Microbial Biofertilizers and Micronutrient Availability

Dr. Shams Tabrez Khan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His research interests include novel microbes and their implication in industry and environment and Nanobiotechnology/Nanotoxicology.  Dr. Abdul Malik is a Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has over 25 years of research experience in the fields of Agricultural Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Toxicology.

• Chapter 1.- The enormity of Zinc deficiency: an overview. Chapter 2.- Zinc malnourishment in children and its impact on child health. Chapter 3.- Zinc deficiency and its consequences during pregnancy. Chapter 4.- Malnutrition: Impact of Zinc on child development. Chapter 5.- Role of Zinc in liver pathology. Chapter 6.- Role of micronutrients in abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Chapter 7.- Zinc as a versatile element in plants: an overview on uptake, translocation, assimilatory roles, deficiency and toxicity symptoms. Chapter 8.- Transition metal homeostasis and its role in plant growth. Chapter 9.- Role of Zinc homeostasis in plant growth. Chapter 10.- The multiple effects of microorganisms on plant nutrition. Chapter 11.- Role of minerals in plant growth and soil microbial consortia mediated mineral uptake by plants. Chapter 12.- Microbial bio-fertilizers an approach to deal with zinc deficiency. Chapter 13.- Zinc solubilization by bacteria for increased Zinc uptake by plant. Chapter 14.- Development of microbes based biofertilizer for zinc dissolution in soil. Chapter 15.- Soil microbes interaction: mineral solubilization and plant nutrition. Chapter 16.- Microbes Mediated facilitation of micronutrients uptake by plants from soil especially Zinc. Chapter 17.- Role of Rhizobacterial Bacilli in Zinc solubilization. Chapter 18.- Microbial bio-fertilizers an approach to deal with zinc deficiency. Chapter 19.- Comparing various diets as source of zinc with special reference to fruits and vegetables. Chapter 20.- Managing Zinc deficiency among children.