Practical Handbook on Agricultural Microbiology

Part I: Isolation and identification of agriculturally important microbes

1. Methods for Isolation and Identification of Rhizobia

Vrutuja Naik and Praveen Rahi

2. Isolation of Frankia from Casuarina root nodule

3. Isolation and identification of non-symbiotic Azotobacter & symbiotic Azotobacter Paspali- Paspalum notatum

Bhavana V Mohite and Satish V Patil

4. Isolation and Identification of Azospirilum

Harshida A. Gamit and Natarajan Amaresan

5. Isolation and Identification of Glucanoacetobacter diazotropicus

Sowmiya. K and Mahadevaswamy

6. Isolation and Identification of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria - Azoarcus species

Rashmi Thakor, Harsh Mistry, and Himanshu Bariya

7. Isolation and Identification of Derxia Species from the Soil Sample

Harshida A. Gamit and Natarajan Amaresan

8. Isolation and Characterization of Enterobacter, Klebsiella and Clostridium

V. Mageshwaran and K. Pandiyan

9. Isolation and Characterization of Genus Desulfotomaculum

Mohini Pimpalse, Harshida A. Gamit, and Natarajan Amaresan

10. Isolation and Identification Of Associative Symbiotic N₂ Fixing Microbes - Desulfovibrio

Harsh Mistry, Rashmi Thakor and Himanshu Bariya

11. Cyanobacteria

12. Pseudomonas

Sanket Ray and Harsh Patel

13. Isolation and Identification of Entomopathogenic Bacillus species

Parmar Preeti R., Rajkumar B. K., and Butani Naresh

14. Methylobacterium

Harshida A. Gamit and Natarajan Amaresan

15. Isolation and Identification of Beijerinckia

Harshida A. Gamit and Natarajan Amaresan

16. Isolation of Streptomyces from the Soil Sample

Vijayakumar Vishnu Raja, and Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran

17. Isolation and Identification of Trichoderma spp. from different agricultural samples

Harsh Mistry and Himanshu Bariya

18. Extraction, Isolation, and culturing of Mycorrhizal spores from rhizospheric soil

19. Isolation and identification of Metarhizium

Tarun Kumar Patel

20. Isolation and identification of Bacteriophage for biocontrol

Mitesh Dwivedi

21. Isolation of Bacterivorous Protozoan, Acanthamoeba Spp. as New Age Agro Bioinput

Chandrashekhar D  Patil, Bhavana V Mohite, and Satish V Patil

Part II: Isolation of mineral solubilizing microbes

22. Isolation and Screening of Zinc Solubilizing Microbes: As Essential Micronutrient Bio Inputs For Crops

Jitendra D Salunkhe , Hemant P Borase, Satish V Patil1, and Rahul K Suryawanshi

23. Isolation and Screening Of Mineral Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms

Swati Patel, Vimalkumar Prajapati, and Prittesh Patel

24. Isolation and Identification of Potassium Solubilizing Microbes

Prittesh Patel and Swati Patel

25. Isolation and Identification Of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria

Vimalkumar Prajapati, Swati Patel, Radhika Patel, and Vaibhavkumar Mehta

26. Isolation of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria

Naresh Butani, Shruti Satashia, Hemanshi Kanpariya, and Preeti Parmar

27. Isolation and identification of Nitrite oxidizing microbes

Prittesh Patel, Ami Naik, and Abhishek Sharma

28. Isolation and Identification of Iron Oxidizing Microbes

Ami Naik andPooja Patel

29. Isolation and identification of Phytin mineralizing microbes

Swati Patel and Prittesh Patel

30. Isolation and Screening Of Silicate Solubilizing Microbes: Modern Bio Inputs For Crops

Chandrashekhar D Patil^, Bhavana V Mohite, Rahul  K Suryawanshi , and Satish V Patil

31. Isolation of Selenium Biotransforming Microbes as New Age Bio inputs

Pradnya B Nikam, Salunkhe Narendra S, Vishal Marathe, Bhavna V Mohite, Satish V Patil, and Vikas S Patil

Part III: Estimation of phytohormones by beneficial microbes

Dixita Panchal, Jemisha Mistry and Dhruti Amin

33. Abscisic acid

Natarajan Amaresan, A. Sankaranarayanan, and Dhruti Amin

34. Cytokinins

35. Ethylene

Ketankumar Panchal and Dhruti Amin

36. Gibberellin

Dhruti Amin, Sanket Ray, and Abhishek Sharma

Ketankumar Panchal, Dhruti Amin, and Tejas Gohil

38. Strigolactones

Hemant Borase, Satish Patil^, and Dhruti Amin

Krutika S. Abhyankar and Monisha Kottayi

Part IV: Screening of agriculturally important enzymes

40. Chitinase

Purvesh B. Bharvad and Harsha J. Algotar

41. Glucanase 

Purvesh B. Bharvad and Harsha J. Algotar

42. Identification of Cellulase Enzyme Involved in Biocontrol Activity

Ketankumar J. Panchal

43. Identification of Protease Enzymes Involved In Bio Control Activity

Vimalkumar Prajapati, Swati Patel, Sanket Ray, and Kamlesh C. Patel

44. Isolation and Screening of Naringinase producing Microbes:  As Industrial Inputs for Agro Waste Base Enzyme Industry

Satish V Patil, Jitendra Salunke, and Vishal Marathe

45. Isolation and Screening of Phytase Producing Microorganisms: An Essential Bioinput for Soil Fertility

Bhavana Mohite, Kiran Marathe, Narendra Salunke, and Satish Patil

Part V: Identification of compounds involved in biocontrol activity

46. Hydrogen cyanide 

Khyati Bhatt and Dhruti Amin

47. Siderophores

Nafisa Patel

48. Isolation and Screening of ACC Deaminase-Producing Microbes for Drought Stress Management In Crops

49. Exopolysaccharides

Sapna Chandwani and Natarajan Amaresan

Part VI: Assessment of soil microbial activity by soil respiration

50. Enzymatic Analyses in Soils

Part VII: Selection of microbial strains for inoculant production and quality control

51. Selection of Rhizobium strain for Inoculum Production

Shreya Desai and Natarajan Amaresan

52. Mother culture, Broth and Peat test

Dhruti Amin, Sanket Ray, and Vrushali Wagh