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Environmental & Agriculture Microbiology (Theory)
This course will enable students to understand microbial roles in agriculture and ecosystems, explore biodegradation, bioremediation, and symbiosis, analyze microbial interactions with plants and soil and apply knowledge to enhance agricultural and environmental sustainability.
Microbial population of air, water and soil. Population interaction: Neutralism, Commensalism, Synergism, Mutualism, Competition, Ammensalism, Parasitism, and Predation. Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Sulphur Cycle, Phosphorus Cycle, Iron cycle
Liquid waste: Sources & testing. Stages of Liquid waste treatment. Aerobic process – activated sludge, oxidation ditches, and trickling filters. Anaerobic Process – anaerobic digestion, anaerobic filters, up flow anaerobic sludge. Solid Wastes: Sources and management (Sanitary landfills, incineration, composting, vermi-culture, methane production).
Biodegradation of Xenobiotics. Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification. Bioremediation: Ex situ and In situ approach. Bioleaching of metals, Microbial enhanced oil recovery.
Plant growth promoting bacteria, biofertilizers – symbiotic (Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium, Frankia), Non Symbiotic (Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Mycorrhizae, MHBs, Phosphate solubilizers, algae), Novel combination of microbes as biofertilizers.
Mode of entry of pathogens, Transmission modes, Symptoms of plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Plant diseases - groundnut rust, Citrus canker and tomato leaf curl. Principles of plant disease control. Biocontrol mechanisms and ways, Microorganisms used as biocontrol agents against Microbial pathogens, Insects, Weeds.
- Plant, Gene and crop Biotechnology, M.J. Chrispeel and D.E. Sadava ASPB 2003.
- Albajes, R; Gullino, ML; Van Lanteren, JC and Elad, Y. 2000. Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Microbial Ecology- Fundamentals and applications. Ronald. M. Atlas, Richard Bartha. Pearson Education. 2005.
- Introduction to soil Microbiology – M Alexander. Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1977.
- Agricultural Microbiology – G. Rangaswami and Bagyaraj Publisher, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2007.Mehrotra, RS.
- Plant Pathology. Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. 3. Soil microorganism and plant growth – N.S. Subbarao. Oxford& lBH Publishing Co. New Delhi.
- Biofertilizers in Agriculture – N.S. Subbarao. Oxford & lBH Publishing Co. New Delhi.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
- Bilgrami and Verma. Physiology of Fungi. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Environmental Biotechnology – Basic concepts and applications, Indu Shekhar Thakur, I K International publications. 2006
- Dube, HC. 1990. An Introduction to Fungi. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Delhi.
- Agrios GN. (2006). Plant Pathology.5th edition. Academic press, San Diego,
- Maier RM, Pepper IL and Gerba CP. (2009).Environmental Microbiology. 2nd edition, Academic Press
- Barton LL & Northup DE (2011). Microbial Ecology. 1st edition, Wiley Blackwell, USA
- Coyne MS. (2001). Soil Microbiology: An Exploratory Approach. Delmar Thomson Learning.
- Mahendra K. Rai (2005). Hand Book of Microbial Biofertilizers, The Haworth Press, Inc.New York.
- Reddy, S.M. et. al. (2002). Bioinoculants for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Scientific Publishers.
- Saleem F and Shakoori AR (2012) Development of Bioinsecticide, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG
e RESOURCES:
- https://ecourses.icar.gov.in/
- https://library.kau.in/e-resources
- https://www.nature.com/subjects/environmental-biotechnology
- https://www.labiotech.eu/best-biotech/sustainable-biotechnology
JOURNALS:
- Journal of Environmental Biotechnology
- Applied Environmental Biotechnology
- Agricultural Microbiology
- Journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.
