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Patterns, Function and Application of Seed Microbiome

Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses

  • 1st Edition - February 6, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Javid A. Parray, Saima Hamid, Munagala S. Reddy
  • Language: English

Patterns, Function and Application of Seed Microbiome: Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses presents the current understanding of seed and microbiota associations, emphasizing recent findin… Read more

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Patterns, Function and Application of Seed Microbiome: Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses presents the current understanding of seed and microbiota associations, emphasizing recent findings that highlight the latest insights into these interactions, and how they may ultimately influence plant ecology, health and productivity in both natural and agricultural systems. The development and dispersal of seeds and their transition to seedlings are among the most critical stages of the life cycle of plants and seed health is of crucial global importance for producing both quantity and high quality crops to feed world’s population. It is important for seeds to be produced that contain the best hybrid embryo so that it is free of diseases, includes beneficial endophytes and ensures a healthy start of a seedling. Focusing on the role of seed microbiota, their transmission and implications for producing healthier seeds as well as the relationship between the seed microbiome and primed plant resistance this book reveals the targeted use of the seed microbiome to enrich the soil biodiversity and its resilience and its resulting impact on plant health and yield. also explores the importance of nanotechnology in the development and production of crops for both improved plant production, and plant protection. It explores the different microbes that are vectored onto and within the seeds of both cultivated and non-cultivated plants, with an emphasis on the importance and roles of seed microbiomes in sustainable agriculture. It explains how to change seeds to increase microbiome vectoring; repairing damaged ones, and conserves seed microbiota. It also present seed microbiome roles for plant health and design effective microbiome engineering.

Key features

  • Explores seed microbiome transmission and implications for producing healthier seeds
  • Includes modelling and meta-analysis of seed microbiome
  • Presents insights into the assembly and structure framework of seed microbiomes
  • Includes metagenomics and the potential of seed endophytes
  • Considers the seed microbiome as bio-control agents

Readership

Researchers and advanced students in plant science, plant soil microbiology, environmental science, agricultural science and other related fields of biotechnology

Table of contents

1. Diversity and dynamics of seed microbiome

1.1. Concept and history of seed microbiology

1.2 Microbes associated with seeds

1.3. Assembly and structure framework of seed microbiomes

1.4. Acquisition of microbes during seed dispersal

1.5. Conclusion and future perspectives


2. Ecological role of seed Microbiome

2.1. Structure and function of the Seed Microbiome

2.2. Seed microbiome diversity and transmission

2.3. Seed microbiome in Natural and agricultural systems with case studies

2.4. Seed microbiome of medicinal plants with case studies

2.5. Future perspectives


3. Seed Endophytes: Plant and soil health

3.1. Concept and Importance of endophytes in seeds

3.2. Types of seed borne endophytes:  Bacterial endophytes  Fungal endophytes

3.3. Potential of seed endophytes in enhancing plant growth

3.4. Seed endophytes and soil health

3.5. Seed endophytes as bio - control agents

3.6. Mechanisms of action of endophytes in various development and growth processes of plants

3.7. Future perspectives


4. Role of bacteria, fungi and viruses in stress regulation

4.1. Microbial diversity and their role in stress regulation

4.2. ACC deaminase production: role in stress tolerance

4.3. Role of Seed microbiome to improve drought tolerance: Mechanisms and perspectives

4.4. Mechanisms of stress resilience induced by seed bio priming

4.5. Epigenetic reprogramming

4.6. Conclusion and future perspectives


5. Seed and microbiome interaction: plant growth

5.1. Microbiology of spermosphere, rhizosphere and anthosphere

5.2. Characterization of seed microbial communities

5.3. Plant growth promotion by phytohormone synthesis

5.4. Monitoring soil quality in agriculture through soil-plant-microbiota crosstalk

5.5. Future perspectives


6. Seed pathology and the epidemiology of seed borne diseases

6.1. Recent innovations in seed pathology

6.2. Nucleic Acid–Based Methods in Epidemiology Research

6.3. Markers in Seed borne Pathogens

6.4. Seed Treatment Outlook and its effect on plant physiology

6.5. Regulations and seed health test standardization

6.6. Conclusion and future prospective


7. Seed microbiome Genomics

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Holobiont - heritable unit of selection

