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Microbial Interventions in Soil: Enhancing Nutrient Management for Sustainable Agriculture
Edited by Puneet Singh Chauhan, Edited by Nikita Bisht, Edited by Renuka Agarwal
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Microbial Interventions in Soil, in the Biostimulants and Protective Biochemical Agents series, advances a single proposition: high-throughput sequencing converts attributes that earlier diversity surveys could only enumerate into manipulable determinants of fertility, stress tolerance, and land rehabilitation. Its chapters trace a graded progression from characterizing the active soil microbiota, through harnessing, and ultimately rebuilding, it. At its least invasive, intervention applies capacities the community already holds: microbial solubilization of phosphate and other minerals, and the metabolic plasticity through which roots acquire the nutrients so released. Cyanobacteria and rhizosphere assemblages thereby act as proximate agents of both soil health and productivity, and the response of paddy systems to organic versus inorganic fertilization becomes predictable from community composition rather than input quantity. Where resident function proves insufficient, the work shifts toward targeted engineering. Bacterial endophytes and defined consortia are assembled to suppress phytopathogens, confer stress resilience, and stabilize yield under salinity, while molecular and material tools carry the same intent further, remediating arsenic-laden soils, breaking down recalcitrant pesticides, and formulating biofertilizers and biostimulants through genetic modification and nanotechnology. For specialists in soil microbiology and sustainable agronomy, this volume consolidates the methods and principles required to translate sequence-level data into deployable solutions at field scale.
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Publisher | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Published date | 1 Feb 2027
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 525
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 450g
ISBN | 978-0-4434-4179-0
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BISAC | science / life sciences / botany
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