Microbiological Research In Agroecosystem Management

Agroecosystem is an ideal dynamic functional system with a set of chemical and biological interaction taking place in plant surface either below or above the ground levels. These levels of interaction activities fundamentally with microorganism-plant-soil systems are extended upto the level of entire agricultural economy. Greatly simplified, the agroecosystems control the various range of energy flux, resources exchange, organic and inorganic nutrient budgets and population dynamics. The main aim of this edited volume is to provide a broad spectrum of agroecosystems structure, function and maintenance involved in microbial research. This book consists of 20 full length research articles focusing on the emerging problems in the field and the positive findings are identified on key areas of research such as biodiversity, ecosystem service, environmental cleaning in agroecology, etc. These articles are arranged progressively linking themselves thematically with photographs, figures and tables. Focused field articles are included which prove a valuable contribution to the field of agroecosystem management by microbial facilitations. The editor hopes that these articles would prompt the budding scholars to further their research which in turn would certainly help the agriculturists.

Dr. Rajesh Kannan is currently working as Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India. He extends his service as member of board of studies in Microbiology, Biotechnology, Botany and Life Sciences and member of reviewer more than 25 international reputed scientific journals in regular and also a member of editorial board in several scientific publications. His field of specialization is 'Rhizosphere Biology'. He has published 75 research papers and several review articles in international refereed journals. Further, he has contributed 55 microbial strains to NCBI Genbank. He has organized two scientific conferences at national level and delivered several talks in Tiruchirappalli All India Radio. He is an active member of Indian Science Congress Association, International Mycorrhizae Research Society, International Plant-Microbes Interactions Association, International Ecological Association, Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists and Association of Microbiologists of India.