Fungi Bio-prospects in Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Nano-technology
Volume 1: Fungal Diversity of Sustainable Agriculture
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Fungi bio-prospects in sustainable agriculture, environment and nanotechnology is a three-volume series that has been designed to explore the huge potential of the many diverse applications of fungi to human life. The series unveils the latest developments and scientific advances in the study of the biodiversity of fungi, extremophilic fungi, and fungal secondary metabolites and enzymes, while also presenting cutting-edge molecular tools used to study fungi. Readers will learn all about the recent progress and future potential applications of fungi in agriculture, environmental remediation, industry, food safety, medicine, and nanotechnology. Volume 1 will cover the biodiversity of fungi and the associated biopotential applications. This volume offers insights into both basic and advanced biotechnological applications in human welfare and sustainable agriculture. The chapters shed light on the different roles of fungi as a bio-fertilizer, a bio-control agent, and a component of microbial inoculants. They also focus on the various applications of fungi in bio-fuel production, nano-technology, and in the management of abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, and metal toxicity.
Key Features
- Provides a deep understanding of fungi and summarizes fungi’s various applications in the fields of microbiology and sustainable agriculture
- Describes the role of fungal inoculants as biocontrol agents, and in improved stress tolerance and growth of plants
Readership
Researchers in microbial biotechnology in both academic and corporate settings, graduate students in related subjects
Table of Contents
- 1. Endophytic fungi: A review of survival strategies
that influence the biodiversity studies associated
with biopotential products
2. Evaluation of phylloplane fungal flora and host
plants in the Southern Western Ghats
3. Fungal endophytes from seaweeds and bio-potential
applications in agriculture
4. Fungal endophytes: Entry, establishment,
diversity, future prospects in agriculture
5. Fungal endophytes, biodiversity and biopotential
applications
6. The role of fungi in abiotic stress tolerance of plants
7. Phytopathogenic fungi and their biocontrol applications
8. Impact of fungal inoculants on sustainable agriculture
9. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi: Potential
role in sustainable agriculture
10. Endophytic fungal diversity of selected medicinal
plants and their bio-potential applications
11. Prospect of biofuel production by fungus
12. Fungal endophytes and their applications
as growth promoters and biological
control agents
13. Rhizosphere fungi and their plant association:
Current and future prospects
14. Mycotoxins associated food safety concerns
of agricultural crops, prevention and control
15. Bioprospection of endophytic fungi associated with
ethnoveterinary plants for novel metabolites
16. Sustainable crop production and improvement
through bio-prospecting of fungi
17. Yeast as plant growth promoter and biocontrol agent
18. Phytostimulation and ISR responses of fungi
19. Bio-management of Fusarium spp. associated
with fruit crops
Product details
- No. of pages: 560
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: October 3, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128213940
- eBook ISBN: 9780128213957
About the Editors
Vijay Kumar Sharma
Dr.V.K. Sharma has a Ph.D. in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India. He has more than eleven years of research experience, particularly in the area of endophytes. His research interest is in the bio-potential applications of endophytes and their mechanism. He also has a keen interest in emerging environmental issues and mitigation. He is currently working on the role of fungal endophytes in heavy metal stress tolerance of host plants, and mechanism. Dr. Sharma has more than thirty research articles and book chapters in journals of national and international repute to his credit. He is lifetime member of Mycological Society of India (MSI). He is also the recipient of MJ Thirumalachar Young Scientist Award Lectures by MSI in 2016. He also received Yunnan provincial government funding-II. He has also actively participated in many national and international conferences, symposia and workshops related to his research field
Affiliations and Expertise
Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan Province, P.R. China
Maulin Shah
Maulin Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree in 1999 in Microbiology from Gujarat University in Godhra, Gujarat, India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree in 2005 in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University in Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, & phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 55 books of international repute.
Affiliations and Expertise
Researcher, Environmental Microbiology Lab, Gujarat, India
Shobhika Parmar
Dr. Parmar has a Ph.D. in Environment Science from from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. She has more than eight years of research experience, particularly in the area of toxic metal pollution of water bodies and soil, their phytoremediation, bio-prospects of endophytes in host plant growth enhancement and stress tolerance, and the mechanism. She has about 12 publications in journals and edited book of international repute such as Microbial Biotechnology and Elsevier. Recently she was awarded by the Yunnan provincial government, funding-II in China.
Affiliations and Expertise
Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan Province, P.R. China
Ajay Kumar
Dr. Ajay Kumar is a visiting scientist at the Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani center, Rishon Leziyon, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development Israel. He has published extensively in leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, and Endophytes related with the medicinal plants, Postharvest management of fruits. Dr. Kumar has published more than 165 research articles including review papers/book chapters/ books in the leading international journals. He is serving as special issue editors in some journals like “Frontiers in Microbiology, Microorganism” etc. In addition also acting as reviewer in some leading journals like Frontiers group, PLOS ONE, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biological Control, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 3Biotech etc. Dr, Kumar has edited several books with leading publishers including Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor and Francis.
Affiliations and Expertise
Visiting Scientist, Agriculture Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Volcani Center, Rishon, Lezziyon, Israel
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