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Practical Handbook on Agricultural Microbiology

  • Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols
  • Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible result
  • Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts

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Table of contents (52 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Isolation and Identification of Agriculturally Important Microbes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Methods for Isolation and Identification of Rhizobia

      • Vrutuja Naik, Praveen Rahi
      Pages 3-14
    3. Isolation of Frankia from Casuarina Root Nodule

      • Narayanasamy Marappa, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Thajuddin Nooruddin
      Pages 15-23
    4. Isolation and Identification of Azospirillum

      • Harshida A. Gamit, Natarajan Amaresan
      Pages 35-40
    5. Isolation and Identification of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Azoarcus Species

      • Rashmi Thakor, Harsh Mistry, Himanshu Bariya
      Pages 47-55
    6. Isolation and Identification of Derxia Species from the Soil Sample

      • Harshida A. Gamit, Natarajan Amaresan
      Pages 57-61
    7. Isolation and Characterization of Genus Desulfotomaculum

      • Mohini Pimpalse, Harshida A. Gamit, Natarajan Amaresan
      Pages 71-75
    8. Cyanobacteria

      • Dhruti Amin, Abhishek Sharma, Sanket Ray
      Pages 85-91
    9. Pseudomonas

      • Sanket Ray, Harsh Patel
      Pages 93-98
    10. Isolation and Identification of Entomopathogenic Bacillus Species

      • Preeti Parmar, B. K. Rajkumar, Naresh Butani
      Pages 99-110
    11. Methylobacterium

      • Harshida A. Gamit, Natarajan Amaresan
      Pages 111-118
    12. Isolation and Identification of Beijerinckia

      • Harshida A. Gamit, Natarajan Amaresan
      Pages 119-125
    13. Isolation of Streptomyces from Soil Sample

      • Vishnu Raja Vijayakumar, Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran
      Pages 127-130
    14. Extraction, Isolation and Culturing of Mycorrhizal Spores from Rhizospheric Soil

      • Satish V. Patil, Bhavana V. Mohite, Chandrashekhar D. Patil
      Pages 145-149

About this book

This volume details techniques involved in the study of beneficial microbes in agricultural microbiology towards enhancing global agricultural productivity. Chapters cover a wide range of basic and advanced techniques associated with research on isolation of agriculturally important microbes, identification, biological nitrogen fixation, microbe mediated plant nutrient use efficiency, biological control of plant diseases and pests. 

Authoritative and cutting-edge, Practical Handbook on Agricultural Microbiology aims to be a useful practical guide to researches to help further their study in this field.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Uka Tarsadia University, Surat, India

    Natarajan Amaresan, Prittesh Patel, Dhruti Amin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Practical Handbook on Agricultural Microbiology

  • Editors: Natarajan Amaresan, Prittesh Patel, Dhruti Amin

  • Series Title: Springer Protocols Handbooks

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1724-3

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-1723-6Published: 08 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-1726-7Published: 08 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-0716-1724-3Published: 07 October 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1949-2448

  • Series E-ISSN: 1949-2456

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 413

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 249.99
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