Microbes as biofertilizers and their production technology / S. G. Borkar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction.
2. Microbes as biofertilizers, their types and importance.
3. Rhizobium.
4. Azotobacter.
5. Azospirillum.
6. Acetobacter diazotrophicus.
7. Blue-green algae.
8. Azolla.
9. Frankia: N2-fixing endophytes.
10. Phosphate solubilizing microorganism.
11. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae.
12. Sulphur oxidizing microorganism.
13. Silicate solubilizing biofertilizers.
14. Potassium solubilizing biofertilizers.
15. Composting culture.
16. Production technology of biofertilizers.
17. Assessment of quality standards of biofertilizers.
18. Application technology of biofertilizers.
19. Advantages, limitations and constraints.

Microbes as Bio-Fertilizers and their Production Technology is a step forward in the direction of research, testing, and development of new effective strains of beneficial microbes and their production technologies. This book highlights the methods of isolation of several beneficial microbes of different utility, specialization culture media, distinguishing characteristics of these microbes, testing their efficiencies, and large scale production technologies.