Advances in Soil Microbiology: Recent Trends and Future Prospects Volume 2: Soil-Microbe-Plant Interaction /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Adhya, Tapan Kumar (Editor), Mishra, Bibhuti Bhusan (Editor), Annapurna, K. (Editor), Verma, Deepak Kumar (Editor), Kumar, Upendra (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 4
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Ecotoxicology.; Life Sciences.; Eukaryotic Microbiology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of articles illustrating the importance of microbial community structure and function for ecosystem sustainability and environmental reclamation. It addresses a diverse range of topics, including microbial diversity, physiology, genomics, ecosystem funct...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Soil Microbial Diversity (Baliyarsingh)
• Chapter 2: Microbial Diversity and Soil Health in Tropical Agro-ecosystem (Chourasiya)
• Chapter 3: Plant Growth Promoting Microbes (PGPM) as Potential microbial bio-agents for eco-friendly Agriculture (Gangwar)
• Chapter 4: Plant Growth Promoting Rhrizobacteria in abiotic stress alleviation in crops (Paul)
• Capter 5: Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture (Pradhan)
• Chapter 6: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) for sustainable rice production (Paneerselvam)
• Chapter 7: Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Cereal Crops (Garcha)
• Chapter 8: Biological Control as a Tool for Eco-friendly Management of Plant Pathogens (Sharma)
• Chapter 9: Biological control of insect pests for sustainable agriculture (Sindhu)
• Chapter 10: Soil organic matter and microbial role in plant productivity and soil fertility (Biswas).