Microbial Empowerment in Agriculture

Sarma, Brinchi Kuamr

• Publisher: Biotech
• Year: 2018
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9789387057012
• Subtopic: Horticulture
• Index: Biological Sciences

The book 'Microbial Empowerment in Agriculture: A Key to Sustainability and Crop Productivity' is a compilation of works from eminent scholars who have worked on various microbes of agricultural significance. Chapters of the book have addressed different microbes that are used in agriculture for ensuring environmental sustainability and increasing crop productivity. Recent trends in the field of agricultural microbiology related to fixing atmospheric nitrogen (bacterial and cyanobacterial) and mobilization of various other nutrients in soil (fungal and bacterial) are covered in various chapters of the book independently. Moreover, microbes used for management of fungal, bacterial and nematode problems in agricultural crops are also included in the book. Microbes used for remediation of toxic metals in agricultural fields are also part of the book. Modern trends such as microbial genes and genomics were also included in the book to highlight some recent perspectives. In general, the book covers nearly all agriculturally significant microbes that are currently being used to increase crop productivity in a sustainable manner with a modern outlook.

Table of contents

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• Preface
• Content
• 1. Recent Trends of Biological and Agricultural Research in Legume-Rhizobium N2-Fixing Symbiosis
• 2. Current Status of Cyanobacterial Research in Agricultural Crop Production
• 3. PGPR: Plant Beneficial Function Contributing (PBFC) Genes and their Function
• 4. PGPR: An Effective Bio-Agent in Stress Agricultural Management
• 5. Mycorrhiza in a Changing Environment Helps Plants to Deal with Stress
• 6. Advanced Approaches for Microbial Identification in Omics Era
• 7. Biological Control of Pre and Post Harvest Diseases in Fruits
• 8. Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Recent Perspectives
• 9. Catenaria anguillulae Sorokin: A Potential Biocontrol Agent of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
• 10. Microbial Diversity for Soil Sustainability and Crop Productivity
• 11. Potential of Biocontrol Agents and their Formulations for Management of Major Diseases of Pulse Crops
• 12. Biocontrol Mechanisms by Trichoderma: A Genomic Analysis
• 13. Beauveria bassiana:A Potential Entomopathogenic Fungus
• 14. Bioremediation: A Plausible Elucidation Domineering Heavy Metal Disaster
• 15. Status and Perspectives of Biological Control of Rice Diseases
• 16. Insights into the Mechanisms of Biological Control by Beauveria bassiana
• 17. Microbial Resources in Management of Pulse Pathogens
• 18. Comprehensive Approaches in Plant Disease Management
• 19. Microbial Control of Insect Pests
• 20. Advance Trends in Mushroom and their Production Technology
• 21. Biological Control of Rice Blast Disease: Recent Perspectives
• 22. Biological Control Based Integrated Pest Management of Major Insect Pests of Pulses
• 23. Use of Beneficial Microbes as Biofertilizer and Biocontrol Agent in Vegetable Production