Overview
- The fourth updated, enlargend, and revised edition of the successful monograph on mycorrhiza - now in three volumes!
- With a strong emphasis on latest findings in the role of mycorrhiza in food security and environmental protection
- Up-to-date overview of current progresses in mycorrhiza and their association with plant productivity and environmental sustainability
- A must hands-on guide, ideally suited for agri-biotechnology, soil biology, fungal biology including mycorrrhiza and stress management, academia and researchers
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book is an up-to-date overview of current progress in mycorrhiza and association with plant productivity and environmental sustainability. The result is a must hands-on guide, ideally suited for agri-biotechnology, soil biology, fungal biology including mycorrrhiza and stress management, academia and researchers.
The topic of this book is particularly relevant to researchers involved in mycorrhiza, especially to food security, plant microbe interaction and environmental protection.
Mycorrhizas are symbioses between fungi and the roots of higher plants. As more than 90% of all known species of plants have the potential to form mycorrhizal associations, the productivity and species composition and thediversity of natural ecosystems are frequently dependent upon the presence and activity of mycorrhizas. The biotechnological application of mycorrhizas is expected to promote the production of food while maintaining ecologically and economically sustainable production systems.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ajit Varma is also series editor of the Springer series "Soil Biology".
Dr Ram Prasad: Assistant professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. He is working on plant microbe interaction, nanobiotechnology, and microbial biotechnology including fungal biology. Ram Prasad has edited several books and has published a number of research papers and review articles to his credit in international journals. During 2014, Ram Prasad has been awarded American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigator, USA.
Prof Dr Narendra Tuteja: An elected fellow of numerous academies and visiting scientists at ICGEB, New Delhi, he is currently Director and Head of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India. Narendra Tuteja has made significant contributions to crop improvement under adverse conditions, reporting the first helicase from plant and human cells and demonstrating new roles of Ku autoantigen, nuclolin and elF4A as DNA helicases. Narendra Tuteja also reported several high salinity stress tolerant genes from plant and fungi and developed salt/drought tolerant plants.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mycorrhiza - Nutrient Uptake, Biocontrol, Ecorestoration
Editors: Ajit Varma, Ram Prasad, Narendra Tuteja
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68867-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68866-4Published: 25 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88670-1Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68867-1Published: 15 January 2018
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XVII, 533
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Plant Sciences, Forestry, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Microbial Genetics and Genomics