Edited Ram Prasad Narendra Kumar (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: 1. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Association Improves Secondary Metabolite Production in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Sustainable Approach. 2. Microbial Biopesticides with a Focus on Bacillus thuringiensis and Baculoviruses. 3. Rhizobacterial Efficacy for Sustainable Crop Productivity in Agroecosystems. 4. Heavy Metal Resistance Bacterial Strains from Agricultural Polluted Sites of Northern India. 5. Microbial Metagenomics: Herbicides for Weed Management in Sustainable Agriculture. 6. Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Pollutants in Marine Environments. 7. Biochar and its Role in Soil Fertility Management. 8. Resource - Conserving Agriculture and Role of Microbes. 9. Secondary Metabolites: A Gift of Natural Weapon for Defense Mechanism in Plants. 10. Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Sustainable Management of Agricultural Ecosystem. 11. Compatible Solute in Relation to Microbes and their Biotechnological Significance. 12. Plant Disease Management through Microbial Agents for Sustainable Agriculture. 13. Micro-algal and Physicochemical Studies of Wetland Soil in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan (India).14. Competent Soil Microorganisms for Agricultural Sustainability: New Dimension. 15. Mutant of Cyanobacteria Proved to be Better Biofertilizer. 16. Reclamation of Saline Soil Using Vermicomposting For Sustainable Agriculture. Microbes and Sustainable Agriculture covers recent spate of research, highlighting the major role of microbes in agriculture sustainability. It explains the role of bacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi in diverse facets of agriculture to preserve the sustainability including arbuscular mycorrhizal association, microbial biopesticides, heavy metal resistant bacterial strains, herbicides for weed management, biochar and its role in soil fertility management and plant disease management. This book is designed for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students working or interested in agricultural microbiology; and to serve as a reference for scientists, professionals and engineers in this field. (Jacket).