Glimpses of Cyanobacteria

Kumar, Mukesh

• Publisher: Daya Publishing House
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9789383048243
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The present book is compendium of recent research on cyanobacterial studies. It is an assemblage of the up-to-date information of rapid advances and developments taking place in the field of cyanobacteriology. The book is a unique compliation of 20 Chapters which discusses exhaustive studies on cyanobacterial ecology, cyanobacterial biofertilizers, toxicology, taxonomy, morphology, physiology, stress responses, biotechnology and molecular biology. This book will be a mile-stone in the field of cyanobacteriology because it will open a new vista in the field of cyanobacteriology and its applied aspects. Various information incorporated in the book by authors who are internationally acknowledged experts in the field of cyanobacteriology. The book has been framed with the intention of providing a sufficient depth of the subject to satisfy the needs at a level which will be comprehensive and interesting. The book will be useful to the students, teachers, scientists and researchers from the different branches of phycology, agricultural biology and paddy growers.

Table of contents

• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Preface
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• 1. Cyanobacteria in the Soil Crusts and their Significance
• 2. Regulation of Heterocyst and Nitrogen Metabolism
• 3. Role of Cyanobacteria in Organic-scented Rice Farming
• 4. Studies on Application of Some Potential Cyanobacterial Strains in Scale-up Production of Ethnomedicinal Plants of Southern Rajasthan
• 5. Cyanobacteria as a Source of Antimicrobial Compounds
• 6. Distributional Patterns of Cyanobacteria
• 7. Biotechnological Potential of a Cyanobacterium:
• 8. Toxicity of Different Insecticides to Rice Field Cyanobacteria
• 9. Stress Response of Mutant Strain of Nostoc calcicola to High Concentration of NaHCO3
• 10. Spirulina: A Good Food and Feed Supplement
• 11. Morphology and Physiology of Antarctic Cyanobacterium
• 12. Cyanobacteria in Relation to Human and Animal Health
• 13. Impact of UV-B (312nm) Radiation on Nitrate, Ammonium and Phosphate Uptake in
• 14. Various Roles of Blue-Greens in Human Life
• 15. Algal Species Diversity of Streams of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica
• 16. Azolla: A Potential Cyanobacterial Symbiont
• 17. Population Dynamics of the Cyanobacterial Flora in the Foothills of Garhwal Himalayas, Uttaranchal
• 18. Cyanobacteria: The Future Food for Man
• 19. Biotechnological Potentials of Cyanobacteria
• 20. Spirulina: A Blue Green Revolution
• Authors Index
• Subject Index
• The Editors