Rhizosphere Revolution Unveiling the Secrets of Insect Pheromones in Soil Health and Vermicompost Production

Preface

About the Editors

1. Introduction to the Rhizosphere World

Sheetanshu Gupta, Inayat Mustafa Khan, Kunal, Nikhil Parihar and Dhirendra Kumar

2. Unraveling Insect Pheromones

Dhirendra Kumar, Sheetanshu Gupta, Wajid Hasan and Barkat Hussain

3. Insect Pheromones in the Rhizosphere

Anil Kurmi , Amogha, Elangbam Bidyarani Devi and Sheetanshu Gupta

4. Pheromones in Pest Control

Sanjay Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava, Anil Kurmi, Prveen and Barkat Hussain

5. Vermicompost: Nature's Gold

Asma Shakeel, Shikha Jaggi, Samikhya Bhuyan Dhirendra Kumar and Sheetanshu Gupta

6. Harnessing Insect Pheromones for Vermicompost Production

Shabistana Nisar, Mridul Chetia, Dhirendra Kumar and Sheetanshu Gupta

7. Pheromones and Microbial Interactions

Rajendra Prasad B S,Sheetanshu Gupta,Sugandha Mishra and Dhirendra Kumar

8. Techniques for Pheromone Application in Vermicomposting

Shikha Jaggi, Dhirendra Kumar and Sheetanshu Gupta

9. Environmental Considerations and Sustainability

Vikram Mor, Bheemreddyvalla Venkateshwar Reddy, Sheetanshu Gupta and Shivom Singh

10. The Underground Symphony

Sheetanshu Gupta

11. Bio-Engineered Insect Allies

Dhirendra Kumar, Sugandha Mishra and Sheetanshu Gupta

12. The Quantum Rhizosphere

Sheetanshu Gupta and Dhirendra Kumar

13. The Rhizosphere Revolutionaries' Toolkit

Sheetanshu Gupta and Wajid Hasan

14. Terraforming Mars, One Rhizosphere at a Time

Sheetanshu Gupta

15. Beyond Agriculture - Rhizosphere in Unexpected Places

Savita Jangde and Dhirendra Kumar

16. The Sentient Soil Hypothesis

Sheetanshu Gupta, Wajid Hasan, Altaf Kuntoji and Shivom Singh

17. Challenges, Resilience, and Adaptation

Sheetanshu Gupta and Dhirendra Kumar

18. The Global Impact of Rhizosphere Revolution

Sheetanshu Gupta

19. Monitoring and Quality Control

Sheetanshu Gupta and Dhirendra Kumar

20. Future Directionsin Rhizosphere Biology

Sheetanshu Gupta

Biography

Sheetanshu Gupta is alumnus of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India and works in the field of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology. He specializes in environmental problems, aeroponics and hydroponics, and protein biochemistry. He is also involved in innovating farming techniques and exploring novel approaches to plant protection.

Dhirendra Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Assistant Nodal Officer IPR Cell at Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Haryana, India. His areas of interest are Plant Biology, Biotechnology, Bioprocess Development, Termite Biology, and Waste Management and he is currently working on green synthesis plants and metal-based nanomaterials.

Wajid Hasan is Subject Matter Specialist in Entomology at KVK Jehanabad, Bihar Agricultural University in Bihar, India. He holds a doctorate in Agricultural Entomology from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India and is devoted to researcher and extension activities in the field.

Barkat Hussain is Professor in the Division of Entomology, SKUAST-K, India. He has completed several projects – mostly associated with fruit pest management and pheromones – funded by the Virginia Wine Board, USA. He also served as Director of Pherobank Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Mohammad Javed Ansari is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Hindu College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from IIT Roorkee, India and has served as Assistant Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Shivom Singh is Associate Professor at ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. He specializes in Environmental Science and has also completed a research project funded by MPCST, Bhopal, Government of India.