Organic Recycling and Bioinoculants : For Sustainable Crop Production

Contents: Preface. 1. Composting and Vermi composting/A.C. Gaur. 2. Green manuring/M.S. Shaktawat and Mahendra Singh. 3. Biogas plant slurry/N.S. Rathore. 4. Farm organic residue recycling/U.S. Rawat and S.C. Bhandari. 5. Azolla/L.L. Somani. 6. Azotobacter/G.C. Mali, H.K. Acharya, N.N. Sharma, S.K. Gupta and L.L. Somani. 7. Bellerinkcia/L.L. Somani. 8. Clostridium/L.L. Somani. 9. Cyanobacteria/B.D. Kaushik. 10. Frankia/L.L. Somani. 11. Phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms/A.C. Gaur. 12. Rhizobium/R.P. Gupta, Anu Kalia, M.S. Pandher, R.K. Hungan and S.K. Gosal. 13. Vesicular Arbiscular Mycorrhiza (VAM)/R.P. Gupta, Anu Kalia, R. Guleri, M.S. Pandher, R.K. Hungen, S.K. Gosal and S.S. Gosal. 14. Neem products/B.N. Vyas. 15. Slow/controlled release fertilizers/B.L. Gaur. 16. Insecticides and soil microorganisms/H.C.L. Gupta. 17. Cyanobacteria for amelioration of salt-affected soils/B.D. Kaushik. 18. Biochemistry of nitrogen fixation/Vimal Sharma. 19. Production and quality control in microbial inoculants/F.M. Qureshi, S.C. Bhandari and U.S. Rawat. Subject index.

"Fertilizers are responsible for 50% crops yield increases in recent times. The continuous use of high levels of chemical fertilizers is adversely affecting the sustainability of agricultural production and causing environmental pollution. In coming decades, a major issue in designing sustainable agriculture system will be the management of soil organic matter and the rational use of organic inputs such as animal manure, crop residues, green manures, compost and biofertilizers in an integrated manner. The present book is a compilation of chapters on all these relevant aspects, each one contributed by experts in the field. It is hoped the book will help scientists, planners and extension workers in achieving sustained productivity while decreasing dependence on non-renewable sources of plant nutrients." (jacket)