Overview
- Addresses the issues related to micronutrient deficiency, especially zinc
- Discusses various approaches to combat mineral deficiency among humans and plants
- Highlights sustainable approaches to zinc biofortification in crops
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume addresses various issues related to micronutrient deficiency, especially zinc, and discusses the possible approaches for combating mineral deficiency among humans and plants. The book mainly focuses on the zinc biofortification of vegetable and cereal crops and highlights the consequences of zinc deficiency and the health risks associated with zinc deficiency, especially in children and expecting mothers. The authors discuss different types of food that are rich in zinc and other minerals, how diets can be designed to meet the daily zinc requirements, and the impact of zinc deficiency on plant health and quality of agricultural products and the role of micronutrients in abiotic stress tolerance. The book also covers sustainable approaches to zinc biofortification in crops, such as the microbial solubilization of zinc in soil to improve zinc uptake by plants, and the formulation of these microbes into biofertilizers. The book will be of interest to dieticians, agricultural scientists, students and microbiologists.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Shams Tabrez Khan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His research interests include novel microbes and their implication in industry and environment and Nanobiotechnology/Nanotoxicology.
Dr. Abdul Malik is a Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has over 25 years of research experience in the fields of Agricultural Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Toxicology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Biofertilizers and Micronutrient Availability
Book Subtitle: The Role of Zinc in Agriculture and Human Health
Editors: Shams Tabrez, Khan, Abdul Malik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76609-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76608-5Published: 07 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76611-5Published: 08 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76609-2Published: 06 December 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 461
Number of Illustrations: 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment, general, Microbiology, Human Geography, Nutrition, Agriculture