Microbial Biotechnology
in Horticulture ,
Volume 1
Editors:
R.C. Ray: Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar,
India
O.P. Ward: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada
ISBN 978-1-57808-417-3; 2006; 566 pages, hc; US $ 128.80
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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.
Volume 2 of this book will highlight subjects like food biotechnology,
coffee and cocoa fermentation, applications of microbial enzymes in food processing,
single cell protein and wine biotechnology among others.
Contents :
. Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture—An Overview:
O.P. Ward
and R.C. Ray
. Utilization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Horticulture:
D.J.
Bagyaraj et al.
. Nitrogen (N2) Fixation in Vegetable Legumes: Biotechnological Perspectives:
H.H. Zahran
. Microbial Control of Plant Pathogens of Horticultural Crops—An
Overview:
J. Helbig
. Biological Control of Plant Diseases by Natural and Genetically
Engineered Fluorescent
Pseudomonas spp.:
C.S. Nautiyal
. Microbial Control of Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables:
Current Concepts and
Future Outlook:
Shi-Ping Tian
. Bacillus thuringiensis Use in Horticulture: A Molecular Perspective:
V. Sekar and P. Sekar
. Microbiology of Potatoes and Potato Products:
C.H. Doan et al.
. Microbiology of Fresh and Minimally Processed Vegetables:
M.L.
Bari et al.
. Microbial Technology of Fermented Vegetables:
D. Montet
. Post Harvest Microbial Biotechnology of Tropical Root and Tuber
Crops:
R.C. Ray and O.P. Ward
. Cassava Fermentation in Latin America: Fermented Starch:
M.P. Cereda
and O.F. Vilpoux
. Microbial Starch Converting Enzymes of the a-Amylase Family:
A.
Tonkova
. Mushroom: Production, Disease, Management and Processing:
T.H.
Quimio
. Production of Renewable Energy from Agricultural and Horticultural
Substrates and Wastes:
O.P. Ward et al.
