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Exploring the Role of Plant-Microbe Interactions in Improving Soil Structure and Function Through Root Exudation: A Key to Sustainable Agriculture

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Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives

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The most astonishing feature of plant roots is their capability of secreting a broad variety of compounds ranging from low molecular to high molecular weights into the rhizosphere. These compounds act as signals for establishing and regulating the interactions among plant roots and microorganisms present in rhizosphere through different mechanisms. The mechanism of establishment of these relationships includes complex signaling cascades and involves different transporter proteins. Exudation is an important process that influences the microbial diversity and relevant biological activities. In addition, these secretions mediate the phenomena of mineral uptake in soil with low nutrient content either through chelation directly or by affecting biological activity of microbes. Further, microbes associated with plants have the potential to upgrade phytoremediation efficiency by facilitating phytoextraction and phytostabilization and through increase in biomass production by plants. Overall these exudation-mediated plant-microbe interactions influence the soil structurally and functionally via orchestrating microbial richness, nutrient acquisition, and phytoremediation. Hence, in light of this, the chapter is intended to provide the perceptivity to comprehend the impact of root exudation-mediated plant-microbe interactions in enriching the structural and functional characteristics of soil.

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Vishwakarma, K. et al. (2017). Exploring the Role of Plant-Microbe Interactions in Improving Soil Structure and Function Through Root Exudation: A Key to Sustainable Agriculture. In: Singh, D., Singh, H., Prabha, R. (eds) Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5813-4_23

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