Handbook of Microbial Biofertilizers
Contents: About the editor. Contributors. Foreword/Ian Robert Hall. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Potential and possible uses of bacterial and fungal biofertilizers/Francesco Gentili and Ari Jumpponen. 2. Evaluation of the functional group of microorganisms as bioindicators on the Rhizosphere microcosm/Ulisses Brigatto Albino and Galdino Andrade. 3. Tripartite relationship of Rhizobium, AMF, and host in growth promotion/Nanjian Raman and Thangaswamy Selvaraj. 4. Biological fertilizers for sustainable rice production/S. Kannaiyan and K. Kumar. 5. Mycorrhiza Helper Bacteria: their ecological impact in Mycorrhizal symbiosis/Robin Duponnois. 6. Plant-growth-promoting Rhizobacteria as biofertilizers and biopesticides/Manas Ranjan Banerjee, Laila Yesmin and Joseph Kevin Vessey. 7. Sustainable agriculture and the Rhizobia/legumes symbiosis/Joao Ruy Jardim Freire and Enilson Luiz Saccol de Sa. 8. Wild-legume Rhizobia: biodiversity and potential as biofertilizer/Hamdi Hussein Zahran. 9. Potential of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in organic farming systems/Tanu, Anil Prakash and Alok Adholeya. 10. Role of Mycorrhizae in forestry/Hanna Dahm. 11. Physiological and molecular aspects of Osmotic stress alleviation in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal plants/Juan Manuel Ruiz-Lozano. 12. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculation in nursery practice/Miguel Marin. 13. Interaction between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and root pathogens/Leonor Costa Maia, Norma Suely Sobral da Silveira and Uided Maaze Tiburcio Cavalcante. 14. Production of seedlings inoculated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and their performance after outplanting/Orivaldo Jose Saggin-Junior and Eliane Maria Ribeiro da Silva. 15. Status of Endomycorrhizal (AMF) biofertilizer in the global market/Polachi Raja. 16. Role of Cyanobacteria as biofertilizers: potentials and limitations/Pilar Irisarri. 17. Cyanobacterial biofertilizers for rice: present status and future prospects/Siba Prasad Adhikary and Bagmi Pattanaik. 18. A comparative study on nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria in South American and European rice fields/Carlos Hugo Prosperi. 19. Piriformospora indica as a new and emerging Mycofertilizer and Biotizer: potentials and prospects in sustainable agriculture/Sarika Shende, Kanchan Bhagwat, Prasad Wadegaonkar, Mahendra Rai and Ajit Varma. 20. Matsutake: a natural biofertilizer?/Wang Yun and Ian Robert Hall. Index.
"This first-of-its kind handbook provides in-depth coverage of all major microbial biofertilizers (rhizobia, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and cynobacteria), as well as new and emerging growth promoters (endophytes). It examines the role of microbes in growth promotion, bioprotectors, and bioremediators, and presents protocols and practical strategies for using microbes in sustainable agriculture. Charts, tables and figures make complex information easy to access and understand."
