Plant Biodiversity, Microbial Interaction and Environmental Biology

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This book comprises 20 articles contributed by leading botanists of the country. There is a wealth of information ranging from the Portuguese and Dutch exploration in the 16th and 17th century Malabar and their socio-cultural impact, microbial interaction, environmental biology, plant resources, conservation and improvement, macrophyte diversity of wetlands, biodiversity of wild mushrooms, management of Fusarium wilt disease and phytoparasitic nematodes, physiological studies on boll rot of cotton, ecology of dwarf bamboo of Central Himalaya, plant growth response to air pollution stress, paradox of biological invasion, terrestrial ecosystem effect of heavy metal sin plants, tropical rain forest of Nagaland, conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants with their export potential, role of ethnobotany in conservation and genetic improvement of crop plants.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.N. Chaudhary

S.N. Chaudhary, a former fellow of A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Science, Patna, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and MSH, Paris, is Head, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Barkatullah University, Bhopal. He has written, edited and translated more than 15 books. He has composed more than 15 research projects, written more than 50 research articles and produced more than 18 Ph.Ds. Dr. Chaudhary is actively associated with many national and international NGOs in different capacities. Currently, he is working on Technological Modernization in Agriculture and Social Change; Untouchability and Poverty among the Tribals; and Gains and Pains of Globalisation.