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Dr. E.K. Radhakrishnan is currently working as an associate professor at the School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and as a director at Business innovation and incubation Centre (BIIC.) During his 12 years of research, he has published 143 research publications, 43 book chapters, and 3 review papers. He has edited five books and has several books in progress. He has also been invited to deliver talks at various national and international conferences and seminars. His research areas include plant–microbe interactions, microbial natural products, microbial synthesis of metal nanoparticles, antimicrobial resistance gene prediction, and development of polymer-based nanocomposites with antimicrobial effects for food packaging and medical ap?plications.

Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar completed his tenure (2018-2022) as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel and doctoral research from Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on the theme "Plant microbe interaction". In his research tenures, Dr. Kumar has published more than 235 scientific contributions in the form of research and review articles, books or book chapters with the leading International Journals or Publishers. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, Postharvest management of fruits, Microbial endophytes related with the medicinal plants and cyanobacteria-pesticides interactions. Dr. Kumar actively engaged in editing book with the leading publisher like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Willey and edited more than 48 books and currently serving as an Associate editor in Frontier in Microbiology, BMC Microbiology and special guest editor in Microorganisms or Plants MDPI, Journal.

R. Aswani has completed her PhD in microbiology at the School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. After her MSc in microbiology, she completed an MPhil in biosciences and has authored 26 publications, 2 review articles, and 8 book chapters. She edited one book titled Biocontrol Mechanisms of Endophytic Microorganisms, published by Elsevier. Her area of research is the role of microbes in biocontrol mechanisms and induction of plant defense response by plant-associated microorganisms.

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Biotic stress due to pathogenic microorganisms causes major loss in agricultural productivity and yield. The intensive use of chemicals to control these plant pathogens has resulted in negative consequences such as release of toxic chemicals to environment, reduced soil fertility and human health problems. Therefore, environment friendly and sustainable replacement of chemical fertilizers or pesticides is highly challenging. Here comes the importance of the term biocontrol in which microorganisms have been used to manage plant diseases and is suggested as a suitable alternative to the currently used agrochemicals.

Biocontrol mechanisms of endophytic microorganisms involves fourteen chapters. The first chapter deals with a brief introduction about endophytic microorganisms, colonization, diversity and distribution. The second chapter describes the isolation and identification of endophytic microorganisms by traditional cultivation and by next generation sequencing technologies. The next chapters describe biocontrol mechanisms, bacterial priming, endophytic based methods, the significance on fungi, and metabolite based formulations. Biocontrol mechanisms of endophytic microorganisms concludes with chapters on biofilms, microbiota and safety issues of microorganisms.

Deeper knowledge on mechanistic action of microbial biocontrol agents is highly relevant in the present situation. Biocontrol mechanisms of endophytic microorganisms is designed to provide deeper insight into the biocontrol properties of endophytic microorganisms and their ability to induce defense responses.