<p>Introduction </p> <p>1. Microbial endophytes: Evolution, diversity, community functions, and regulation </p> <p>2. Friends in low places: Soil derived microbial inoculants for biostimulation and biocontrol in crop production </p> <p>3. The roles of endophytes in modulating plant development </p> <p>4. Epichloe endophytes stimulate grass development and physiological state in China </p> <p>5. Endophytic microbes promote plant growth and alter host secondary metabolites </p> <p>6. Epichloe endophytes of grasses, in particular their physiological interaction with plants </p> <p>7. Potential application of plant growth promoting bacteria in bioenergy crop production </p> <p>8. Soil microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants - A special reference to Rhizosphere microbiome </p> <p>9. Belowground dialogue between plant roots and beneficial microbes </p> <p>10. Microbial bio-active compounds in plant disease management </p> <p>11. Microbial biocontrol formulations for commercial applications </p> <p>12. Potential effect of microbial biostimulants in sustainable vegetable production </p> <p>13. Microbes as bio stimulants: Tissue culture prospective </p> <p>14. Biostimulants application in agriculture under abiotic stress conditions </p> <p>15. Actinomycetes as bio stimulants and their application in agricultural practices </p> <p>16. Role of microbial volatiles as an aromatic tool in management of crop productivity </p> <p>17. Microbial consortia: approaches in crop production and yield enhancement </p> <p>18. Fungal enzymes and their potential application as bio stimulants </p> <p>19. Microbial cell factories for treatment of soil polluted with heavy metals: A green approach </p> <p>20. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as plant biostimulants </p> <p>21. Nanobiotechnology of plant microbiome </p> <p>22. Microbiome establishment, adaptation and their contributions to anaerobic stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition in rice </p> <p>23. Soil physical and nutritional balance are essential for establishing a healthy microbiome </p> <p>24. Microbiome stimulants for crops: Indicators for an Economically proficient sustainable agriculture </p> <p>25. Plant microbiome: Diversity, distribution, and functional relevance in crop improvement and sustainable agriculture </p> <p>26. Gene expression studies in crop plants for diseases management </p> <p>27. Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with oil crops </p>