Microbial Endophytes: Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture discusses the practical and theoretical aspects regarding the use of endophytic microorganisms in agriculture, providing insights on the biotechnological applications associated with long-term crop production. Chapters deal with the various aspects of endophytic microorganisms, including isolation, enumeration, characterization procedures, diversity analysis, and their role as biofertilizer, biocontrol agent and microbial inoculants. Framed to discuss the present and future potential of microbial endophytes in biotic and abiotic stress management, bioremediation, bioactive compounds production, and in nanotechnology, this book provides a single-volume resource that will be valuable to academics and researchers interested in microbiology, agricultural sciences and biotechnology.
| ISBN: | 9780128187340 |
| Publication date: | 17th September 2019 |
| Author: | Ajay Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, India Kumar |
| Publisher: | Woodhead Publishing an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 409 pages |
| Series: | Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition |
| Genres: |
Sustainable agriculture Ecological science, the Biosphere Genetics (non-medical) Molecular biology Microbiology (non-medical) Botany and plant sciences Agronomy and crop production |