Recent Trends in Microbiology Mycology and Plant Pathology

The Recent trends in Microbiology, Mycology and Plant Pathology is compilation of articles contributed by well known researchers, scientists and academicians. The content of this book is prepared to facilitate the importance of various aspects of Microbiology, Mycology and Plant Pathology. The subject matter of this book has been conceived and presented with applications of the three branches of biology to bring the awareness about the role of microorganisms, fungi and pathogens in day today life.

This book is divided into three sections to make it attractive and informative for the readers. The first section of this book includes articles contributed by various researchers, agricultural scientists on the field of microbiology. This section emphasises on beneficial microbial life, mycorrhizae, cyanobacteria and some techniques to study various organisms were narrated very neatly. Second section focused mainly on aspects of mycology particularly the antioxidants; secondary metabolites, enzymes of fungal origin and their importance for the human welfare have been discussed. Biological control of pathogens, diseases caused by mycoplasma, viruses and bacteria, the role of PGPR in defence response of host plants against pathogens and disease forecasting were included in the third section of this book. This book is very much useful for the students, research scholars, scientists, academicians and farmers.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Microbiology: 1. Beneficial Microbial Life in Soil: The Basis for Sustainable Plant Life on Earth/H.C.Lakshman. 2. A Protocol for DNA Extraction from Rhizosphere of Field Growing Plant, Harboring Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi/Ashok Shukla, Deepak Vyas, Keerti Dehariya, Vandana Bharti Ahirwar, Onkar Salunkhe, Daulat Ram Gwalwanshi and Anuradha Jha. 3. Mycorrhizae and Molecular Approaches to its Functioning/M.N. Sreenivasa. 4. Recent Techniques in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Mass Production/P. Savitha, K.S. Jagadeesh, D.K. Dushyantha and P. Nirmalnath Jones. 5. Bioremediation: Basic Concepts, Approaches and Applications/M. Nagalakshmi Devamma, Kavya Deepthi M. and Shaik Thahir Basha. 6. Improved Seedling Emergence and Biomass Production of Crop Plants by Trichoderma spp./J.N. Rajkonda and U.N. Bhale. 7. Interactions between the Arbuscular Mycorrhizae, Glomus mosseae and Trichoderma and their Significance for Enhancing Plant Growth and Suppressing Wilt Disease of Cajanus cajan (L)./Keerti Dehariya, Imtiyaz Ahmed Sheikh, Ashok Shukla and Deepak Vyas. 8. Role of Cyanobacteria in Phosphate Nutrition to Plants/Ratna V. Airsang and H.C. Lakshman. 9. Role of Micro-organism in Production of Single Cell Protein/Kiran P. Kolkar and H.C. Lakshman. 10. Micro-organisms as Pollution Indicators in Selected Lentic Habitats of Dharwad, Karnataka State, India/Doris M. Singh. 11. Short-Term Water Stress Induced Accumulation of Proline in Triticum aestivum L. Varieties Inoculated with AM Fungus Rhizophagus fasciculatus/V.S. Bheemareddy, S.B. Gadi and H.C. Lakshman. II. Mycology: 12. Antioxidants from Mushrooms may Antagonize Convulsions/Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh, Keerti Dehariya, Vinita Singh, Poonam Dehariya and Deepak Vyas. 13. Fungal Metabolites and their Importance/A. Channabasava, H.C. Lakshman and T.C. Taranath. 14. Fungal Pectinases and their Biotechnological Applications/D.K. Dushyantha and K.S. Jagadeesh. 15. Role of Fungi in the Contribution of Pharmaceuticals and Enzymes/Jayshree M. Kurandawad and H.C. Lakshman. III. Plant Pathology: 16. Bioagents for the Management of Plant Diseases/Shripad Kulkarni and S.P. Singh. 17. Biological Control of Plant Pathogens/M. Nagalakshmi Devamma, Shaik Thahir Basha, M. Kavya Deepthi and H.C. Lakshman. 18. Eco-friendly Approaches in the Management of Post-harvest Fruit Diseases of Ivy Gourd (Coccinia inidica Wight and Arn.)/V.S. Chatage and U.N. Bhale. 19. Diseases on some Important Common Leafy Vegetables and their Control Management/Shwetha C. Madgaonkar and H.C. Lakshman. 20. Plant Diseases Caused by Viruses and Mycoplasma and their Control Measures/Pushpa K. Kavatagi and H.C. Lakshman. 21. Induction of Defense Responses in Tomato against Tolcv by Consortium of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Formulated with Chitosan/Shefali Mishra, K.S. Jagadeesh, P.U. Krishnaraj, G. Jyothi, A.S. Byadagi and A.S. Vastrad. 22. Management of Diseases of Horticultural Crops through Organics/Shripad Kulkarni and V.I. Benagi. 23. Interaction between Host and Pathogens in Development of Diseases/B.S. Agadi and H.C. Lakshman. 24. Influence of Culture Media and Environmental Factors on Mycelial Growth and Conidial Yield of Fusarium proliferatum a Potential Pathogen of Echinochloa crusgalli (Major Weed in Rice)/G. Jyothi, K.R.N. Reddy, K.R.K. Reddy, Shefali Mishra and A.R. Podile. 25. Importance of Plant Disease Forecasting and Disease Management/Romana M. Mirdhe and H.C. Lakshman. Index.