1. Microbial seed coating and its role in sustainable agriculture 2. Microbial seed coating styles, coating agents and their functions 3. Microbial inoculant carriers and binders 4. Methods to improve the shelf life of microbial coated seeds 5. Procedures for applying PGPM to seed coating 6. Mechanisms underlying plant-microbe interactions involved in the seed coating process 7. Application of microbial seed coating in the agricultural ecosystem 8. Impact of drought stress on microbial seed coating application 9. Impact of salinity stress on microbial seed coating application 10. Impact of extreme temperature on microbial seed coating application 11. Impact of biotic stress on microbial seed coating application 12. Microbial seed coating with crops and medicine plants