Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- PART I: ASSOCIATION IN STEMS AND LEAVES -- 1 An Overview of Endophytic Microbes: Endophytism Defined -- 2 The Rhynie Chert Ecosystem: A Model for Understanding Fungal Interactions -- 3 Biotrophic Endophytes of Grasses: A Systematic Appraisal -- 4 Hybridization and Cospeciation Hypotheses for the Evolution of Grass Endophytes -- 5 Evidence for Fusarium Endophytes in Cultivated and Wild Plants -- PART II: ASSOCIATIONS WITH ROOTS AND BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES -- 6 Evolution of Endophytism in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi of Glomales -- 7 Biodiversity and Evolution in Mycorrhizae of the Desert -- 8 Mycorrhizal Endosymbiosis -- 9 Bacterial Endophytes and Their Effects on Plants and Uses in Agriculture -- PART III: ENDOPHYTE PHYSIOLOGY AND THE BIOCHEMICAL ARSENAL -- 10 Physiological Adaptations in the Evolution of Endophytism in the Clavicipitaceae -- 11 Polyketide and Peptide Products of Endophytic Fungi: Variationson Two Biosynthetic Themes of Secondary Metabolism -- 12 Metabolic Activity, Distribution, and Propagation of Grass Endophytes In Planta: Investigations Using the GUS Reporter Gene System -- 13 Alkaloids of Endophyte-Infected Grasses: Defense Chemicals or Biological Anomalies? -- 14 Coevolution of Fungal Endophytes with Grasses: The Significance of Secondary Metabolites -- 15 Ecology of Woody Plant Endophytes -- 16 Do Fungal Endophytes Mediate Wound-Induced Resistance? -- PART IV: ECOLOGY OF ENDOPHYTES -- 17 Abiotic Stresses and Morphological Plasticity and Chemical Adaptations of Neotyphodium-Infected Tall Fescue Plants -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Editors -- Contributors -- Part I: Integrating Genomics and Metagenomics into Community Analysis -- Chapter 1 Molecular Community Ecology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi -- Chapter 2 Comparative and Functional Genomics of Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis -- Chapter 3 Early Fungi: Evidence from the Fossil Record -- Chapter 4 Evolution of Lichens -- Part II: Recent Advances in Fungal Endophyte Research -- Chapter 5 A Novel Framework for Decoding Fungal Endophyte Diversity -- Chapter 6 Foliar Endophyte Communities and Leaf Traits in Tropical Trees -- Chapter 7 Community Assembly of Phyllosphere Endophytes: A Closer Look at Fungal Life Cycle Dynamics, Competition, and Phytochemistry in the Shaping of the Fungal Community -- Chapter 8 Interactions between Fungal Endophytes and Bacterial Colonizers of Fescue Grass -- Part III: Fungal Communities in Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Chapter 9 Geomycology: Geoactive Fungal Roles in the Biosphere -- Chapter 10 Lichens and Microfungi in Biological Soil Crusts: Structure and Function Now and in the Future -- Chapter 11 Ecology of Fungal Phylloplane Epiphytes -- Chapter 12 Wood Decay Communities in Angiosperm Wood -- Chapter 13 Lichens in Natural Ecosystems -- Part IV: Fungal Communities in Marine and Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 14 Diversity and Role of Fungi in the Marine Ecosystem -- Chapter 15 Aquatic Hyphomycete Communities in Freshwater -- Chapter 16 The Ecology of Chytrid and Aphelid Parasites of Phytoplankton -- Chapter 17 Crown Oomycetes Have Evolved as Effective Plant and Animal Parasites -- Part V: Fungal Adaptations to Stress and Conservation Chapter -- Chapter 18 Adaptations of Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms for Growth under Reduced Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations -- Chapter 19 Fungi in Extreme and Stressful Environments. , Chapter 20 Reaching the Wind: Boundary Layer Escape as a Constraint on Ascomycete Spore Dispersal -- Chapter 21 Who Cares? The Human Perspective on Fungal Conservation -- Part VI: Fungal-Faunal Interactions -- Chapter 22 Belowground Trophic Interactions -- Chapter 23 Mycophagy and Spore Dispersal