Microbial Technology for Agro-Ecosystems

Crop Productivity, Sustainability, and Biofortification
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-18446-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 386 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

Microbial Technology for Agro-Ecosystems: Crop Productivity, Sustainability, and Biofortification describes the application of competent microbes in plant growth promotion, nutrient management and recycling from molecular perspectives. Understanding of molecular mechanism of Microbial diversity in association with plant roots is very imperative for plant health and ecosystem equilibrium.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Vivek

Iram, Shazia

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A guide for the analysis of plant microbial communities through high-throughput sequencing methods 2. Design and application of microbial biofertilizers 3. Bioprospecting of microbial bioactive molecules for the management of biotic and abiotic stress 4. Upscaling plant defense system through the application of plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) 5. Trichoderma as ecofriendly tools for sustainable agriculture management: Improving plant health, crop productivity and soil fertility 6. Microbes in plant health, disease, and abiotic stress management 7. Review on plant-microbe interactions, applications and future aspects 8. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): A green approach to manage soil-borne fungal pathogens and plant growth promotion 9. Cell wall degradation: Microbial enzymes in service of sustainable agriculture 10. Microbial remediation applications in mitigating soil pollution 11. Sustainable eco-remediation achieved via plant-microbe interactions 12. Plant growth-promoting microorganisms: Ecology and use in sustainable agricultural systems 13. Linking plant growth promoting arbuscular mycorrhiza with sulfonate desulfurizing bacteria 14. The role of microbes in biofortification for a sustainable nutrient management and agricultural crop productivity: Current trends and imminent challenges 15. Metagenomics: A approach for understanding microbe-microbe and plant-microbiome interactions 16. Dynamics of plant growth promoting fungi in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance of leguminous crops

Über Autor(innen)

Iram, Shazia
Ph.D. (2003), Plant Pathology/Molecular Genetics (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany & Quaid-i- Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan (under DAAD Sandwich Programme)

Availed Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation, (Post Doctorate

fellowship), (University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany)

Worked as Scientist/Consultant- International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria (2005-2006)

Experience 17 years-teaching/research, published 20 research papers, 4 book chapters, edited three books (Elsevier, Lambert Academic Publishing, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller)

Completed six National Research Projects, and three international projects.

Guided three and presently guiding four Ph.D. students.

Life member of professional societies: Pakistan Botanical Society, Karachi, Pakistan Pakistan Nematological Society, DAAD, Germany, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, Pakistan Phytopathology Society, Pakistan, Soil Society, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Kumar, Vivek
With 25 years of teaching and research experience, I have authored over 70 research papers, numerous book chapters, review articles, and books. I serve as an editor and reviewer for several reputable international journals. Previously, I worked as a microbiologist in Kuwait's Department of Soil and Water Research, where I first identified and reported Pink Rot inflorescence disease of date palms caused by Serratia marcescens. I have organized multiple conferences and workshops as convener and organizing secretary. I have completed several government-funded projects focused on soil reclamation and crop improvement. Currently, I lead a research project on biofortification of finger millet and collaborate on two other projects. I have mentored six Ph.D. students and am guiding five more. I am a life member of various professional societies dedicated to microbiology, biotechnology, and environmental sustainability.