Microbial Inoculants and Biofertilizer Technology
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Biofixation of elements by several microbes such as fungi (mycorrhizae), bacteria (Azotobacter, Azospirillum and Rhizobium) or actinomycetes (Frankia) are blended or mixed in organic matter and this mixture is termed as “Biofertilizers”. Biofertilizer is an organic product containing a specific microbe (microbial inoculant) in concentrated form which is derived either from the nodules of plant roots or from the soil of root zone (rhizosphere). They possess unique ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen either living symbiotically with the roots of legumes or non-symbiotically (free-living) or to transform native soil nutrients such as phosphorus, zinc, copper, iron, sulphur etc. from the non-usable (fixed) to usable form through biological processes. India is one of the leading and important countries in biofertilizer production and consumption in the world.
The book “Microbial Inoculants and Biofertilizer Technology” is enriched with 17 Chapters and 5 Appendices, Glossary as well as Selected Bibliography. The contents include:
1. Integrated Plant Nutrient Management (IPNM)
2. A Brief to Biofertilizers
3. Biofertilizer Production Technology
4. An overview of Biological Nitrogen Fixation
5. Non-symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
6. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
7. Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation
8. Rhizobium Inoculants
9. Frankia Inoculants
10. Azolla Inoculants
11. Azotobacter Inoculants
12. Azospirillum Inoculums
13. Cyanobacteria Inoculants
14. Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms
15. Phosphate Mobilizers—Mycorrhizae
16. Phosphate Absorbers—VAM
17. Foliar Biofertilizers
This book will prove of great help to students pursuing U.G. and P.G. courses in Agriculture Sciences and Technology as well as other basic science courses like Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Environmental Sciences, Food Sciences where this subject forms a part of its applied microbiology curricula. This book will also be proved as an useful reference to get first hand information on biofertilizers for the people who are working or interested in entreprenuring biofertilizer production units.
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| Author | H.A. Modi |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7910-389-0 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | xvi+262 |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Publisher | Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur |