Plant-microbiome Interactions for Climate-resilient Agriculture

Dr. Umesh Pankaj is currently working as a teaching cum research associate in microbiology at Rani Lakhsmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his doctoral degree in the field of agricultural microbiology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and his post-doctoral research work was carried out from CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India.. His area of research is on plant-microbe interaction with special emphasis on the restoration of salt-affected and drought prone agro-ecosystem using bio-inoculants like plant growth promoting microbes and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi.  Dr. Pankaj has published 12 research articles and two edited books in peer reviewed international publisher to his credit. He is a life member of various scientific societies such as Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI) and Indian Science Congress etc.Dr. Piyoosh K. Babele is currently workings as a Ramanujan Fellow at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a former post-doctoral research scientist at Vanderbilt University, USA, and worked at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal as a national post-doctoral fellow. He earned his PhD in biochemistry from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. His research fields are systems biology and metabolic engineering of photosynthetic organism cyanobacteria, orphan millets and nanotoxicity of nano-plastics on agriculture ecosystem. Dr. Babele has authored 40+ research articles in internationally-reputed journals.  He is serving as associate and review editor in several Journals like BMC Biotechnology, Frontiers in Microbiology, etc.  Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh is currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi. He has more than 37 years of experience in the fields of agricultural research, education, and extension. In his academic career, he served in several positions including Director and Vice-chancellor of ICAR-IARI, New Delhi. Dr. Singh is a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Science (NAAS). He has been awarded a number of prestigious awards and recognitions, such as the Swami Sahaj Anand Best Extension Scientist Award of ICAR and has published 150+ research papers and articles in scientific journals of well repute. His major research and development work has been in the areas of technology assessment, application, and outreach through a large network of the National Agriculture Research, Education, and Extension System (NAREES).

• Chapter 1. Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts on Food and Nutrition Security with Special Reference to the North Eastern Himalayan Region.- Chapter 2. Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture To Evade Food And Nutrition Insecurity.- Chapter 3. Climate Change and Agro-Ecosystems: The Unseen Consequences on Microbes and Soil Microbial Diversity.- Chapter 4. Climate Change And Agroecosystem: How Entomopathogenic Fungi Influence Soil Microbial Diversity And Plant Growth?.- Chapter 5. Effect Of Climate Change on Beneficial Plant Microbe Interaction in the Rhizosphere.- Chapter 6. Emerging Role of Beneficial Microbes in Plant Stress Management Under Climate Change.- Chapter 7. The Biochemistry of Plant-Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere.- Chapter 8. Plant Root Exudation: Mechanism and Role in Plant-Microbe Communication Under Stress.- Chapter 9. Secondary Metabolism in Plants: Role of Sms in Combating Environmental Stress.- Chapter 10. Omics Techniques to Decipher Plant Root-Microbe interactions.- Chapter 11. Metabolomics: Towards understanding of plant- microbe interaction for improved productivity.- Chapter 12. Rhizosphere Engineering for Agriculture and Ecological Sustainability.- Chapter 13. CRISPR/CAS System-Based Genome Editing of Crops and Microbiome to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security.