The roles of microbes in agriculture, industry and environment have been the point of interest since long time for their potential exploitation. Although only a fraction of microbial diversity was accessed by microbiologists earlier for harnessing them owing to limited techniques available. The molecular techniques have opened new vistas to access the wide field of the unexplored microbes and their exploitation for useful genes and novel metabolites. Sincere efforts have been made in biotechnology using microbes leading to improve our life with respect to agriculture and people health.
This comprehensive volume covers different aspects of microbial biotechnology and its management in sustainable agriculture for food security and improved human health. The book comprises four sections: Endophytes and Mycorrhizae, Microbial Diversity and Plant Protection, Microbial Functions and Biotechnology, and Microbes and the Environment, which contain 53 chapters.
The book examines the aspects on endophytes and mycorrhizae, bioactive compounds, growth promoting microorganisms, disease management with emphasis on biocontrol, genetics of disease resistance, microbial enzymes, advances in potential of microbes and their industrial as well as pharmaceutical applications. In addition, the use of botanicals, and the etiology and management of medicinal and aromatic plants in the post harvest management have been reviewed in greater depth for the benefit of teaching and research community.
The biotechnological developments using microbe potential have enabled us combat the environment and human health problems worldwide in ecofriendly manner. We are sure that this volume will be highly useful to all those concerned with fungi, bacteria, viruses and their biology, including environmental and public health officers and professionals in the field of interest. The volume is an exhaustive coverage of almost all the aspects of microbial biology andbiotechnology.
Part
1. Endophytes and Mycorrhiza.-
1. Recent Advances in Research on
Cannabis Sativa L. Endophytes and their Prospect for the Pharmaceutical
Industry.-
2. Endophytic Fungi from Brazilian Tropical Hosts and their
Biotechnological Applications.-
3. Diversity and Bio-potential of Endophytic
Fungal Flora Isolated from Eight Medicinal Plants of Uttar Pradesh, India.-
4. Unlocking the Myriad Benefits of Endophytes: An Overview.-
5. Fungal
Endophytes: An Amazing and Hidden Source of Cytotoxic Compounds.-
6.
Diversity and Bioactivity of Endophytic Fungi from Nothapodyte Foetida (Wt.)
Sleumer and Hypericum Mysorense Heyne.-
7. Diversity of Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal Fungi in Field and Trap Cultures from Rhizosphere Soils of
Flemingia Vestita Benth. ex Baker.-
8. Molecular Identification and
Characterization of Taxol Producing Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides from
Moringa Oleifera Linn.-
9. Linking Mycorrhizal Technology with Medicinal
Plant Secondary Metabolites.-
10. Ecology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.-
Part
2. Microbial Diversity and Plant Protection.-
11. Screening of Brassica
Rapa L. var. Yellow Sarson Genotypes against Downy Mildew and Alternaria
Blight.-
12. Mycofloristics of Some Forest Localities in Khammam Some New
Additions to the Fungi of A.P., India.-
13. The Gomphus Paradox of Meghalaya:
Wild Edible Fungi or a Poisonous Mushroom?.-
14. Identification of Tomato
Leaf Curl Virus Infecting Acalypha Indica: An Ethno Medicinal Weed in
North-Eastern U.P.-
15. Occurrence of Antiviral Systemic Resistance Inducer
in Pseuderanthemum Bicolor Radlk.- Its Mode of Action and Biophysicochemical
Properties.-
16. An Impact of Seed Priming on Disease Resistance - A Review.-
17. Occurrence of Stone Fruit Yellows Phytoplasma Disease (Ca. Phytoplasma
Prunorum) in Hungary and Central-Europe.-
18. Prevention of Virus Infection
and Multiplication by Inducing Virus Interfering Agent(s) in Treated Crop
Plants under Field Conditions.-
19. Biocontrol of PhytopathogenicFungi of
Rice Crop using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.-
20. Incidence and
Preliminary Control of Blast Disease of Rice in Southwest Nigeria.-
21.
