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Now Available in Paperback This volume, Biofertilizers and Biopesticides in Sustainable Agriculture, presents strategies for the management of soil and crop diseases. Microbes have attracted worldwide attention due to their role in disease management and remediation of polluted soils. Taking a sustainable approach, this book explores the means of integrating various microbial management approaches to achieve the desired levels of crop yield under both conventional soils and neglected soils through the use of biopesticides and other botanicals as well as biomolecules. This book also presents a broad and updated view of molecular nitrogen fixation and phosphate-solubilizing and sulfur-transforming microbes for nutrition of crops in relation to the role of metal tolerant microbes in providing protection to plants grown in metal-contaminated soils. The preparation and application of biofertilizers, utilization of household waste materials, and use of genetically modified microorganisms (GMOs) in plant growth and development are also well discussed in the volume. The book further describes the functional diversity of plant growth-promotion activity of rhizobacteria, use of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and utilization of microbial resources for availability of micronutrients (Fe and Zn) as well as secondary nutrients (namely sulfur). The role of fertile soil in crop improvement is highlighted to understand the impact of various management practices on variability of microbes and their functions. In this volume, scientific researchers involve multidisciplinary approaches to understand the complexity and practical utility of the wide spectrum of microbes for the benefit of crops and present valuable research work that explores the role of microbes in crop improvement. This compilation will be very useful and valuable not only for students, teachers, and researchers but also for those interested in microbiology, biotechnology, physiology of plant growth and development, phytoprotection, agronomy, and environmental sciences. Key features:
CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: B. D. Kaushik, PhD Former Head, Division of Microbiology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India; President, Indian Phycological Society B. D. Kaushik, PhD, has worked in different capacities before retiring in 2007 as Head, Division of Microbiology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. He has expertise in biological nitrogen fixation through cyanobacteria, amelioration of salt-affected soils through cyanobacteria, and Nif gene organization and nitrogen fixation by non-heterocystous cyanobacteria. He developed technologies on indoor production technology for BGA biofertilizer and amelioration of salt-affected soils. One of the technologies on which he worked on improved soil-based BGA biofertilizer was transferred by the Institute to a private entrepreneur. He has filed two patents on different technologies. Dr. Kaushik extensively has visited many countries in his work, including Germany, England, USA, Bangladesh, Nepal and many others. He was expert to Government of Mauritius, Ministry of Agriculture & Food Mauritius. At national level he served on different committees in Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institutes of Technology, and various universities. Dr. Kaushik has published more than 160 papers, including 83 research papers in refereed journals and seven books. For his academic contribution, Dr. Kaushik was bestowed with several awards, including a Life Time Achievement Award from KIA Chennai. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Association of Microbiologists of India. He was President of the Association of Microbiologists of India, and currently he is President of the Indian Phycological Society. During his professional career, he acted as a research guide for over 20 MSc and PhD students. He obtained his master Deepak Kumar, PhD Research Scientist cum Quality In-charge, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India Deepak Kumar, PhD, is presently working as Research Scientist cum Quality In-charge at the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India, in the approved lab of Shri Ram Solvent Extraction Pvt. Ltd., Jaspur, Uttarakhand, India. He has participated in many national and international conferences. He received a Young Scientist Award at the International Conference on Advances in Agricultural and Applied Sciences for Promoting Food Security (AAPS-2017). He has also completed and guided different indigenous and externally funded (DST, UCB, and UCS&T) research projects. He is a member of several associations, such as the Association of Microbiologist of India, the Food Scientists & Nutritionist Association of India, the National Environmental Association of India (NEA), and the Indian Phytopathological Society of India. He has done his early research work on soybean meal hydrolysate’s organic fertilizer production through microbial fermentation and development of potent liquid formulations of indigenous PGPR and biopesticides. He was involved in quality production of biofertilizers and biopesticides from last nine years. He earned his MSc (Biotechnology) from C.C.S. University, Meerut, India; his MBA (HR) from Punjab technical University, Jalandhar, India; and his PhD (Ag Biotechnology) from N. D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Md. Shamim, PhD Assistant Professor-cum-Jr. Scientist, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Kishanganj (Bihar Agricultural University), India Md. Shamim, PhD, is presently working as Assistant Professor-cum-Jr. Scientist in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Kishanganj (Bihar Agricultural University), India. He is the author or coauthor of 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, fifteen book chapters, and two conference papers. He has three authored books along with one edited and one practical book to his credit. He is an editorial board member of several national and international journals. Recently, Dr. Shamim received the Young Faculty Award 2016 from the Venus International Foundation, Chennai, India. Before joining Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Dr. Shamim worked at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, where he was engaged in heat-responsive gene regulation in wheat. Dr. Shamim also has working experience at the Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India, on molecular and phylogeny analysis of several Fusarium fungus and has also done research at the Biochemistry Department of the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute on plant protease inhibitor isolation and their characterization. He is a member of the soil microbiology core research group at Bihar Agricultural University (BAU), where he helps with providing appropriate direction and assisting with prioritizing the research work on PGPRs. His research has focused on biotic stress management in rice, especially in yellow stem borer management by isolating protease inhibitor from jackfruit seeds, and he is also doing work in sheath blight resistance mechanism in wild rice, cultivated rice, and other hosts. Dr. Shamim acquired his master’s degree (Biotechnology) and PhD (Agricultural Biotechnology) from Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad, India, with specialization in biotic stress management in rice through molecular and proteomics tools. |
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