Microbial Probiotics for Agricultural Systems

Doris Zúñiga-Dávila is Principal Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru). She is head of the the Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology lab and coordinator of the Ph.D. Program of Biological Science and Engineering. Her research interests are primary directed towards the study on the microbiology, physiology, molecular biology and ecology of nitrogen-fixing and plant growth promoting microorganisms. She has published many papers and several book chapters and serves as reviewer in journals.Fernando González-Andrés is Professor of Plant Production at the University of León (Spain). He also teaches as Visiting Professor, in other foreign Universities as the "Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo" (México). He is member of the Resarch Group Environmental and Chemical Engeneering and Bioprocesses (IQUIMAB -Spain), recognised as a Consolidated Research Unit, being the leader of the research line "Biofertlizers for SustainableAgriculture".As an Agricultural Engineer PhD, his resarch interest is focused in the agronomical aspect of the Microbial Plant Biostimulants. With this approach, his research topics consists on  the development and opimization of efficient formulations based on elite bacteria strains, for crops biostimulation and biocontrol of diseases, focusing on the genetic basis of the superiority of elite strains, and in the genetic approach of the interaction plant-microorganism. He is also involved in the assessment of the environmental impact of fertilizers in soil microbiota by a metataxonomic approach . The engineering process of plant biostimulatns production is part of his research interests, in colaboration with other members of the group IQUMAB.He has published 48 Scientific papers in Intenational journals indexed in the SCI, 13 book chapters and has edited or co-edited 7 books, in scientifically recognised publishers. He is co-author of one internationalpatent about a microbial plant biostimulant for mineral fertilizers.  Moreover he has publisehd 14 articles for the dissemniation of scientific knowledge. He serves also as Associate Editor in two international scientific journals. Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo is Principal Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru) and is a researcher at the Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology lab. His research interests are primary in biotechnology, biodiversity and microbial genomics, specifically on plant-microbe interactions and on evolution, phylogeny and taxonomy of bacteria. He has published 56 papers and 6 book chapters. He is editor of the Systematic and Applied Microbiology journal and reviewer in several journals.

• Chapter 1. Cyclic di-GMP Regulation in Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Chapter 2. NADPH Oxidases have Key Roles in Mutulistic Associations with Rhizobia or with Mycorrhizal Fungi in Root Legumes.- Chapter 3. Linking Ammonia Volatilization with Moisture Content and Abundance of Nitrification and Denitrification Genes in N-fertilized Soils.- Chapter 4. Azospirillum as Biofertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture: Azospirillum Brasilense AZ39 as a Model of pgpr and Field Traceability.- Chapter 5. The Potential of Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in the Sustainability of Agro-forestry Ecosystems.- Chapter 6. Challenges, Regulations and Future Actions in Biofertilizers in the European Agriculture: From the Lab to the Field Original Research Papers.- Chapter 7. PGPR Characterization of Non-nodulating Endophytes from Root Nodules of Vigna Unguiculata (L.).- Chapter 8. Endophytic Bacteria from Passiflora Incarnata L. Leaves with Genetic Potential for Flavonoid Biosynthesis.- Chapter 9. Isolation and Characterization of Antifungal Secondary Metabolites Produced by Rhizobacteria from Common Bean.- Chapter 10. Rhizobia Promote rice (Oryza sativa l.) Growth. First Evidence in Cuba.- Chapter 11. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and PGPR Applications in Tropical Savannas.- Chapter 12. Early Effects of Land use Intensity on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Rice-soybean Rotations.- Chapter 13. Evaluation of Bioproducts and Mycorrhizal Inoculation in Asian Soybean Rust Control, Nutrient Leaf Contents and Yield Under field Conditions.- Chapter 14. Effects of the Inoculation with Native Glomeromycota Fungi and Fertilization in the Yield of Maize in Acid Soils.- Chapter 15. Sustainability of Potato Farms and use of Microbial Inoculants in the Central Coast of Peru.- Chapter 16. Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria and in Vitro Antagonistic Activity on Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.).- Chapter 17. Combined Application of Microbial and Non-microbial Biostimulants to Improve Growth of Peanut Plants Exposed to Abiotic Stresses.