Chapter 1
Endophytes in Mineral Nutrient
Management: Introduction
Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari and Shrivardhan Dheeman
Abstract The second green revolution can beat the challenge of food requirement,
which will be a game-changer of this decade. It will boost the fertility of the soil,
food security, and global crop production. The microbial world of endophytes having
the ability of nutrient mineralization has been proved a boon to mitigate hunger of
the global population. In this scenario, crop yields must be increased substantially
to glorify the coming decades and mitigate global food demand using endophytesbased biofertilizers. Over the past few years, researchers are engaged to re-discover
endophytes to help us to produce healthier crops with higher yields while reducing
the need for fertilizer and other chemicals. This is a summary account of reviews of
the subject experts from the entire globe bringing their idea(s), commentaries, and
views on the current research on endophytes and the mechanistic role of endophytes
to sustain agriculture production in major and micro mineral nutrient management
precisely.
Keywords Endophytes · Mineral nutrients · Soil · Rhizosphere
1.1 Introduction
Research of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR) and endophytes is entering
in the third decade of the twenty-first century. Scientific chronicles are converting
old policies of agriculture into golden policies for sustainable agriculture, to achieve
a new revolution and combat against food security. Like plant growth-promoting
bacteria, endophytes are also known for providing several direct and indirect benefits to their host friend. Hence, newer studies become important to understand and
D. K. Maheshwari · S. Dheeman
Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar,
Uttarakhand, India
S. Dheeman (B)
Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Sardar Bhagwan Singh University,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248 161, India
e-mail: svdheeman@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
D. K. Maheshwari and S. Dheeman (eds.), Endophytes: Mineral Nutrient
Management, Volume 3, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 26,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65447-4_1
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Endophytes in Mineral Nutrient
Management: Introduction
Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari and Shrivardhan Dheeman
Abstract The second green revolution can beat the challenge of food requirement,
which will be a game-changer of this decade. It will boost the fertility of the soil,
food security, and global crop production. The microbial world of endophytes having
the ability of nutrient mineralization has been proved a boon to mitigate hunger of
the global population. In this scenario, crop yields must be increased substantially
to glorify the coming decades and mitigate global food demand using endophytesbased biofertilizers. Over the past few years, researchers are engaged to re-discover
endophytes to help us to produce healthier crops with higher yields while reducing
the need for fertilizer and other chemicals. This is a summary account of reviews of
the subject experts from the entire globe bringing their idea(s), commentaries, and
views on the current research on endophytes and the mechanistic role of endophytes
to sustain agriculture production in major and micro mineral nutrient management
precisely.
Keywords Endophytes · Mineral nutrients · Soil · Rhizosphere
1.1 Introduction
Research of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR) and endophytes is entering
in the third decade of the twenty-first century. Scientific chronicles are converting
old policies of agriculture into golden policies for sustainable agriculture, to achieve
a new revolution and combat against food security. Like plant growth-promoting
bacteria, endophytes are also known for providing several direct and indirect benefits to their host friend. Hence, newer studies become important to understand and
D. K. Maheshwari · S. Dheeman
Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar,
Uttarakhand, India
S. Dheeman (B)
Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Sardar Bhagwan Singh University,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248 161, India
e-mail: svdheeman@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
D. K. Maheshwari and S. Dheeman (eds.), Endophytes: Mineral Nutrient
Management, Volume 3, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 26,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65447-4_1
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