Mycorrhizal Technology: Managing Plant Stress and Mitigating Climate Change Using Mycorrhizae
About this ebook
It examines the recent research studies based on mycorrhizal technology that have explored the positive impact of root symbiosis on plant adaptation to climate-associated abiotic stressors, such as salinity, drought, flooding, and high temperatures.
The book includes thirteen chapters, partitioned into four different parts, authored by international experts and researchers from different domains of plant-mycorrhiza research. Part I explains the role of mycorrhiza in plant growth, in the metabolism of minerals, and in biological control.
The book goes on to discuss the extensive commercial applications of mycorrhiza fungi in various industrial sectors including agriculture, horticulture, and biotechnology. Chapters investigate the diverse roles of mycorrhizal fungi in managing different stress conditions. And lastly, the volume provides in-depth analyses of the ways that commercialized mycorrhizal technology can help to maintain global environmental sustainability and food security.
Key features:
- Reveals the complex associations of mycorrhizal communities with soil and other soil microbes
- Presents the inoculum production practices for appropriate application of mycorrhizal technology in various plant production systems
- Discusses the commercial harvesting and applications of mycorrhizal forest trees for sustainable agricultural development, and
- Reviews the current advancements and upcoming challenges on way of mycorrhizal technology
Research in mycorrhizal technology is significantly evolving, and cutting-edge findings have provided understanding in how complex plant-mycorrhiza associations work. This volume is designed and edited to serve as a resource text for postgraduate students, botanists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, environmental biologists, and industry professionals who have keen interest and attention on beneficial services and commercialization of mycorrhizal technology.
About the author
Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/coedited several books in her research areas, which include environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, Government of India, for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012–2016 with funding from the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi.
Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, PhD, is a full Professor of Plant Science, former Head of the Department of Biological Sciences, and former Director of Planning, Information and Quality Unit at Al Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. He earned his PhD at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 2006. He is the author/coauthor of more than 200 publications in plant science in leading peer-reviewed journals and chapters in edited volumes and books on a broad range of development issues. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Environmental Biology. He is also participated in many international conferences as chair or member of the scientific committees.
Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Associate Professor at Karnatak University in South India. He has authored/edited over 30 books with national and international publishers and has visited 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India.
