Seed Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology

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This book focuses on the importance and roles of seed microbiomes in sustainable agriculture by exploring the diversity of microbes vectored on and within seeds of both cultivated and non-cultivated plants. It provides essential insights into how seeds can be adapted to enhance microbiome vectoring, how damaged seed microbiomes can be assembled again and how seed microbiomes can be conserved. Plant seeds carry not only embryos and nutrients to fuel early seedling growth, but also microbes that modulate development, soil nutrient acquisition, and defense against pathogens and other stressors. Many of these microbes (bacteria and fungi) become endophytic, entering into the tissues of plants, and typically exist within plants without inducing negative effects. Although they have been reported in all plants examined to date, the extent to which plants rely on seed vectored microbiomes to enhance seedling competitiveness and survival is largely unappreciated. How microbes function to increase the fitness of seedlings is also little understood. The book is a unique and important resource for researchers and students in microbial ecology and biotechnology. Further, it appeals to applied academic and industrial agriculturists interested in increasing crop health and yield. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Seed-Vectored Microbes: Their Roles in Improving Seedling Fitness and Competitor Plant Suppression (James Francis White Jr, Kathryn L. Kingsley, Susan Butterworth, Lara Brindisi, Judy W. Gatei, Matthew T. Elmore et al.)....Pages 3-20 Thinking About PPFM Bacteria as a Model of Seed Endophytes: Who Are They? Where Did They Come from? What Are They Doing for the Plant? What Can They Do for Us? (Mark A. Holland)....Pages 21-34 Seed Endophytes and Their Potential Applications (Haiyan Li, Shobhika Parmar, Vijay K. Sharma, James Francis White Jr)....Pages 35-54 Exploring Endophytic Communities of Plants: Methods for Assessing Diversity, Effects on Host Development and Potential Biotechnological Applications (Satish K. Verma, Ravindra N. Kharwar, Surendra K. Gond, Kathryn L. Kingsley, James Francis White Jr)....Pages 55-82 Understanding the Indigenous Seed Microbiota to Design Bacterial Seed Treatments (Birgit Wassermann, Eveline Adam, Tomislav Cernava, Gabriele Berg)....Pages 83-99 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 The Ecology of Seed Microbiota (Pablo Hardoim)....Pages 103-125 Programming Plants for Climate Resilience Through Symbiogenics (Rusty Rodriguez, Alec Baird, Sang Cho, Zachery Gray, Evan Groover, Roman Harto et al.)....Pages 127-137 Agave Seed Endophytes: Ecology and Impacts on Root Architecture, Nutrient Acquisition, and Cold Stress Tolerance (America Martinez-Rodriguez, Gloria Macedo-Raygoza, Aurora X. Huerta-Robles, Ileana Reyes-Sepulveda, Jhovana Lozano-Lopez, Evelyn Y. García-Ochoa et al.)....Pages 139-170 Chemical Warfare in the Plant Microbiome Leads to a Balance of Antagonisms and a Healthy Plant (Barbara Joan Schulz, Laura Rabsch, Corina Junker)....Pages 171-189 Fungal and Bacterial Maize Kernel Interactions with the Vertically Transmitted Endophytic State of Fusarium verticillioides (Charles W. Bacon, Dorothy M. Hinton)....Pages 191-209 Front Matter ....Pages 211-211 Functional Roles of Seed-Inhabiting Endophytes of Rice (Gaurav Pal, Kanchan Kumar, Anand Verma, James Francis White Jr, Satish K. Verma)....Pages 213-236 Mechanism of Interaction of Endophytic Microbes with Plants (Neethu Sahadevan, E. K. Radhakrishnan, Jyothis Mathew)....Pages 237-257 Fitness Attributes of Bacterial and Fungal Seed Endophytes of Tall Fescue (Elizabeth Lewis Roberts, Brendan Mormile, Christopher Adamchek)....Pages 259-271 Role of the Plant Root Microbiome in Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Daniel F. Caddell, Siwen Deng, Devin Coleman-Derr)....Pages 273-311 Endophytic Microbes: Prospects and Their Application in Abiotic Stress Management and Phytoremediation (Divya Singh, Vipin Kumar Singh, Amit Kishore Singh)....Pages 313-333 Pine Seeds Carry Symbionts: Endophyte Transmission Re-examined (Ron J. Deckert, Catherine A. Gehring, Adair Patterson)....Pages 335-361 Front Matter ....Pages 363-363 Seed Endophytes of Jasione montana: Arsenic Detoxification Workers in an Eco-friendly Factory (María del Carmen Molina, James Francis White Jr, Kathryn L. Kingsley, Natalia González-Benítez)....Pages 365-384 Agricultural Applications of Endophytic Microflora (John Reshma, Chandran Vinaya, Mathew Linu)....Pages 385-403 Rhizome Endophytes: Roles and Applications in Sustainable Agriculture (Akanksha Gupta, Hariom Verma, Prem Pratap Singh, Pardeep Singh, Monika Singh, Virendra Mishra et al.)....Pages 405-421 Agriculturally Important Biosynthetic Features of Endophytic Microorganisms (S. Sreejith, R. Aswani, E. K. Radhakrishnan)....Pages 423-447 Microbial Endophytes of Maize Seeds and Their Application in Crop Improvements (Sandip Chowdhury, Rusi Lata, Ravindra N. Kharwar, Surendra K. Gond)....Pages 449-463 Colonization of Seeds by Soilborne Fungi: Linking Seed Dormancy-Defense Syndromes, Evolutionary Constraints, and Fungal Traits (Simon Maccracken Stump, Carolina Sarmiento, Paul-Camilo Zalamea, James W. Dalling, Adam S. Davis, Justin P. Shaffer et al.)....Pages 465-481 Seed Endophytes in Crop Plants: Metagenomic Approaches to Study the Functional Roles and Interactions (Priyanka Verma)....Pages 483-507