Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture and Aquaculture. Volume 1
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Author(s): R. C. Ray (Ed.)
Publisher: Science Publishers
ISBN: 1578083672
Format: hardback
495pp
Price: £53.60
Review Date: 13 October 2005
Review: This volume includes chapters from experts worldwide. It covers the biotechnology of soil enzymes, molecular perspectives of Rhizobial N2-fixation in agriculture, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and sulphur oxidizing microorganisms as bioinoculants, interactions between beneficial soil microorganisms in improving crop productivity, microbial technology applied to arid agriculture, the role of microorganisms in arid agriculture, the role of microorganisms in organic farming and de-intensification, biofertilisers in aquaculture/fish culture, plant disease control by natural and genetically engineered Trichoderma spp. and fluorescent pseudomonads, actinomycetes biotechnology, the mechanism of lignocellulose degradation and bioconversion into single cell protein, mushrooms and biofuels and bioethanol production from agricultural wastes.