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Agriculture --- Agricultural ecology --- Ecologie agricole --- Périodiques. --- Agricultural Development --- Farming --- Development, Agricultural --- Agroecology --- Ecology --- Agricultural Inoculants --- Permaculture --- Environmental aspects --- Agriculture.

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How to achieve sustainable agricultural production without compromising environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a serious consideration in current agricultural practices. Farming systems’ growing dependency on chemical inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, nutrients etc.) poses serious threats with regard tocrop productivity, soil fertility, the nutritional value of farm produce, management of pests and diseases, agro-ecosystem well-being, and health issues for humans and animals. At the same time, microbial inoculants in the form of biofertilizers, plant growth promoters, biopesticides, soil health managers, etc. have gained considerable attention among researchers, agriculturists, farmers and policy makers. The first volume of the book Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable Agricultural Productivity - Research Perspectives highlights the efforts of global experts with regard to various aspects of microbial inoculants. Emphasis is placed on recent advances in microbiological techniques for the isolation, characterization, identification and evaluation of functional properties using biochemical and molecular tools. The taxonomic characterization of agriculturally important microorganisms is documented, along with their applications in field conditions. The book exploresthe identification, characterization and diversity analysis of endophytic microorganisms in various crops including legumes/ non-legumes, as well as the assessment of their beneficial impacts in the context of promotingplant growth. Moreover, it provides essential updates onthe diversity and role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Further chaptersexamine in detailbiopesticides, thehigh-density cultivation of bioinoculants in submerged culture, seed biopriming strategies for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, andPGPR as abio-control agent. Given its content,the book offers a valuable resource for researchers involved in research and development concerningPGPR, biopesticides and microbial inoculants.

Agriculture. --- Genetics --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbial inoculants. --- Agricultural microbiology. --- Sustainable agriculture. --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Inoculants, Microbial --- Agriculture --- Alternative agriculture --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Microbial products --- Agricultural microbiology --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Microbial ecology. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Ecology --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics

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Microorganisms. --- Microbial genetics. --- Agricultural microbiology. --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Microorganisms --- Genetics --- Germs --- Micro-organisms --- Microbes --- Microscopic organisms --- Organisms

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This book provides a comprehensive information on basic and applied concepts of microbesial strategies adopted for the improvement of vegetables grown in various production systems. The beneficial role of soil microbes including plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), nitrogen fixers, and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in the improvement of vegetables grown both in normal and contaminated soils is discussed. The role of PGPR in tomato production is dealt separately. The impact of heavy metals on different vegetables and abatement of metal toxicity following metal tolerant PGPR and their consequential impact on vegetables grown in metal polluted soil is discussed. Moreover, recent advances in the management of vegetable diseases employing PGPR are addressed. This volume is therefore of special interest to both academics, professionals and practitioners working in the field of vegetable farming/horticulture, microbiology and plant protection sciences.

Life sciences. --- Microbiology. --- Plant breeding. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Agricultural microbiology. --- Crop improvement. --- Crops --- Improvement, Crop --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Improvement --- Agriculture --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Breeding --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms

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Agricultural microbiology. --- Sustainable agriculture. --- Agricultural biotechnology. --- Agro-biotechnology --- Biotechnology --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Agriculture --- Alternative agriculture --- Microbiology, Agricultural --- Microbiology --- Microbial inoculants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms