Author: Bagyaraj, D Joseph
Title: Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry
Description: New Delhi, New India Publishing Agency, 2011. 1st Edition, 8vo. Hard Cover. 9789380235820. 308 pages with some colour photos. Hardcover. 1 Introduction and Historical Perspectives 2 Soil as a Reservoir for Agriculturally Important Microorganisms 3 Nitrogen Fixing Microorganisms 4 Microorganisms Modulating Phosphorus Nutrition of Plants 5 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizomicroorganisms 6 Microorganisms for the BiocontrolManagement of Soil-Borne Plant Diseases 7 Microorganisms for the Biocontrol of Insect Pests 8 Microorganisms for Control of Weeds 9 Microorganisms in Conversion of Agricultural waste to compost 10 Mass production and quality of microbial inoculants IndexThe umbrella of microbial biotechnology in agriculture covers numerous scientific activities ranging from production of biofertilizers to that of microbial pesticides from biological nitrogen fixation to lingo-cellulose degradation from production of biomass and bio-fuels to transgenic plants. Good+.

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