Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment Volume 3: Soil and Crop Health Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Singh, Dhananjaya Pratap (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Prabha, Ratna (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Microbial ecology.; Sustainable development.; Microbiology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Microbial Ecology.; Sustainable Development.; Applied Microbiology.; Soil Science & Conservation.

Microbial communities and their multi-functionalities play a crucial role in the management of soil and plant health, and thus help in managing agro-ecology, the environment and agriculture. Microorganisms are key players in N-fixation, nutrient acquisition, carbon sequestration, plant growth promot...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Role of Microorganisms for Managing Climate Change Impacts
• Chapter 2. Microbial interventions in soil and plant health for improving crop efficiency
• Chapter 3. Fusariam wilts of chickpea, pigeonpea and lentil and their management
• Chapter 4. Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Soil Management
• Chapter 5. Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPRs): A Fruitful Resource
• Chapter 6. Microbes for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals
• Chapter 7. Plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria and their potential to improve agricultural crop yields
• Chapter 8. Importance and Utilization of Plant Beneficial Rhizobacteria in Agriculture
• Chapter 9. Potash Solubilizing Bacteria (KSB)
• Chapter 10. Seed biopriming with potential microbial inoculants as sustainable options for stress management in crops
• Chapter 11. Cropping Systems Effect on Soil Biological Health and Sustainability
• Chapter 12. Influence Of Endophytic Bacteria On Growth Promotion And Protection Against Diseases in Associated Plants
• Chapter 13. Agricultural perspectives of Mycorrhizal glomalin as 'soil fertility determinants'
• Chapter 14. Perspectives of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Conferring Salinity Tolerance in Crop
• Chapter 15. Microbe- Mediated Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
• Chapter 16. Application of microbial products for enhancing the nutritional quality of agricultural produce
• Chapter 17. Microbial products: Protein, enzyme, secondary metabolites and chemicals
• Chapter 18. Microbial products and biotechnological applications thereof: proteins, enzymes, secondary metabolites & valuable chemicals
• Chapter 19. Systems and Synthetic biology approach to understand the importance of Pathogen- Host interaction
• Chapter 20. Microbes Mediated Nutrient Use Efficiency in Pulse Crops
• Chapter 21. Omics-data Integration in Microbial Research for Agricultural and Environmental Applications. .