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About this book
Great attention has been paid to reduce the use of conventional chemical fertilizers harming living beings through food chain supplements from the soil environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop alternative sustainable fertilizers to enhance soil sustainability and agriculture productivity. Biofertilizers are the substance that contains microorganisms (bacteria, algae, and fungi) living or latent cells that can enrich the soil quality with nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, organic matter, etc. They are a cost-effective, biodegradable, and renewable source of plant nutrients/supplements to improve the soil-health properties. Biofertilizers emerge as an attractive alternative to chemical fertilizers, and as a promising cost-effective technology for eco-friendly agriculture and a sustainable environment that holds microorganisms which enhance the soil nutrients' solubility leading a raise in its fertility, stimulates crop growth and healthy food safety.
This book provides in-depth knowledge about history and fundamentals to advances biofertilizers, including latest reviews, challenges, and future perspectives. It covers fabrication approaches, and various types of biofertilizers and their applications in agriculture, environment, forestry and industrial sectors. Also, organic farming, quality control, quality assurance, food safety and case-studies of biofertilizers are briefly discussed. Biofertilizers' physical properties, affecting factors, impact, and industry profiles in the market are well addressed. This book is an essential guide for farmers, agrochemists, environmental engineers, scientists, students, and faculty who would like to understand the science behind the sustainable fertilizers, soil chemistry and agroecology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Biofertilizer Utilization in Forestry
- 2. Impact of Biofertilizers on Horticultural Crops
- 3. N2 Fixation in Biofertilizers
- 4. Organic Farming by Biofertilizers
- 5. Phosphorus Solubilizing Microorganisms
- 6. Exophytical and Endophytical Interactions of Plants and Microbial Activities
- 7. Biofertilizer Formulations
- 8. Scoping the Use of Transgenic Microorganisms as Potential Biofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Safety
- 9 Biofertilizer Utilization in Agricultural Sector
- 10 Azospirillum: A Salient Source for Sustainable Agriculture
- 11. Actinomycetes: Implications and Prospects in Sustainable Agriculture
- 12. Influence of Growth Pattern of Cyanobacterial Species on Biofertilizer Production
- 13. Biofertilizers Application in Agriculture: A Viable Option to Chemical Fertilizers
- 14. Quality Control of Biofertilizers
- 15 Biofertilizers: Characteristic Features and Applications
- 16. Fabrication Approaches for Biofertilizers
- 17. Biofertilizers From Waste
- 18. Biofertilizers Industry Profiles in Market
- 19. Case Study on Biofertilizer Utilization in African Continents
- 20. Biofertilizers: Prospects and Challenges for Future
- 21. Biofertilizers: Past, Present, and Future
- 22. Algal Biofertilizer
- Index
- Also of Interest
- EULA