Seed Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology

1. Overview of role of endophytic microbes in Agriculture 2. Seed associated endophytes and importance in seedlings functions 3. Isolation of bacterial and fungal endophytes and their identifications 4. Modern tools to understand symbiosis: Special reference to seed endophytes 5. Mechanism of interaction of endophytic microbes with plants 6. Transmission and movement of endophytic microbes in plant: Role of seeds 7. Diversity and distribution of endophytic microbes in seeds 8. Bacterial endophytes as natural biocontrol agents during seedlings development 9. Nutrient mobilization in plant: Role of seed endophytic bacteria 10. Seedlings growth promoting seed endophytes 11. Endophytic microbes in management of biotic stresses 12. Endophytic microbes in management of abiotic stresses 13. Agriculturally important biomolecules from endophytic microbes 14. Metagenomics approach to study seed endophytes: Functional characterization 15. Seed endophytes and their role in phytoremediation 16. Nutritional functions of seed-vectored microbes-rhizophagy phenomenon 17. Application of seed-vectored endophytes to enhance nutritional components of crops 18. Seed endophytes-relation of metabolite production to function in plant 19. Development of seed vectored microbial consortia 20. Future prospect of endophytes in agriculture and challenges