Preface
The present book entitled Endophytes: Mineral Nutrient Management, Volume 3 is
in continuation of two previous volumes published on endophytes, their biology,
biodiversity, crop productivity, and their role in crop protection. Based on the idea
that endophytic microbes are far stronger than the other bacteria in the rhizospheric
microbial world, scientists are paying great attention to the understanding of the
beneficial nature of endophytes in particular as they bear enormous potentialities for
boosting the sustainable growth of crops and agroecosystems.
This book is a comprehensive collection of reviews on current science and
evidence of biofertilizer ability of endophytes for nutrient management. Some chapter
on the endophytic lifestyle in the plant tissues is an attraction of the book. There is an
elaborated account of their special traits like competence, root colonization, and/or
endophytic phytohormone secretion which act for plant protection and stress sequestration. Entirely, the synergism of practical and theoretical wisdom on endophytes
makes this book alive. An elaborated content has also been available in the book on
the science of enhancement of nutrient utilization efficiency.
Endophytes increase the availability of important nutrients to enrich soil fertility
and fulfill the nutritional demand of plants. Further, plant-endophyte interaction
evidences a mutual alleviation of biotic and abiotic stresses in diverse habitat and
agroclimatic conditions. Genomic tools and techniques can further identify endophytes with the ability of mineral nutrient management which can be utilized in the
production of microbial inoculants for future farming. The book presented under the
series “Sustainable development and biodiversity” is entirely dedicated to various
endophytic genera, able to mineralize micro and macronutrients in the soil and
rhizosphere.
This book will not only benefit the scientific diaspora but also to the
teachers, researchers, graduation and postgraduation students in various streams
of life sciences such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Biotechnology, Microbiology,
Phytopathology, Agronomy, and Environmental Sciences. We desire to pay our
thanks to all the subject specialists and contributors, who lent their cooperation and
patience in the completion of this book. Our research team members, who generously
assisted in the compilation and completion of this task also deserve a big thanks. We
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The present book entitled Endophytes: Mineral Nutrient Management, Volume 3 is
in continuation of two previous volumes published on endophytes, their biology,
biodiversity, crop productivity, and their role in crop protection. Based on the idea
that endophytic microbes are far stronger than the other bacteria in the rhizospheric
microbial world, scientists are paying great attention to the understanding of the
beneficial nature of endophytes in particular as they bear enormous potentialities for
boosting the sustainable growth of crops and agroecosystems.
This book is a comprehensive collection of reviews on current science and
evidence of biofertilizer ability of endophytes for nutrient management. Some chapter
on the endophytic lifestyle in the plant tissues is an attraction of the book. There is an
elaborated account of their special traits like competence, root colonization, and/or
endophytic phytohormone secretion which act for plant protection and stress sequestration. Entirely, the synergism of practical and theoretical wisdom on endophytes
makes this book alive. An elaborated content has also been available in the book on
the science of enhancement of nutrient utilization efficiency.
Endophytes increase the availability of important nutrients to enrich soil fertility
and fulfill the nutritional demand of plants. Further, plant-endophyte interaction
evidences a mutual alleviation of biotic and abiotic stresses in diverse habitat and
agroclimatic conditions. Genomic tools and techniques can further identify endophytes with the ability of mineral nutrient management which can be utilized in the
production of microbial inoculants for future farming. The book presented under the
series “Sustainable development and biodiversity” is entirely dedicated to various
endophytic genera, able to mineralize micro and macronutrients in the soil and
rhizosphere.
This book will not only benefit the scientific diaspora but also to the
teachers, researchers, graduation and postgraduation students in various streams
of life sciences such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Biotechnology, Microbiology,
Phytopathology, Agronomy, and Environmental Sciences. We desire to pay our
thanks to all the subject specialists and contributors, who lent their cooperation and
patience in the completion of this book. Our research team members, who generously
assisted in the compilation and completion of this task also deserve a big thanks. We
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