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Plant-Microbe Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Tyagi, Swati Kumar, Robin Saharan, Baljeet Singh Nadda, Ashok Kumar |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Book Name: Plant-Microbial Interactions and Smart Agricultural Biotechnology |
| Abstract | The world’s population is growing exponentially, and, with this increasing population, the rate of urbanization/industrialization has also increased. This has increased the demand for food, which has accelerated the depletion of natural resources (Vejan et al. 2016). To meet this demand, an excessive and irrational use of agrochemicals, such as fertilizers, herbicides, and fungicides, has been adopted in the past, influencing agriculture practices and polluting soil, water, and ecosystems and causing an ecological imbalance. However, these practices cause more serious challenges rather than solving the demand; therefore, it is necessary to improve crop productivity organically or naturally in a sustainable manner in harmony with the ecosystem. These issues pushed agricultural scientists to look for alternative options and understand the underlying molecular mechanism of plant-microbe interactions that can provide fresh perspectives (Tyagi et al. 2021). In the natural environment, plants and microbes constantly interact with each other, and these interactions are highly diverse and can be broadly categorized as favourable, neutral, or harmful, depending on their effect on the plant health and development process (Tyagi, Lee et al. 2020). 2In past decades, many studies have been conducted to understand the important molecular players involved in plant-microbe interactions, and a lot of information has been discovered; however, this information is not enough, and many queries still need to be addressed. Microorganisms interacting with plants exhibit enormous potential to improve plant health and development as a natural catalyst or to trigger a negative response in the form of disease or stress (van de Mortel et al. 2012). Queries such as how do these microbes interact and exhibit different responses, what are the signalling pathways involved, what makes the interaction harmful or beneficial, what are the immune factors in plant and microbes that affect the overall response in both the interacting partners must be answered to understand the overall interaction process in plants and microbes and will provide the landmark information that can be used to identify and mark the pathogens or beneficial microbes and their interaction effect on the crop plants. |
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| DOI | 10.1201/9781003213864-1 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-09-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Plant-microbial Interactions and Smart Agricultural Biotechnology Microbe Interactions Harmful Agriculture Diverse Microorganisms Stress Plants and Microbes |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
