Javid A. Parray is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education at Government Degree College, Eidgah Srinagar, India.Nowsheen Shameem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah is an Assistant Professor in the Plant Production Department, ­College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Yaseen Mir is a Research Scholar at the Centre of Research for Development, ­Hazrathbal Srinagar University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

• List of Contributors viiPreface xi 1 A Review of Endophytic Microbiota of Medicinal Plants and Their Antimicrobial Properties 1Robeena Sarah, Nida Idrees, and Baby Tabassum2 Plant Microbiome: A Key to Managing Plant Diseases 10Dipal B. Minipara, Khushboo Pachhigar, and Himanshu R. Barot3 Impact of Microbiomes to Counter Abiotic Stresses in Medicinal Plants- A Review 30Abeer Hashem, Khaloud Mohammed Alarjani, Khalid F. Almutariri, Javid A. Parray, Sushil K. Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Turki M. Dawoud, Khalid S. Almaary, Nosheen Shameem, and Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah4 Uses of Compost in Agriculture and Bioremediation – A Review 51Aparna Gunjal5 Metagenomics and Microbiome Engineering: Identification of Core Microbiome and Improvement of Rhizosphere 58Bahman Fazeli-Nasab, Nafiseh Mahdinezhad, and Javid A. Parray Copyrighted Material6 Core Microbiome: Plant Growth and Development 101Thirunarayanan P, Uday Kumar Thera, Tulasi Korra, and Manoj Kumar v7 Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology: The Real Finenesses of a Robust Rhizosphere 118Barkha Sharma, Shalini Tiwari, and Kailash Chand Kumawat8 Role of Rhizospheric Microbiome in Enhancing Plant Attributes and Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture 139Sandeep Sharma and Kailash Chand Kumawat9 Toxic Effects of Some Herbicides on the Fatty Acid Profile of Wheat Varieties: A Phytomicrobiome Study 163Fadime Karabulut and Songul Çanakcı-Gulengul10 Microbial Prospects in Sediment Denitrification of Eutrophic Wetland Ecosystems 183Rupak Kumar Sarma and Kamal Choudhury11 Role of Plant Microbiome in Carbon Sequestration for Sustainable Agriculture 190Ranjith Sellappan, Aswini Krishnan, and Kalaiselvi Thangavel12 Functions and Emerging Trends of the Microbial Community in Heavy Metals Bioremediation: A Review 206Nida Idrees, Robeena Sarah, and Baby Tabassum13 Microbiomics and Sustainable Agriculture: New Frontiers 212Shabeer Ahmad Dar, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Azra N. Kamili, Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo, and Shabir Ahmad Bhat14 Role of Nanotechnology in Soil Microbiome and Agricultural Development 230Bisma Farooq, Shahnaz Anjum, Madiha Farooq, Gulzar Ahmed Rather, Asma Nazir, Bijaya Kumar Nayak, and Anima Nanda15 Microbial Biofilms: Optimal Genetic Material Exchange in a Microbiome Environment 249Niraj Singh and Pranjal Pratim Das16 Rhizosphere Improvement: Role of Biotechnology and Microbioengineering 268Afrozah Hassan and Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo17 Exploring Biological Agents and Core Microbiomes as a Tool for Reclamation of Abandoned Mines 288Seema B. Sharma and Rupak Dey18 Mycorrhizal Strategy for the Management of Hazardous Chromium Contaminants 298Abeer Hashem, Nowsheen Shameem, Javid A. Parray, and Elsayed Fathi Abd-AllahIndex 315

Javid A. Parray is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education at Government Degree College, Eidgah Srinagar, India.Nowsheen Shameem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah is an Assistant Professor in the Plant Production Department, ­College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Yaseen Mir is a Research Scholar at the Centre of Research for Development, ­Hazrathbal Srinagar University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

• List of Contributors viiPreface xi 1 A Review of Endophytic Microbiota of Medicinal Plants and Their Antimicrobial Properties 1Robeena Sarah, Nida Idrees, and Baby Tabassum2 Plant Microbiome: A Key to Managing Plant Diseases 10Dipal B. Minipara, Khushboo Pachhigar, and Himanshu R. Barot3 Impact of Microbiomes to Counter Abiotic Stresses in Medicinal Plants- A Review 30Abeer Hashem, Khaloud Mohammed Alarjani, Khalid F. Almutariri, Javid A. Parray, Sushil K. Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Turki M. Dawoud, Khalid S. Almaary, Nosheen Shameem, and Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah4 Uses of Compost in Agriculture and Bioremediation – A Review 51Aparna Gunjal5 Metagenomics and Microbiome Engineering: Identification of Core Microbiome and Improvement of Rhizosphere 58Bahman Fazeli-Nasab, Nafiseh Mahdinezhad, and Javid A. Parray Copyrighted Material6 Core Microbiome: Plant Growth and Development 101Thirunarayanan P, Uday Kumar Thera, Tulasi Korra, and Manoj Kumar v7 Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology: The Real Finenesses of a Robust Rhizosphere 118Barkha Sharma, Shalini Tiwari, and Kailash Chand Kumawat8 Role of Rhizospheric Microbiome in Enhancing Plant Attributes and Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture 139Sandeep Sharma and Kailash Chand Kumawat9 Toxic Effects of Some Herbicides on the Fatty Acid Profile of Wheat Varieties: A Phytomicrobiome Study 163Fadime Karabulut and Songul Çanakcı-Gulengul10 Microbial Prospects in Sediment Denitrification of Eutrophic Wetland Ecosystems 183Rupak Kumar Sarma and Kamal Choudhury11 Role of Plant Microbiome in Carbon Sequestration for Sustainable Agriculture 190Ranjith Sellappan, Aswini Krishnan, and Kalaiselvi Thangavel12 Functions and Emerging Trends of the Microbial Community in Heavy Metals Bioremediation: A Review 206Nida Idrees, Robeena Sarah, and Baby Tabassum13 Microbiomics and Sustainable Agriculture: New Frontiers 212Shabeer Ahmad Dar, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Azra N. Kamili, Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo, and Shabir Ahmad Bhat14 Role of Nanotechnology in Soil Microbiome and Agricultural Development 230Bisma Farooq, Shahnaz Anjum, Madiha Farooq, Gulzar Ahmed Rather, Asma Nazir, Bijaya Kumar Nayak, and Anima Nanda15 Microbial Biofilms: Optimal Genetic Material Exchange in a Microbiome Environment 249Niraj Singh and Pranjal Pratim Das16 Rhizosphere Improvement: Role of Biotechnology and Microbioengineering 268Afrozah Hassan and Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo17 Exploring Biological Agents and Core Microbiomes as a Tool for Reclamation of Abandoned Mines 288Seema B. Sharma and Rupak Dey18 Mycorrhizal Strategy for the Management of Hazardous Chromium Contaminants 298Abeer Hashem, Nowsheen Shameem, Javid A. Parray, and Elsayed Fathi Abd-AllahIndex 315

Javid A. Parray is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education at Government Degree College, Eidgah Srinagar, India.Nowsheen Shameem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah is an Assistant Professor in the Plant Production Department, ­College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Yaseen Mir is a Research Scholar at the Centre of Research for Development, ­Hazrathbal Srinagar University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

• List of Contributors viiPreface xi 1 A Review of Endophytic Microbiota of Medicinal Plants and Their Antimicrobial Properties 1Robeena Sarah, Nida Idrees, and Baby Tabassum2 Plant Microbiome: A Key to Managing Plant Diseases 10Dipal B. Minipara, Khushboo Pachhigar, and Himanshu R. Barot3 Impact of Microbiomes to Counter Abiotic Stresses in Medicinal Plants- A Review 30Abeer Hashem, Khaloud Mohammed Alarjani, Khalid F. Almutariri, Javid A. Parray, Sushil K. Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Turki M. Dawoud, Khalid S. Almaary, Nosheen Shameem, and Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah4 Uses of Compost in Agriculture and Bioremediation – A Review 51Aparna Gunjal5 Metagenomics and Microbiome Engineering: Identification of Core Microbiome and Improvement of Rhizosphere 58Bahman Fazeli-Nasab, Nafiseh Mahdinezhad, and Javid A. Parray Copyrighted Material6 Core Microbiome: Plant Growth and Development 101Thirunarayanan P, Uday Kumar Thera, Tulasi Korra, and Manoj Kumar v7 Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology: The Real Finenesses of a Robust Rhizosphere 118Barkha Sharma, Shalini Tiwari, and Kailash Chand Kumawat8 Role of Rhizospheric Microbiome in Enhancing Plant Attributes and Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture 139Sandeep Sharma and Kailash Chand Kumawat9 Toxic Effects of Some Herbicides on the Fatty Acid Profile of Wheat Varieties: A Phytomicrobiome Study 163Fadime Karabulut and Songul Çanakcı-Gulengul10 Microbial Prospects in Sediment Denitrification of Eutrophic Wetland Ecosystems 183Rupak Kumar Sarma and Kamal Choudhury11 Role of Plant Microbiome in Carbon Sequestration for Sustainable Agriculture 190Ranjith Sellappan, Aswini Krishnan, and Kalaiselvi Thangavel12 Functions and Emerging Trends of the Microbial Community in Heavy Metals Bioremediation: A Review 206Nida Idrees, Robeena Sarah, and Baby Tabassum13 Microbiomics and Sustainable Agriculture: New Frontiers 212Shabeer Ahmad Dar, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Azra N. Kamili, Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo, and Shabir Ahmad Bhat14 Role of Nanotechnology in Soil Microbiome and Agricultural Development 230Bisma Farooq, Shahnaz Anjum, Madiha Farooq, Gulzar Ahmed Rather, Asma Nazir, Bijaya Kumar Nayak, and Anima Nanda15 Microbial Biofilms: Optimal Genetic Material Exchange in a Microbiome Environment 249Niraj Singh and Pranjal Pratim Das16 Rhizosphere Improvement: Role of Biotechnology and Microbioengineering 268Afrozah Hassan and Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo17 Exploring Biological Agents and Core Microbiomes as a Tool for Reclamation of Abandoned Mines 288Seema B. Sharma and Rupak Dey18 Mycorrhizal Strategy for the Management of Hazardous Chromium Contaminants 298Abeer Hashem, Nowsheen Shameem, Javid A. Parray, and Elsayed Fathi Abd-AllahIndex 315