Microbiota and Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Continuum for Plant and Soil Health

ISBN-13: 9783030487706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 297 str.

Hakeem, Khalid Rehman

Opis

An increasing population has put tremendous pressure on agricultural productivity to fulfill the demands of human consumption. Numerous agricultural activities and techniques have been developed to raise annual crop production globally. While agriculture has succeeded in enhancing the yearly crop productivity, this achievement is at the cost of environmental degradation by applying synthetic persistent substances, such as industrial fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, etc. Chemical fertilizers are nearly as destructive as they are productive, causing monocultures and consequences associated with elimination of diversity, nutrient pollution as evidenced by algae blooms, eutrophication, water quality issues, lower oxygen levels and dangers to fish stocks. Therefore, the scientific approach to maintain sustainable fertility in soil and plants is to switch over to biofertilisers.Biofertilisers are compounds of organic matter that are applied to crops for growth and health. Their constituent micro-organisms interact in an ecofriendly manner with the soil, root and seeds of plants, promoting the growth of micro-flora that enhances soil fertility. They are known to play a number of vital roles in soil fertility, crop productivity and production in agriculture. Application of biofertilisers results in increased mineral and water uptake, root development, vegetative growth and nitrogen fixation. They liberate growth promoting substances and vitamins and help to maintain soil fertility. They act as antagonists and play a pivotal role in neutralising the soil borne plant pathogens, thereby assisting in the bio-control of diseases. Application of biofertilisers in lieu of synthetic fertilizers could be the promising technique to raise agricultural productivity without degrading the environmental quality.The present book focuses on the latest research approaches and updates from the microbiota ecosystem and their applications in agriculture industry. It also highlights the great potential and possible future of action of microbiota in the development of sustainable agricultural systems.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Microbiota

 

Dr. Maryam Sarwat; Department of Biotechnology, Amenity University, Noida, UP, India; maryam21_7@yahoo.com

 

2. Chemical fertilisers and their impact on soil health

 

Luigi Cattivelli; CRA – Genomic Research Centre, Via S. Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuolad’Arda (PC), Italy; l.cattivelli@iol.it; luigi.cattivelli@entecra.it

 

3. Biofertilisers: a viable toolfor future organic agriculture

 

Adeel Malik; Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; adeelmalik010@gmail.com

 

4. Global biofertilser industry: progress and challenges

 

Jian-Kang Zhu; Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China ; jkzhu@purdue.edu

 

 

5. Potential role of biofertilisers in agriculture with emphasis on nitrogen fixers and phosphate solubilizes

 

Grant R Cramer; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mail Stop 330, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA; cramer@unr.edu

 

6. An overview of biofertiliser sector in the world

 

M Qadir; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box  5466, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic; m.qadir@cgiar.org

 

 

 

7. Microbial inoculants as biofertiliser

 

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli Department of Cellular Biology, Institute of Biological Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil email: tonellibioquimica@gmail.com

 

8. Fungi and their potential as Biofertilizers

 

Monica Butnariu Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com)

 

 

9. Application of Mycorrhiza in crop management

 

Sartaj Hussain Bhat; Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City-501-1193, Japan

 

10. Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as Biofertilizers and Biopesticides

 

N. Malash;Faculty of Agriculture, Menofiya University, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt; n_malash@hotmail.com

 

11. Rhizobia Symbiosis for Sustainable Agriculture

 

Umar Nazir; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India-605014; unbspn@gmail.com.

 

12. Synergetic role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in Organic Farming

 

Niste Monica; University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Manastur St., no. 3-5, 400372 Cluj – Napoca, Romania; roxana.vidican@usamvcluj.ro

 

 

13. Cyanobacteria as sustainable microbime for agricultural industries

 

WantiMindari;Faculty of Agriculture University of Brawijaya, Malang Indonesia; and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pembangunan National, Surabaya, Indonesia;wanti_mindari@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

14. Application and viability of Macrophytes as green manure

 

Scott AL Hayward; University of Birmingham, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; s.a.hayward@bham.ac.uk

 

 

15. The microbiome: potential significance of beneficial microbes in sustainable agriculture

 

BasiaVinocur; The Robert H Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and the Otto Warburg Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel; altman@agri.huji.ac.il

 

16. Role of recombinant DNA technology in biofertiliser production

 

Sha Liu; Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States; Merewitz@msu.edu

 

 

17. Application of micro -biome in Organic Farming

 

N. Sreenivasulu; Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany; srinivas@ipk-gatersleben.de

 

 

18. Role of Micro Algae as biofertilizer industry for sustainable plant and soil health

 

Luis Santos Pereira;Department of Agricultural Engineering, Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal; lspereira@isa.utl.pt

 

 

19. Organic farming a viable tool for soil and plant health.

 

Omar bin Hameed; Department of Food Science and Process Engineering Abaya Campus Arba Minch University, Ethiopia; omargojwari@gmail.com

 

 

20. Actinimycetes: as bio-fertilizer for sustainable approach

 

John P. Moore; Institute for Wine Biotechnology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa; moorejp@sun.ac.za

 

 

21. Azospirillum as biofertilizer

 

B.A.M Bouman; Soil and Water Science division, International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 3127, Makati Central Post Office,1271 Makati City, Philippines; b.bouman@cgair.org

 

 

22. Application Macrophytes as biofertilizer.

 

Dipanjana Ghosh; Department of Biological Sciences, NUS Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore; dbsxj@nus.edu.sg; dbsdg@nus.edu.sg

O autorze

Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has completed his Ph.D. (Botany) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in 2011. Dr. Hakeem has worked as Post Doctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Prof.) from 2013-2016 at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. His specialty is Plant Eco-Physiology, Molecular biology, Plant-Microbe-soil interactions, Medicinal plant research and Environmental Sciences and so far has edited and authored more than 25 books with Springer International, Academic Press, etc. He has also to his credit more than 110 research publications in peer reviewed international journals, including 40 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. Dr Hakeem is the recipient of many national and international awards and fellowships.

Dr Gowhar Hamid Dar is an Assistant Professor at Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, India.  He has been working on the Isolation, Identification and Characterization of microbes for the last several years so to understand their behavioural aspects and to evaluate their industrial, economic aspects and their impact on our life. He has also published many research articles in reputed, referred international and national journals. Further he is involved in the teaching of post-graduate students of Environmental Science and in the teaching of Undergraduate course in Environment and Water Management at SP College campus of Cluster University Srinagar.

Dr. Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood is an Assistant Professor in the discipline of Environmental Sciences, Sri Pratap College campus, Cluster University Srinagar, 190001. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. His current research focuses on the effect of spatio-temporal dynamics of heavy metal contamination on fishes in an urban Himalayan Lake with particular reference to the endemic fish Shizothorax niger.

Dr Rouf Ahmad Bhat completed his PhD in Environmental Science (specialization: environmental microbiology) from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar under the able guidance of Prof. Azra N, Kamili and Prof. Bashir A. Ganai. Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor (Environmental Science) at the Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar.