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Endophytes and Secondary Metabolites

Overview

  • Presents a comprehensive review of endophytes and their biotechnological applications
  • Explores the production of useful endophytic metabolites
  • Summarises conventional and molecular tools for endophytes indentification
  • Collates leading expertise from diverse scientific communities

Part of the book series: Reference Series in Phytochemistry (RSP)

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About this book

This reference work presents an authoritative review of endophytes and their applications to human welfare. Endophytes have become a class of interesting and curious microorganisms due to their intimate intra- and intercellular association with plants for competence, survival and reproduction. They can be bacteria or fungi, and they are usually non-pathogenic to their host. Endophytes have important applications in agriculture and industry, namely, they can help with plant growth, act as biocontrol agents and biosurfactant and secondary metabolite producers, and they are also rich sources of bioactive natural products.

Novel and beneficial effects of endophytes are constantly emerging, and this book, divided into four sections, provides readers with the latest developments in this fast expanding field. In the first section, readers will discover the biology of the major groups of endophytes, followed by a summary of conventional and molecular tools for endophytes’ identification in Section II. The production of high-value metabolites by endophytes will be explored in the third section of this book, and in the final section, readers will find several case studies, examples and prospects for endophytes’ application in agriculture and industry.

Written by leading international authors, this reference work will appeal to a wide readership, from students and researchers in the field of botany, biotechnology and agriculture to professionals interested in the production and applications of endophytic metabolites.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

    Sumita Jha

About the editor

Prof. Dr. Sumita Jha is Professor in Botany in the Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany of Calcutta University in India. She obtained her B.Sc. in Botany with Honours from the Lady Brabourne College in 1973. She then continued at Calcutta University, where she obtained her M.Sc. in 1975 and PhD in 1981 in Botany.

Sumitha Jha can look back on over 35 years of research experience in the fields of genetics and plant biotechnology. Her work has been honored with several awards during all stages of her career, from e.g. the “Science Academy Medal for Young Scientist” in 1983, to her election as Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India in 2008.

Prof. Jha has held positions at Calcutta University as University Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor in Botany and was visiting scientist e.g. in France and UK. She served as Head of the Department of Genetics and of the Department of Botany at her University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Endophytes and Secondary Metabolites

  • Editors: Sumita Jha

  • Series Title: Reference Series in Phytochemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76900-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Chemistry and Mat. Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76900-4Due: 15 December 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2511-834X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2511-8358

  • Topics: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Medicinal Chemistry, Plant Biochemistry, Agriculture

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