Preface |
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1 Biofertilizers: A Representative Illustration of Plant-Microbe Interaction |
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1.3 Mechanism of Biofertilizer |
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1.4 Advantages of using biofertilizers over chemical fertilizers |
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20 | (1) |
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2 Plant Growth Promoting Microbes of Rice and Their Application for Sustainable Agriculture |
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27 | (14) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.3 Different plant growth promoting (PGP) traits |
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2.4 Microbial distribution at different rice niches |
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2.5 Futuristic approaches for application of PGP |
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3 Role of Biofertilizer in Sustainable Agriculture Enhancing Soil Fertility, Plant Tolerance and Crop Productivity |
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3.2 Importance of sustainable agriculture |
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3.3 Efficient soil microbes for sustainable agriculture and environment |
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3.4 Impact of biofertilizers on crop productivity |
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3.6 Inoculation of Biofertilizers |
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3.7 Mechanisms of biological fertilizers to increase crop yield |
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56 | (1) |
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3.8 Improve Soil Fertility utilized Biofertilizers |
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3.9 Economic Development in Agriculture |
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4 Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Mitigating Salt Stress |
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4.3 Adverse effect of salt stress on crops |
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4.4 Salt stress mitigation by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) |
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4.5 Benefits of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) |
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4.6 Mechanism of mitigating salt stress |
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5 Multiple potential traits of PGP Pseudomonas sp. |
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5.2 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) |
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5.5 Multiple Potential Traits of PGP Pseudomonas |
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6 Use of Biofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture |
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6.2 Efficient soil microbes used as biofertilizers |
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7 Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Mechanism and Applications |
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7.2 Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF): Key to sustainable agriculture |
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7.3 Types of Nitrogen fixation |
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7.4 Nitrogenase enzyme complex |
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7.5 Assimilation and transportation of biologically fix ammonia |
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7.6 Nitrogen fixing bacteria: Biofertilizer formulation and technology |
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8 Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms (KSM) A Very Promising Biofertilizers |
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8.3 Potassium in the soil |
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8.4 Potassium solubilizing microorganisms (KSM) |
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8.5 Potassium solubilizing fungi (KSF) |
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8.6 Mechanism of potassium solubilization by microorganisms |
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8.7 Mass production and quality control |
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8.8 Examples of researched application of KSM |
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8.9 Production of biofertilizer in India |
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9 Advances in Potassium Nutrition in Crop Plants by Potassium Solubilizing Bacteria |
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9.2 Discovery of the elite strains of KSB |
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9.3 Mechanisms of plant K nutrition by bacteria |
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9.4 Formulation and practical delivery of KSB to the crop field |
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9.5 Performances of KSB in promoting growth and yield of crop plants |
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9.6 Molecular genetics of KSB and mechanism of their action |
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9.7 Challenges and opportunities |
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9.8 Conclusion and perspective |
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10 Nano Biofertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture |
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10.2 Biofertilizer in agriculture |
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10.4 Advantages of Nano-biofertilizer |
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10.5 Future prospects of nano-biofertilizer |
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11 Role of Phosphorus Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable Crop Production |
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11.2 Functions of phosphorus in plants |
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11.3 Deficiency of phosphorus in plants |
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11.4 Sources of phosphorus in soils |
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11.5 Soil solution phosphorus |
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11.6 Inorganic soil phosphorus |
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11.7 Organic soil phosphorus |
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11.9 Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms (PSM) |
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12 Plant Growth Promoting Traits Exhibited by Rhizobium Isolated from Different Regions of Odisha |
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12.2 Materials and Methods |
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12.3 Results And Discussion |
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Index |
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