{"product_id":"9789811003875","title":"Microbial-mediated Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMicrobial-mediated Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDevendra K. Choudhary | Ajit Varma\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Life Sciences \/ Microbiology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on food safety, this book highlights the\r\nimportance of microbes in sustainable agriculture. Plants, sessile organisms that are considered\r\nas primary producers in\r\nthe ecosystem and communicate with above- and below-ground communities that\r\nconsist of microbes, insects, and other vertebrate and invertebrate animals, are subjected to various kinds of\r\nstress. Broadly speaking, these can be subdivided into abiotic and biotic\r\nstresses. Plants have evolved to develop elaborate mechanisms for coping with and adapting to\r\nthe environmental stresses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong\r\nother stresses, habitat-imposed biotic stress is one serious condition causing\r\nmajor problems for crop\r\nproductivity. Most plants employ\r\nplant-growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) to combat and protect themselves from stresses and also\r\nfor better growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePGPMs\r\nare bacteria associated with plant roots and they augment plant productivity\r\nand immunity. They are\r\nalso defined as root-colonizing bacteria that havebeneficial effects on plant growth and development. Remarkably, PGPMs including\r\nmycorrhizae, rhizobia, and rhizobacteria (\u003ci\u003eAcinetobacter, Agrobacterium,\r\nArthrobacter, Azospirillum, Bacillus, Bradyrhizobium, Frankia, Pseudomonas,\r\nRhizobium, Serratia, Thiobacillus\u003c\/i\u003e) form associations with plant roots and\r\ncan promote plant growth by increasing plants’ access to soil minerals and protecting them against pathogens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo combat the pathogens causing different diseases and other biotic stresses, PGPMs produce a higher level of\r\nresistance in addition to plants’\r\nindigenous immune systems in the form of induced systemic resistance (ISR).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ISR elicited\r\nby PGPMs has suppressed plant diseases caused by a range of pathogens in both\r\nthe greenhouse and field. As\r\nsuch, the role of these microbes can no longer be ignored for\r\nsustainable agriculture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday,\r\nPGPMs are also utilized in the form of bio-fertilizers to increase plant\r\nproductivity. However, the use of PGPMs requires a precise understanding of the interactions between plants and microbes, between\r\nmicrobes and microbiota, and how biotic factors influence these\r\nrelationships. Consequently, continued research is needed to develop new\r\napproaches to boost the\r\nefficiency of PGPMs and to understand the ecological, genetic and biochemical\r\nrelationships in their habitat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\r\nbook focuses on recent\r\nresearch concerning interactions between PGPMs and plants under biotic stress. It addresses key concerns\r\nsuch as –\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.\r\nThe response of benign\r\nmicrobes that benefit\r\nplants under biotic stress\u003c\/p\u003e2.\r\nThe physiological\r\nchanges incurred in plants under harsh conditions\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.\r\nThe role of microbial\r\ndeterminants in promoting\r\nplant growth under biotic stress\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\r\nbook focuses on a range of aspects related to PGPMs such as their mode of action, priming\r\nof plant defence and plant growth in disease challenged crops, multifunctional\r\nbio-fertilizers, PGPM-mediated\r\ndisease suppression, andthe\r\neffect of PGPMs on secondary metabolites etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\r\nbook will be a valuable\r\nasset to researchers and professionals working in the area of\r\nmicrobial-mediated support of\r\nplants under biotic stress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Devendra K. Choudhary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Choudhary has over fourteen years of experience in Microbial\r\nEcology and is currently\r\nworking as an Assistant Professor-Grade III at Amity University, Noida. Before joining\r\nAmity University, Dr. Choudhary spent several years at Mody University, Lakshmangarh, as an Assistant Professor, preceded by work at Peoples\r\nand Barkatullah University, Bhopal as a Lecturer cum scientist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Choudhary received his PhD in Microbiology in 2005 from GB Pant\r\nUniversity of Agriculture \u0026amp; Technology, Pantnagar, after having received his MSc in Microbiology\r\nfrom MDS University, Ajmer and qualifying\r\nCSIR-UGC-NET in 2002. