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To my father and mother
List of Contributors
Richa Agnihotri ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India
Hina Bansal Amity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Noida Uttar Pradesh India
Abhishek Bharti ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India
Kalpana Bhatt Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidhyalaya Haridwar Uttarakhand India
Pankaj Bhatt Integrative Microbiology Research Centre South China Agricultural University Guangzhou P.R. China
Sunita Chauhan Amity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Kant Rajasthan India
Rakhi Dhankhar Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana India
Ajinath Dukare ICAR‐Central Institute of Post‐Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) Ludhiana Punjab India
Bandita Dutta Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India
Saurabh Gangola Graphic Era Hill University Bhimtal Uttarakhand India
Mudasir Gani Faculty of Agriculture Sher‐e‐Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST‐K) Wadura, Sopore, Kashmir Jammu‐Kashmir (UT) India
Sayantani Garai University of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India
Tripti Grover Gargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India
Pooja Gulati Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana India
Aparna Gunjal Dr. D.Y. Patil Arts, Commerce and Science College Pune Maharashtra India
Shweta Kulshreshtha Department of Biotechnology, Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute Jaipur Rajasthan India
Arun Kumar Department of Agronomy Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India
Kapila Kumar Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad Haryana India
Sanjeev Kumar Department of Basic Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India
Reena Kumari Department of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India
Rekha Kushwaha University of Missouri Columbia MO, USA
Dibyajit Lahiri University of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India
Hemant S. Maheshwari Ecophysiology of Plants, Faculty of Science and Engineering GELIFES‐Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences Groningen The Netherlands
and
ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
India
Reema Mishra Gargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India
Aparajita Mohanty Gargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India
Moupriya Nag University of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India
Sharon Nagpal Department of Microbiology Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India
Neha Patil PDEA’s Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya Pune Maharashtra India
Suresh Chandra Phulara Department of Biotechnology Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Guntur Andhra Pradesh India
B. Jeberlin Prabina Tamilnadu Agriculture University Coimbatore Tamilnadu India
Varsha Rani Department of Biotechnology Shoolini University Solan Himachal Pradesh India
Rina Rani Ray Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India
Balram Sahu Department of Agricultural Microbiology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya Raipur Chhattisgarh India
Pawan Saini Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India
and
CSB‐Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (CSR&TI)
Pampore
Jammu‐Kashmir (UT)
India
Pooja Saini Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill College of Agriculture Eternal University (EU) Baru Sahib Himachal Pradesh India
Deepka Sharma Department of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India
Mahaveer P. Sharma ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India
Prachie Sharma Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad Haryana India
Sonali Shinde MES Abasaheb Garware College Pune Maharashtra India
Ravindra Soni Department of Agricultural Microbiology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya Raipur Chhattisgarh India
Nimmy Srivastava Amity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Ranchi Jharkhand India
Deep Chandra Suyal Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences Eternal University Baru Sahib Sirmour Himachal Pradesh India
Neha Trivedi Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi India
Amit Verma S.D. Agricultural University Palanpur Gujarat India
Madan L. Verma Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Information Technology Una Himachal Pradesh India
Shulbhi Verma S.D. Agricultural University Palanpur Gujarat India
Meghmala Waghmode PDEA’s Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya Pune Maharashtra India
Preface
The microorganisms are of utmost importance to the survival of plants,