Molecular Aspects of Plant Beneficial Microbes in Agriculture

Dr. Vivek Sharma is currently an Assistant Professor at the University Centre for Research and Development at Chandigarh University, Mohali (PB). He has more than 12 years of research experience exploring molecular attributes of Trichoderma. His research also involves examining the molecular aspects of microbes beneficial to plants such as Streptomyces and Bacillus. He has published several research papers in international journals, serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, a review editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, an associate editor of Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, and is also a member of the editorial board of Current Proteomics. He is also a recognized reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Research, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Environmental Research, the Journal of Proteomics, BMC Genomics, BMC Plant Biology, AMB Express, Molecular Biotechnology, MDPI Pathogens, Folia Microbiology, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology and Archives of Microbiology. Dr. Richa Salwan is currently an Assistant Professor of microbiology at the College of Horticulture and Forestry (Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry), Neri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Salwan’s research interests and contributions are on the diversity of psychrotrophic bacteria from the Western Himalayas and their utilization for industrial applications. She has also worked on the exploration of extremophiles for industrially relevant enzymes and plant beneficial microbes for agricultural benefits. She has published two books and numerous research papers in several international journals. Dr. Salwan serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE and is also a recognized reviewer for several journals including MDPI Genes, MDPI Diversity, MDPI Foods, BMC Microbiology, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, and Microbial Ecology. Dr. Laith Al-Ani is a lecturer at the Dept. of Plant protection –College of Agriculture – University of Baghdad. He has completed his Ph.D. in plant pathology at the School of Biological Sciences, University Sains Malaysia. He is an expert in plant pathology and management of plant diseases with the plant-fungal interaction. His research is focused on using alternative methods of synthetic pesticides. He has published many chapters and papers on biological control agents to control plant pathogens. He is having research experience of more than 17 years in using biological control against plant pathogens and pests and isolated several biological control agents such as PGPR, nonpathogenic Fusarium, Trichoderma, other fungi and entomopathogen such as Fusarium that also involved in different plant benefits.

• 1. Overview and challenges in the implementation of plant beneficial microbes2. Plant beneficial microbes: do they have a role as antiviral agents in agriculture?3. Multilegume biofertilizer: a dream4. The effect of incompatible plant pathogens on the host plant5. Language of plant-microbe-microbe interactions in rhizosphere ecosystems6. Application and biological impact of endophytic bacteria as IAA producers7. Molecular aspects of biocontrol species of Streptomyces in agricultural crops8. Root exudates, a key factor in the plant-bacteria interaction mechanisms9. Insight into plant-bacteria-fungi interactions to improve plant performance via remediation of heavy metals: an overview10. Signaling pathway of induced systemic resistance11. Role of fungal elicitors in plant defense mechanism12. Versality of Trichoderma in plant disease management13. Knock, knock- let the bacteria in: enzymatic potential of plant associated bacteria14. Beneficial role of viruses in plants15. Microbial phytases in plant minerals acquisition16. PGPR secondary metabolites: an active syrup for improvement of plant health17. Volatile organic compounds mediated plant-microbe interactions in soil18. Molecular mechanisms in plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR) to resist environmental stress in plants19. Biogeographic distribution of chickpea rhizobia in the world20. Arbuscular mycorrhiza, a fungal perspective21. Engineering bacterial ACC deaminase for improving plant productivity under stressful conditions22. Role of rhizobacteria in alleviating salt stress23. Nematophagous and entomopathogenic fungi: new insights into the beneficial fungus-plant interaction 24. Secondary metabolites and lytic tool box of trichoderma and their role in plant health25. Endophytic fungi: a positive association with plants26. Using molecular techniques applied to beneficial microorganisms as biotechnological tools for controlling agricultural plant pathogents and pest27. CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome engineering in microbes and its application in plant beneficial effects28. Understanding the molecular basis of the tripartite interaction between host-pathogen-bioagent through proteomic approach29. Frankia and the actinorhizal symbiosis30. Advances in Frankia genome studies and molecular aspects of tolerance to enrigonmental stresses31. Tripartite interactions between plants, trichoderma and the pathogenic fungi32. Applications of agriculturally important microorganisms for sustainable crop production33. Beneficial microorganisms in the remediation of heavy metals