Beneficial microbes for sustainable agriculture and environmental management / edited by Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Devarajan Thangadurai, Saher Islam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mycorrhiza : a potential bio-enhancer in the agriculture production system / Bakulranjan Jana -- Plant growth-promoting microbiome network / Özlem Akkaya, Mine Gül Şeker, and Yelda Özden Çiftçi -- Plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria and their potential benefits in Asian countries / Nittaya Pitiwittayakul and Somboon Tanasupawat -- Eccentricity in the behavior of penicillium spp as phytopathogen and phytoaugmentor / Dhaval Patel, Prasad Andhare, Sudeshna Menon, Sebastian Vadakan, and Dweipayan Goswami -- Environmental management of e-waste by biological process / Aparna Gunjal, Meghmala Waghmode, Neha Patil, and Neelu Nawani -- Microbial degradation of wastes for environmental protection / Manobendro Sarker and Md Maksudur Rahman -- Soil microbial biofilm communities and their interactions / Bindu Sadanandan, Priya Ashrit, and V Vijayalakshmi -- Bacteriological removal of azo dyes : an eco-friendly approach / Shanmugapriya Saravanabhavan, Manivannan Govindasamy, Sivakumar Natesan, and Selvakumar Gopal -- Impact of soil-plant microbe interaction in metal-contaminated soils / Neetu Sharma, Abhinashi Singh, and Navneet Batra -- Radiation-resistant thermophiles : from high temperature and radiation to engineered bioremediation / Preeti Ranawat and Seema Rawat -- Dynamic potential of indigenous and effective microbes in wastewater treatment processes / Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Shivasharana Chandrabanda Thimmappa, Devarajan Thangadurai, Megha Ramachandra Shinge, Abhishek Mundaragi, Ravichandra Hospet, Simmi Maxim Steffi, Mohammed Abdul Mujeeb, and Prathima Purushotham -- Earthworms and microbes in environmental management through vermitechnology-mediated organic farming / Abdullah Adil Ansari.

"This new volume, Beneficial Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management, reviews the multifaceted interactions among microbes, ecosystems, and their pivotal role in maintaining a more balanced environment, in order to help facilitate living organisms coexisting with the natural environment. Microbes are the most abundant organisms in the biosphere and regulate many critical elemental and biogeochemical phenomenona. Because microbes are the key players in the carbon cycle and in related biological reactions, microbial ecology is a vital research area for understanding the contribution of the biosphere in global warming and the response of the natural environment to climate variations. The beneficial uses of microbes have enabled constructive and cost-effective responses that have not been possible through physical or chemical methods. This book provides valuable information on microbial utilization for environmental sustainability and provides fascinating insights into microbial diversity. Key features: Looks at enhancing plant production through growth-promoting arbuscular mycorrhizae, endophytic bacteria, and microbiome networks; Considers microbial degradation and environmental management of e-wastes and azo dyes; Explores soil-plant microbe interactions in metal-contaminated soils; Examines radiation-resistant thermophiles for engineered bioremediation; Describes potential indigenous/effective microbes for wastewater treatment processes; Presents research on earthworms and microbes for organic farming"-- Provided by publisher.