The Soil Microbiome in Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges

This book examines the crucial role of soil microbial communities in agroecosystems, highlighting their contributions to plant growth promotion, disease suppression, pathogen resistance, and soil remediation. Recent advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics have brought soil microbiome research to the forefront, emphasizing its significance for sustainable agriculture.
Combining theoretical insights with practical case studies, this volume introduces diverse soil- and plant-associated microbes including bacteria, mycorrhizal fungi, yeasts, and polyextremophilic communities and explores their specific functions and applications in addressing major challenges in eco-friendly crop management.
This book serves as an essential resource for researchers and scholars in microbiology, environmental sciences, and agriculture.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Harnessing Microbial Inoculants for Sustainable Agriculture: Formulation and Field Applications.- Chapter 2. Linkages Between Mycorrhizal Fungi Diversity and Plant Adaptation in Semi-Arid Regions: A Smart Alliance in Harsh Conditions.- Chapter 3. Microbiomes Against Microplastic Pollution in Agriculture: Biodegradation, Remediation, and Soil Health Implications.- Chapter 4. Unraveling the Role of Yeasts and Potential Endosymbionts in Plant Growth Promotion: Insights from Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.- Chapter 5. Harnessing Beneficial Microbes for Biocontrol: A Sustainable Approach to Plant Disease Management.- Chapter 6. Polyextremophilic Microbiomes in Agricultural Soils: Adaptation, Applications, and Potential for Resilience in Extreme Environments.- Chapter 7. Harnessing Soil Microbiomes Through Systems-Level Integration for Climate-Resilient and Productive Agriculture.- Chapter 8. Soil Microorganisms and Allelopathy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mohamed Idbella (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.03.2026
• EAN: 9783032160447
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3216044-7
• Illustrations: Approx. 150 p. 10 illus.
• Series: The Microbiomes of Humans, Animals, Plants, and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; Biotechnologie, Agrarwissenschaften, Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Soil Science, Industrial Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, biodegradation, Next-Generation Sequencing, Soil microorganisms, Soil Microbiomes, Plant-soil Interactions, Polyextremophilic Microbiomes in Agriculture, Disease Suppression