Microbial Biotechnology: Volume 1. Applications in Agriculture and Environment

Description

This edited book, is a collection of 20 articles describing the recent advancements in the application of microbial technology for sustainable development of agriculture and environment. This book covers many aspects like agricultural nanotechnology, promising applications of biofuels production by algae, advancements and application of microbial keratinase, biocontrol agents, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, bacterial siderophore, use of microbes in detoxifying organophosphate pesticides, bio-surfactants, biofilms, bioremediation degradation of phenol and phenolic compounds and bioprospecting of endophytes. This book intends to bring the latest research advancements and technologies in the area of microbial technology in one platform, providing the readers an up-to-date view on the area. This book would serve as an excellent reference book for researchers and students in the agricultural, environmental and microbiology fields. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Agricultural Nanotechnologies: Current Applications and Future Prospects (Rout George Kerry, Sushanto Gouda, Gitishree Das, Chethala N. Vishnuprasad, Jayanta Kumar Patra)....Pages 3-28 Antimycotic Role of Soil Bacillus sp. Against Rice Pathogens: A Biocontrol Prospective (Suraja Kumar Nayak, Swapnarani Nayak, Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra)....Pages 29-60 Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Reclamation of Wasteland (Ifra Zoomi, Raghvendra Pratap Narayan, Ovaid Akhtar, Pragya Srivastava)....Pages 61-80 Promising Applications for the Production of Biofuels Through Algae (Nafe Aziz, Ram Prasad, Amr I. M. Ibrahim, Ahmed I. S. Ahmed)....Pages 81-103 Advances in Microbial Keratinase and Its Potential Applications (Dipak K. Sahoo, H. N. Thatoi, Bhabatosh Mitra, Keshab C. Mondal, Pradeep K. Das Mohapatra)....Pages 105-133 Exploitation of Fungi and Actinobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture (Reshma R. Anilkumar, Lekshmi K. Edison, N. S. Pradeep)....Pages 135-162 Bacterial Siderophore as a Plant Growth Promoter (A. Pahari, A. Pradhan, S. K. Nayak, B. B. Mishra)....Pages 163-180 Role of Microbial Technology in Agricultural Sustainability (Sushanto Gouda, Suman Nayak, Shristy Bishwakarma, Rout George Kerry, Gitishree Das, Jayanta Kumar Patra)....Pages 181-202 Soil Microbial Diversity and Its Utilization in Agriculture in Sri Lanka (S. A. Kulasooriya, Gamini Seneviratne, E. M. H. G. S. Ekanayake)....Pages 203-224 Microbial Detoxification of Residual Organophosphate Pesticides in Agricultural Practices (Lata S. B. Upadhyay, Aditya Dutt)....Pages 225-242 Front Matter ....Pages 243-243 Bacterial Degradation of Phenol to Control Environmental Pollution (Anna S. Kynadi, T. V. Suchithra)....Pages 245-263 Mineral Solubilization by Microorganism: Mitigating Strategy in Mineral Deficient Soil (Gausiya Bashri, Anuradha Patel, Rachana Singh, Parul Parihar, Sheo Mohan Prasad)....Pages 265-285 Detoxification and Bioremediation of Hexavalent Chromium Using Microbes and Their Genes: An Insight into Genomic, Proteomic and Bioinformatics Studies (H. N. Thatoi, S. K. Pradhan)....Pages 287-306 Microbial Interaction with Metals and Metalloids: A Prospective Clean Environment (Angana Sarkar, Neha Gupta, Nitya Kumari, Kriti Gupta)....Pages 307-342 Biodetoxification of Toxic Heavy Metals by Marine Metal Resistant Bacteria- A Novel Approach for Bioremediation of the Polluted Saline Environment (Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Pankaj Kumar Parhi, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Chitta Ranjan Panda, H. N. Thatoi)....Pages 343-376 Role of Biofilms in Environment Pollution and Control (Mukesh Kumar Yadav)....Pages 377-398 Sustainable Bioelectricity Generation from Living Plants (Mohnish Borker, T. V. Suchithra, M. Srinivas, S. Jayaraj)....Pages 399-412 Biosurfactants: An Agent to Keep Environment Clean (Padma Mahanti, Sanjeet Kumar, Jayanta Kumar Patra)....Pages 413-428 Bioprospecting of Endophytes for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability (Sabuj Sahoo, Sarmistha Sarangi, Rout George Kerry)....Pages 429-458 Tools and Techniques for Genetic Engineering of Bio-Prospective Microorganisms (Balasubramani S. P., Vanitha Ramesh)....Pages 459-476 Back Matter ....Pages 477-479