Overview
- Up-to-date overview of current progress in root system and microbial association with plant productivity and environmental sustainability
- Emphasises on biotechnological perspectives of root biology in sustainable agriculture
- Particular attention is given to the role of microbes from root to food security and environmental sustainability
Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 52)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Plant roots provide an excellent model to study physiological, developmental and metabolic processes at a system level. Root system architecture - an excellent creation of nature, is closely interconnected with the availability of soil nutrients. Several strategies including biotechnological interventions are gaining interest and importance for sustainable food production and enhanced resource acquisition. Such strategies have largely focused on root traits for efficient utilization of soil resources. The biotechnological application of root biology is expected to promote the production of food while maintaining ecologically
and economically sustainable production systems.
With a fortune of information on technical and experimental aspects useful in the laboratory, this extensive book is a valuable resource for researchers, academician and students in the broad field of microbiology, plant and fungal biology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Bhoopander Giri: Received his Ph.D in Mycorrhizal Research from the Department of Botany, University of Delhi in 2001. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, Delhi. He is a recipient of CSIR Research Associateship (2003), DST Young Scientist Fellowship (2005), and Raman Post Doctoral Fellowship for United Sates of America (2014). He has served as a General Secretary (from 2013-2015) for International Symbiosis Society (ISS), USA. Dr Giri is a life-member/member of many prestigious academic societies, like Indian Science Congress Association, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Mycological Society, Delhi University Botanical Society, Botanical Society of America, International Symbiosis Society, International Society of Applied Life Sciences. Besides, he is invited as reviewers to review several manuscripts from internati
onal and national journals, including Experimental and Environmental Botany, Planta, Applied Soil Ecology, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Agroforestry System, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Scientia Horticulture, Acta Physiologia Plantarum, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. Journal of Experimental Botany, Institute for Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi (e-content) and UGC-CEC (pre-view subject expert, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr Giri has published more than 30 papers in the national and international peer-reviewed journals, and books. Recently, his paper “Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in alleviation of salt stress” published in Annals of Botany ISSN 0305-7364 104: 1263-1280 Oxford Press, UK has been listed among TOP 10 Cited Publications (from 2009-2014) in the area of Biological Science and agriculture by International Comparative Performance of India’s Research Base, Department of Science and Technology Report 2015, India. He has presented research papers in several national and international conferences (Switzerland, Canada and USA etc). He is a recipient of ISCA best poster presentation award for 2010-2011.
Dr Ram Prasad: Assistant professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. His research interest focuses on plant microbe interaction, nanobiotechnology, and microbial biotechnology including fungal biology. Dr Prasad has edited several books and has a number of research papers and review articles to his credit in the journals of international repute. During 2014, Dr Prasad has been awarded American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigator, USA.
Prof Dr Ajit Varma: Professor Varma has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Allahabad University and Former Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is the Distinguished Scientis
t & Professor of Eminence of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Pro-Vice Chancellor, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, and Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 314 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editor in Chief of Soil Biology Series, Springer Verlag Germany. Dr Varma is the Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of Microbiology Society of India.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Root Biology
Editors: Bhoopander Giri, Ram Prasad, Ajit Varma
Series Title: Soil Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75910-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75909-8Published: 14 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09354-9Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75910-4Published: 01 May 2018
Series ISSN: 1613-3382
Series E-ISSN: 2196-4831
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 519
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Microbiology, Soil Science & Conservation