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| CONTENTS:- 1. Biofertilizers as agro-inputs - past, present and future perspectives / A.K. Yadav and S. Raychaudhuri. 2. Bacterial taxonomy and phylogeny with special reference to diazotrophs / A.K. Yadav and S. Raychaudhuri. 3. Use of biotechnology in studying mechanisms of interactions between Rhizobium and legume and disease causing bacteria and plant / N.C. Talukdar. 4. Scope for endophytic diazotrophs as biofertilizers in agriculture / R. Muthukumarasamy and G. Revathi. 5. Biotechnological approaches in cyanobacterial inoculant technology / K. Kumar and S. Kannaiyan. 6. Azolla biofertilizer technology in rice - opportunities and challenges / D.P. Singh. 7. Potential use of Azolla biofertilizer in sustainable rice farming / K. Kumar and S. Kannaiyan. 8. Development of cyanobacterial biofertilizers in India / B.D. Kaushik. 9. A protocol for commercial production of algal biofertilizer / S.K. Goyal. 10. Biofertilizers using diazotrophic cyanobacteria in rice fields / Siba P. Adhikary. 11. Rhizobium and VA-mycorrhizal biofertilizers in sustainable production / Kiran P. Raverkar. 12. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) - a wonder group of soil bacteria for augmenting crop production / B.S. Dileep Kumar and A.K. Mishra. 13. Ecological monitoring of phosphobacteria tagged with Tn5-lacZ in soybean rhizosphere / Shalini Mourya and K.S. Jauhri. 14. Soil implant inoculants for increased crop production / T. Chakradhar and K.S. Jauhri. 15. Low grade rockphosphate as a substrate for development of soil implant inoculants of phosphobacteria / G. Viveganandan and K.S. Jauhri. 16. Efficiency of Rhizobium with liming in furrows in groundnut / Mausumi Raychaudhuri, Kailash Kumar, S. Raychaudhuri and Sanjeev Kumar. 17. Rhizobium application in groundnut in the farmers field / S.V. Ngachan, A.K. Yadav, S. Raychaudhuri, K. Lokeshwar Singh, L. Ingobi Singh, Th. Raghumani Singh and B.K. Sharma. 18. Nitrogen economy in groundnut through Rhizobium in acid hill soils of Manipur / K.P. Singh, Mausumi Raychaudhuri and G.C. Munda. 19. Yield response of groundnut to dual inoculation and liming in an acid hill ultisol of Manipur / Mausumi Raychaudhuri, S.V. Ngachan, S. Raychaudhuri and A.L. Singh. 20. Seasonal variation in response of pea (Pisum sativum) and green gram (Vigna radiata) to Rhizobium inoculation in Assam / J. Barik and N.C. Talukdar. 21. Screening of native Rhizobium strains for sustainable crop production in pulse-rice cropping system / P. Azad. 22. Response of Okra to Azotobacter and Azospirillum inoculation grown in acid soil amended with lime and FYM / S.K. Pattanayak, R.K. Mohanty and A.K. Sethi. 23. Response of wetland rice to mixed inoculum of diazotrophs in Terai and hill zones of West Bengal / A. Choudhury and M.C. Kabi. 24. Use of Azospirillum as an effective biofertilizer for sustainable cereal production / R.P. Singh, G.R. Lawanaya, A.L. Rao, A.K. Gupta and A. Vaishampayan. 25. Occurrence and distribution of Azotobacter in diverse habitats of Assam / U.J. Sarma and R.N. Bhattacharjee. 26. Effect of Azospirillum and PSB on rice and their detection in rice rhizosphere soil / M.R. Khan, N.C. Talukdar and D. Thakuria. 27. Potentiality of microbes as biofertilizers during paddy cultivation in Cachar district / S. Bhattacharjee, M. Sinha and G.D. Sharma. 28. Efficacy of biofertilizers with graded levels of nitrogen on fibre production by jute / J. Chaudhury, P.K. Ray and S. Pathak. 29. Improvement of Quercus grifithii Miq. through biofertilizers for oak tasar culture at high altitudes / P.K. Srivastav, N. Ibohal Singh, Th. Sanajaoba Singh and K. Thangavelu. 30. Diversity of fluorescent pseudomonades in a tea rhizosphere soil of Assam / K.I. Ansari, D. Thakuria and N.C. Talukdar. 31. Increase in rice production at low 'N' by the use of genetically improved Azolla-Anabaena symbiotic N2-fixing biofertilizer / A. Vaishampayan, A.K. Gupta, R.P. Singh and A.L. Rao. 32. Prospects of using Azolla as green manure in mid hills of Meghalaya / U.K. Hazarika, N.P. Singh, D.C. Saxena, A.S. Panwar and G.C. Munda. 33. Effect of Azolla caroliniana and other nutrient sources on the growth and yield of wetland rice in mid hills of Meghalaya / U.K. Hazarika, D.C. Saxena, A.S. Panwar and N.P. Singh. 34. Effect of phosphorus, PH and light on the nitrogen assimilating enzymes of Azolla / A. Changkakoty and R.C. Borah. 35. Nitrogen fixation in Azolla strains collected from different agroclimatic zones of Assam / A. Changkakoty and R.C. Borah. 36. Effect of vermicompost on hybrid Napier / K.K. Sharma and K.M. Bora. 37. Effect of cowdung as a source of phosphorus on growth and P-uptake by rice under two moisture regimes / Saifuddin Ahmed and H.P. Borthakur. 38. In-situ mineralization of ahu rice stubble and its effect on succeeding rice and soil properties / Chandan Goswami and N.C. Talukdar. 39. Compost, microbes and amendment of biocontrol additives / G.N. Bordoloi, S. Mazumdar, D. Thakur, M.K. Roy and T.C. Bora. 40. List of contributors and their addresses. 41. Authors index. 42. Organisms index. 43. Subject index. |
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| Intensive agriculture based on synthetic inputs popularly known as "Green Revolution" has practically replaced our traditional natural renewable resource based agriculture over last 40 years. Although, the initial results of this technology were very exciting and resulted into four fold increase in production but all this success has come on the cost of future generations and our environment. Biotechnological harvesting of microbial potential in nutrient mobilization and plant protection is one of the widely acclaimed options, which suits both the requirements of optimum production and environment sustainability. Use of microbial systems for nutrient mobilization, popularly known as biofertilizers are getting popular day by day and new and new systems are being introduced to meet our requirement of different crops and under different cropping systems. The book "Biotechnology in Sustainable and Organic Farming--Scope and Potential" is a compilation of chapters contributed by the eminent Indian scientists having considerable national and international reputation with many years of research, teaching and extension experience in the field. In these chapters an attempt has been made to give up-to-date information on various aspects of microbes and microbial systems being exploited for crop production. These articles include compilation of research on bacterial systematics, biology, biochemistry and biotechnology of plant-soil-microbe system. It also includes the present status of biofertilizer industry, it's statistics, problems and scope. |
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