Microbial Biotechnology in Crop Protection - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811600481 ISBN 13: 9789811600487

Publisher: Springer, 2021

Synopsis

This edited volume is a comprehensive account of plant diseases and insect pests, plant protection and management for various crops using microbial and biotechnological approaches. The book elucidates the role of biotechnology for the enhancement of crop productivity and management of bacterial and fungal diseases via eco-friendly methods. It discusses crop–pest⁄ pathogen interaction and utilizing this interaction in a beneficial and sustainable way. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, plant scientists and plant pathologists. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences.

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About the Author

Manoj Kaushal, Ph.D. is a Systems Scientist with nearly a decade of teaching and research experience at various national and international institutes. Currently he is working with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and has associated with CGIAR consortium from more than six years. His research interests include cropping systems, tropical and semi-arid small holder agriculture, microbiome, and agroecologies tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Moreover, he has authored more than 50 research papers in peer reviewed journals, and book chapters.

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interests: environmental microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one hundred seventy-five publications to his credit, including research papers, articles & book chapters and five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Assistant Professor Amity University, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, United States and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China.

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This edited volume is a comprehensive account of plant diseases and insect pests, plant protection and management for various crops using microbial and biotechnological approaches. The book elucidates the role of biotechnology for the enhancement of crop productivity and management of bacterial and fungal diseases via eco-friendly methods. It discusses crop–pest⁄ pathogen interaction and utilizing this interaction in a beneficial and sustainable way. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, plant scientists and plant pathologists. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811600481
• ISBN 13: 9789811600487
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 462
• Editor: Kaushal Manoj, Prasad Ram