Endophytic Microorganisms as Biological Control Agents for Plant Pathogens: A Panacea for Sustainable Agriculture -- Plant - Phytophthora Interaction Proteomics -- Impact of Climate Change on Soil Microbial Community -- Industrial Effluents: Impact on Agricultural Soils and Microbial Diversity -- Plant Metabolites Involved in Plant-Pathogen Interactions -- Management of Root Knot Nematode in Different Crops Using Microorganisms -- Plant Growth Promoting Bacterial Life at High Salt Concentrations: Genetic Variability -- Rhizosphere: A Home for Human Pathogens -- Effect of Organic Farming on Structural and Functional diversity of Soil Microbiome: Benefits and Risks -- Plants for Biocontrol and Biological Control of Plant Pathogens -- Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control of Insect Pests with Reference to Insect Immunity -- Interaction Between Aromatic Oil Components and Bacterial Targets -- Enhancement of Active Constituents of Medicinal Plants Through the Use of Microbes -- Effect of Agnihotra Ash on Drug Resistant Escherichia coli in water -- Plant Microbe Interface: The Plant Antimicrobial Peptides -- Microbe Mediated Abiotic Stress Alleviation: Molecular and Biochemical Basis -- Microbial Diversity in Soil: Biological Tools for Abiotic Stress Management in Plants.

This book highlights recent advances in the field of plant-biotic interactions and explores current serious issues in the crop production industry. It is intended to attract more attention to these important, but often overlooked areas, and to stimulate new ideas for future research. Plants are constantly under attack by pathogens, pests, and parasites, which can significantly impact worldwide food production and human health. While pathogens and pests attack and interconnect with their hosts in a variety of ways, plants have developed sophisticated immune systems to fight infections. In the field of plant-biotic interactions, most of the studies to date have focused on the function and signaling pathways of plant disease resistance proteins and pattern recognition receptors, as well as pathogen effector proteins. In contrast, this book presents new and emerging research areas, and introduces students, researchers, academics, and policy advisors to the latest trends in e.g. microbial technology, environmental microbiology, agricultural science, the health sciences, biological sciences and other related disciplines.