Innovative Approaches in Microbiology
Contents: Preface. 1. Biotechnological development of ecofriendly mycoherbicides/A.K. Pandey, R.C. Rajak and S.K. Hasija. 2. Strategies of biological control of soil-borne plant diseases/R. Saravanamuthu. 3. Nitrogen-fixation: trends and prospects/Meenu Saraf. 4. VA-mycorrhiza: importance and biotechnological applications/S.P. Gautam and K. Prasad. 5. Ecosystem dynamics of mycorrhizae/D.D. Doss and D.J. Bagyaraj. 6. Cyanobacterial inoculants for sustainability in rice cultivation/S.K. Goyal. 7. Plant-Azospirillum association : reappraisal/Mutum S. Singh, R.R. Pandey and N.I. Singh. 8. Survival and control of macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) goid/R.C. Dubey and R.S. Upadhyay. 9. Fusarium toxins from cereals/Shashi Chauhan and Sunita Agrawal. 10. Fusarium toxins – secondary mold metabolites of concern/Geeta Sumbali. 11. Trichoderma virens : biocontrol potential against pathogens/V.K. Sharma, Roshan Lal, R.C. Dubey and D.K. Maheshwari. 12. Constraints, development and future of the bioinoculants with special reference to rhizobial inoculants/N.K. Arora, V. Kumar and D.K. Maheshwari. 13. Molecular markers in rhizosphere microbiology/Rashmi Sinha, Reeta Goel and B.N. Johri. 14. Ethanolic fermentation of culled apple juice/S.K. Garg and D.R. Modi. 15. New spectrum of fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts/M.K. Rai and Ajit Varma. 16. Advances in cellulose biotechnology/R.P. Singh and Raj Kumar. 17. Wasteland management via petroleum plantations and VAM technology/Sudhir Chandra, Rudal Dubey and H.K. Kehri. 18. An integrated biotech approach for the sustainable improvement in Agro-forestry systems/Dinesh Goyal, Rajesh K. Sharma, V. Ramamurthy and R.M. Kothari. 19. Strategies to employ algae and cyanobacteria for wastewater remediation/Ashish Bhatnagar and Monica Bhatnagar. 20. Food processing technology : applications of immobilized biocatalysts/S.S. Marwaha, P.S. Panesar and Harish Kumar. 21. Biotechnology of feed preservation/Anil Kumar Puniya, Monica Puniya and Kishan Singh. 22. Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer in plants/Sandeep Kumar. 23. Marker methods for ecological studies of soil microorganisms/Y.D. Gaur.
"During 20 century novel approaches made for exploitation of microorganisms have increased the research interest and applicability of microorganisms in the area of agriculture, food, health care, industry and environment. It has led to substantial enhancement in economic growth of the country so as to improve the life style of human beings. In future too purposeful exploitation of microorganisms would be enhanced due to increased demand of microbe-based products.
The book contains 23 review articles of active researchers through out the country. These articles cover some major field such as rhizosphere microbiology, microbial biotechnology, bioremediation, fermentation technology, food and feed technology, eco-friendly mycoherbicides, biocontrol strategies, mycorrhizal fungi, bacterial and cyanobacterial biofertilizers, biocontrol agents, mycotoxins and marker methods.
The book will be useful to the researchers, teachers and post-graduate students associated with research and/or teaching microbiology, plants pathology, industrial microbiology, environmental sciences and microbial biotechnology." (jacket)
