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1.6 PLANT RESPONSE TO STRESSES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND MARGINAL LANDS
1.7 SUSTAINING BIOFUEL CROPS UNDER STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENTS
1.8 THE PHYTOMICROBIOME AND CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS
1.9 THE PHYTOMICROBIOME AND ABIOTIC PLANT STRESS
1.10 MECHANISMS OF STRESS TOLERANCE IN THE PHYTOMICROBIOME
1.11 PHYTOMICROBIOME ENGINEERING
1.12 THE PHYTOMICROBIOME IN BIOFUEL PLANTS
1.13 ROLE OF THE PHYTOMICROBIOME IN PHYTOREMEDIATION BY BIOFUEL PLANTS
CHAPTER 2 THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ON SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
2.2 THE EXTENT OF SOIL MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND THEIR STATUS IN TROPICAL SOILS
2.3 THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN TROPICAL SOILS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
2.3.1 Unique Soil Microbial Communities of Southeast Asia and their Potential Drivers
2.4 THE IMPACT OF LAND USE CHANGE ON SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY
2.5 THE IMPACT OF LAND USE CHANGE ON SOIL FUNCTIONAL GENE DIVERSITY
CHAPTER 3 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON PLANT DISEASES: OPINION, TRENDS AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES
3.2 CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE
3.3 INTERACTIONS AMONG GLOBAL CHANGE FACTORS
3.4 PATHOGEN–HOST PLANT RELATIONSHIP UNDER CHANGED SCENARIO
3.5 EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PLANT DISEASES
3.6 ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
3.6.1 Adaptation Strategies
3.6.2 Mitigation Strategies
3.7 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
CHAPTER 4 MICROALGAE: POTENTIAL AGENTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION
4.2 CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
4.3 CARBON CAPTURE BY PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4.4 CO2 MITIGATION BY MICROALGAL CULTURE
4.4.1 The Open Pond System
4.4.2 The Closed Photobioreactor System
4.4.3 The Environmentally Controlled System
4.5.1 Integration of Microalgal Culture in Waste Water Treatment
4.5.2 Ability of Microalgae to Tolerate the Greenhouse Gases
4.6 CARBON CONCENTRATING MECHANISM OF MICROALGAE
4.7 CO2 SEQUESTRATION BY MICROALGAE
CHAPTER 5 PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS AND BIOENERGY PROSPECTS: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL
5.2 PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROBES
5.3 Anoxigenic Photosynthetic Microbes
5.3.1 Green Photosynthetic Bacteria
5.3.4 Prospects of Anoxigenic Photosynthetic Microbes in Bioenergy Production
5.4 OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROBES
5.5 BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND CHALLENGES
5.6 SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
5.6.2 Nutrients and Competition with Crops
5.6.3 Minimizing Algae Death from Biotic and Abiotic Factors
5.6.4 Competition with Petroleum in Terms of Price
CHAPTER 6 AMELIORATION OF ABIOTIC STRESSES IN PLANTS THROUGH MULTI-FACETED BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS
6.2 TEMPERATURE STRESS ALLEVIATION
6.2.1 Alleviation by Bacteria
6.2.2 Alleviation by Fungi
6.3 WATER AND SALINITY STRESS ALLEVIATION
6.3.1 Alleviation by Bacteria
6.3.2 Alleviation by Fungi
6.4 ALLEVIATION OF HEAVY METAL TOXICITY
CHAPTER 7 ROLE OF METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA IN CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
7.2 METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA AND THEIR ROLE IN AGRICULTURE
7.3 VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBON MITIGATION AND METHYLOTROPHS
7.4 CARBON CYCLING AND CLIMATE CHANGE
7.5 METHYLOTROPHS MITIGATING METHANE
7.6 METHYLOTROPHS MITIGATING METHANE IN PADDY FIELDS
CHAPTER 8 CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE: A MICROBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
8.2 THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
8.3 CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
8.4 THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF MICROBIAL BIODIVERSITY IN AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS
8.5 ROLE OF MICROBIAL POPULATION IN C‐SEQUESTRATION, N, P CYCLE
8.6 RESTORING DIVERSITY IN LARGE-SCALE MONOCULTURES
8.7 ENHANCING CROPS VIS‐A‐VIS MICROBIAL BIODIVERSITY TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY
CHAPTER 9 ARCHAEAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE: RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
9.2 POSSIBLE ROLE OF ARCHAEA IN AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
9.3 ECOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY OF DOMAIN ARCHAEA
9.4 ARCHAEAL CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
9.4.1 Archaeal Response to Increased Temperatures
9.4.2 Archaeal Response to Biogeochemical Cycles
9.5 ARCHAEAL MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION WITH RESPECT TO ABIOTIC CHANGES
CHAPTER 10 MYCORRHIZA – HELPING PLANTS TO NAVIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES
10.2 ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE
CHAPTER 11 ENDOPHYTIC MICROORGANISMS: FUTURE TOOLS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE
11.1.1 Climate Change – Impact and Need for Adaptation
11.2 ENDOPHYTES AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE
11.2.1 High Temperature Stress
11.2.2 Low Temperature Stress
11.2.3 Moisture-Deficit Stress
11.2.5 Waterlogging Stress
11.3 ENDOPHYTES AND BIOTIC STRESS
11.3.2 Nematode Infestation
CHAPTER 12 BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS: GENETIC ENGINEERING FOR INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
12.2 BIOLOGY OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
12.2.1 Natural Occurrence of Bacillus thuringiensis
12.2.2 Classification of Bt Toxins
12.3 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES OF MICROBIAL GENES FOR INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
12.3.1 Microbial Genes and Gene Pyramiding
12.3.2 Alternative Insecticidal Genes
12.4 METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSGENIC CROPS
12.4.1 Direct Gene Transfer
12.4.2 Indirect Gene Transfer
12.5 FIELD EVALUATION AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INSECTICIDAL CROPS
12.5.1 Environmental Safety
12.5.2 Ecological Balance and Food Safety
12.6 INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE
CHAPTER 13 MICROBIAL NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE
13.2 MICROBE MEDIATED FABRICATION OF NANOPARTICLES
13.3 NANOMATERIALS FOR BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT
13.3.1 Biotic Stress Management
13.3.2 Abiotic Stress Management
13.4 NANO‐FERTILIZERS FOR BALANCED CROP NUTRITION
13.5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS