Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture: Volume 3
Editors:
R.C. Ray: Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
O.P. Ward: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

ISBN 978-1-57808-520-0/ February 2008/ 390 pages, hc/ US $ 95.20     Buy Now

ABOUT THE BOOK
Plant genetic engineering has revolutionized our ability to produce genetically improved plant varieties. Large proportions of our major crops have undergone genetic improvement through the use of recombinant DNA technology, and micro-organisms play an important role in this development. The book focuses on genetic engineering of plants for horticulture.

The application of microbial biotechnology to horticulture is of great importance, because it has the potential to increase productivity, to enhance quality and shelf-life of the produce and to develop novel techniques in food processing and for conversion of horticultural wastes into renewal energy sources. In addition, a wide array of scientific activities and resulting associated products, including biofertilizers, biological N2-fixation, microbial pesticides and microbial bio-control agents against plant pathogens focus at the interface between applied microbiology and horticulture. This volume attempts to highlight some of the significant aspects of the subjects.

CONTENTS
- Microbiology of Wine Making: Current Knowledge and Future Trends: D. Saigal and R.C. Ray
- Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Fermented Beverages: Celli Rodrigues Muniz, Maria de Fátima Borgesand Francisco das Chagas de Oliveira Freire
- Fermentation and Processing of Coffee and Cocoa: Lagunes Gálvez Sandra Guadalupe, Gérard Loiseau and Didier Montet
- Microbial Pectinases: Application in Horticultural Industries: Maria B. Angelova
- Lignocellulose Biotechnology: Bioconversion and Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms: R.L. Howard
- Solid-state Fermentation and Value-added Utilization of Horticultural Processing Wastes: R.C. Ray, K. Shetty and Owen P. Ward
- Single Cell Protein from Horticultural and Related Food Processing Wastes: Owen P. Ward, A. Singh and R.C. Ray
- Medicinal Mushrooms: Zjalic Slaven, Fabbri Anna Adele, Ricelli Alessandra, Fanelli Corrado and Reverberi Massimo
- Commercialization of Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture: Summary Outlook of Achievements, Constraints and Prospects: R.C. Ray, Owen P. Ward, A. Singh and Seiichiro Isobe