Advanced Microbial Techniques in Agriculture, Environment, and Health Management

Advanced Microbial Techniques in Agriculture, Environment, and Health Management provides current perspectives on the fields of agriculture, the environment and health. This important reference presents recent advancements in applied microbial technology, compiling it in a comprehensive manner and transferring applied microbial technology from laboratory conditions to field level. In 20 chapters,  the book focuses on microbial interventions for all-inclusive, cost-effective environmental management tactics while also linking the cumulative microbial services involved in the up-gradation of agriculture, environment and health.

In addition, the book offers detailed information on emerging environmental issues and proposes ways of controlling their consequences using different approaches to treatment.

• Provides conceptual information and recent advances in microbial services involved in enhancing environmental sustainability
• Offers potential solutions for a variety of problems like low agricultural productivity, emission of harmful contaminants from both natural and anthropogenic sources, and disease development in plants and humans
• Contains applied, in-depth knowledge on microbial contributions as bio-inoculants, enzymatic sources and antimicrobials

Satish Chandra Pandey is a researcher whose area of expertise is microbiology, molecular parasitology and immunology specifically looking at attenuated vaccine and drug target against protozoan parasite Leishmania. He has completed his M.Sc. in Microbiology From G.B.P.U&T Pantnagar U.S Nagar India. He joined Kumaun University a couple of years ago as a Research Assistant at Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, department of Zoology Kumaun University SSJ campus, Almora, (Uttarakhand), India. Currently he is pursuing Ph.D in Biotechnology and also working as a Guest Faculty at department of Zoology Kumaun University SSJ campus, Almora, (Uttarakhand). His Ph.D work is focused on the identification of drug targets and development of live attenuated vaccine against lieshmaniasis. He has published various research articles and book chapters in very high rated international journals.

Veni Pande is a researcher whose area of specialization is microbiology, molecular biology, bioremediation, biodegradation, plant microbe interaction etc. She has completed her M.Sc. in Microbiology from Kumaun University, Nainital, India. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. in Biotechnology from same University and also working as a Faculty member at Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, SSJ campus, Almora, (Uttarakhand) India. Her Ph.D. work is focused on biodegradation and bioremediation of toxic industrial dyes. She has published various research articles and book chapters in reputed international journals.

Diksha Sati is working as a Research scholar at Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, SSJ Campus, Almora, (Uttarakhand), India. She has completed her M.Sc. in Zoology from the same college and is presently pursuing her doctoral studies. Her area of interest is Agricultural Microbiology, Plant growth promotion, Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), Stress tolerance, etc. She has authored various publications in peer-reviewed journals

Mukesh Samant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology’s Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory at Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora, Uttarakhand, India. He earned his PhD from the Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than four years of postdoctoral experience at Laval University, Quebec, Canada, and more than 20 years of research experience of Leishmania biology, microbiology, immunology, molecular parasitology, bioremediation, and rhizosphere microbiology. He has published more than 45 research papers in highly reputed international journals. He has reviewed publications for various international journals like Scientific Reports, Vaccine, Parasitology, Journal of Immunology, and Frontiers in Microbiology. He is currently working on live attenuated vaccine and drug development against various parasites and viruses and has completed two research projects in this area.