Javid A. Parray - Core Microbiome: Improving Crop Quality and Productivity

Edited by

Javid A. Parray

Department of Higher Education

Government Degree College

Eidgah, Srinagar, India

Nowsheen Shameem

Cluster University Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir, India

Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah

King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Yaseen Mir

University of Kashmir

Srinagar, India

This edition first published 2022
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Names: Parray, Javid A., author.
Title: Core microbiome: improving crop quality and productivity / edited by Javid A. Parray, Govt Sheikh Ul Alam Memorial College, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Nowsheen Shameem, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India.
Description: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021053026 (print) | LCCN 2021053027 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119830764 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119830788 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119830771 (epub) | ISBN 9781119830795 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Soil microbiology. | Plant-microbe relationships. | Agricultural microbiology.
Classification: LCC QR111. P333 2022 (print) | LCC QR111 (ebook) | DDC 579/.1757--dc23/eng/20211221
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1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 8
7. Chapter 9
8. Chapter 11
9. Chapter 14
10. Chapter 15
11. Chapter 16
12. Chapter 17

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 6
4. Chapter 8
5. Chapter 9
6. Chapter 12
7. Chapter 13
8. Chapter 15

Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah
Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Khaloud Mohammed Alarjani
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Khalid S. Almaary
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Khalid F. Almutariri
Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Shahnaz Anjum
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology deemed to be University, Rajiv Gandhi, Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Himanshu R. Barot
Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India

Shabir Ahmad Bhat
Center of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Songul anakc-Gulengul
Department of Biology, Frat University, Elazg, Turkey

Kamal Choudhury
Department of Botany, SBMS College, Sualkuchi, Assam, India

Shabeer Ahmad Dar
Center of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Pranjal Pratim Das
Department of Biotechnology, Darrang College, Tezpur, Assam, India

Turki M. Dawoud
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rupak Dey
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, KSKV Kachchh University, Mundra Road, Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Bisma Farooq
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology deemed to be University, Rajiv Gandhi, Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India