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Growth (Plants) --- Volatile organic compounds. --- VOCs (Chemicals) --- Volatile organic chemicals --- Organic compounds --- Plant growth --- Plants --- Growth --- Plant physiology --- Meristems --- Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria --- Rejuvenescence (Botany) --- Development --- Creixement (Plantes) --- Compostos orgànics volàtils --- Bacteriologia agrícola

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This book gathers the latest insights into soil health and its sustainability, providing an up-to-date overview of the various aspects of soil quality and fertility management, e.g., plant-microbe interactions to maintain soil health; and the use of algal, fungal and bacterial fertilizers and earthworms for sustainable soil health and agricultural production. It first dicusses the past, present, and future scenarios of soil health, and then explores factors influencing soil health, as well as the consequences of degradation of soil health for sustainable agriculture. Lastly it highlights solutions to improve and maintain soil health so as to achieve greater productivity and sustainability without damaging the soil system or the environment. Soil health is defined as the capacity of a soil to function within ecosystem frontiers, to sustain biological productivity, to maintain environmental quality and to promote plant, animal and human health. Soil health is established through the interactions of physical, chemical and biological properties, e.g., soil texture, soil structure, and soil organisms. Healthy soil provides adequate levels of macro- and micronutrients to plants and contains sufficient populations of soil microorganisms. As a result of the increasingly intensified agriculture over the past few decades, soils are now showing symptoms of exhaustion and stagnating or declining crop yields. Exploring these developments as well as possible solutions based on holistic and sustainable approaches, this book is a valuable resource for researchers in the area of soil and environmental science, agronomy, agriculture, as well as students in the field of botany, ecology and microbiology.

Soil biology. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Microbiology. --- Agriculture. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Plant ecology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Plant Ecology. --- Botany --- Phytoecology --- Plants --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Floristic ecology --- Sòls agrícoles --- Microbiologia agrícola --- Microbiologia --- Bacteriologia agrícola --- Microorganismes --- Ús agrícola del sòl --- Utilització agrícola del sòl --- Terres agrícoles --- Sòls --- Concentració parcel·lària --- Ús del sòl

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In the pursuit of technological advancement in the field of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to counteract health issues, bacterial infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The ability of bacterial pathogens to form biofilms further agglomerates the situation by showing resistance to conventional antibiotics. To overcome this serious issue, bioactive metabolites and other natural products were exploited to combat bacterial infections and biofilm-related health consequences. Natural products exhibited promising results in vitro, however; their efficacy in in vivo conditions remain obscured due to their low-solubility, bioavailability, and biocompatibility issues. In this scenario, nanotechnological interventions provide a multifaceted platform for targeted delivery of bioactive compounds by slow and sustained release of drug-like compounds. The unique physico-chemical properties, biocompatibility and eco-friendly nature of bioinspired nanostructures has revolutionized the field of biology to eradicate microbial infections and biofilm-related complications. The green-nanotechnology based metal and metal oxide nanoparticles and polymeric nanoparticles have been regularly employed for antimicrobial and antibiofilm applications without causing damage to host tissues. The implications of these nanoparticles toward achieving sustainability in agriculture by providing systemic resistance against a variety of phytopathogens therefore plays crucial role in growth and crop productivity. Also the advent of smart and hybrid nanomaterials such as metal-based polymer nanocomposites, lipid-based nanomaterials and liposomes have the inherent potential to eradicate bacterial biofilm-related infections in an efficient manner. The recent development of carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and silica based nanomaterials such as mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) also exploit a target of dreadful healthcare conditions such as cancer, immunomodulatory diseases, and microbial infections, as well as biofilm-related issues owing to their stability profile, biocompatibility, and unique physio-chemical properties. Recently novel physical approaches such as photothermal therapy (PTT) and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) also revolutionized conventional strategies and are engaged in eradicating microbial biofilm-related infections and related health consequences. These promising advancements in the development of novel strategies to treat microbial infections and biofilm-related multidrug resistance (MDR) phenomenon may provide new avenues and aid to conventional antimicrobial therapeutics.

Microbiology. --- Nanotechnology. --- Plant breeding. --- Plant genetics. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Botany --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Microorganisms --- Genetics --- Microbiology --- Plants --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Nanotechnology --- Research. --- Microbiological research --- Microbiologia agrícola --- Microorganismes patògens --- Nanotecnologia --- Enginyeria molecular --- Tecnologia molecular --- Alta tecnologia --- Electrònica molecular --- Espintrònica --- Materials nanoestructurats --- Nanoelectrònica --- Nanolitografia --- Nanomedicina --- Nanoquímica --- Patògens --- Microorganismes --- Bacteris patògens --- Fongs patògens --- Microorganismes fitopatògens --- Protozous patògens --- Microbiologia mèdica --- Virulència (Microbiologia) --- Microbiologia --- Bacteriologia agrícola --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics. --- Microbial Genetics. --- Plant Evolution. --- Evolution. --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Crop biotechnology --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Phylogeny --- Biotechnology