Microbial Management of Plant Stresses

Ajay Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (2018–2022), and completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, focusing on plant–microbe interactions. Dr. Kumar’s research expertise spans plant–microbe interactions, microbial biocontrol, postharvest fruit disease management, microbial endophytes of medicinal plants, and cyanobacteria–pesticide interactions. He is a prolific author in leading international journals and is also actively engaged in academic editing with major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Microbiology, a Guest Editor for Microorganisms and Plants (MDPI), and a Series Editor for Plant and Soil Microbiome (Elsevier). Prof. Samir Droby is a senior research scientist at the ARO, the Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences at the Division of Biochemistry and Food Science at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 2013, he has been serving as the chair of the Postharvest Pathology Subject Matter Committee of the International Society of Plant Pathology. His research expertise include developing biological and natural based control strategies for postharvest diseases, microbiome of harvested commodities, mode of action of yeast biocontrol agents, pathogenicity mechanisms of Penicillium species on citrus and apple fruit and resistance mechanisms of fruits against postharvest pathogens. Prof. Droby has published more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 25 review articles and 27 book chapters on various topics related to postharvest pathology.

• 1. Facultative Fungal Endophytes and its potential for the development of sustainable agriculture2. Microbial Behaviour and Response towards Salinity Stresses and Plants Productivity3. The paradoxical role of sulfur bacteria on the thermodynamic maintenance of aquatic ecosystems4. Bacterial alleviation of Draught stress in plants: Potential mechanism and challenges5. A Nano-AGRO formulation strategy: combatting plant stresses via linking agri -sustainability and environmental safety6. The new green revolution and rhizobacterial volatile organic compounds recent progress and future prospects7. Molecular Mechanism and Signaling Pathways Interplay between Plant Hormones during Plant-microbe crosstalk8. Omics and approaches in plant stress management9. Root endophyte and their contribution towards plant abiotic stress mangement10. Deciphering fungal endophytes combating abiotic stresses in crop plants11. Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds : A cleaner and greener way of agro-stress management12. Advances in sensing plant disease by imaging and machine learning methods for precision crop protection13. Microbial mitigation of Drought Stresses: Potential Mechanisms and Challenges14. Bioinformatics role in Studying Microbe mediated biotic and abiotic stress tolerance15. RHIZOBIUM: Eco-Friendly Microbes for Global Food Security16. Impact of abiotic stress on the growth and development of plant roots17. Microbial Management of Crop Abiotic Stresses: Current Trends and Prospects