Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology
This review of recent developments in our understanding of the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture and biotechnology covers a research area with enormous untapped potential. Chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and other agricultural inputs derived from fossil fuels have increased ag...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2012.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I. Microbes in Sustainable Agriculture
- 1. Plant growth promotion by phytases and phytase-producing microbes due to amelioration in phosphorus availability
- 2. Environmental and Nutritional benefits of biopreservation of animal feed
- 3. Pivotal role of organic acid secretion by rhizobacteria for plant growth promotion and bioremediation
- 4. Organic Farming – for Sustainable Production and Environmental Protection
- 5. Utilization of psychrotolerant phosphate solubilizing fungi in low temperature environments of mountain ecosystem
- 6. Antimicrobial lipopeptides of Bacillus: Natural Weapons for Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens
- 7. Frankia and actinorhizal symbiosis
- 8. Microbes in agro-waste management for sustainable agriculture
- 9. Genetic and antigenic diversity of ruminant pestiviruses: implications for diagnosis and control
- 10. Cyanobacteria-PGPR interactions for effective nutrient and pest management strategies in agriculture
- 11. Regulation of Antibiotics Production in Biocontrol Strains of Pseudomonas spp
- 12. Exploiting Plant growth promoting rhizomicroorganisms for enhanced crop productivity
- 13. Tripartite association among plant, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria
- Part II. Microbes in Biotechnology
- 14. Metagenomics – a relief road to novel microbial genes and genomes
- 15. Metagenomics of saline habitats with respect to bacterial phylogeny and biocatalytic potential
- 16. Laccases: The biocatalyst with industrial and biotechnological applications
- 17. Biotechnological applications of biocatalysts from the Firmicutes Bacillus and Geobacillus species
- 18. Recent trends in valorization of lignocellulose to biofuels
- 19. Probiotic Yeasts
- 20. Biotechnological approach to caffeine degradation: current trends and perspectives
- 21. Arxula adeninivorans (Blastobotrys adeninivorans) – imperfect dimorphic yeast of biotechnological potential
- 22. The thermostable and multi-functional enzymes catalyzing carbohydrate molecules identified from thermophilic archaea
- 23. biology on the ribonucleoprotein enzyme, RNase P, in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3
- 24. Biosynthesis of pullulan and its applications in food and pharmaceutical industry
- 25. Haolphilic microorganisms as sources of novel enzymes
- 26. Sourcing the fungal endophytes: A beneficial transaction of biodiversity, bioactive natural products, plant protection and nanotechnology
- 27. Fungi: a potential source of anti-inflammatory compounds
- 28. Application of Microbial Toxins for Cancer Therapy
- 29. Application of environmental DNA resources to create useful DNA polymerases with different properties
- 30. Utilization of tropical fruits for wine production: Special emphasis on mango (Mangifera indica L.)
- 31. Biosystem development for microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR)
- 32. Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) and carbon catabolite repression
- 33. Lactic acid bacteria in food industry
- 34. RNA interference and Functional Genomics in Fungi
- 35. Bioethanol: A critical appraisal
- Subject Index. .
