In the recent past, beneficial microorganisms have been sustainably used in agriculture as a safe, economic, and effective alternative to chemical fertilizers or pesticides. These beneficial microbes, including bacteria, actinomycetes, and yeast, were efficiently applied in soil, seeds, fruits, or plants as inoculants, to achieve the optimum agricultural yield.
An efficient delivery method or enhanced shelf life of microbial inoculants in the soil or seed is still a matter of concern. The response of local genetic or ecological factors, after microbial applications, are also unknown and less studied. Therefore, Microbial Inoculants: Recent Progress and Applications fulfills the need to explore and learn about an efficient delivery mechanism, selection of microbial strain as inoculants, and related technological advances, for the efficient and productive use of microbial inoculants. Moreover, factors like methods of formulation, interaction between host plant and microbe, impact of inoculation on the metabolomics of plants, the effect of microbial inoculants on soil dynamics, proteomics approach of plant-microbe interaction, as well as the registration and regulation process of bio inoculants for commercial production are described in 16 chapters by the leading academicians and researchers from different parts of the world.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xix 8. Chapter 1. Microbial inoculants: Recent progress in formulations and methods of application - p. 4 9. Chapter 2. Application of microbial inoculants as an alternative to chemical products for decomposition of organic wastes - p. 33 10. Chapter 3. Microbial inoculants and their potential application in salinity management - p. 53 11. Chapter 4. Metal-tolerant microbial inoculants for improved phytoextraction - p. 82 12. Chapter 5. Seed priming with microbial inoculants for enhanced crop yield - p. 102 13. Chapter 6. Organic waste decomposition by microbial inoculants as an effective tool for environmental management - p. 125 14. Chapter 7. Microbial inoculants for the management of herbicide toxicity in plants - p. 149 15. Chapter 8. Immobilization of microbial inoculants for improving soil nutrient bioavailability - p. 171 16. Chapter 9. Plant growth-promoting microbes and nanoparticles: Biotechnological potential in agrobiological systems - p. 183 17. Chapter 10. Potential of microbial inoculants for the management of agricultural soils contaminated by recalcitrant compounds - p. 207 18. Chapter 11. Tropical biomes as microbial sources for efficient biocatalysts to environmental purposes - p. 229 19. Chapter 12. Role of microbial biofilms in bioremediation: Current perspectives - p. 253 20. Chapter 13. Role of microbial enzymes in bioremediation: Emerging opportunities and limitations - p. 282 21. Chapter 14. Applications of microbial formulations in the pharmaceutical industry - p. 301 22. Chapter 15. An evaluation of the lacunae in current techniques using microbial inoculants for enhanced bioremediation and nutrient recovery - p. 313 23. Chapter 16. Exploring the potential of fungal endophytes: A quintessential source for novel secondary metabolites and beneficial aspects - p. 337 24. Index - p. 355
In the recent past, beneficial microorganisms have been sustainably used in agriculture as a safe, economic, and effective alternative to chemical fertilizers or pesticides. These beneficial microbes, including bacteria, actinomycetes, and yeast, were efficiently applied in soil, seeds, fruits, or plants as inoculants, to achieve the optimum agricultural yield.
An efficient delivery method or enhanced shelf life of microbial inoculants in the soil or seed is still a matter of concern. The response of local genetic or ecological factors, after microbial applications, are also unknown and less studied. Therefore, Microbial Inoculants: Recent Progress and Applications fulfills the need to explore and learn about an efficient delivery mechanism, selection of microbial strain as inoculants, and related technological advances, for the efficient and productive use of microbial inoculants. Moreover, factors like methods of formulation, interaction between host plant and microbe, impact of inoculation on the metabolomics of plants, the effect of microbial inoculants on soil dynamics, proteomics approach of plant-microbe interaction, as well as the registration and regulation process of bio inoculants for commercial production are described in 16 chapters by the leading academicians and researchers from different parts of the world.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xix 8. Chapter 1. Microbial inoculants: Recent progress in formulations and methods of application - p. 4 9. Chapter 2. Application of microbial inoculants as an alternative to chemical products for decomposition of organic wastes - p. 33 10. Chapter 3. Microbial inoculants and their potential application in salinity management - p. 53 11. Chapter 4. Metal-tolerant microbial inoculants for improved phytoextraction - p. 82 12. Chapter 5. Seed priming with microbial inoculants for enhanced crop yield - p. 102 13. Chapter 6. Organic waste decomposition by microbial inoculants as an effective tool for environmental management - p. 125 14. Chapter 7. Microbial inoculants for the management of herbicide toxicity in plants - p. 149 15. Chapter 8. Immobilization of microbial inoculants for improving soil nutrient bioavailability - p. 171 16. Chapter 9. Plant growth-promoting microbes and nanoparticles: Biotechnological potential in agrobiological systems - p. 183 17. Chapter 10. Potential of microbial inoculants for the management of agricultural soils contaminated by recalcitrant compounds - p. 207 18. Chapter 11. Tropical biomes as microbial sources for efficient biocatalysts to environmental purposes - p. 229 19. Chapter 12. Role of microbial biofilms in bioremediation: Current perspectives - p. 253 20. Chapter 13. Role of microbial enzymes in bioremediation: Emerging opportunities and limitations - p. 282 21. Chapter 14. Applications of microbial formulations in the pharmaceutical industry - p. 301 22. Chapter 15. An evaluation of the lacunae in current techniques using microbial inoculants for enhanced bioremediation and nutrient recovery - p. 313 23. Chapter 16. Exploring the potential of fungal endophytes: A quintessential source for novel secondary metabolites and beneficial aspects - p. 337 24. Index - p. 355