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eDr. Choudhary has worked on GOI sponsored\r\nmajor projects as Principle Investigator (PI). Recently he worked on the DST FAST-TRACK project at the Department of\r\nBiotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, along with two major projects by\r\nDBT and SERB, at Amity\r\nUniversity until the year 2015. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an active researcher, Dr Choudhary has published research and review\r\narticles along with several book chapters for reputed journals and edited books.\r\nIn addition, he has served as\r\nPhD supervisor\/co-supervisor for several research scholars. Dr Choudhary is a recipient of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) visiting\r\nand summer research fellowship 2014. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther,\r\none of his PhD students\r\nreceived the 2013 Dr RS\r\nRana Memorial best research award, sponsored by the Association of Microbiologists of India.  Under supervision of Dr Choudhary his\r\nscientific team has assigned two accession numbers from MTCC, IMTECH for\r\nsubmitted bacterial cultures (MTCC, 12057 \u0026amp; 12058) along with one MCC no\r\n2607. Most recently,\r\nhis team has filed three patents with the India Patent Office, New Delhi and others are in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProf. Dr. Ajit Varma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Varma completed his M.Sc. (1959) \u0026amp; Ph.D.\r\n(1964) degrees at\r\nAllahabad University, Allahabad, India. In the course of his professional career, he has\r\nalso served as a Microbiologist\r\n(Assistant Professor), IARI, New Delhi (1963-1971), Senior Microbiologist\r\n(Associate Professor), IARI, New Delhi (1971-1974), Associate Professor, JNU,\r\nNew Delhi (1975-1984), and Professor, JNU, New Delhi (1985-2004). He has been a\r\nvisiting professor \u0026amp; visiting research scientist at the Technical University, Graz (Austria),\r\nUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen (Germany), Friedrich Schiller University,\r\nJena (Germany), Philipps University, Marburg (Germany), Technical University, Munich (Germany), Kingston (Jamaica), Max Planck\r\nVisiting Professorship (Germany), Helmholtz Zentrum, Muenchen (Germany),\r\nGutenberg University, Mainz (Germany), CSIC, Madrid (Spain), University of\r\nDundee (Scotland), University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), and ICGEB (Italy).\u003cp\u003eHis\r\ninternational awards\/fellowships include the Commonwealth Fellowship\r\n(Australia), National Research Council (Canada), Alexander von Humboldt\r\nFoundation (Germany), National Science Foundation (USA), Indo-Czechoslovakia\r\nExchange Programme (Prague), DAAD Fellowship (Germany), and the Deutsches BMFT Programme, George-August\r\nUniversity, Gottingen (Germany), RAISA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was awarded a fellowship for Innovative Research in\r\nBiotechnology (Italy), Swiss Federal Research Fellowship (Switzerland), the BP Koirala award (Nepal)\r\nand DFG-INSA Fellowship (Indo- Germany), as well as the FAMI Award - Association of\r\nMicrobiologists of India and Honorary Diploma, UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Dr.\r\nVarma has supervised 60 PhD students.\r\nHe has published over 290 research articles for national and international journals of repute, as well as several major\r\nreview articles and chapters in books. He has published 50 books in the area of Microbial Technology,\r\npublished by Academic Press, London, CRC Press, Florida, USA, IDRC, Canada and\r\nSpringer-Verlag, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr.\r\nVarma has been the series editor for Springer-Verlag’s\r\nSeries on Soil Biology, and\r\nhas edited fifty volumes on Soil Biology. He was also nominated as Editor-in-Chief by IK\r\nInternationals to make series of books on Microbial and Biotechnological\r\nResearch. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Varma has been a member of the National Academy of\r\nAgriculture Sciences, International Society of Symbiosis, Boston, USA, Indian\r\nScience Congress Association, Executive Council, Amity University Uttar\r\nPradesh, University Research Council, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Academic\r\nCouncil, Amity University Rajasthan, ASSOCHAM Knowledge Millennium Council,\r\nASSOCHAM Expert Committee on Agriculture and Food Processing, and ASSOCHAM Expert Committee\r\non S\u0026amp;T and Innovation. He has\r\nvast experience in organizing national and international training\r\nworkshops\/symposia and congresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 March 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789811003875\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e226\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62317598441612,"sku":"9789811003875","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789811003875.tif?v=1791385123","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789811003875","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}