by Vertebrates -- Chapter 24 The Fungal Spore: Myrmecophilous Ophiocordyceps as a Case Study -- Chapter 25 Coevolution of Fungi and Invertebrates -- Chapter 26 Fungal Diversity of Macrotermes-Termitomyces Nests in Tsavo, Kenya -- Chapter 27 Emerging Mycoses and Fungus-Like Diseases of Vertebrate Wildlife -- Chapter 28 Geomyces and Pseudogymnoascus: Emergence of a Primary Pathogen, the Causative Agent of Bat White-Nose Syndrome -- Part VII: Fungal Communities, Climate Change, and Pollution -- Chapter 29 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Accompanying Microorganisms in Improving Phytoremediation Techniques -- Chapter 30 Effects of Toxic Metals on Chytrids, Fungal-Like Organisms, and Higher Fungi -- Chapter 31 The Fungal Community in Organically Polluted Systems -- Chapter 32 Fungal Communities and Climate Change -- Part VIII: Fungi in the Built Environment -- Chapter 33 Decomposition of Wooden Structures by Fungi -- Chapter 34 Fungal Degradation of Our Cultural Heritage -- Chapter 35 Microorganisms for Safeguarding Cultural Heritage -- Part IX: Fungal Signaling and Communication -- Chapter 36 Airborne Signals: Volatile-Mediated Communication between Plants, Fungi, and Microorganisms -- Chapter 37 Mycorrhizal Fungal Networks as Plant Communication Systems -- Chapter 38 Fungal-Fungal Interactions: From Natural Ecosystems to Managed Plant Production, with Emphasis on Biological Control of Plant Diseases -- Chapter 39 Ecology and Evolution of Fungal-Bacterial Interactions -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Prologue -- What Are Endophytes? -- A New Definition for Seeds: A Miniature ``Noah´s Ark´´ for Plant Colonization -- The Intention of This Book -- Contents -- Part I: Seed Endophytes: Introduction, and Methods for Assessment and Management -- 1: Seed-Vectored Microbes: Their Roles in Improving Seedling Fitness and Competitor Plant Suppression -- 1.1 The Seed Microbiome -- 1.2 Adaptations of Seeds to Carry Symbiotic Microbes -- 1.3 Roles of Seed-Vectored Microbes in Plant Seedlings -- 1.4 What Happens to Seed-Vectored Microbes? -- 1.5 Signal Molecules -- 1.6 Endobiome Interference -- 1.7 Mode of Entry of Micrococcus luteus into Root Cells -- 1.8 Intracellular Phases of Aureobasidium pullulans and Rhodotorula sp. -- 1.9 Does Endobiome Interference Affect Plant-Plant Interactions? -- 1.10 Potential Applications of Endobiome Interference to Control Invasive or Weedy Plant Species -- 1.11 Conclusions -- References -- 2: Thinking About PPFM Bacteria as a Model of Seed Endophytes: Who Are They? Where Did They Come from? What Are They Doing for... -- 2.1 Fooled by a Bacterium -- 2.2 Recognizing the Significant Role of Bacteria in Plant Metabolism -- 2.3 Looking at Seed Endophytes Through a Pink-Pigmented Facultatively Methylotrophic Lens -- 2.3.1 So Where Does This Relationship Come from? -- 2.3.2 What Are They Doing for Seeds? -- 2.3.3 What Are They Doing for the Plants? -- 2.3.4 A Role for Seed Endophytes in Plant Improvement -- 2.3.5 As an Aside: Endophytes Influence the Quality of Seeds as Food Items for Us -- 2.4 Outstanding Questions -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Seed Endophytes and Their Potential Applications -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Seed Endophytes -- 3.3 Assessing Seed Endophytic Communities -- 3.4 Roles of Seed-Borne Endophytes -- 3.4.1 Seed Endophytes and Plant Growth Enhancement. , 3.4.2 Seed Endophytes Mitigating Heavy Metal Toxicity/Stress -- 3.5 Mechanism of the Growth Promotion and Heavy Metal Stress Tolerance -- 3.5.1 Heavy Metal Resistance Genes Conferring Metal Resistance -- 3.6 Future Prospects -- References -- 4: Exploring Endophytic Communities of Plants: Methods for Assessing Diversity, Effects on Host Development and Potential Biot... -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 What Are Endophytes? -- 4.1.2 Challenges in the Study of Endophytes -- 4.2 Isolation of Endophytic