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<p><b>2.</b><b>Role of Soil-microorganisms in Bioaccesibility of Minerals for Plant Nutrition</b></p>

<p>Bunty Sharma¹* Vivek K. Singh² and Moninder Singh¹</p>

<p>¹Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Punjab-140401</p>

<p>²Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004</p>

<p>*Corresponding author email: sharmabunty097@gmail.com</p>

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<p><b>3.</b><b>Nitrogen Fixation in a Legume-rhizobium Symbiosis: the Roots of A Success Story</b></p>

<p>Sahana Basu¹ and Gautam Kumar²*</p>

<p>¹Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar</p>

<p>²Department of Life Science, Central University of South Bihar, Patna</p>

<p>*Corresponding author e-mail: gautam@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>4. Exploring the Role of Microbes in Plant Development and Soil Fertility Through Root Exudation</b></p>

<p>Sana Shafi¹, Suhaib A. Bandh¹, Rouf Ahmad Bhat² and Nowsheen Shameem¹,Rafiq Lone³</p>

<p>¹Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University, J&K, India-190 006</p>

<p>²Division of Environmental Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India-190025</p>

<p>³Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: rafiqlone@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>5.&nbsp; &nbsp;<i>Azospirillum</i> in the Sustainability of Plant and Soil Health</b></p>

Humaira Qadri¹, Rouf Ahmad Bhat², Moonisa Aslam Dervash² and Gowhar Hamid Dar¹, Rafiq Lone³<p></p>

<p>¹Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University, J&K, India-190 006</p>

<p>²Division of Environmental Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India-190025</p>

<p>³Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: rafiqlone@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>6.&nbsp; Bioremediation: A Revolutionary Approach for Treating Fertilizer-infected Soil</b></p>

<p>Bunty Sharma* and Gurvinder Kaur Rana</p>

<p>Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Punjab-140401</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: sharmabunty097@gmail.com</p>

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<p><b>7.&nbsp; Effect of Precipitation Variability on Soil Microbial Biomass, Soil Respiration and Plant Diversity in Tropical Grassland Ecosystem</b></p>

<p>Talat Afreen^1*, Shweta Upadhyay² and Hema Singh¹ </p>

<p>¹Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, 221005</p>

<p>Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, 221005</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email:&nbsp; talatafreen09@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>8.&nbsp;&nbsp; Endophytic Secondary Metabolites for Biological Control - a Latest Perspective</b></p>

<p>T. Srinivasan</p>

<p>Department of Botany, IGNTU, Amarkantak- 484886, M.P., India</p>

<p>Corresponding author Email: saveplants@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>9.&nbsp; Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: What PGPMOs Can Offer?</b></p>

<p>Rama Kant Dubey, Vishal Tripathi, Rajan Chaurasiya, P.C. Abhilash*</p>

<p>Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, 221005</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: pcabhilash@hotmail.com</p>

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<p><b>10. Soil-microbes-plants Interactions in Different Landscapes </b></p>

<p>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Velmurugan </p>

<p>Division of Natural Resource Management</p>

<p>Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research</p>

<p>Port Blair-744101, A&N Islands</p>

<p>Corresponding author Email: vels_21@yahoo.com </p>

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<p><b>11. Microbe-microbe Interaction and Bio-active Secondary Metabolite Production</b></p>

<p>Subhankar Chatterjee</p>

<p>Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, 176206, Himachal Pradesh</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: subhankar@cuhimachal.ac.in ; schatt.cuhp@gmail.com</p>

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<p><b>12. A Genome-wide Investigation of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria in Leguminous Plants</b></p>

<p>Lebin Thomas¹, Vikas Kumar², and Zeeshanur Rahman³*</p>

<p>¹Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi</p>

<p>²Department of Botany, Kalindi College, University of Delhi, Delhi </p>

<p>³Department of Botany, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, Delhi </p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: zeeshan88ind@gmail.com </p>

<p><b>13. Associations of Fungi with Plant Roots</b></p>

<p>Dheeraj Panghaal, Chetan Kumar Jangir and R.S. Malik*</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Department of Soil Science, CCSHAU, Hisar-125004, Haryana</p>

<p>*Corresponding authors Email: soils@hau.ernet.in ; dheerajpanghal27@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>14. Symbiotic Signaling: Insights from Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis</b></p>

<p>Rinku Dhankar¹, Suman Chaudhary¹, Anju Kumari², Rakesh Kumar¹ and Sneh Goyal¹</p>

<p>¹Department of Microbiology, CCS HAU Hisar</p>

<p>²Center of Food Science and Technology, CCS HAU Hisar</p>

<p>*Corresponding authors Email: sehrawatrk@gmail.com , sehrawatrk@hau.ernet.in&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>15. Symbiotic Fungus Mediated Translocation of Fe and Zn in Wheat</b></p>

<p>Saumya Singh, Sakshi, Vivek Yadav, Amit Kharkwal, Ajit Varma*</p>

<p>Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, NOIDA-201313, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: ajitvarma@amity.edu </p>

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<p><b>16. An Insight into Molecular Orchestra of <i>Agrobacterium</i> in its Interaction With Plants: a &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prokaryotic Harvesting Natural Set Up for Engineering a Plant Without Entering Inside</b></p>

<p>Mithilesh Kumar and Amar Prakash Garg*</p>

<p>School of Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur- 302017, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: amarprakashgarg@yahoo.com </p>

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<p><b>17. Olive Anthracnose and its Management by Fungal Endophytes: An Overview</b></p>

Fátima Martins, José Alberto Pereira and Paula Baptista*<p></p>

<p>CIMO, School of Agriculture - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus Stª Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: pbaptista@ipb.pt </p>

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<p><b>18. Soil Metabolism of Nitrogen Through Microbe’s Plant Health</b></p>

<p>Akhtar Inam</p>

<p>Department of Botany, AMU, Aligarh - 202 002, UP, India</p>

*Corresponding author Email: akhtarinam01@gmail.com <p></p>

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<p><b>19. Microorganisms of Vermicompost Interaction With Plant</b></p>

<p>Parveen Gill</p>

<p>Department of Zoology, CCSHAU Hisar</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: parveengill135@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>20. The <i>Rhizobium</i>-plant Symbiosis: A State of Art</b></p>

<p>Surojeet Dasand Siddharth Vats*</p>

<p>Institute of BioSciences and Technology, Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva Road-225003, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA, Email: surojeetdas010@gmail.com </p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: vatssidd@gmail.com</p>

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<p>21. Soil Microbes and Crop Plants Interaction- a New Prospective Towards Sustainable Agriculture</p>

<p>Arindam Adhikary, Sakshi Chauhan, Rashmi Saini and Sanjeev Kumar*</p>

<p>Department of Plant Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda- 151001, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: sanjeevcbs@cup.ac.in</p>

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<p><b>22. Plant And Microbes: Bio-resource for Sustainable Development and Biocontrol</b></p>

<p>Neeraj Gupta, Prachi Bharagava and Siddharth Vats*</p>

<p>Institute of BioSciences&nbsp;and Technology, Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva&nbsp;Road-225003,&nbsp;Kucknow, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA</p>

*Corresponding author Email: vatssidd@gmail.com<p></p>

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23. Plant-microbe-metal Interactions: a Biochemical and Molecular Analysis for &nbsp;Phytoremediation <p>Prachi Bharagava, Neeraj Gupta and Siddharth Vats*</p>

<p>Institute of BioSciences&nbsp;and Technology, Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva&nbsp;Road-225003,&nbsp;Kucknow, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA</p>

*Corresponding author Email: vatssidd@gmail.com<p></p>

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<p><b>24.&nbsp; Structure and Function of Soil Bacterial Communities Associated with Plant-roots</b></p>

<p>Raja Venkata Narayana Rao Vukanti, Kaushik Rajaram, Suchitra Rakesh and Siva Sundara Kumar Durairajan*</p>

<p>Department of Microbiology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email:&nbsp; d.sivasundarakumar@cutn.ac.in </p>

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<p><b>25. Contribution of Beneficial Fungi For Maintaining Sustainable Plant Growth and Soil Fertility</b></p>

<p>Suchitra Rakesh, Kaushik Rajaram, Raja Venkata Narayana Rao, Vukanti, Siva Sundara Kumar Durairajan* </p>

<p>Department of Microbiology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: d.sivasundarakumar@cutn.ac.in </p>

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<p><b>26. Plant Growth Promoting Bacterial Life at High Salt Concentrations: Genetic Variability</b></p>

<p>Ritika Kapoor and SS Kanwar*</p>

<p>Department of Microbiology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176062 (H.P.) India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: sskanwar1956@gmail.com &nbsp;</p>

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<p><b>27. Rhizosphere: A Microbial Continuum for Protection and Development of Degraded Soils</b></p>

<p>Rouf Ahmad Bhat¹, Nighat Mushtaq², Moonisa Aslam Dervash¹, Asmat Rashid¹ and Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood³, Rafiq Lone⁴</p>

<p>¹Division of Environmental Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India-190025</p>

<p>²Division of Vegetable Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India-190025</p>

<p>³Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University, J&K, India-190 006</p>

<p>⁴Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: rafiqlone@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>28.<i> Azolla</i>-<i>Anabaena</i> Associatio: A Boon for Soil Nutrient Enrichment</b></p>

<p>Gowhar Hamid Dar¹, Basharat Mushtaq¹, Humaira Qadri¹ and Rouf Ahmad Bhat², Rafiq Lone³</p>

<p>¹Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University, J&K, India-190 006</p>

<p>²Division of Environmental Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India-190025</p>

<p>³Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: rafiqlone@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>29. Soil-microbe Interaction; an Aid for Heavy Metal Uptake by Plants</b></p>

