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Agriculturally Important Microorganisms

Commercialization and Regulatory Requirements in Asia

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  • Will be the only compilation available on commercialization and regulatory aspects of agriculturally important microorganisms in Asian perspective
  • Provides both background theory and practical guidance on regulatory issues
  • Provides comprehensive account of bio-pesticide and bio-fertilizer regulatory requirements across different Asia

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Introduction

  2. Issues in Commercialization of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms

  3. Biopesticide and Biofertilizer Regulatory Requirements in South and Southeast Asia

  4. Biopesticide and Biofertilizer Regulatory Requirements in North Asia

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About this book

The main focus of this book is to survey the current status of research, development and use of agriculturally important microorganisms in Asian countries and develop a strategy for addressing critical issues various policy constraints due to which bio-pesticides have found limited applications.

In this book the editors have tried to develop a consensus on issues of such as quality requirements, quality control, regulatory management, commercialization and marketing of agriculturally important microorganisms in Asian countries. All these issues are discussed at national level by competent authorities of Asian countries including India, China, Malaysia, Iran, Taiwan, Israel, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Philippines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Banaras Hindu University Dept of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Varanasi, India

    Harikesh Bahadur Singh

  • Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences Mycology and Plant Pathology, VARANASI, India

    Birinchi Kumar Sarma

  • Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences Mycology and Plant Pathology, Varanasi, India

    Chetan Keswani

About the editors

Harikesh Bahadur Singh is Head of the Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Prof. Singh has been decorated with several National awards and honors for his key role in popularizing organic farming and translating agriculturally important microorganisms from lab to land. To his credit he has 20 U.S. patents which he has successfully transferred for commercial production of biopesticides to several industrial houses in India.

Birinchi Kumar Sarma is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He received BOYSCAST Fellowship of Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2006 for conducting advanced research on agriculturally important microorganisms at the University of California, Davis, USA. He was honoured with the award of ‘Associate’ of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi in 2010.

Chetan Keswani is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Trained as a Biochemist he has keen interest in Intellectual Property, Regulatory and Commercialization Issues in Microbiology. He has been a Key Note speaker in several National and International Conferences to discuss various issues in Intellectual Property Regulatory and Commercialization Issues in Microbiology. 

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