Agricultural Microbiology

Title: Agricultural Microbiology
Authors: R.P. Pareek & Navneet Pareek
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Language: English
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN: 9789388172912
E-ISBN: 9789388043021
Binding: Paper Back
Year of Publication: 2024
Pages: 433
Size: 6.20 x 9.25 x 2 inches
Weight: 600 gms
Book Type: Textbook

📚 Book Overview

This textbook is designed to cover the syllabus of Agricultural Microbiology as taught in the BSc. (Ag) degree programs across India, approved by the Deans Committee at ICAR. The book is aimed at both students and teachers, offering a comprehensive guide to the subject. It is structured into five sections:

• Basics of Microbiology: Fundamental principles of general microbiology.

• Soil Biota and Ecology: Covers soil organisms and their interactions.

• Biogeochemical Cycles of Plant Nutrients: Discusses microbiological transformations of important plant nutrients in soil.

• Applied Aspects of Agriculturally Useful Microorganisms: Focus on biofertilizers, biocontrol agents, and their role in agriculture.

• Water and Foodborne Diseases: Examines the microbiology of water, food safety, and waterborne diseases.

This book also includes exercises at the end of each chapter, helping students recap the content.

📖 Table of Contents

Section 1: Introduction

1. Agricultural microbiology and scope

2. History of microbiology

Section 2: Basics of Microbiology

3. Microbial cell: Constituents and composition

4. Prokaryotic cell metabolism

5. Nutrition, growth, and culturing of microorganisms

6. Genetics of prokaryotes

7. Bacteriophages

Section 3: Soil Biota and Their Ecology

8. Soil: A habitat of microorganisms

9. Soil bacteria

10. Soil fungi

11. Soil green algae

12. Soil animals

13. Rhizosphere

14. Phyllosphere

15. Methods for studying soil microorganisms

Section 4: Biogeochemical Cycles of Plant Nutrients

16. Carbon cycle

17. Organic matter decomposition and nutrient recycling

18. Nitrogen cycle and transformation

19. Nitrification and denitrification

20. Basics of biological nitrogen fixation

21. Non-symbiotic and associative nitrogen fixation

22. Legume-rhizobia symbiosis

23. Actinorhizal symbiosis (Actinorhiza)

24. Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis

25. Microbial transformation of soil phosphorus

26. Mycorrhizae

27. Microbial transformation of sulfur in soil

Section 5: Exploitation of Microorganisms in Agriculture

28. Biofertilizers

29. Microbial insecticides and herbicides

30. Composting

31. Microbial interactions and biocontrol of soil-borne plant diseases

32. Biogas production

33. Microbiology of water

34. Wastewaters

35. Food microbiology