Evaluation of Biotic and Abiotic Factors for Production of Healthy Apple
(Malus x Domestica) Seedling.-
22. Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of
Metarhizium anisopliae against Plant Phytopathogenic Fungi.-
23. Antifungal
Activity of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria against Fusarium Oxysporum
and Phoma sp. of Cucurbitaceae.-
24. Integrated Management of Web Blight
(Rhizoctonia Solani Kühn) of French Bean.-
25. Role of Antagonistic Microbes
in Management of Phytopathogenic Fungi of Some Important Crops.-
26. In Vitro
Evaluation of PGPR Strains for Their Biocontrol Potential against Fungal
Pathogens.-
27. Pathogenicity, Ecology and Genetic Diversity of the Fusarium
Spp. associated with an Emerging Bakanae Disease of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) in
India.-
28. Development of Novel Molecules for the Control of Plant
Pathogenic Fungi in Agriculture.-
29. Sustainable Agriculture and Plant
Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.-
30. Biochemical Activity of Ocimum
Gratissimum Essential Oil against Fruit Rotting Fungi Penicillium Expansum
and Penicillium Digitatum.-
31. Seed Quality Status of Polymer Coated BT
Cotton (Gossypium sp.) during Storage under Coastal Environment.-
32. Viruses
Infecting Cucurbita Pepo: Current Status and Management.-
33. Plant Growth
Promoting Rhizobacteria in Vegetable Disease Management.-
34. Biological
Control of Bacterial Wilt Disease Causing Pathogens: A Sustainable Approach
for Increasing Crop Production.-
35. Bio-fungicides: Best Alternative for
Sustainable Food Security and Eco-System.-
36. PCR Amplification, Sequencing
and Insilico Characterization of Pectin Lyase Genes from
AspergillusflavusNIICC8142.-
37. Antifungal Activity of Agave Species.-
38.
Production of Extracellular Phytate Hydrolyzing Enzymes by Soil Fungi.-
39.
Isolation, Characterization and Production of Bacterial Laccase fromBacillus
sp.-
40. Optimization of Protease Enzyme Production by the Halo-tolerant
Vibrio Alginolyticus Isolated from Marine Sources.-
41. Antimicrobial
Activity of Some Cyanobacteria.-
42. Reaction of Chickpea Varieties to
Macrophomina Phaseolina and their Effect on Peroxidase Activity.-
43.
Purification and Characterisation of a Novel Thermostable -Amylase from -
Amylase from Aspergillus Foetus MTCC-508.- Aspergillus Foetus MTCC-508.-
44.
Effect of Euphorbia Pulcherrima Leaf and Inflorescence Extract on Spore
Germination of Alternaria Solani.-
45. Fungal and Mycotoxin Contamination of
Herbal Raw Materials and Prospects of Higher Plant Products as Plant Based
Preservatives during Post Harvest Processing.-
46. Isolation of Non
Pathogenic Strain of Ballistosporous Yeast Sporobolomyces Salmonicolor from
House Mouse Mus Musculus (Rodentia: Muridae).- Part
4. Microbes and
Environment.-
47. Fungal Toxins and their Impact on Living Systems.-
48.
Bacterial Degradation of Some Organophosphate Compounds (Chlorpyrifos,
Parathion, Glyphosate, Coumaphos, Monocrotophos and Malathion).-
49.
Biodiversity and Conservation of Forest Fungi of Central India.-
50.
Spatio-temporal Variations in Microbial Mediated Nitrogen (N) Release Under N
Fertilization Experiment from Banaras Hindu University, India.-
51. Influence
of Crop-rotation and Intercropping on Microbial Populations in Cultivated
Fields under Different Organic Amendments.-
52. Leaf Litter Breakdown by two
Earthworm Species - Eisenia Foetida (Exotic) and Perionyx Excavatus
(Indigenous) under Laboratory Condition.-
53. Chilli Anthracnose: A Review on
Causal Organism, Resistance Source and Mapping of Gene.
Prof. R.N. Kharwar is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. More than 50 research articles, 3 reviews in international journals and 6 book chapters are to his credit. He is a fellow of MSI and IPS and recipient of Shome Memorial Lecture Award, 2012. His core areas of research include fungal and actinobacterial endophytes diversity, ecology, bioactive molecules, antioxidants and myconanotechnology. Other areas of interest include epigenetic modulations for cryptic and enhanced metabolites production from endophytes.
Prof. R.S. Upadhyay received his M.Sc. (1976) and Ph.D. (1980) degrees from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. His main focus on research has been on biological control of plant pathogens, programmed plant cell death in response to pathogens, bioremediation of toxic effluents, induced resistance in plants and their immunization, chitinase production, mycorrhizal technology for reclamation of wastelands, and molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction. He is recipient of five national awards in the area of science, one conferred by the Prime Minister of India. In addition, he has also worked as a visiting scientist to The Royal Society, London, Research Associate of NIH, USA and INSA- JSPS, Japan.
Prof N.K. Dubey has significantly contributed to the important area of botanical pesticides. He has formulated several novel plant based preservatives that exhibit significant potency in control of biodeterioration of food from fungi, mycotoxins and insects as well as from lipid peroxidation. He has filed 4 patents, published 170 research papers and review articles, 5 books and is a recipient of several awards including Prof M J Narasimhan award and Young Scientist award. He acted as a Chairperson, Session Coordinator and Key speaker in 9th ICPP 2008, held during Aug 24-29, 2008, Torino, Italy.
Dr. Richa Raghuvanshi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, since 2005. Her research is focused on microbes as biofertilizers and biocontrol agents in cultivated crops and Indian medicinal plants. She has published 28 research papers, book chapters and also edited one book.
