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Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture

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  • Book is unique to combine microbiology, biotechnology, genetics and biodiversity

  • Various facets of bacterial diversity are presented in relation to their emergence in agriculture

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 1)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Trends and Prospects of Microbial Diversity in Rhizosphere

    • Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari, Mohit Agarwal, Shrivardhan Dheeman
    Pages 1-22
  3. Diversity Utility and Potential of Actinobacteria in the Agro-Ecosystem

    • Govindan Selvakumar, Periyasamy Panneerselvam, Arakalgud Nanjundaiah Ganeshamurthy
    Pages 23-40
  4. Diversity of Plant Associated Actinobacteria

    • Brahim Bouizgarne, A. Ait Ben Aouamar
    Pages 41-99
  5. Genetic Diversity of Soybean Root Nodulating Bacteria

    • David L. Biate, Lakkineni Vithal Kumar, D. Ramadoss, Annu Kumari, Satish Naik, Kiran K. Reddy et al.
    Pages 131-145
  6. Diversity and Function of Bacterial Assemblages in Savanna Vegetation Soils

    • Elisa Caldeira Pires CatĂ£o, Fabyano Alvares Cardoso Lopes, Maria Regina Silveira Sartori da Silva, Renata Henrique Santana, Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante, Ricardo Henrique KrĂ¼ger
    Pages 147-165
  7. Diversity of Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Maize (Zea mays L.)

    • LetĂ­cia Arruda, Anelise Beneduzzi, Bruno Lisboa, Luciane Passaglia, Luciano K Vargas
    Pages 167-189
  8. Transgenic Cotton and Its Impact on Microbial Diversity

    • Kulandaivelu Velmourougane, D. Blaise
    Pages 191-204
  9. Microbial and Functional Diversity of Vermicompost Bacteria

    • Jayakumar Pathma, Natarajan Sakthivel
    Pages 205-225
  10. Diversity of Cold Tolerant Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms from North Western Himalayas

    • Piyush Joshi, Gopal Krishna Joshi, Tanuja, Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Jaideep Kumar Bisht, Jagdish Chandra Bhatt
    Pages 227-264
  11. Culture Independent Diversity Analysis of Soil Microbial Community and their Significance

    • Bidisha Sharma, Diganta Narzary, Dhruva Kumar Jha
    Pages 305-340
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 369-393

About this book

The earth’s biodiversity is a degree of ecosystem health which is vital to ecology and environmental sustainability. The microbial world is the largest unexplored reservoir. The agro-ecosystem enriched with rhizosphere implicit abundant and species-rich component of microbial diversity. Its global exploration designs a worldwide framework for agricultural sustainability adjoining benefits in its conservation.

Agricultural sustainability requires a major share from ecosystem management which is better paid by microbial diversity and conservation. Diversity of bacteria influences plant productivity providing nutrient convenience from soil instead altering per se community and diversity in the rhizosphere where they may influence mechanistic competent and antagonistic micro-flora. The potential species among the diversity are therefore, essential subjective to their maintenance for use around the globe. Microbial population in agro-ecosystem is influenced by stresses, reduce functionality as a component. It is therefore, important to explore secrets of planned strategy so as to unravel the microbial diversity and conservation in agricultural development. Microorganisms are minute, pervasive in nature and alleged as disease host instead tiny recognize as employee of agro-ecosystem, indulge in agricultural development and potential contributor in world of ecological and economical wealth creation. This step pertinently would help to launch scientific motivation needed to support the refrain of microbial diversity and conservation.

Keywords

  • Agricultural sustainability
  • Agrobiology
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbial diversity
  • Soil ecology
  • Systematic Botany

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar (Uttarakhand), India

    Dinesh K. Maheshwari

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