Microbial Resources for Crop Improvement

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. The potential of chemical fingerprinting for the improvement of tea camellia sinensis cultivation in India/L.A.J. Mur, A.J. Lloyd and B.N. Chakraborty. 2. Present scenario of microbial diversity of coal spoils and prospect for reclamation of coal field areas/A.K. Roy and N.L. Mandal. 3. Apple diseases and their management/V.S. Thakur. 4. Development of immunological kits for early detection of foliar fungal pathogens of Camellia sinensis/S. Rana, R. Das Biswas, R. Som and B.N. Chakraborty. 5. Dual application of glomus mosseae and bacillus pumilus in enhancing growth of tea and suppression of sclerotial blight disease/B.N. Chakraborty, U. Chakraborty, U. De, A.P. Chakraborty and K. Rai. 6. Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from rice fields of eastern Uttar Pradesh/S.K. Shahi, A.K. Rai, M.B. Tyagi, R.P. Sinha and A. Kumar. 7. Application of bioformulations of PGPRs for plant growth promotion in tea seedlings/A.P. Chakraborty, U. Chakraborty and B.N. Chakraborty. 8. Pseudomonas fluorescens: a potential biocontrol agent for the management of damping off fruit rot and powdery mildew in chilli/R.K. Mesta, H.D. Mohankumar, M. Shivaprasad, M.H. Tatagar and P. More. 9. Dominant rhizosphere bacteria as source of antifungal agents and PGPR/A. Ghosh, A. Saha and D. Saha. 10. Evaluation of talaromyces flavus for phosphate solubilization and biocontrol activity and its molecular analysis/K. Sunar, P.L. Dey, U. Chakraborty and B.N. Chakraborty....

Microorganisms in soil are critical to the maintenance of soil function in both natural and managed agricultural soils because of their involvement in such key processes as soil structure formation, decomposition of organic matter, toxin removal and the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur. In addition microorganisms play key roles in suppressing soil borne plant diseases in promoting plant growth and changes in vegetation. The book Microbial Resources for Crop Improvement takes stock of present status of research in exploration of microbial resources for the management of plant diseases which will cater to the need not only of the students teachers researchers but all well wishers of farmers.