Microbial Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Bioremediation

The agriculture industry faces challenges in embracing mass production of safer food while avoiding soil pollution and environmental threats. Sustainable technological innovations are needed to ensure the sustainability of agricultural production systems. Microbial Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Bioremediation explores the benefits, challenges, and practical applications of eco-friendly biotechnological techniques using biostimulants derived from beneficial microorganisms. The book covers the use of these organisms to increase crop production, enhance soil fertility, maintain soil health, create crop and plant tolerance to abiotic stressors, release required nutrients, improve nutrient use efficiency, and rejuvenate polluted environments.

Format: Hardback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 29 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The agriculture industry faces a dual challenge of embracing mass production of safer food while ensuring both quality and quantity. Industries strive to mitigate soil pollution and environmental threats caused by excessive reliance on synthetic products in crops. Consequently, there is a pressing need to adopt sustainable technological innovations to sustain agricultural production systems.

Microbial Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Bioremediation delves into the advantages, complexities, and practical applications of eco-friendly biotechnological techniques utilizing biostimulants derived from beneficial microorganisms. The chapters explore the utilization of these organisms to boost crop production, enhance soil fertility and health, develop crop and plant tolerance to various abiotic stressors, release essential nutrients to the soil, enhance resistance to plant pathogens/pests, improve nutrient use efficiency of crops, and rejuvenate polluted environments.

FEATURES:

Explores the physiological, morpho-anatomical, and biochemical molecular plant responses involved in stimulating crop productivity.

Provides comprehensive information on the physiological, cellular, and molecular mechanisms underlying microbial biostimulant interfaces.

Summarizes methods and approaches for implementing microbial stimulant technology.

Outlines numerous environmental management and remediation strategies.

This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and academics engaged in soil science, crop science, water remediation, microbiology, and biotechnology.

Weight: 580g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032035758