7.3. Selection breeding and plant genome

7.4. Ecological selection of plant microbiome

7.5. Host genome and its microbiome

7.6. Co-propagating the co-evolved

7.7 Conclusion and future prospective


8. Seed microbiome engineering

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Engineering microbiomes

8.3. Applications of Agriculturally Important Microbes

8.4. Product development strategies

8.5. GMO approach delivery system development

8.6. Formulation, adaptation strategies and challenges

8.7. Conclusion and future prospective


9. Ecological impacts of seed microbiota

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Vertical and horizontal inheritance of the plant microbiota

9.3. Anthosphere and the seed habitat

9.4. Niche vs neutral processes in assembly of the seed microbiota

9.5. Applied Perspectives


10. Nanotechnology of Seed microbiome for improving crop productivity

10.1. Introduction

10.2. Manipulation in Soil Microbiome via Nanotechnology for Soil Health Improvement

10.3. Seed microbiome and Nanoparticles: Principles and Applications

10.4. Sustained Release Nano carrier Systems

10.5. Improving crop quality and production

10.6. Conclusion and future perspectives


11. Modelling and analysis techniques: seed microbiome

11.1. Phytohormonal or biochemical modulation of seed microbiota

11.2. Computational modelling of seed microbiome

11.3. Meta-analysis study of different seed microbiomes

11.4. Advances in constraint-based modelling of seed microbial communities

11.5. Conclusion and future prospective

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 6, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Mohammad Yaseen Mir

Dr. Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Department of Education J&K earned his M.Phil and a Ph.D in Botany with a specialization in plant biotechnology on the topic “Role of elicitors for in vitro induction of secondary metabolites in suspension cultures of Artemisia amygdalina D.” from the University of Kashmir, India. He was awarded Doctorate Merit Scholarship by University of Kashmir to pursue his Ph.D programme is also subject course expert for Environmental science Approved CEC-Moocs by MHRD GoI New Delhi. He has previously worked as a senior researcher in Research project funded by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF & CC), Government of India along with G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS).

Affiliations and expertise
University of Kashmir, India

JP

Javid A. Parray

Javid A. Parray holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science and completed his MPhil and PhD from the University of Kashmir, and qualified for the prestigious JKSLET exam. He also conducted post-doctoral research at Kashmir University and received a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by the Science and Engineering Research Board of the Government of India. He currently teaches at the Department of Environmental Science, GDC Eidgah Srinagar, affiliated with Cluster University Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He is a prolific author and editor of numerous papers and books and serves on the editorial boards of several high-impact journals. A member of various scientific organizations, he received the “Emerging Scientist of the Year” Gold Medal in 2018. Currently, he is the national coordinator for a Swayam Moocs program on Environmental Science. Recently, he was appointed series editor for Microbiome Research in Plants and Soil by Elsevier and serves as the Executive Editor in Chief for the open-access journal Micro Environer.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Government Degree College Eidgah Srinagar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

SH

Saima Hamid

Dr.Saima Hamid is a Program Officer in EIACP with Government of India. She holds a Doctorate as well as Master's Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Kashmir, India. Her research area includes Plant molecular biology, stress adaptations, bioactive compound isolation and characterization, climate change and microbial biotechnology. She has published in highly reputed and peer-reviewed journals. She is the Co-founder of CERD Foundation, Research and Educational Non-profitable Charitable Trust that aims and encourages to develop communities with scientific temperament towards education and research in the society. We offer platform and access to the resources for multiple programs: research projects, seminars, conferences, awareness camps, relief works and public policies etc. She is also a member of various international organisations that focus on plant adaptations and climate change and has presented at international forums. She was awarded Doctorate Merit scholarship by University of Kashmir to pursue the Ph.D program.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Ecology and Remote Sensing, Government of India, India

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Munagala S. Reddy

Dr. Reddy, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, USA. holds a Ph. D. in Integrated Pest Management with a specialization in Biological Control and PGPR from the Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University. He completed Post Doctoral training in the Department of Botany at the University of Toronto,. He worked as a Senior Scientist and R & D Global Manager for industries such as ExxonMobil, Agrium, Cominco fertilizers, Allelix etc. conducting multi-disciplinary, comprehensive research in the area of biological control of soil-borne diseases, IPM, biofertilizers & biofungicides (PGPR), induced systemic resistance, organic agriculture. He collaborated on several commercial biofertilizers and biofungicides for sustainable agriculture. He has published extensively and participated in successfully organizing International PGPR Workshops, and established a non-profit Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture to enable various agricultural disciplines to meet regularly in Asian Countries and discuss teaching, research and commercialization of PGPR’s.

Affiliations and expertise
Auburn University Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture, USA

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