Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications: Volume 2. Soil & Agroecosystems (Hardcover, 2019)

Part 1. Soil and Agroecosystem.- Chapter 1. Cave microbiome for human welfare.- Chapter 2. 2. Diversity of nitrogen fixing symbiotic rhizobia with special reference to Indian Thar Desert.- Chapter 3. Soil microbiota and sustainable Jhum agroecosystem.- Chapter 4. Diversity in Type III secreting systems (T3SS) in Legume-Rhizobial symbiosis.- Chapter 5. Microbe based novel biostimulants for sustainable crop production.- Chapter 6. Ectomycorrhizal diversity and tree sustainability.- Chapter 7. Diversity of AM fungi in relation to sustainable plant production systems.- Chapter 8. Microbial diversity on grapes and other fruits: Role and significance in fermentation.- Chapter 9. Harnessing entomopathogenic fungi for enhanced farm productivity and profitability.- Chapter 10. Bioactive molecules obtained from microbes of the Sundarbans.- Chapter 11. Microbiome engineering in rhizosphere: Potential in improving food security.- Chapter 12. Dynamics of plant-microbiome and its effect on the plant traits.- Part 2. Diversity of Specific microbial Groups.- Chapter 13. Phylogenetic diversity of lichen photobionts, its coevolution with mycobionts, and potential bioprospects.- Chapter 14. Diversity in xylan-degrading prokaryotes and their bioprospects.- Chapter 15. Diversity in cellulose degrading microbes and their cellulases: role in ecosystem sustainability and potential applications.- Chapter 16. New paradigm in degradation of lignocellulosic biomass and discovery of novel microbial strains.- Chapter 17. Secondary metabolism in Trichoderma- chemical and genomic diversity.- Chapter 18. Diversity of chitinase producing bacteria and their possible role in plant pest control.- Chapter 19. Diversity in endophytic microbes and their bioactive compounds.- Chapter 20. Wild edible mushroom of North West Himalaya ? their nutritional, neutraceutical and sociobiological Aspects.- Chapter 21. Methanogens for humanwelfare: more boon than bane.- Chapter 22. Genetic diversity in pathogenic yeasts.