Biofertilizers in horticultural crops / vikram Appanna, Rajeshwari

Preface 1. Microbially Mediated Soil Health Management 2. Green Technology - An Overview of Biofertilizers 3. The Goodness of Microbes Defines Sustainability of the Soil Resource- A Critical Analysis 4. Role of Microbes in organic matter Decomposition 5. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Sustainable Agriculture 6. Molecular Detection of Beneficial Microbes 7. Mechanisms of Microorganisms as Biofertilizers 8. Mass production and Formulation of Biofertilizers 9. Phosphate Solubilizing Biofertilizers, Its Mass Production, and Formulation 10. Potassium Solubilishing Microorganisms Application in Agriculture 11. Mass Production and Formulation of Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Biofertilizers 12. Current Techniques for Mass Culturing of Arbuscular Mycorrihizers 13. Role of liquid Plant Growth Promoting Rhizomicrobial Consortia for Crop Improvement 14. Use of Biofertilizers in Protected Cultivation 15. Technologies for Establishment of Inventory of Bioagents on Regional Basis 16. Overview of Intellectual Property Rights and Regulations in Bioformulations 17. Isolation and Mass Production of Biofertilizers