Textbook of Agricultural Microbiology

Bholanath Saha, Ph D, Assistant Professor cum Jr. Scientist, Department of Soil Science, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Kishanganj,Bihar Agricultural University, Bihar - 855 107, IndiaSushanta Saha, Ph D, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, P.O. Mohanpur, Dist, Nadia, West Bengal - 741 252, IndiaPartha Deb Roy, Ph D, Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha -751 023, IndiaRajiv Rakshit, Ph D, Assistant Professor cum Jr. Scientist, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar – 813 210, IndiaNirmalendu Basak, Ph D, Senior Scientist, Division of Soil & Crop Management, ICAR—Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana – 132 001, IndiaMd. Shamim, Ph D, Assistant Professor cum Jr. Scientist, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Kishanganj, Bihar Agricultural University, Bihar - 855 107, India

• 1. Soil Organisms, 2. General Properties and Classification of Bacteria, 3. Actinomycetes, 4. Fungi, 5. Algae, 6. Protozoa, 7. Viruses, 8. Rhizosphere, 9. Nitrogen Cycle: Mineralization of Nitrogen, 10. Nitrification, 11. Denitrification, 12. Rhizobium-legume Symbiosis: Formation of nitrogen-fixing nodule, 13.Microbial Transformation of Phosphorus,14.Microbial Transformation of Sulfur in Soil,15.Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and use of Rhizobacteria as Biocontrol Agents: Biopesticides