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Microbial Technology for Agro-Ecosystems
Crop Productivity, Sustainability, and Biofortification
1st Edition - June 1, 2024
Editors: Vivek Kumar, Shazia Iram
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Microbial Technology for Agro-Ecosystems: Crop Productivity, Sustainability, and Biofortification describes the application of competent microbes in plant growth promotion,… Read more
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Microbial Technology for Agro-Ecosystems: Crop Productivity, Sustainability, and Biofortification describes the application of competent microbes in plant growth promotion, nutrient management and recycling from molecular perspectives. Understanding of molecular mechanism of Microbial diversity in association with plant roots is very imperative for plant health and ecosystem equilibrium.
- Covers fundamental mechanisms, molecular approaches and function aspects of microbial technology
- Describes innovative approaches to the management, development and advancement of agro-ecosystem green technologies
- Highlights improving soil biological health, microbial biomass, soil fertility and plant productivity
Professionals, scientists, researchers, academicians, graduate and doctoral students working on basic and molecular aspects of sustainable agro-ecosystem, plant-microbe-synergism for balanced ecosystem, Policy makers
1. Soil Microbes Management to Increase Agro-Ecosystem Productivity- Molecular Viewpoint
2. Microbial Diversity: Sustainability of Environment and Agricultural Soils
3. Microbial Potentials in Crop productivity Augmentation in Saline Soils-A Molecular Perspective
4. Understandings of Engineered Microbes in Agriculture: Biotechnological Progresses and Forthcoming Scenarios
5. Microbes in agro-ecosystem remediation
6. Plant-rhizo - Microbiome Interactions in Alleviating heavy Metal Stress Conditions
7. Molecular Aspects of Plant Microbiome Organization and Benefits for Balanced Agro-ecosystem
8. Microbial Biotechnology in Sustainable Agro-ecosystem: Molecular Understanding of Plant-microbiome Synergism
9. Molecular Outlook of Extremophiles in Bioremediation of Metals in Ecosystem
10. Nutrients management in sustainable agro-ecosystem
11. Upscaling Plant Defense System Through the Application of Plant Growth Promoting Fungi
12. Linking Plant Growth Promoting Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization with Bacterial Plant Sulfur Supply
13. Role of Microbes in Biofortification for a Sustainable Nutrient Management & Agricultural Crop Productivity: Current Trends and Imminent Challenges
14. Nutrient Management / Biofortification using Beneficial Microbiome: Molecular Background
15. Relevance of the Crops’ Endophytic Core Microbiome to Pursue A More Sustainable Agriculture
16. Beneficial Microorganisms to Improve Plant Health: Molecular Insight
17. Plant- microbe interactions and remediation
18. Omics approach in balanced agro-ecosystem
19. Renaissance of Salt Affected and Polluted Soils Through Microbes-An Omics Tactic
20. From Axenic Cultures to Microbial Communities: Meta-Omics-Based Approaches in Agro-ecosystem Management
21. Future Opportunities of Omics Research for A Healthy Environment
22. In Silico Approach Towards Better Understanding of Plant Disease Management
- No. of pages: 350
- Language: English
- Published: June 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443184468
- eBook ISBN: 9780443184475
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Vivek Kumar
Experience (23 Years) teaching and research, published 71 research papers, 46 invited book chapters, 11 review articles and edited 18 Springer and 1 CRC Press book. Serving as an editor and reviewer of several reputed international journals.
Served as Microbiologist for eight years in Department of Soil and Water Research, Public Authority of Agricultural Affairs & Fish Resources, Kuwait, credited with first time reporting and identification of Pink Rot inflorescence disease of Date palm in Kuwait caused by Serratia marcescens. Organized number of conferences/workshops as convener/ organizing secretary.
Completed four Govt. research projects on soil reclamation and crop improvement. Presently handling one research project on biofortification of finger millets as PI and two other projects as Co-PI, guided six Ph.D. students and currently guiding five Ph.D. students.
Life member of professional societies: Association of Microbiologists of India, Biotechnology Society, India, Society for Environmental Sustainability, India, Microbiologists Society, India
Affiliations and expertise
Sr. Associate Professor, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, IndiaSI
Shazia Iram
Ph.D. (2003), Plant Pathology/Molecular Genetics (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany & Quaid-i- Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan (under DAAD Sandwich Programme)
Availed Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation, (Post Doctorate
fellowship), (University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Worked as Scientist/Consultant- International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria (2005-2006)
Experience 17 years-teaching/research, published 20 research papers, 4 book chapters, edited three books (Elsevier, Lambert Academic Publishing, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller)
Completed six National Research Projects, and three international projects.
Guided three and presently guiding four Ph.D. students.
Life member of professional societies: Pakistan Botanical Society, Karachi, Pakistan Pakistan Nematological Society, DAAD, Germany, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, Pakistan Phytopathology Society, Pakistan, Soil Society, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatimah Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan