Microbiota and Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Continuum for Plant and Soil Health

Dr. Maryam Sarwat; Department of Biotechnology, Amenity University, Noida, UP, India; maryam21_7@yahoo.com

2. Chemical fertilisers and their impact on soil health

Luigi Cattivelli; CRA - Genomic Research Centre, Via S. Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuolad'Arda (PC), Italy; l.cattivelli@iol.it; luigi.cattivelli@entecra.it

3. Biofertilisers: a viable toolfor future organic agriculture

Adeel Malik; Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; adeelmalik010@gmail.com

4. Global biofertilser industry: progress and challenges

Jian-Kang Zhu; Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China ; jkzhu@purdue.edu

Grant R Cramer; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mail Stop 330, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA; cramer@unr.edu

6. An overview of biofertiliser sector in the world

M Qadir; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box  5466, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic; m.qadir@cgiar.org

7. Microbial inoculants as biofertiliser

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli Department of Cellular Biology, Institute of Biological Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil email: tonellibioquimica@gmail.com

8. Fungi and their potential as Biofertilizers

Monica Butnariu Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com)

9. Application of Mycorrhiza in crop management

Sartaj Hussain Bhat; Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City-501-1193, Japan

10. Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as Biofertilizers and Biopesticides

N. Malash;Faculty of Agriculture, Menofiya University, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt; n_malash@hotmail.com

11. Rhizobia Symbiosis for Sustainable Agriculture

Umar Nazir; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India-605014; unbspn@gmail.com.

12. Synergetic role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in Organic Farming

Niste Monica; University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Manastur St., no. 3-5, 400372 Cluj - Napoca, Romania; roxana.vidican@usamvcluj.ro

13. Cyanobacteria as sustainable microbime for agricultural industries

WantiMindari;Faculty of Agriculture University of Brawijaya, Malang Indonesia; and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pembangunan National, Surabaya, Indonesia;wanti_mindari@yahoo.com

14. Application and viability of Macrophytes as green manure

Scott AL Hayward; University of Birmingham, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; s.a.hayward@bham.ac.uk

15. The microbiome: potential significance of beneficial microbes in sustainable agriculture

16. Role of recombinant DNA technology in biofertiliser production

Sha Liu; Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States; Merewitz@msu.edu

17. Application of micro -biome in Organic Farming

18. Role of Micro Algae as biofertilizer industry for sustainable plant and soil health

Luis Santos Pereira;Department of Agricultural Engineering, Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal; lspereira@isa.utl.pt

Omar bin Hameed; Department of Food Science and Process Engineering Abaya Campus Arba Minch University, Ethiopia; omargojwari@gmail.com

20. Actinimycetes: as bio-fertilizer for sustainable approach

John P. Moore; Institute for Wine Biotechnology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa; moorejp@sun.ac.za

21. Azospirillum as biofertilizer

B.A.M Bouman; Soil and Water Science division, International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 3127, Makati Central Post Office,1271 Makati City, Philippines; b.bouman@cgair.org

22. Application Macrophytes as biofertilizer.

Dipanjana Ghosh; Department of Biological Sciences, NUS Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore; dbsxj@nus.edu.sg; dbsdg@nus.edu.sg