Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores the recent uses of plant microbe interactions in ecological and agricultural revitalization beyond normal agriculture practices and offers practical and applied solutions for the restoration of degraded lands..
Plant-microbe interaction is a powerful and promising link to mitigate the various kinds of stresses like drought, salinity, heavy metals, and pathogenic effects. It is more beneficial for crop improvement and sustainable approaches for reclamation of problematic soils. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores the recent uses of plant-microbe interactions in ecological and agricultural revitalization beyond normal agriculture practices and offers practical and applied solutions for the restoration of degraded land to fulfill human needs with food, fodder, fuel, and fiber. It provides a single comprehensive platform for soil scientists, agriculture specialists, ecologists, and those in related disciplines.
Features
Presents cutting-edge microbial biotechnology as a tool for restoring degraded lands
Explores the aspects of sustainable development of degraded lands using microbe-inspired land remediation
Highlights sustainable food production intensification in nutrient-poor lands through the innovative use of microbial inoculants
Explains the remediation of polluted land for regaining biodiversity and achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Includes many real-life applications from South Asia offering solutions to todays agricultural problems
This book will be of interest to professionals, researchers, and students in environmental, soil, and agricultural sciences, as well as stakeholders, policy makers, and practitioners with an interest in this field.
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1. Plant Microbe Consortium for Heavy Metals Removal From
Contaminated Soil,
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2. Role of Plant-microbial Secondary Metabolites
in Stress Mitigation: Current Knowledge and Future Directions,
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3.
Biochar-microbe Interactions: an Integrated Mitigation Approach for Emerging
Pollutant Management,
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4. Next-gen Approaches to Understand
Plant-microbe Interactions Providing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants,
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5. Bio-nanotechnology in Plant Protection: a Novel Frontier for Risk
Mitigation Towards Sustainable Agriculture,
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6. Metagenomics of
Sustainably Bioremediating Microbial Diversity,
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7. Plant Growth
Promoting Microbial Consortia for Alleviation of Abiotic Stress in Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants,
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8. Symbiotic Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi and
Native Plant on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils,
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9.
Biopesticide Usage: an Alternative to the Menace of Chemical Hazard for
Sustainable Plant Protection,
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10. Plastic Degrading Microorganisms:
Eco-friendly Tool: for Combating Plastic Pollution in Soil,
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11. An
Integrated Approach for Rehabilitation of Mine Spoil Based on Plant Microbe
Interactions,
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12. Microbial Remediation of Hazardous Chemical
Pesticides Towards Sustainable Agriculture,
Chapter
13. Plant-soil-microbe
Interaction for Organic Production of Oilseeds
Dr. Vimal Chandra Pandey is internationally recognized in the field of Phyto management of polluted sites. Dr. Pandey is a CSIR-Pool Scientist at the Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. He also works as a Consultant at CSTUP and DST-Young Scientist at the Plant Ecology and Environmental Science Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India. He is a recipient of a number of awards, honors, and fellowships such as CSTUP-Young Scientist award, DST SERB-Young scientist award, UGC-Dr. DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship. He is a Member of IUCN-CEM Ecosystem Restoration, Agro-ecosystems, South Asia, and a member of the BECTs Editorial Board. He has published more than 52 peer-reviewed articles and 37 book chapters. He is the author and editor of four books published by Elsevier. His high-quality research papers have good citations and have been cited worldwide by researchers within a short period of time. He is also serving as a potential reviewer for several journals from Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis etc.
Dr. Umesh Pankaj is a Teaching and Research Associate in the Microbiology Department at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, India. His doctoral degree in Microbiology was awarded from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His area of research is mainly focused on the phytoremediation of salt-affected soil using halotolerant Bio-inoculants like PGPRs and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi. Currently, he is working on Biofertilizers used for sustainable development. He has published 11 research articles in peer reviewed international journals and 5 book chapters. He has received Young Microbiologist Award from Agro-Environmental Development Society, Uttar Pradesh and Best Poster Award from ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, India. He is a life member of various scientific societies.
