Microbial Based Land Restoration Handbook, Volume 1: Plant-Microbial Interaction and Soil Remediation

Plant-microbe interaction is a powerful and promising link to mitigate  the various kinds of stresses like drought, salinity, heavy metals, and  pathogenic effects. It is more beneficial for crop improvement and  sustainable approaches for reclamation of problematic soils. Taking a  multidisciplinary approach, this book explores the recent uses of  plant-microbe interactions in ecological and agricultural revitalization  beyond normal agriculture practices and offers practical and applied  solutions for the restoration of degraded land to fulfill human needs  with food, fodder, fuel, and fiber. It provides a single comprehensive  platform for soil scientists, agriculture specialists, ecologists, and  those in related disciplines.

Features

• Presents cutting-edge microbial biotechnology as a tool for restoring degraded lands
• Explores the aspects of sustainable development of degraded lands using microbe inspired land remediation
•  Highlights sustainable food production intensification in nutrient poor  lands through the innovative use of microbial inoculants
•  Explains the remediation of polluted land for regaining biodiversity and  achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• Includes many real-life applications from South Asia offering solutions to today’s agricultural problems
This  book will be of interest to professionals, researchers, and students in  environmental, soil, and agricultural sciences, as well as  stakeholders, policy makers, and practitioners that have an interest in  this field.