Microbial Diversity and Functions

Contents Preface 1 Microbial bio-diversity evolution and conservation major concerns and missing linksHN Gour SM Paul Khurana and K Joshi 2 Soil organisms key factor to plant and soil healthRaghvendra Pratap Narayana and Pallavi Rai 3 Taxonomy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with special reference to glomus speciesAshok Aggarwal Anju Tanwar Neetu and RS Mehrotra 4 Diversity of PGPR microbes in pesticides degradationVC Khilare SN Kanade AB Ade and LV Gangawane  5 Application of state of the art microbial biotechnology coupled with phycoremedial measures for the treatment of secondary liquid effluents of a gelatine manufacturing industrySudhir D Ghatnekar and Santosh M Sharma 6 Biodiversity in mycotoxigenic fungiSM Reddy S Girisham and V Koteswara Rao  7 Diversity of nematodes and their problems in agroecosystemSP Tiwari and MN Khare 8 Potentials of trichoderma as biocontrol agent its ecology and biodiversityDK Agarwal and RK Sharma 9 Litter decomposition in tropical  humid forestPranita Borah and GD Sharma 10 Microbes and green technology soil plant microbe interaction perspectiveJamaluddin and Anuj Kumar Singh 11 Mangrove ecosystem a marine resource for useful microorganismsNibha Gupta Uday Chand Basak and Ajay Kumar Mohapatra 12 Fungi of  Indoor environment a qualitative studyDeepmala Pandey and Nisha Misra 13 Rhizosphere biotechnology strategies for biocontrol of aflatoxin production in maize cropAK Roy NL Mandal and SRoy 14 Algal component in lichen formation a reviewNavneet Kaur and MP Sharma 15 Mycorrhizal diversity in different ecosystemsRS Upadhyay R Raghuwanshi and Akhilesh Kumar 16 Biodegradation of green manure by soil mycofloraAsha Sinha and Manisha Srivastava 17 Relationship of soil nutrients with plant Pathogens and diseases caused by themMN Khare 18 Mycorrhizal symbiosis a new dimension for agriculture and environmental development to improve production in sustainable mannerKamal Prasad and AK Pandey 19 Botanical pesticides an eco-chemical natural alternativesNK Dubey Ravindra Shukla Priyanka Singh Archana Singh and Bhanu Prakash 20 Chemistry and fluorescent behaviour of some lichens from Garhwal HimalayaMP Sharma and Amit Jakhal 21 Candida albicans diversity identification genome and its life cycleKamal Rai Aneja Chetan Sharma Ashish Aneja and Parveen Surain 22 Arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi in agroforestry systemsAshok Shukla Deepak Vyas and Anuradha Jha 23 Diversity of AM Fungi in rhizosphere of tree species of Indian Thar DesertNishi Mathur Mehboob Chouhan Mohnish Vyas Shilpa Yadav Minal Tamboli and Anil Vyas  24 Extremophiles the enigmatic lifeShagun Sharma and Rohit Sharma 25 Innovative package of microbes and fly ash for the reclamation of salt affected soilsRollie Varma and Avinash Pratap Singh 26 Taxonomic diversity of AM fungi in alkaline soils of upper Gangetic plains of AllahabadVarun Khare and Pooja Rai 27 Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria as biocontrol agentsC Manoharachary and KVBR Tilak 28 Soil microbial diversity in natural and man made forage EcosystemsPradeep Saxena Diwakar Bahukhandi and Sharmila Roy 29 PhycotoxinsRicha Tandon VK Dwivedi and GL Tiwari 30 AM Fungi importance nursery inoculation and performance after out plantingDJ Bagyaraj and HK Kehri 31 Use of ectomycorrhizal technology in reclamation and reforestration of degraded landBendangmenia T Ajungla NS Jamir and GD Sharma Since their very first appearance on this planet the micro organisms have benefited our society in many ways They are supposed to be the simplest but most versatile and talented products of evolution They thrive in habitats extremely hostile to human life and are infinitely more skilled than any human chemist in their synthetic activities Their rich diversity and their functional aspects make them indispensable components of our ecosystemsThis book has been published on the eve of 75th Birth Day of Prof Sudhir Chandra Former Head and Emeritus Professor Department of Botany University of Allahabad Allahabad.…