Chapter 1 Agricultural Microbiomes: Functional and Mechanistic Aspects1.1 Introduction1.2 Model microbiome-plant systems1.3 Stability, resilience and assembly of agricultural microbiomes.1.4 Core plant microbiome and metagenome.1.5 Interactions among the microbes, environment and management.1.6 Microbiome Innovation in Agriculture: Insect Pest ManagementChapter 2 Engineering and Management of Agricultural Microbiomes for Improving Crop Health2.1. Why to modify plant microbiome.2.2. Methods for detecting endophytes within the plant2.3. Engineering of the plant microbiome2.4. In situ harnessing of agricultural microbiome2.5. Future perspective of agricultural microbiome engineeringChapter 3 Approaches and Challenges: In Agricultural Microbiome Research3.1. Microbiome research in the omics era3.2. New efforts and challenges in assigning function to microbes3.3. Characterization of Complex Microbial Communities3.4. Advanced fundamental research on microbe-microbe and plant- microbe interactions (Bridging the lab-field gap).Chapter 04 Perceptive of Rhizosphere Microbiome4.1. Introduction4.2 Mutiple level selection in plant rhizosphere.4.3 Experimental setup and network analysis4.3.1 Observation of microbial control over plant phenotypes using -Omics- Techniques.4.3.2 Genome editing techniques to reveal plant host controls.4.4. Rhizosphere Engineering and Sustainable Agriculture4.5. Emerging approaches in rhizoremediation.4.6. Heritability of rhizosphere microbiome4.7. Future course of orientationsChapter 5 Microbial Communities: In Phyllosphere5.1. Introduction5.2 Diversity of microbes in phyllospheric environment5.3. Microbial adaptation to the phyllosphere5.4. Relationship between phyllosphere microbial communities and functional traits of plants5.5. Metabolic Dynamics of Phyllosphere Microbiota5.6. Impact of Phyllospheric Microorganisms on Plant-Plant, Plant-Insect Herbivory, and Plant-Atmosphere-Chemical Exchanges5.7. Quorum Sensing in Phyllosphere5.8. Applications for phyllosphere microbiology.Chapter 6 Endosphere and Endophyte Communities6.1. Reproduction and Transmission Modes of Microbes6.2. Vertical Transmission6.3 Endophyte Genomes and Metagenomes6.4. Advanced Fundamental Research on Microbe Interactions in the Endoshpere6.5. Bacteria and Fungi in Mixed Biofilms in Plants6.6. Conclusions and Future PerspectivesChapter 7 Core Microbiomes: For Sustainable Agroecosystems7.1. Core microbiome for agriculture: A taxonomic and functional aspect7.2. Core microorganisms and priority effects in initial assembly.7.3. Informatics of microbial networks7.4. Criterion for nominating core microorganisms7.5. Designing core microbiomes.7.6. Management of agroecosystems with core microbiomes.Chapter 8 Microbiome Mediated: Stress Alleviation in Agroecosystems8.1. Effect of biotic and abiotic stresses on plants.8.2. Molecular and physiological responses of plants against stresses.8.3. Microbiome mediated mitigation of stress conditions.8.4. Multi-omics strategies to address stress alleviation
Dr Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, India. Dr. Mir's research interest is in studying the ecology, molecular biology, conservation, and management of plant resources.Dr Saima Hamid, Researcher, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kashmir, India. Dr. Hamid researches plant stress biology, genetic diversity of high altitudinal medicinal plants, and more.