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Agricultural Microbiology

R.P. Pareek & Navneet Pareek

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This text book is written keeping in mind the contents of the syllabus of the course Agricultural Microbiology taught in BSc.(Ag) degree program all over the country as the syllabus is approved in Deans committee at ICAR level. The book will be useful for students and the teachers teaching the course. The book has five sections namely basics of microbiology which deals with fundamental principles of general microbiology. Section two covers ecology of soil biota and organisms in soil liter interfaces. Third section is biogeochemical cycles of plant nutrients discussing microbiological transformation of important plant nutrients and their movement in the soil constituents. Fourth section relates with applied aspect of agriculturally useful microorganisms dealing with biofertilizers and biocontrol agents. Fifth section discusses qualities of drinkable water and food and water borne diseases directly concerned with human hygiene. A chapter on traditional and molecular techniques to study soil microorganisms and their activities in situ and laboratory is also incorporated. The language of the book is simple and subject matter is discussed with help of illustration such as graphs, charts, tables and pictures, keeping readers in mind. In the end of each chapter exercise in the form of questions has been incorporated to help the student to recapitulate the contents of the chapter.

Section 1 INTRODUCTION                                                        

1. Agricultural microbiology and scope

 2. History of microbiology

Section 2  BASICS OF MICROBIOLOGY                                                                       

 3. Microbial cell: Constituents and composition

 4. Prokaryotic cell metabolism

 5. Nutrition, growth and culturing of microorganisms          

 6. Genetics of prokaryotes

 7. Bacteriophages

Section 3  SOIL BIOTA AND THEIR ECOLOGY

 8. Soil: A habitat of microorganisms

 9. Soil bacteria

 10. Soil fungi

 11. Soil green algae

 12. Soil animals

 13. Rhizosphere

 14. Phyllosphere

 15. Methods for studying soil microorganisms

Section 4  BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF PLANT NUTRIENTS

 16. Carbon cycle

 17. Organic matter decomposition and nutrient recycling

 18. Nitrogen cycle and transformation

 19. Nitrification and denitrification 

 20. Basics of biological nitrogen fixation

 21. Non-symbiotic and associative nitrogen fixation

 22. Legume-rhizobia symbiosis

 23. Actinorhizal symbiosis (Actinorhiza)

 24. Azolla- Anabaena symbiosis

 25. Microbial transformation of soil phosphorus

 26. Mycorrhizae

 27. Microbial transformation sulfur in soil

Section 5 EXPLOITATION OF MICROORGANISMS  IN AGRICULTURE

 28. Biofertilizers

 29. Microbial insecticides and herbicides

 30. Composting

 31. Microbial interactions and biocontrol soil borne plant diseases

 32. Biogas production

 33. Microbiology of water

 34. Wastewaters

 35. Food microbiology

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