1. Introduction to Microbiota
Dr. Maryam Sarwat; Department of Biotechnology, Amenity University, Noida, UP, India; maryam21_7@yahoo.com
2. Chemical fertilisers and their impact on soil health
Luigi Cattivelli; CRA - Genomic Research Centre, Via S. Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuolad'Arda (PC), Italy; l.cattivelli@iol.it; luigi.cattivelli@entecra.it
3. Biofertilisers: a viable toolfor future organic agriculture
Adeel Malik; Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; adeelmalik010@gmail.com
4. Global biofertilser industry: progress and challenges
Jian-Kang Zhu; Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; jkzhu@purdue.edu
5. Potential role of biofertilisers in agriculture with emphasis on nitrogen fixers and phosphate solubilizes
Grant R Cramer; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mail Stop 330, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA; cramer@unr.edu
6. An overview of biofertiliser sector in the world
M Qadir; International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic; m.qadir@cgiar.org
7. Microbial inoculants as biofertiliser
Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli Department of Cellular Biology, Institute of Biological Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil email: tonellibioquimica@gmail.com
8. Fungi and their potential as Biofertilizers
Monica Butnariu Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com)
9. Application of Mycorrhiza in crop management
Sartaj Hussain Bhat; Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City-501-1193, Japan
10. Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as Biofertilizers and Biopesticides
N. Malash;Faculty of Agriculture, Menofiya University, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt; n_malash@hotmail.com
11. Rhizobia Symbiosis for Sustainable Agriculture
Umar Nazir; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India-605014; unbspn@gmail.com.
12. Synergetic role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in Organic Farming
Niste Monica; University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Manastur St., no. 3-5, 400372 Cluj - Napoca, Romania; roxana.vidican@usamvcluj.ro
13. Cyanobacteria as sustainable microbime for agricultural industries
WantiMindari;Faculty of Agriculture University of Brawijaya, Malang Indonesia; and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pembangunan National, Surabaya, Indonesia;wanti_mindari@yahoo.com
14. Application and viability of Macrophytes as green manure
Scott AL Hayward; University of Birmingham, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; s.a.hayward@bham.ac.uk
15. The microbiome: potential significance of beneficial microbes in sustainable agriculture
BasiaVinocur; The Robert H Smith Institu
About the Author: Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has completed his Ph.D. (Botany) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in 2011. Dr. Hakeem has worked as Post Doctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Prof.) from 2013-2016 at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. His specialty is Plant Eco-Physiology, Molecular biology, Plant-Microbe-soil interactions, Medicinal plant research and Environmental Sciences and so far has edited and authored more than 25 books with Springer International, Academic Press, etc. He has also to his credit more than 110 research publications in peer reviewed international journals, including 40 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. Dr Hakeem is the recipient of many national and international awards and fellowships.
Dr Gowhar Hamid Dar is an Assistant Professor at Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, India. He has been working on the Isolation, Identification and Characterization of microbes for the last several years so to understand their behavioural aspects and to evaluate their industrial, economic aspects and their impact on our life. He has also published many research articles in reputed, referred international and national journals. Further he is involved in the teaching of post-graduate students of Environmental Science and in the teaching of Undergraduate course in Environment and Water Management at SP College campus of Cluster University Srinagar. Dr. Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood is an Assistant Professor in the discipline of Environmental Sciences, Sri Pratap College campus, Cluster University Srinagar, 190001. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. His current research focuses on the effect of spatio-temporal dynamics of heavy metal contamination on fishes in an urban Himalayan Lake with particular reference to the endemic fish Shizothorax niger.
Dr Rouf Ahmad Bhat completed his PhD in Environmental Science (specialization: environmental microbiology) from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar under the able guidance of Prof. Azra N, Kamili and Prof. Bashir A. Ganai. Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor (Environmental Science) at the Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar.
