1st Edition

Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture, Vol. 1

Edited By R C Ray, O.P. Ward Copyright 2006
566 Pages
by CRC Press

566 Pages
by CRC Press

The application of microbial biotechnology to horticulture is of great importance, because it has the potential to increase productivity, to enhance quality and shelf-life of the produce and to develop novel techniques in food processing and for conversion of horticultural wastes into renewal energy sources. In addition, a wide array of scientific activities and resulting associated products,... Read more

Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture
An Overview
Utilization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Horticulture; Nitrogen (N2) Fixation in Vegetable Legumes: Biotechnological Perspectives
Microbial Control of Plant Pathogens of Horticultural Crops
An Overview; Biological Control of Plant Diseases by Natural and Genetically Engineered Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.
Microbial Control of Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables: Current Concepts and Future Outlook; Bacillus thuringiensis Use in Horticulture: A Molecular Perspective
Microbiology of Potatoes and Potato Products
Microbiology of Fresh and Minimally Processed Vegetables
Microbial Technology of Fermented Vegetables
Post Harvest Microbial Biotechnology of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
Cassava Fermentation in Latin America: Fermented Starch
Microbial Starch Converting Enzymes of the a-Amylase Family
Mushroom: Production, Disease, Management and Processing
Production of Renewable Energy from Agricultural and Horticultural Substrates and Wastes

Biography

R C Ray