<p>Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood¹, Basharat Mushtaq¹, Rouf Ahmad Bhat² and Humaira Qadri¹, Rafiq Lone³</p>

<p>¹Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University, J&K, India-190 006</p>

<p>²Division of Environmental Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India-190025.</p>

<p>³Department of Botany, SBBS University, Khiala, Jalandhar, Punjab, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: rafiqlone@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>30.&nbsp; Production of Value Added Products Through Plant-microbe Interaction</b></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 E-mail: veeranki@iitg.ernet.in </p>

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<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; 31. Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition</b></p>

<p>¹Rafiq Lone, ²Razia Shuab, ³Salim Khan, ²Zafar A. Reshi, ⁴K.K. Koul</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>⁴School of Studies in Botany, Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P)-474011</p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email:&nbsp; rafiqlone@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>32. Microbial Diversity and Root Exudates: Rhizospheric Interaction, Nutrient Uptake and Bioavailability</b></p>

<p>Vivek Sharma and Nadeem Akhtar*</p>

<p>Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India</p>

<p>Department of Animal Biosciences, 50 Stone Road East, Building #70, University of Guelph,</p>

Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada<p></p>

<p>*Corresponding author Email: akhtarn@uoguelph.ca </p>

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<p><b>33. Plant-Microbe Friendships: an Eco-mutualistic Relationship for Sustainable Agriculture Development</b></p>

<p>Jai Prakash*</p>

<p>Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, </p>

<p>Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226 025 (U.P.), India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author E-mail: jpmicrobio@gmail.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

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<p><b>34. Bio-fertilizers Towards Sustainable Agricultural Development </b></p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;G. Chandramohan Reddy¹*, M. Santhosh Kumar², G. Rajeshwari³, T. Ravikumar⁴</p>

<p>¹Department of Horticulture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana</p>

<p>²Department of Soil science, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana</p>

<p>³Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka</p>

<p>⁴Department of vegetable science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana</p>

<p>*Corresponding author E-mail: reddyhorti96@gmail.com </p>

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<p><b>35. Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi- Structure, Function, Diversity and Conservational Aspects of Orchids</b></p>

<p>*Kullaiyan Sathiyadash¹, Thangavelu Muthukumar², Velusamy Karthikeyan¹, Kuppu Rajendran¹</p>

<p>¹Department of Botany, Thiagarajar College, Madurai 625 009, Tamil Nadu, India</p>

<p>²Root and Soil Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India</p>

<p>*Corresponding author E-mail: ksd.bio@gmail.com </p><br></div>

<b>Prof Dr Ajit Varma</b>: Professor Varma has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Allahabad University and Former Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is the Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Pro-Vice Chancellor, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, and Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 314 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editor in Chief of Soil Biology Series, Springer Verlag Germany. Dr Varma is the Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of Microbiology Society of India.<p><b>Dr Swati Tripathi: </b>Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. She is working on plant microbe interaction, and microbial biotechnology. Dr Tripathi has a number of research papers and review articles to her credit in the journals of international repute. She has her post doctoral experience from South Korea and has been awarded Early Career Research Award recently.</p><p><b></b></p>

<p><b>Dr Ram Prasad</b>: Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. He is working on plant microbe interaction, nanobiotechnology, and microbial biotechnology. Dr Prasad has edited several books and has a number of research papers and review articles to his credit in the journals of international repute. During 2014, Dr Prasad has been awarded American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigator, USA. Presently, he is working as Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China.</p>

This book provides an overview of the latest advances concerning symbiotic relationships between plants and microbes, and their applications in plant productivity and agricultural sustainability.<p>Symbiosis is a living phenomenon including dynamic variations in the genome, metabolism and signaling network, and adopting a multidirectional perspective on their interactions is required when studying symbiotic organisms.</p>

<p>Although various plant-microbe symbiotic systems are covered in this book, it especially focuses on arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis and root nodule symbiosis, the two most prevalent systems. AM symbiosis involves the most extensive interaction between plants and microbes, in the context of phylogeny and ecology. As more than 90% of all known species of plants have the potential to form mycorrhizal associations, the productivity and species composition, as well as the diversity of natural ecosystems, are frequently dependent upon the presence and activity of mycorrhizas.</p>

<p>In turn, root nodule symbiosis includes morphogenesis and is formed by communication between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The biotechnological application of plant–microbe symbiosis is expected to foster the production of agricultural and horticultural products&nbsp;while maintaining ecologically and economically sustainable production systems.</p>

Designed as a hands-on guide, this book offers an essential resource for researchers and students in the areas of agri-biotechnology, soil biology and fungal biology. <p></p>

<p>Provides an up-to-date overview of the symbiotic relationships between plants and microbes</p><p>Especially focuses on arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis and root nodule symbiosis - the two most prevalent symbiotic systems</p><p>Offers a hands-on guide for researchers and students in the areas of agri-biotechnology, soil biology and fungal biology</p>