Microbes -- 4.2.1 Media for Isolation of Fungal Endophytes -- 4.2.2 Media for Isolation of Bacterial Endophytes -- 4.3 Identification of Endophytes -- 4.3.1 Molecular Tools to Identify Endophytes -- 4.3.2 Markers and Primers for Endophyte Identification -- 4.4 Techniques to Evaluate Endophyte Distribution in Plants -- 4.4.1 Hood and Shew Staining Protocol -- 4.4.2 Fluorescent Probes for Localization of Bacterial and Fungal Endophytes -- 4.4.3 ROS Staining to Study Bacterial Endophytes -- 4.5 Endophyte Modulation of Seedling Development -- 4.5.1 Examining Modulation of Seedling Development Where Endophytes Are Not Culturable -- 4.6 Application of Butyric Acid to Regulate Bacterial Entry into Plant Root Cells -- 4.7 Use of Surrogate Hosts -- 4.8 Analysis of Endophyte Diversity -- 4.8.1 Non-culture Methods -- 4.8.2 Metagenomics and Pyrosequencing -- 4.8.3 Microarray: Gene Chips to Study the Expression and Mechanisms of Interaction -- 4.9 Techniques for Bioactive Metabolite Analysis -- 4.10 Conclusions -- References -- 5: Understanding the Indigenous Seed Microbiota to Design Bacterial Seed Treatments -- 5.1 The Impact of Domestication on Plants and Seeds: Diversification and Diversity Loss -- 5.2 The Plant and Seed Microbiota and Their Main Drivers -- 5.2.1 Plants Harbor Distinct Habitat-Specific and Species-Specific Microbial Signatures. , 5.2.2 The Seed Microbiota and Its Specific Microbial Signatures and Drivers -- 5.3 Microbial Diversity and Health Issues -- 5.3.1 The Interconnected Microbiome Highlights the One Health Concept -- 5.3.2 The Role of Soil and Seed Microbiomes to Maintain Microbial Diversity -- 5.4 Biotechnological Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Seed Endophytes: Ecology, Transmission and Adaptations -- 6: The Ecology of Seed Microbiota -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Seed Microbiota -- 6.2.1 Seed Fungal Endophytes -- 6.2.2 Seed Bacterial Endophytes -- 6.3 Factors Affecting Seed Microbiota Assembly and Structure -- 6.3.1 Seed Microbiota Originated from Host Plants -- 6.3.2 Seed Microbiota Originating from Flowers and Fruit Lesions -- 6.3.3 Seed Microbiota Assembled During Dispersal Events -- 6.3.4 Spermosphere Soil Microbiota -- 6.4 Mutualistic Functions of Seed Endophytes -- 6.4.1 Solubilization of Inorganic and Organic Phosphorus -- 6.4.2 Biosynthesis and Modulation of Phytohormones -- 6.4.3 Secondary Metabolites -- 6.4.4 Host Cell Cycle Machinery -- 6.5 Future Perspectives -- References -- 7: Programming Plants for Climate Resilience Through Symbiogenics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Endophyte-Conferred Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- 7.3 Symbiotic Lifestyle Switching by Fungal Endophytes -- 7.4 Endophyte Commercialization -- 7.4.1 BioEnsure Field Performance -- 7.5 Climate Mitigation and the Future of Poverty, Food Security, and Political Stability -- References -- 8: Agave Seed Endophytes: Ecology and Impacts on Root Architecture, Nutrient Acquisition, and Cold Stress Tolerance -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Ecological Importance of Genus Agave -- 8.2.1 Why Is Agave Propagation Ecologically Important? -- 8.3 Biotechnological Importance of Agaves: From Prebiotics to Biofuels -- 8.4 The Agave MicrobiomeUntil Now. , 8.4.1 The Culturables Microbes -- 8.5 Core Microbiome of Agave Seeds: Who Is There? -- 8.5.1 What Microbes Are Inside Agave Seeds? -- 8.6 Dynamics of Seed-Endophytic Bacteria During Emergence Until Formation of the Seedling: The Case of Wild Agave marmorata -- 8.7 Agave ``Eats´´ Microbial Endophytes to Survive in Soils Without Nitrogen -- 8.7.1 Seed-Endophytic Fungi May Also Transfer Organic Nitrogen -- 8.7.2 Seed Endophytes Can Shape Root Architecture -- 8.8 Seed Endophytes Confer Fitness to Cold Stress on Agave Plantlets: A Metabolomic Approach -- 8.8.1 Secondary Metabolites Were Also Detected Under Chilling Stress and Were Potentially Induced by