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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Sustainable Agriculture: Inoculum Production and Application

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Editors:
  1. Manoj Parihar

    1. Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (VPKAS), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Almora, India

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  2. Amitava Rakshit

    1. Dept of Soil Science & Agri Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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  3. Alok Adholeya

    1. TERI-Deakin Nanobiotech Ctr, Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India

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  4. Yinglong Chen

    1. School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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  • Covers all aspects of AMF from production to field application in various agroecosystem
  • Provides recent advances and latest findings in conventional and molecular techniques related to AMF research
  • Each chapter includes a section on future avenues for further study

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Evolution, Opportunities, Challenges, and Prospects

    • Runjin Liu, Yinglong Chen
    Pages 1-35

  3. Advances in AMF Research: Isolation, Histochemical Staining, Enumeration, Morphological and Molecular Techniques

    • Mayura Dudhane, Mahesh Borde, Susan Thomas
    Pages 37-55

  4. Improved DNA Extraction Methods and PCR Primers for Assessing AMF Diversity and Distribution in Agroecosystems

    • Erica Lumini, Stefano Ghignone, Samuele Voyron
    Pages 57-101

  5. Identifying and Selecting Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for Field Application

    • Jia Yih Wong, Edgar Raeben George, Mei Lai Yap, Varughese Philip
    Pages 103-120

  6. Substrate Based and Substrate Free in Vivo Production Technologies of AMF

    • A. Ramalakshmi, K. Kumutha
    Pages 121-129

  7. In Vitro Production of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: An Overview

    • Manoj Parihar, Amitava Rakshit
    Pages 131-143

  8. Low-Cost Technologies for AMF Inoculum Production Using Various Agro-Wastes and Other by-Products

    • Dipanti Chourasiya, Rahul Gajghate, Anil Prakash, Mahaveer P. Sharma
    Pages 145-165

  9. Development and Management of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inocula for Smallholder Farmers: Challenges and Opportunities

    • Methuselah Mang’erere Nyamwange, Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru
    Pages 167-184

  10. New Formulations, Product Development, and Commercialization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    • Ovaid Akhtar, Ifra Zoomi, Dheeraj Pandey
    Pages 185-206

  11. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Field: Triumphs and Failures

    • H. M. S. P. Madawala
    Pages 207-228

  12. Challenges in Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inocula in Conventional Agriculture

    • Somdatta Ghosh, Suvashree Bhowmik, Som Subhra Dutta
    Pages 229-252

  13. Role of Edaphic Factors on Diversity and Distribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    • Somdatta Ghosh, Debashis Kuila, Gunjan Biswas, Nagendra Kumar Verma
    Pages 253-279

  14. The Role of AMF Community Composition, Diversity, and Distribution in Sustainable Agroecosystems

    • Runjin Liu, Min Li, Shaoxia Guo, Yinglong Chen
    Pages 281-317

  15. Functional and Practical Importance of AMF-Mixed Inoculants for Plant Development

    • Hamid Amir, Thomas Crossay
    Pages 319-331

  16. Application of AMF Under Continuous and Diverse Fertilization Regime: Case Studies

    • Özlem Altuntaş
    Pages 333-360

  17. Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Physiology of Symbiosis and Application Towards Sustainability

    • Bigyananda Mutum, Kuntal Bera, Kajal Mog Chaudhuri, Srikant Prabhu, Puspendu Dutta, Ashok Choudhury
    Pages 361-380

  18. Production Methods of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculum: Challenges and Future Perspectives

    • Richa Agnihotri, Natarajan Mathimaran, Mahaveer P. Sharma, Asha Sahu, Sudeshna Bhattacharjya
    Pages 381-399
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About this book

This 2-volume book is an up-to-date overview of current progress in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal (AMF) technique development, inoculum production and its quality regulations, application in agriculture, horticulture, agroforestry, and other ecosystems, along with nutrient management for sustainable food production. It contains the current advancement in basic and molecular techniques, challenges, opportunities, and determinates of various AMF production methods and major tools and techniques for their field application. Production and development of AMF is rapidly evolving and requires a multidisciplinary approach with up-to-date knowledge to broaden and strengthen the perspective of researchers involved in this domain. The volumes offer new insight and cutting-edge information for novices and experts such as students, academicians, researchers, environmentalists, industrialists, and others interested in mycorrhiza. The first volume covers some basic isolation techniques, enumeration,and molecular studies with recent advances in various in-vitro and in-vivo production technologies, regulatory issues, and application methodologies for field inoculation. It also discusses AMF application in various agroecosystems for sustainable agricultural production and a healthier planet.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (VPKAS), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Almora, India

    Manoj Parihar

  • Dept of Soil Science & Agri Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

    Amitava Rakshit

  • TERI-Deakin Nanobiotech Ctr, Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India

    Alok Adholeya

  • School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Yinglong Chen

About the editors

Dr. Manoj Parihar

Scientist, ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi AnusandhanSansthan, India

Dr. Manoj Parihar is currently working at ICAR-VPKAS, Almora as a Soil Scientist in Crop Production Division. His present research works extend to study the diversity and distribution of AM fungi in North-Western Himalayan region, long term fertilizer assessment in the rainfed and irrigated soybean-wheat cropping system, soil health management under organic farming and various agroforestry systems.

Dr. Amitava Rakshit

Associate Professor, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India

Amitava Rakshit, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, is presently Senior Associate Professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Dr. Rakshit worked in the Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal in administrationand extension roles. He has visited Scandinavia, Europe, Africa, UAE, and Bangladesh pertaining to his research work and presentation. He was awarded with TWAS Nxt Fellow (Italy), Biovision Nxt Fellow (France), Darwin Now Bursary (British Council, UK), Young achiever award, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute award, and Best Teacher’s Award at UG and PG level by BHU-ICAR, state level by Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences,

and national level by All India Agricultural Students Association in 2009, 2012, 2018, and 2019, respectively. He is serving as review college member of British Ecological Society, London since 2011, member of Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition of FAO, Rome, and Commission on Ecosystem Management of IUCN. He has published 105 research papers, 49 book chapters, 28 popular articles, and 3 manuals, and authored 29 books for Springer,Elsevier, and CRC Press.

Dr. Alok Adholeya

Program Director, Sustainable Agriculture, IHC, TERI, India

Dr. Alok Adholeya has over 35 years’ significant experience and expertise in the area of translational research and reaching out to millions of common people worldwide through his developed technologies which includes, a new biological organisms for soil fertility and crop productivity enhancement known as “Mycorrhizal” bioremediation of industrial solid waste aeron chemical and fertilizer industries, He has developed more than 25 IPR’s and commercialized most of them through technology transfer to industries. His current involvement in the area of nano intervention in agriculture, micro encapsulation technology developed for beneficial yet fragile microorganisms and seed coating technology are few which are making inroads to benefit mankind.

Dr. Yinglong Chen

ARC Future Fellow and research professor, School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Australia

Dr. Yinglong Chen has 30 years research experience with research focusing on the structure and functions of plant roots and rhizosphere interactions. He has published four scholarly textbooks in mycorrhiza and over 280 journal articles.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Sustainable Agriculture: Inoculum Production and Application

  • Editors: Manoj Parihar, Amitava Rakshit, Alok Adholeya, Yinglong Chen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0296-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-97-0295-4Published: 30 April 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-97-0298-5Due: 31 May 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-97-0296-1Published: 29 April 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 399

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Mycology, Biochemistry, general

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