Kari E. Dunfield 
Understanding and utilising soil microbiomes for a more sustainable agriculture [EPUB ebook] 

Part 1 Advances in analysing soil microbiomes

• 1.Advances in viromics for analysing soil microorganisms: Mamadou Fall, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;


• 2.Advances in metaproteomics for analysing soil microorganisms: Paolo Nannipieri, University of Florence, Italy;

Part 2 Bacteria and fungi in soil

• 3.Emerging roles for soil Bacteroidetes in complex carbon and organic phosphorus cycling: Ian D. E. A. Lidbury, Lucy Rogers, Sophie R. M. Groenhof and Andrew Hitchcock, University of Sheffield, UK; and Lauren S. Mc Kee, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;


• 4.Advances in understanding actinobacteria in soil: Youzhi Feng, Institute of Soil Science – Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;


• 5.Advances in understanding mycorrhizae in soil: Greg Thorn, University of Western Ontario, Canada;

Part 3 Analysing structure and dynamics of soil microbiomes

• 6.Advances in understanding microbial communities in the rhizosphere: Gupta Vadakattu, CSIRO, Australia;


• 7.Nematodes and their trophic interactions in the soil microbiome: Liliane Ruess, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany;


• 8.Advances in understanding soil microbiomes in ecosystem functioning across trophic chains: Patrick Schafer, University of Giessen, Germany;

Part 4 Soil microbiomes and ecosystem services

• 9.Advances in understanding the role of soil microbiomes in carbon cycling: Alain Plante, University of Pennsylvania, USA;


• 10.Advances in understanding the role of soil microbiomes in nutrient cycling: Tim Clough, Lincoln University, New Zealand;


• 11.Advances in understanding the role of soil microbiomes in protecting plants from pathogens: Vasvi Chaudhry, University of Tübingen, Germany;


• 12.Advances in understanding the role of soil microbiomes in promoting crop resilience to drought stresss: Kadambot Siddique, University of Western Australia, Australia;

Part 5 Promoting soil microbiomes and their contribution to soil ecosystem services

• 13.Understanding and optimising soil physical properties to promote soil microbiomes: Wei Shi, North Carolina State University, USA;


• 14.Assessing the impact of inorganic fertilisers on soil microbiomes: Joann Whalen, Mc Gill University, Canada;


• 15.Understanding how land-use management affects soil microbiomes: Lucas William Mendes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil;

Dr Lucas William Mendes is an Assistant Professor on Ecogenomics and Environmental Sustainability at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo (CENA-USP), in Piracicaba-SP, Brazil.