Endophytic Bacteria -- 8.9 Conclusions -- References -- 9: Chemical Warfare in the Plant Microbiome Leads to a Balance of Antagonisms and a Healthy Plant -- 9.1 Most Plants Are Mostly Healthy. But Why? -- 9.2 Microbial-Plant Interactions -- 9.2.1 Metabolites Involved in Fungal Endophyte-Plant Interactions -- 9.2.2 Metabolites Involved in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Association -- 9.3 Metabolites Involved in Microbial Interactions -- 9.3.1 Metabolites Involved in Interactions Between Bacterial and Fungal Endophytes -- 9.3.2 Metabolites Involved in Fungal-Fungal Interactions -- 9.4 Conclusion -- References -- 10: Fungal and Bacterial Maize Kernel Interactions with the Vertically Transmitted Endophytic State of Fusarium verticillioides -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Evolution of Core Microbial Endophytes and Vertical Transmission in Seed -- 10.3 Anatomy of Maize Kernel Infection by Fusarium verticillioides -- 10.4 Co-endophytic Infections of Maize by Fusaria and Bacteria -- 10.5 Quorum Sensing and Maize Seed Endophytes -- 10.6 Summary -- References -- Part III: Seed Endophytes: Biology and Functional Roles in Plant Development -- 11: Functional Roles of Seed-Inhabiting Endophytes of Rice -- 11.1 Introduction. , 11.2 Diversity and Distribution of Rice Seed Endophytes -- 11.3 Transmission of Seed Endophytes -- 11.4 Functional Role of Rice Seed Endophytes -- 11.4.1 Seed Endophytes as Plant Growth-Promoting Agents -- 11.4.2 Nutrient Acquisition Facilitation -- 11.4.2.1 Phosphate Solubilisation -- 11.4.2.2 Siderophore Formation -- 11.4.2.3 Transference of Nutrients to Plants from Bacteria via the Rhizophagy Cycle Symbiosis -- 11.4.2.4 Modulation of Hormonal Levels -- 11.4.2.5 ACC Deaminase Activity -- 11.5 Seed Endophytes as Biocontrol Agents -- 11.5.1 Synthesis of Allelochemicals -- 11.5.2 Antibiotic Production -- 11.5.3 Lytic Enzyme Production -- 11.5.4 Quorum Sensing -- 11.5.5 Induced Systemic Resistance -- 11.6 Seed Endophytes for Improving Phytoremediation of Soils -- 11.7 Metagenomic Studies on Rice Endophytes -- 11.8 Conclusions -- References -- 12: Mechanism of Interaction of Endophytic Microbes with Plants -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Spermosphere -- 12.2.1 Zone of Spermosphere -- 12.2.2 Seed Exudates and the Time Duration of Its Release -- 12.2.3 Exudate Composition -- 12.3 Microbiology of the Spermosphere -- 12.3.1 Dynamics of Seed-Associated Endophytes -- 12.3.1.1 Colonization of Seeds by Endophytes -- 12.3.1.2 Vertical Transmission -- 12.4 Mechanism of Interaction of Seed Endophytes -- 12.4.1 Plant Growth Promotion by Phytohormone Synthesis -- 12.4.2 Phosphorus Solubilization -- 12.4.3 ACC Deaminase Production -- 12.4.4 Antagonistic Properties by the Production of Lytic Enzymes -- 12.5 Role of Seed Endophytes in Plant Growth Promotion -- 12.6 Seed Endophytes as Biocontrol Agents -- 12.7 Characterization of Seed Microbial Communities -- 12.8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 13: Fitness Attributes of Bacterial and Fungal Seed Endophytes of Tall Fescue -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Fungal Protectors. , 13.3 Testing the Role of Endophytic Seed Bacteria on Tall Fescue Fitness.

Note: Front Cover -- Microbiome Stimulants for Crops -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- References -- 1 Microbial endophytes: evolution, diversity, community functions, and regulation -- 1.1 Evolution of endophytism -- 1.2 Endophytism, rhizophagy cycle, and plant development -- 1.3 The clavicipitalean model for the evolution of endophytism -- 1.3.1 Life cycle variations -- 1.3.2 Epichloë endophytes as fungi trapped in host plants -- 1.3.3 Significance of meristem colonization -- 1.4 Geographic patterns -- 1.5 Plant and fungal diversity -- 1.6 Species and community regulation in clavicipitalean endophytes -- 1.7 Plant-microbe talking: signaling and sensing -- 1.7.1 Fungal quorum