Biofertilizers and Biopesticides in Sustainable Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9781771887939 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 460 str.

B. D. Kaushik; Deepak Kumar; MD Shamim

Opis

This new volume, Biofertilizers and Biopesticides in Sustainable Agriculture, presents strategies for the management of soil and crop diseases. Microbes have attracted worldwide attention due to their role in disease management and remediation of polluted soils.

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1. General Introduction of Bio-Inputs vs. Chemical Inputs in Agriculture and Ill Effects Deepti Srivastava et al. 2. Bacterial Biopesticides and Their Use in Agricultural Production Kumari Apurva et al. 3. Fungal Biopesticides and Their Uses for Control of Insect Pest and Diseases Deepak Kumar et al. 4. Viral Biopesticides: An Effective and Environment-Friendly Approach to Control Insects Naga Teja Natra et al. 5. Control of Insect Pest Through Biomolecules and Traps Anurag Mishra et al. 6. PGPRs for the Control of Soil-Borne Diseases Pooja Verma et al. 7. Botanicals and Their Application in Control of Insect Pests Salman Ahmad et al. 8. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Pulses Yield Rambalak Nirala et al. 9. Free Living Nitrogen Fixation and Their Response to Agriculture Crops Parveen Fatima et al. 10. Associative Nitrogen Fixation Manuraj Pandey et al. 11. Cyanobacteria and Azolla in Rice Cultivation: Improving Biological N2 Fixation System in Rice Dharmendra Kumar Verma and Santosh Kumar Patel 12. Phosphorus Availability to Crops through Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms B. D. Kaushik et al. 13. Availability of Potash, Iron, Zinc, and Sulfur to Crop through Microbial Resources Pankaj Kumar, Rima Kumari, and Avinash Kumar 14. Sulfur Cycle in Agricultural Soil: Microbiological Aspects Bholanath Saha et al. 15. Utilization of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Mobilization of Macro and Micro Nutrients to Important Pulses and Oil-Seed Crops Pratibha Laad, Hemant S. Maheshwari, and Mahaveer P. Sharma 16. Integrated Use of Bioferilizers and Biopesticides in Crop Production Veena Pande and Tara Singh Bisht 17. Fungal Bio-Pesticides: A Novel Tool for Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes Erayya et al. 18. Soil-Heavy Metal Toxicity Reduction by Bioagents/Living Organisms Abha Kumari et al. 19. Metagenomics for Soil Health Mahesh Kumar et al. 20. Use of Household Waste Materials for Biofertilizer Development Md. Shamim et al. 21. Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms for Sustainable Soil Health Management: A Biotechnological Approach Md. Shamim et al.