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Agro-Environmental Sustainability

Volume 1: Managing Crop Health

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Jay Shankar Singh

    1. Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babashaeb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India

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  2. Gamini Seneviratne

    1. Microbial Biotechnology Unit, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka

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  • Demonstrates the role of microbes in improving soil fertility and function
  • Assists members of the crop and plant sciences community to keep abreast of the developments in microbial technologies
  • Focuses on different ecological applications of microbial groups
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Microbial Signaling in Plant—Microbe Interactions and Its Role on Sustainability of Agroecosystems

    • G. Seneviratne, M. L. M. A. W. Weerasekara, D. Kumaresan, J. S. Zavahir
    Pages 1-17

  3. Exploiting Beneficial Traits of Plant-Associated Fluorescent Pseudomonads for Plant Health

    • Anuradha Rai, Pradeep Kumar Rai, Surendra Singh
    Pages 19-41

  4. N2-Fixing Cyanobacterial Systems as Biofertilizer

    • Mayashree B. Syiem, Arvind Kumar Singh, Amar Nath Rai
    Pages 43-61

  5. Exploring the Role of Secondary Metabolites of Trichoderma in Tripartite Interaction with Plant and Pathogens

    • Chetan Keswani, Kartikay Bisen, Manoj Kumar Chitara, Birinchi Kumar Sarma, Harikesh Bahadur Singh
    Pages 63-79

  6. Managing Soil Fertility Through Microbes: Prospects, Challenges and Future Strategies

    • V. S. Bharti, M. L. Dotaniya, S. P. Shukla, V. K. Yadav
    Pages 81-111

  7. Trichoderma: A Potent Fungus as Biological Control Agent

    • Prashant Kumar Sharma, R. Gothalwal
    Pages 113-125

  8. Bioprospecting of Genes from Microbes for Stress Management in Agricultural Crops

    • Shashi Shekhar, Geetika Gambhir, Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria
    Pages 127-147

  9. Improving Soil Fertility and Soil Functioning in Cover Cropped Agroecosystems with Symbiotic Microbes

    • Yang Zhou, Honghui Zhu, Qing Yao
    Pages 149-171

  10. Actinobacteria in Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability

    • L. Shivlata, Tulasi Satyanarayana
    Pages 173-218

  11. Atmospheric Carbon Sequestration Through Microalgae: Status, Prospects, and Challenges

    • S. P. Shukla, S. Gita, V. S. Bharti, G. R. Bhuvaneswari, W. A. A. D. L. Wikramasinghe
    Pages 219-235

  12. BioGro: A Plant Growth-Promoting Biofertilizer Validated by 15 Years’ Research from Laboratory Selection to Rice Farmer’s Fields of the Mekong Delta

    • Thanh Hien Nguyen, Thi Cong Phan, Abu T. M. A. Choudhury, Michael T. Rose, Rosalind J. Deaker, Ivan R. Kennedy
    Pages 237-254

  13. Priming Host Defense Against Biotic Stress by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    • Supriya Gupta, Pankaj Rautela, Chandan Maharana, K. P. Singh
    Pages 255-270

  14. Role of Phosphate-Solubilising Microorganisms in Sustainable Agricultural Development

    • Rajesh Kumar, Beenu Shastri
    Pages 271-303

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 305-316
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About this book

This two-volume work is a testament to the increasing interest in the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture and food security. Advances in microbial technologies are explored in chapters dealing with topics such as carbon sequestration, soil fertility management, sustainable crop production, and microbial signaling networks. Volume I is a collection of research findings that invites readers to examine the application of microbes in reinstating degraded ecosystems and also in establishing sustainable croplands. Highly readable entries attempt to close the knowledge gap between soil microbial associations and sustainable agriculture. 


An increase in the global population with changing climate is leading to environments of various abiotic and biotic stresses for agricultural crops. It therefore becomes important to identify the techniques to improve soil fertility and function using different microbial groups such as actinobacteria, microalgae, fluorescent pseudomonads and cyanobacterial systems. These are examined in this volume in greater detail. This work is a significant contribution to research in this increasingly important discipline, and will appeal to researchers in microbiology, agriculture, environmental sciences, and soil and crop sciences. 


Reviews

“This volume offers a lot of rational approaches that may help to improve and develop agricultural sustainability. This book is useful to students, teachers, and researchers in the disciplines of agricultural microbiology, biochemistry and biotechnology.” (Siddharth Boudh, Pankaj Chowdhary and Vishvas Hare, Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 78, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babashaeb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India

    Jay Shankar Singh

  • Microbial Biotechnology Unit, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka

    Gamini Seneviratne

About the editors

Dr. Jay Shankar Singh is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Microbiology at BB Ambedkar (Central University) in Lucknow, India.

Dr. Gamini Seneviratne is a research professor at the National Institute of Fundamental Studies in Kandy, Sri Lanka.


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