signaling and inhibiting metabolites -- 1.7.2 Plant-produced reactive oxygen and quorum inhibitors of pathogenicity -- 1.8 Future challenges -- Acknowledgment -- Conflicts for interest -- References -- 2 Friends in low places: Soil derived microbial inoculants for biostimulation and biocontrol in crop production -- 2.1 Terrestrial plants evolved with the help of soil microbes -- 2.2 Targeting soils for bioprospection of microbial inoculants -- 2.3 Plant growth-promoting soil microbes -- 2.4 Soil microbes helping plants resist abiotic stress -- 2.4.1 Aiding in plant nutrition -- 2.4.2 Helping plants cope with soil salinity and drought stress -- 2.4.3 Rhizosphere microbes helping with soil phytoremediation -- 2.4.4 Soil microbes can bioharden, bioprime, and biotize plantlets to reduce transplant shock -- 2.5 Using soil microbes for biocontrol of plant pathogens -- 2.6 Soil microbes can help plants establish symbiosis with other rhizosphere dwellers -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- 3 The roles of endophytes in modulating crop plant development -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Endophytes and plant growth promotion. , 3.2.1 Modulation of plant development through phytohormones production -- 3.2.2 Modulation of plant development through nutrient mobilization -- 3.3 Endophytes and protection of plant from abiotic stresses -- 3.4 Endophytes and protection of crop plant from diseases -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 4 Epichloë endophytes stimulate grass development and physiological state in China -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Salt stress -- 4.3 Disease resistance -- 4.4 Cold stress -- 4.5 Drought stress -- 4.6 Nitrogen stress -- 4.7 Heavy metal stress -- 4.8 Insect -- 4.9 Breeding -- 4.10 Root-associated microorganism communities -- 4.11 Conclusion and future prospects -- References -- 5 Endophytic microbes promote plant growth and alter host secondary metabolites -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Endophytes versus epiphytes and mycorrhizae -- 5.3 Entrance, establishment, and transmission of endophytes within plants -- 5.3.1 Endophytic microbes in plant growth enhancement -- 5.3.2 Endophytic microbes in plant protection -- 5.4 Microbial endophytes altering host secondary metabolites -- 5.4.1 Partial or total production of host-derived metabolites by endophytes -- 5.4.2 Endophytes colonization induces host metabolite production -- 5.4.3 Biotransformation of host origin compounds by endophytes -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Further reading -- 6 The dynamic mechanisms underpinning symbiotic Epichloë-grass interactions: implications for sustainable and resilient agr... -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Epichloë life cycle -- 6.3 Epichloë secondary metabolites -- 6.4 Host and endophyte metabolome changes in response to endophyte infection -- 6.4.1 Specific endophyte-induced changes on the host metabolome -- 6.4.2 Host-induced changes to fungal secondary metabolism. , 6.4.3 Benefits of Epichloë under nutrient deficient and/or polluted environmental conditions -- 6.4.4 Environmental effects on alkaloid production -- 6.5 Interactions between Epichloë and other microorganisms -- 6.6 Role of the Epichloë reactive NADPH oxidase complex in symbiosis -- 6.7 Regulation of iron homeostasis in Epichloë-ryegrass symbioses -- 6.8 Mechanisms of host responses-transcriptomics studies -- 6.9 Plant hormones and Epichloë fungal endophytes of grasses -- 6.9.1 Plant defense hormones associated with Epichloë endophytes -- 6.9.2 Plant growth-promoting and stress hormones associated with Epichloë endophytes -- 6.9.3 Conclusions and future experiments -- 6.10 Applications in agriculture and economic importance -- 6.11 Final perspectives -- References -- 7 Potential application of plant growth promoting bacteria in bioenergy crop production -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Microbiome research in bioenergy crops -- 7.3 Growth promotion for bioenergy crops -- 7.3.1 Switchgrass -- 7.3.2 Miscanthus -- 7.3.3 Poplar -- 7.4 Stress tolerance -- 7.4.1 Abiotic stress - drought -- 7.4.2 Abiotic stress - salt stress -- 7.4.3 Biotic stress control - switchgrass and Miscanthus -- 7.5 Bioremediation -- 7.6 Mechanisms -- 7.6.1 Nitrogen fixation -- 7.6.2 Plant hormone regulation -- 7.6.3 Phosphate solubilization -- 7.6.4 Biocontrol of pathogens -- 7.6.5 Abiotic stress tolerance -- 7.6.6 Molecular mechanisms -- 7.7 Perspectives and challenges -- 7.7.1 Growth promoting efficiency in the field -- 7.7.2 Plant growth promoting bacteria genotype-specific effects -- 7.7.3 Seed endophytes and vertical transmission -- 7.7.4 Consortia and superior plant growth promoting bacteria -- 7.7.5 Engineering plant growth promoting bacteria with genes of interest -- References. , 8 Soil microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants-a special reference to rhizosphere microbiome -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Soil microbiome and rhizosphere microbiome -- 8.3 Microbiome-mediated abiotic stress management and plant growth -- 8.4 Physiological and molecular mechanisms mediated abiotic stress management in plants by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria -- 8.5 Microbiome-mediated biotic stress management and plant growth -- 8.6 Mechanisms exerted by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to combat biotic stress management and plant growth -- 8.7 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Belowground dialogue between plant roots and beneficial microbes -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Crosstalk between plant root system and microorganisms -- 9.3 Plant growth-promoting microbes and their ways out to enhance plant growth -- 9.3.1 Phytohormone production -- 9.3.2 Mineral nutrient assimilation (N2 fixation) and solubilization of insoluble minerals (P, K, Zn, and Si) -- 9.3.3 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase activity -- 9.3.4 Volatile organic compounds production for stimulation of plant growth -- 9.3.5 Siderophore and hydrogen cyanide production -- 9.4 Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in abiotic and biotic stress management -- 9.4.1 Abiotic stresses -- 9.4.1.1 Salinity stress -- 9.4.1.2 Drought stress -- 9.4.1.3 Heavy metals stress -- 9.4.2 Biotic stress management -- 9.5 Conclusion and future directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 10 The microbial role in the control of phytopathogens-an alternative to agrochemicals -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Antibiosis -- 10.2.1 Antibiosis by Gram-negative bacteria -- 10.2.2 Antibiosis by Gram-positive bacteria -- 10.2.3 Antibiosis by fungi -- 10.3 Induction of systemic resistance -- 10.3.1 Plant defenses -- 10.3.2 Inducing systemic resistance mechanisms. , 10.4 Interference in the quorum sensing signal by N-acyl homoserine lactones-degrading -- 10.5 Control of phytopathogenic agents by mycoparasitism -- 10.6 Competition: an indirect interaction with pathogens -- 10.7 Licensed products for biological control -- References -- 11 Microbial biocontrol formulations for commercial applications -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Biocontrol agents -- 11.3 Mechanism of action of BCAs -- 11.3.1 Induced resistance -- 11.3.2 Antibiosis -- 11.3.3 Hyperparasitism (mycoparasitism) -- 11.3.4 Competition -- 11.3.5 Combined modes of action -- 11.4 Commercialized microbial BCAs -- 11.5 Types and modes of application of BCAs -- 11.5.1 Types of BCA -- 11.5.1.1 Bacterial BCAs -- 11.5.1.2 Fungal BCAs -- 11.5.1.3 Yeast BCAs -- 11.5.2 Modes of application of BCAs -- 11.5.2.1 Soil inoculation -- 11.5.2.2 Seed inoculation -- 11.5.2.3 Vegetative part inoculation -- 11.5.3 Formulations -- 11.5.3.1 Talc-based formulations -- 11.5.3.2 Coffee husk-based formulations -- 11.5.3.3 Alginate bead-based formulation (encapsulation method) -- 11.5.3.4 Oil based formulations -- 11.5.3.5 Nanoparticle based formulations -- 11.6 Challenges with microbial BCAs -- 11.7 Future aspects -- 11.8 Conclusions -- References -- 12 Potential effect of microbial biostimulants in sustainable vegetable production -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Microbial biostimulants and action mechanisms -- 12.2.1 Plant growth promoting rhizobacterias as microbial biostimulants and their mechanisms -- 12.2.2 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its mechanisms as microbial biostimulants -- 12.3 Effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacterias on nutrient uptake in vegetable crops -- 12.3.1 Solanaceae -- 12.3.2 Cucurbitaceae -- 12.3.3 Brassicaceae -- 12.3.4 Other vegetables -- 12.4 Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on nutrient uptake in vegetable crops -- 12.4.1 Solanaceae. , 12.4.2 Cucurbitaceae.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Introduction: styles and significance of lacustrine volcaniclastic sedimentation -- J . D. L. WHITE and N. R. RIGGS -- Eruptions and eruption-formed lakes -- Lithofacies architecture and construction of volcanoes erupted in englacial lakes: Icefall Nunatak, Mount Murphy, eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica -- J . L. SMELLIE -- Eruptive process, effects and deposits of the 1996 and the ancient basaltic phreatomagmatic eruptions in Karymskoye lake, Kamchatka, Russia -- A. BELOUSOV and M. BELOUSOVA -- Eruption and reshaping of Pahvant Butte volcano in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville -- J . D. L. WHITE -- Sedimentation and re-sedimentation of pyroclastic debris in lakes -- Influence of magmatism and tectonics on sedimentation in an extensional lake basin: the Upper Devonian Bunga Beds, Boyd Volcanic Complex, south-eastern Australia -- R. A. F. CAS, C. EDGAR, R. L. ALLEN, S. BULL, B. A. CLIFFORD, G. GIORDANO and J . V. WRIGHT -- Sedimentology and history of Lake Reporoa: an ephemeral supra-ignimbrite lake, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand -- V. MANVILLE -- Settling and deposition of AD 181 Taupo pumice in lacustrine and associated environments -- J . D. L. WHITE, V. MANVILLE, C . J . N. WILSON, B. F. HOUGHTON, N . R. RIGGS and M. ORT -- Post-1.8-ka marginal sedimentation in Lake Taupo, New Zealand: effects of wave energy and sediment supply in a rapidly rising lake -- N. R. RIGGS, M. H. ORT, J . D. L. WHITE, C. J . N. WILSON, B. F. HOUGHTON and R. CLARKSON -- Lacustrine-fluvial transitions in a small intermontane valley, Eocene Challis volcanic field, Idaho -- B. A. PALMER and E. P. SHAWKEY -- Volcanic and hydrothermal influences on middle Eocene lacustrine sedimentary deposits, Republic Basin, northern Washington, USA -- D. R. GAYLORD, S. M. PRICE and J . D. SUYDAM. , Lakes as sensitive recorders of eruptions and the response of distal landscapes -- Tephra layers in a sediment core from Lake Hestvatn, southern Iceland: implications for evaluating sedimentation processes and environmental impacts on a lacustrine system caused by tephra fall deposits in the surrounding watershed -- J . HARDARDÓTTIR, Á. GEIRSDÓTTIR and T. THÓRDARSON -- Late Pleistocene-Holocene volcanic stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the upper Lerma basin, Mexico -- M. CABALLERO, J . L. MACÍAS, S. LOZANO-GARCÍA, J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI and R. CASTAÑEDA-BERNAL -- Environmental and tectonic controls on preservation potential of distal fallout ashes in fluvio-lacustrine settings: the Carboniferous-Permian Saar-Nahe Basin, south-west Germany -- S. KÖNIGER and H. STOLLHOFEN -- Deposition of Mount Mazama tephra in a landslide-dammed lake on the upper Skagit River, Washington, USA -- J . L. RIEDEL, P. T. PRINGLE and R. L. SCHUSTER -- Index.

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