The book Microbial Biodiversity in Natural Ecosystem: Modern Trend’s is a compilation of works related to ecology and diversity of useful and harmful microbes under natural ecosystem. The book has elaborations on genetic variations of some plant pathogens as well as other useful soil microbes in agricultural lands and effect of climate change in those microbes. It also contains subject related to diversity in phytonematodes and their parasites. The book also highlights microbial diversity under diverse cropping system. There are chapters in the book that highlights metabolite profiling can also be used for assessing microbial diversity. Chapters like multiomics strategies to identify the non culturable microbes also deals with the molecular techniques in assessing microbial diversity. Similarly topics like use of stable isotope probing for molecular identification of uncultivable microbes is also highlighted in the book. Overall, the book is a significant compilation of soil and agricultural microbial diversity in different ecological habitats molecular techniques involved in assessing diversity and impact of climate change on microbial diversity.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Asha Sinha
Asha Sinha is Professor in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.) Varanasi (U.P.). She joined the department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of agricultural sci3ences, Banaras Hindu, University as senior research fellow in January 1980 and subsequently was appointed Lecturer in the same department. She has published research papers in the leading journal of both Indian and abroad. She has also edited a book on microbes and plants. Research field of her principal interest are microbial ecology, virology and mycology with particular interest in the area of plant litter decomposition. She has been engaged in teaching and research from more than 25 years. She has visited several foreign laboratories including those in Germany and USA and also participated in conference, seminar symposium and training courses. Presently she is life member of two reputed societies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.K. Sarma
B.K. Sarma is lecturer in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Banaras Hindu University in 2002. He is a recipient of Junior Research Fellowship of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, in Plant Pathology in 1995. He was also awarded Gold Medal from Banaras Hindu University for securing First Position in M.Sc. (Ag.). He also received Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi for his Ph.D. programme. He has to his credit over 30 research papers and reviews published in reputed national and international journals. He has also written a chapter in an edited book. He had the privilege to deliver a keynote speech in the First Asian Congress on Plant Pathology held in Beijing, China.
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