1st Edition
Microbial Fertilizer Technology for Sustainable Crop Production
1. Role of Plant-Microbe Interaction in Drought Stress Mitigation
Sameena Lone, Khursheed Hussain, Khalid Masoodi, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Hiba Alatrash, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Ekaterina Kozuharova, and Vishnu D. Rajput
2. Production of Plant Hormones from Microorganisms
Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Roghayeh Karimirad, Razzagh Karimirad, Abhijit Dey, Siddhartha Pati, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha, Alla Aleksanyan, R. Z. Sayyed, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Muhammad Aasim, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khalid, Samar S. Shawaqfeh, and Iftikhar Ali
3. Microalgal Bioresources for Sustainable Agriculture
Sana Mounaimi, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Pavitra Chippalakatti, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, and Devarajan Thangadurai
4. Biofertilizers as an Effective Tool for Sustainable Agriculture
Samar A. Ghanem, Alaa H. Khallouf, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, and Devarajan Thangadurai
5. Rhizobia as Plant Growth-Promoting Biofertilizers
Hiba Alatrash, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Yaman Jabbour, Roghayeh Karimirad, Abhijit Dey, Siddhartha Pati, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha, Puteri E. Megat Wahab, Khaldoun Othman Al Sane, R. Z. Sayyed, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Amreena Sultan, Kumar Pandey, Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khalid, Samar S. Shawaqfeh, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Sabaa Jawad Abdulkadhim, Samia Khanum, and Iftikhar Ali
6. The Role of Azolla in Biofertilization and Animal Nutrition
Razzagh Karimirad, Roghayeh Karimirad, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, and Vishnu D. Rajput
7. Azotobacter salinestris for Improving Soil Fertility and Crop Productivity: Mechanism, Role, and Potential Applications
Amreena Sultan, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Shahnaz Mufti, Afroza Akhter, Sayed Azrah Indrabi, Girma Birru, Muhammad Aasim, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Insha Javeed, Najmu Sakib, Javeid Ahmed Dar, Munir Turk, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Vishnu D. Rajput, Abeer Jubily, and Iftikhar Ali
8. Potential Use of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agricultural Ecosystems: An Overview
Khaldoun Othman Al Sane, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Roghayeh Karimirad, Abhijit Dey, Siddhartha Pati, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha, Puteri E. Megat Wahab, Razzagh Karimirad, R. Z. Sayyed, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Hiba Alatrash, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khalid, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Sabaa Jawad Abdulkadhim, Samia Khanum, and Iftikhar Ali
9. Agricultural Applications of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Imran, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Amanullah, Roghayeh Karimirad, Abhijit Dey, Siddhartha Pati, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha, Puteri E. Megat Wahab, Muhammad Aasim, R. Z. Sayyed, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Hiba Alatrash, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Munir Turk, Taha A. Al-Issa, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Iftikhar Ali, and Samia Khanum
10. Role of Mycorrhizae in Soil Nutrient Availability and Plant Nutrient Uptake
Edappayil Janeeshma, Jos Thomas Puthur, Abdel Rahman Al-Tawaha, Vishnu D. Rajput, Abeer Jubily, Poojashree Nagappa Kummur, Devarajan Thangadurai, and Jeyabalan Sangeetha
11. Effect of Mycorrhizal Inoculation on Citrus Seedling Growth and Nutrient Uptake
Aradhna Kumari, Santosh Kumar Singh, Abdel Rahman Al-Tawaha, Devarajan Thangadurai, Simran Panigatti, and Jeyabalan Sangeetha
12. Combined Interaction Between Azospirillum Species and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) Fungi on Agricultural Crops
P. Saranraj, Neethu Asokan, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al–Tawaha, P. Sivasakthivelan, Hiba Alatrash, Siddhartha Pati, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha, Amreena Sultan, R. Z. Sayyed, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Muhammad Aasim, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Munir Turk, Taha A. Al-Issa, and Samia Khanum
13. Nitrogen Fixation in Rice-Based Farming System and Implication for Sustainable Intensification in Developing Countries
Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha, Girma Birru, Alla Aleksanyan, Abhijit Dey, Siddhartha Pati, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha, Puteri E. Megat Wahab, Amreena Sultan, R. Z. Sayyed, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Vedavyas Shivanand Chavan, Muhammad Aasim, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Munir Turk, Taha A. Al-Issa, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Vishnu D. Rajput, Abeer Jubily, and Iftikhar Ali
Biography
Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor 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 a 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 full Professor of Plant Science, former Head of Department of Biological Sciences, and former Director of Planning, Information and Quality Unit at Al Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. He was awarded his PhD from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 2006. He is author/coauthor of more than 200 publications in plant science in leading peer-reviewed journals, 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 also participates in many international conferences as chair or member of scientific committees.
Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Professor at Karnatak University in South India. He has authored/edited over 35 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.
