Plant Science for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Frontiers of plant sciences for sustainable agriculture and rural development/H.C. Lakshman. 2. In vitro culture of mycorrhizal fungi (AM) fungi: an overview/K.P. Radhika and B.F. Rodrigues. 3. Biocontrol of soil borne diseases by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi/Neeraj and Kanchan Singh. 4. Comparative analysis of drinking water quality of Paharia and non-Paharia Villages of Dumka District, Jharkhand, India/Rajendra Pandey. 5. Ecosystem services of Casuarina equisetifolia for sustainable atmospheric CO2 build up in tropical farm forestry/M. Uma, E. Mohan and K. Rajendran. 6. Optimization doses of different bioagents against fusarium wilt of Pigeonpea/D.N. Dhutraj, P.R. Bhandarge, M.G. Korde and A.L. Harde. 7. In vitro evaluation of fungicides against stemphylium vesicarium, causing leaf blight of onion/A.P. Suryawanshi, K.T. Apet, S.H. Khade, D.P. Kuldhar and A.L. Harde. 8. Screening of antagonistic activity of microorganisms against collectotrichum gloeosporioides/D.U. Gawai, J.U. Shinde, S.D. Jadhav, V.S. Bhadrashette, S.G. Swant and E.M. Khillare. 9. Biopriming of seeds for improving germination behaviour and biomass production of oilseed crops/J.N. Rajkond, S.L. Korekar, V.S. Swant and U.N. Bhale. 10. Mycorrhiza: biofertilizer for solannum melongena L/V.S. Sawant, P.P. Sarwade, V.S. Chatage, J.N. Rajkonda and U.N. Bhale. 11. Efficacy of indigenous AM fungi on growth and nutrient uptake of a ground orchid Habenaria marginata colber/A. Channabasava and H.C. Lakshman. 12. Role of algae in bioremediation/Milind J. Jadhav. 13. Airborne microorganism present in Government and private offices of Nagpur City/K.J. Cherian and S.M. Balpande. 14. Interaction of microorganisms with mangrove plants at than coast/Nilkanth S, Suryawanshi. 15. Arbuscular mycorrhizal association in some medicinal plants belonging to asteraceae found in Panahala hill of Maharasthra, India/Vishal R. Kamble, Rupesh R. Maurya and Dinesh G. Agre. 16. Native AM fungi in agroforestry tree species with seasonal variation/Krishna H. Waddar and H.C. Lakshman. 17. Determining Kunapajala pre sowing treatment for optimum germination of tomato Lycopersicon esulentum L. cv. selection 22 seeds/Rupali S. Deshmukh, Neelam A. Pail and T.D. Nikam. 18. Addition to the flora of Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India/S.P. Gaikwad, R.D. Gore and K.U. Garad. 19. Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in some common pants of Marathwada/P.P. Sarwade, V.S. Sawant and U.N. Bhale. 20. Preparation of chloropastic and cytoplasmic LPC from various plant species/V.G. Manwatkar and D.P. Gogle. 21. Effect of different concentrations of Chitosan on the growth of Okra Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench/Sandhya Jaybhay, Lata Done and Avinash B. Ade. 22. Wetlands: elixir of life/S.N. Inamdar. 23. Chemical control of fruit rot of Coccinia indica caused by Bipolaris tetramera and macrophomina phaseolina/V.S. Chatage, A.S. Sonwane and U.N. Bhale. 24. Antibiotic effect of culture filtrates of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. udum butler against rhizobium bacteria isolated from different varieties of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.)/V. Jalander and B.D. Gachane. 25. Aeschynomene villosa poir fabaceae: an addition to the flora of Maharashtra State/S.P. Gaikwad, K.U. Garad and R.D. Gore. 26. Diversity of fungal species found in different college libraries of Wardha City during the rainy season/L.P. Dalal, M. Bhowal and S.P. Kalbende. 27. Effect of basidiocarp extract of different mushrooms on growth of mould fungi/D.K. Kirwale, S.S. Bharade and D.S. Mukadam. 28. Evaluation of in vitro and in vivo antibacterial properties of Nothapodytes nimmoniana Grah. Mabb. and standardization of its micropropgation techniques/Pallavi P. Borate and Siddheshwar D. Disale. 29. Induced variation in plant height due to physical Gamma rays and chemical EMS mutagenic treatmens in groundnut arachis hypogaea L./R.A. Satpute and S.W. Suradkar. 30. Standardization of inoculation methods for mass.…