Organic Farming and Mycorrhizae in Agriculture

Organic farming is a technique of producing crops, in which the use of synthetic and chemical inputs like fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives is avoided. To reduce the harm caused by the indiscriminate use of synthetic chemicals, organic materials such as farm manure, compost, vermicompost, biofertilizer, biopesticide and so on, can be employed, at least as complementary, if not as a substitute. The present book incorporates articles on organic farming, biofertilisers, PGPR bioinoculant, role of mycorrhizae in agriculture, biopesticides, VAM biotechnology, and economics of bio-input usage in agriculture.