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Microbial Inoculants: Recent Progress and Applications fulfills the
need to explore and learn about an efficient delivery mechanism,
selection of microbial strain as inoculants, and related
technological advances for the efficient and productive use of
microbial inoculants. Moreover, factors like methods of
formulation, interaction between host plant and microbe, impact of
inoculation on the metabolomics of plants, the effect of microbial
inoculants on soil dynamics, proteomics approach of plant-microbe
interaction, as well as the registration and regulation process of
bio inoculants for commercial production are described by leading
academicians and researchers from different parts of the world in
this comprehensive book. In the recent past, beneficial
microorganisms have been sustainably used in agriculture as a safe,
economic and effective alternative to chemical fertilizers or
pesticides. These beneficial microbes, including bacteria,
actinomycetes, and yeast were efficiently applied in soil, seeds,
fruits, or plants as inoculants, to achieve the optimum
agricultural yield. An efficient delivery method or enhanced shelf
life of microbial inoculants in the soil or seed is still a matter
of concern.
Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants presents
recent scientific progress in applying microbes for environmental
management. The book explores the current existing practical
applications and provides information to help readers develop new
practices and applications. Edited by recognized leaders in the
field, this penetrating assessment of our progress to date in
deploying microorganisms to the advantage of environmental
management and biotechnology will be widely welcomed by those
working in soil contamination management, agriculture, environment
management, soil microbiology, and waste management. The polluting
effects on the world around us of soil erosion, the unwanted
migration of sediments, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and
the improper treatment of human and animal wastes have resulted in
serious environmental and social problems around the world,
problems which require us to look for solutions elsewhere than
established physical and chemical technologies. Often the answer
lies in hybrid applications in which microbial methods are combined
with physical and chemical ones. When we remember that these highly
effective microorganisms, cultured for a variety of applications,
are but a tiny fraction of those to be found in the world around
us, we realize the vastness of the untapped and beneficial
potential of microorganisms.
Microbial Endophytes: Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture
discusses the practical and theoretical aspects regarding the use
of endophytic microorganisms in agriculture, providing insights on
the biotechnological applications associated with long-term crop
production. Chapters deal with the various aspects of endophytic
microorganisms, including isolation, enumeration, characterization
procedures, diversity analysis, and their role as biofertilizer,
biocontrol agent and microbial inoculants. Framed to discuss the
present and future potential of microbial endophytes in biotic and
abiotic stress management, bioremediation, bioactive compounds
production, and in nanotechnology, this book provides a
single-volume resource that will be valuable to academics and
researchers interested in microbiology, agricultural sciences and
biotechnology.
Advances in Cyanobacterial Biology presents the novel, practical,
and theoretical aspects of cyanobacteria, providing a better
understanding of basic and advanced biotechnological application in
the field of sustainable agriculture. Chapters have been designed
to deal with the different aspects of cyanobacteria including their
role in the evolution of life, cyanobacterial diversity and
classification, isolation, and characterization of cyanobacteria
through biochemical and molecular approaches, phylogeny and
biogeography of cyanobacteria, symbiosis, Cyanobacterial
photosynthesis, morphological and physiological adaptation to
abiotic stresses, stress-tolerant cyanobacterium, biological
nitrogen fixation. Other topics include circadian rhythms, genetics
and molecular biology of abiotic stress responses, application of
cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial mats in wastewater treatments, use
as a source of novel stress-responsive genes for development of
stress tolerance and as a source of biofuels, industrial
application, as biofertilizer, cyanobacterial blooms, use in
Nano-technology and nanomedicines as well as potential
applications. This book will be important for academics and
researchers working in cyanobacteria, cyanobacterial environmental
biology, cyanobacterial agriculture and cyanobacterial molecular
biologists.
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