1. Plant-microbe interactions for enhanced plant tolerance to stress 2. Harnessing the functional mechanism of plant - microbiome interaction for abiotic stress management 3. Bacterial endophytes as bioinoculants: establishment of intimate and multifunctional plant-endophyte interactions under normal and stress conditions 4. Prospects of plant growth promoting bacteria against aggravated change in global climate 5. The potential of plant and soil microbiomes in alleviating climate change-associated stresses on crop plants 6. Methylotrophs - A new dimension of functional plant probiotic for sustainable agriculture 7. Mechanistic understanding of soil microbiome responses under abiotic stresses 8. Microbial synbiotics for?sustainable?nutrient stress management 9. Roles of phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms in soil-plant system: from phosphorus deficiency to oversupply 10. Plant nutrients malmanagement with the assistance of PGPR for plant soil-health: focusing global drought 11. Bio-inoculant-assisted host salt tolerance 12. The central role of bacterial ACCD in bacteria-mediated stress tolerance to soil salinization 13. Mitigating salt stress impacts in plants by beneficial microbes 14. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and spore associated bacteria salt stress mitigatio 15. A meta-analysis of AMF-bacteria co-inoculation effects to mitigate salt stress 16. Application of microorganisms for cross-protection against biotic and metal-induced oxidative stresses in plants 17. Enhancing heavy metal- related stress response in plants through plant-microbe associations 18. Strategies of cold-adapted PGPB to elicit cold-stress acclimatory responses in plants 19. Manipulation of insect gut microbiomes?for mitigation of abiotic stress induced by insect herbivores 20. Azospirillum based aggregated cells as inoculant delivery system for sustaining plant growth under challenging conditions 21. Chitosan and alginate formulations for enhanced bioinoculant application 22. Conserving soil microbial population and sustainable agricultural practices - polymers in aid of safe delivery, protection, population enhancement and maintenance