Microbial Genomics in Sustainable Agroecosystems

Today, microbiology is a rapidly growing discipline in the life sciences, and the technologies are evolving on a virtually daily basis. Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized microbial analysis, and can help us understand the biology and genomic diversity of various bacterial species with significant impacts on agro-ecosystems. In addition, advances in molecular biology and microbiology techniques hold the potential to improve the productivity and sustainability of agriculture and forestry.This new volume addresses the role of microbial genomics in understanding the living systems that exist in the soil and their interactions with plants, an aspect that is also important for crop improvement. The topics covered focus on a deeper and clearer understanding of how microbes cause diseases, the genome-based development of novel antibacterial agents and vaccines, and the role of microbial genomics in crop improvement and agroforestry. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers and students of agriculture and infectious biology.

Dr. Vijay Tripathi is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, India. He was previously awarded an ARO Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel. He has also received two prestigious postdoctoral fellowships (Indo-Israel Government Fellowship and PBC Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellowship) and worked with Prof Edward Trifonov as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel. Dr Tripathi began his research career as a doctoral student at the Center of Bioinformatics, University of Allahabad, India. During his doctoral thesis work he was also awarded a MUIR fellowship and visited the University of Cagliari, Italy. Dr. Pradeep Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, India. Before joining NERIST, he served as an International Research Professor/Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He was awarded a PBC Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellowship to work for more than three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the recipient of many best paper presentations and the Narasimhan Award from the Indian Phytopathological Society, India. He has published four books and more than 50 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters. Dr. Pooja Tripathi is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, JIBB at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, India. She completed her PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj. She was also awarded the prestigious PBC Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Ministry of Higher Education, Israeli Government, to pursue her postdoctoral research at the Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. She also received an ARO Post Doctoral Fellowship and joined the Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Amit Kishore is graduated from V.B. Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, India, then after postgraduate and doctoral degree in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He gained his post-doctoral research experience in host-pathogen interaction area from Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel. Currently, Dr. Amit Kishore is working as an Assistant Professor (Botany Department) at Kamla Nehru Post Graduate College, Raebareli, India. He has been credited by several by fellowships and