Microbes and Man/edited by Sudhir Chandra, K.K. Khanna and H.K. Kehri. 1995, xiii, 386 p., figs., tables, $56.
Contents: 1. Microbes through the ages/D.D. Pant. 2. Moulds and man/R.S. Mehrotra and Ashok Aggarwal. 3. Vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their importance in forest trees in the tropics/D.J. Bagyaraj. 4. Biofertilizers in wastelands improvement/Geeta Singh and K.V.B.R. Tilak. 5. Management of Ganoderma lucidum root-rot in tree plantations in India/Sujan Singh. 6. Cyanobacterial contribution to sustainability in rice cultivation/S.K. Goyal. 7. Plant - microbe interactions: role of hydrolytic enzymes/Bala Krishna and Ajit Verma. 8. Thermophilic fungi in service of mankind/B.N. Johri and S. Ahmad. 9. Microbes in the biological control of insect pests and diseases of sugarcane/V.P. Agnihotri and S.K. Duttamajumder. 10. The applications of vermiculture in Indian industries/Sudhir D. Ghatnekar and Mahavash F. Kavian. 11. Potential and management of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza for sustainable agriculture/C. Chaturvedi. 12. Management of phytopathogenic microbes through homoeopathic drugs/K.K. Khanna and Sudhir Chandra. 13. Vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and safflower production/S. Janaki Rani and C. Manoharachary. 14. Contribution of ergot fungus to the welfare of mankind/K.K. Janardhanan. 15. Physiological and biochemical changes in germinating spores of Aspergillus niger/P.N. Singh and M. Salim. 16. Taxonomic treatment to phytopathogenic fungi and management of diseases with reference to cercosporoid fungi/Kamal and A.K. Srivastava. 17. Biochemical and histopathological effects of Trichothecene mycotoxins on chicks/G. Laxma Readdy and S.M. Reddy. 18. Fungal fish diseases in Eastern Uttar Pradesh causes and control/G.C. Srivastava. 19. Selection of efficient nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria from local rice fields for their use as bioertilizer/I.C. Tripathy, S. Ayyappan and S.P. Adhikary. 20. Role of micro-organisms in improving crop productivity/Mohan Singh. 21. Epiphytotics of loose smut in Eastern Uttar Pradesh/R.V. Singh, A.K. Singh and B.N. Singh. 22. Studies in blue-green algae/G.L. Tiwari, H.M. Shukla, Gayatri Dikshit, Y.P. Singh and Chandra Bhan. 23. Interactions of amoebae and Rhizobium japonicum in the alimentary canals of in vitro cultured earthworms Pheritima asiatica and Eudrilus euginae/Mahavash F. Kavian and Sudhir D. Ghatnekar. 24. Use of nematodes in microbial control of insects/Pramila Gupta. 25. Aeromycoflora of a mica mine/G. Mishra and K.B. Mishra. 26. Studies in endomycorrhiza of some ophioglossaceous prothalli/D.D. Pant, D.D. Nautiyal and D.R. Misra. 27. Interaction between vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhiza and phosphorus application in mungbean/Harbans Kaur Kehri and Sudhir Chandra.
"Twenty seven articles of renowned scientists of national and international repute in this volume give an information about variety of aspects related to microbes with special reference to their role in the service of mankind. The volume contains authoritative informations about the microbial life in the past as well as application of the microbes in various spheres like agriculture, forestry, medicines, industry, biological control and wasteland development. Articles on vermiculture, mycorrhiza and cyanobacteria give an insight to the future strategies and prospects of plant care.
"The articles will be useful to all those interested in the microbes and their role in the welfare of mankind." (jacket)