Agriculture Microbiology and Microbial Applications
During the past four decades we have witnessed the doubling of the human population and a concurrent doubling of the food production. Plant nutrition has played a key role in this dramatic increase in demand for food. The trementdous increase in ‘N’ and ‘P’ fertilization in addition to the introduction of highly productive and intensive agricultural system has allowed these developments to occur at relatively low costs. The use of organic fertilizers and other microbial products is crucial in the current attempt to make the agriculture industry a viable component of a healthy and pleasant ecosystem. This book “Agriculture Microbiology and Microbial Applications” contains articles on different areas of agricultural microbiology and also on application of microbes in various ways. Topics covered in the book are : Biofertilizers in Agriculture; Soil Organic Matter Composition and Microbial Decomposition : A Review; Effect of Imidacloprid on Bacterial soil isolate Bacillus weihenstephanensis; Biochar : Impact on Environment and Microbial World; Biplastics : A New Horizon; Phytoremediation : The Scavengers to Control Environmental Pollution; Bioconversion of Lignocellulose biomass (Lantana camara); Pigment Analysis of some Epiphytic Heterocystons Cyanoprokaryotes of Allahabad. This book will be useful to researchers, teachers and students of agriculture, microbiology, botany and zoology.