Phytomicrobiome Interactions and Sustainable Agriculture

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data Names: Verma, Amit, 1983‐ editor. Title: Phytomicrobiome interactions and sustainable agriculture / edited by Amit Verma, S.D. Agricultural University, Gujarat, India, Jitendra Kumar Saini, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, India, Abd El‐Latif Hesham, Beni‐Suef University, Egypt, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, GLA University, Mathura, India. Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020051129 (print) | LCCN 2020051130 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119644620 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119644811 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119644828 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Plant‐microbe relationships. | Agricultural microbiology. | Plants–Microbiology. | Plants–Effect of stress on. | Sustainable agriculture. Classification: LCC QR351 .P525 2021 (print) | LCC QR351 (ebook) | DDC 579/.178–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051129LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051130

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To my father and mother

Richa AgnihotriICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India

Hina BansalAmity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Noida Uttar Pradesh India

Abhishek BhartiICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India

Kalpana BhattGurukula Kangri Vishwavidhyalaya Haridwar Uttarakhand India

Pankaj BhattIntegrative Microbiology Research Centre South China Agricultural University Guangzhou P.R. China

Sunita ChauhanAmity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Kant Rajasthan India

Rakhi DhankharMaharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana India

Ajinath DukareICAR‐Central Institute of Post‐Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) Ludhiana Punjab India

Bandita DuttaMaulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India

Saurabh GangolaGraphic Era Hill University Bhimtal Uttarakhand India

Mudasir GaniFaculty of Agriculture Sher‐e‐Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST‐K) Wadura, Sopore, Kashmir Jammu‐Kashmir (UT) India

Sayantani GaraiUniversity of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India

Tripti GroverGargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India

Pooja GulatiMaharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana India

Aparna GunjalDr. D.Y. Patil Arts, Commerce and Science College Pune Maharashtra India

Shweta KulshreshthaDepartment of Biotechnology, Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute Jaipur Rajasthan India

Arun KumarDepartment of Agronomy Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India

Kapila KumarManav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad Haryana India

Sanjeev KumarDepartment of Basic Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India

Reena KumariDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India

Rekha KushwahaUniversity of Missouri Columbia MO, USA

Dibyajit LahiriUniversity of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India

Hemant S. MaheshwariEcophysiology of Plants, Faculty of Science and Engineering GELIFES‐Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences Groningen The Netherlands

and

ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research

Indore

Madhya Pradesh

India

Reema MishraGargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India

Aparajita MohantyGargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India

Moupriya NagUniversity of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India

Sharon NagpalDepartment of Microbiology Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India

Neha PatilPDEA’s Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya Pune Maharashtra India

Suresh Chandra PhularaDepartment of Biotechnology Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Guntur Andhra Pradesh India

B. Jeberlin PrabinaTamilnadu Agriculture University Coimbatore Tamilnadu India

Varsha RaniDepartment of Biotechnology Shoolini University Solan Himachal Pradesh India

Rina Rani RayMaulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India

Balram SahuDepartment of Agricultural Microbiology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya Raipur Chhattisgarh India

Pawan SainiDepartment of Plant Breeding and Genetics Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India

and

CSB‐Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (CSR&TI)

Pampore

Jammu‐Kashmir (UT)

India

Pooja SainiDepartment of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill College of Agriculture Eternal University (EU) Baru Sahib Himachal Pradesh India

Deepka SharmaDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India

Mahaveer P. SharmaICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India

Prachie SharmaManav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad Haryana India

Sonali ShindeMES Abasaheb Garware College Pune Maharashtra India

Ravindra SoniDepartment of Agricultural Microbiology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya Raipur Chhattisgarh India

Nimmy SrivastavaAmity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Ranchi Jharkhand India

Deep Chandra SuyalDepartment of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences Eternal University Baru Sahib Sirmour Himachal Pradesh India