Biofertilizers/P.C. Trivedi. Jaipur, Pointer Pub., 2008, xvi, 374 p.,
tables, figs., ISBN 81-7132-542-9.
Biofertilizers/P.C. Trivedi. Jaipur, Pointer Pub., 2008, xvi, 374 p.,
tables, figs., ISBN 81-7132-542-9.
Contents: Preface. Contributors. 1. Biofertilizers: boon for agriculture/Seema Choudhary and P.C. Trivedi. 2. Biofertilizers and soil conditioner for organic farming/A.B. Chaudhari, N.V. Phirke, M.G. Patil, S.K. Talegaonkar and R.M. Kothari. 3. Biofertilizers: types and their quality production/Sampat Nehra and P.C. Trivedi. 4. Genetically modified micro-algal biofertilizers in wet agriculture/A. Vaishampayan. 5. Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): a review/Vimal Mohan, Vinod Kumar Narolia, Sweta Chhangani, Utsav Kushwaha, Meenakshi Sharma and V.M. Rao. 6. Azotobacter in agriculture as biofertilizer/Utpal Jyoti Sarma. 7. Potential uses of bacterial and fungal biofertilizers/B.V. Singh, Shalini Singh and Y.V. Singh. 8. Organic farming for sustainable crop production and produce quality/Y.V. Singh, B.V. Singh, and Shalini Singh. 9. Organic farming for sustainable sericulture: prospects and approaches/V.P. Gupta. 10. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal biotechnology: approaches, challenges and prospects/Manzoor A. Shah and Zafar Reshi. 11. Potential of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for sustainable plant production in Arid Zone/A.V. Rao and J.C. Tarafdar. 12. Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza-- a potential tool in agriculture/T. Vijaya. 13. The dynamic relationship between Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and other soil microorganisms in the Rhizosphere and its influence on crop plants/Kochuthresiamma Joseph and C. Kuruvilla Jacob. 14. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Association--a deterrent to Plant Root Diseases/K.S. Meenakumari, P. Sivaprasad, G. Heera and Abraham Reeba. 15. Exploiting Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) for sustainable agriculture/K.V.B.R. Tilak and B. Bhadraiah. Index.
"Biofertilizers are preparations containing living microorganisms which help in plant growth and increased productivity through their biological activities. Soil fertility can be restored effectively through adopting the concept of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (I.S.F.M.) encompassing a strategy for nutrient management--based on natural resource conservation, biological nitrogen fixation and increased efficiency of the inputs.
The present book "Biofertilizers" covers the basic issues of Biofertilizers elucidating the recent developments in various biofertilizers and suggesting the ways and means for deriving the maximum benefits from these potential biological systems. This book will be useful to agriculture scientist, farmers, botanists, researchers, teachers and students of science." (jacket)