Mycorrhiza - Nutrient Uptake, Biocontrol, Ecorestoration

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
 The Mechanisms of Nutrient Uptake by Arbuscular Mycorrhizae  (Ibrahim Ortaş, Mazhar Rafique)....Pages 1-19
 Dynamics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Its Role in Nutrient Acquisition: An Overview  (Purnima Bhandari, Neera Garg)....Pages 21-43
 Capturing Plant Genetic Potential of Upland Rice for Exploiting Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Responsiveness to Improve Rice Variety for Higher Phosphorus (P) Acquisition Under P Limiting Environments  (Neha Nancy Toppo, Dipankar Maiti)....Pages 45-73
 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants: An Insight into Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms  (Neera Garg, Sandeep Singh, Lakita Kashyap)....Pages 75-97
 Microbial Socialization Highlights the AMF Effect  (Teresa Dias, Cristina Cruz, Ajit Varma, Juliana Melo, Patrícia Correia, Luís Carvalho)....Pages 99-113
 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Nutrient Resource Limitation: Predicting the Linkages and Effectiveness of Partnership  (Mohammad Haneef Khan, M. K. Meghvansi, Kamal Prasad, Sazada Siddiqui, Ajit Varma)....Pages 115-130
 Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Mediated Control of Plant Pathogens  (Ishwar Singh, Bhoopander Giri)....Pages 131-160
 Mycorrhizal Fungi as Control Agents Against Plant Pathogens  (Swati Tripathi, Siddhartha Kumar Mishra, Ajit Varma)....Pages 161-178
 Management of Fungal Pathogens by Mycorrhiza  (Ram Prasad, Nomita Gupta, Urvashi Satti, Shanquan Wang, Ahmed IS Ahmed, Ajit Varma)....Pages 179-194
 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Biocontrol Agents for Parasitic Nematodes in Plants  (Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Javid Manzoor, Razia Shuab, Rafiq Lone)....Pages 195-210
 The Impact of AMF Symbiosis in Alleviating Drought Tolerance in Field Crops  (Jaagriti Tyagi, Eram Sultan, Annu Mishra, Maya Kumari, Ramesh Namdeo Pudake)....Pages 211-234
 Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: A Tool for Enhancing Crop Production  (Suvigya Sharma, Anil Kumar Sharma, Ram Prasad, Ajit Varma)....Pages 235-250
 Comparative Analysis of Metal Uptake Potential of Hyphal Fusion Progenies of AMF and Their Parents  (Rajalakshmi Muralidharan, Prasun Ray, Alok Adholeya)....Pages 251-269
 Role of Mycorrhiza in Phytoremediation Processes: A Review  (Manab Das, Vijay Sandeep Jakkula, Alok Adholeya)....Pages 271-286
 Conventional Methods for Mass Multiplication of AMF  (Murugan Kumar, Anil Kumar Saxena)....Pages 287-300
 Biological Hardening of Micropropagated Tomato Plantlets: A Case Study with Piriformospora indica  (RK Gupta, VS Verma, Anil Bhushan, Vijay Raina)....Pages 301-311
 Piriformospora indica (Serendipita indica) Enhances Growth and Secondary Metabolites in Cucurma longa  (Diksha Bhola, Ruchika Bajaj, Swati Tripathi, Ajit Varma)....Pages 313-326
 Effect of Azotobacter chroococcum and Piriformospora indica on Oryza sativa in Presence of Vermicompost  (Sarita Manandhar, Reshma Tuladhar, Kamil Prajapati, Anjana Singh, Ajit Varma)....Pages 327-339
 Principles and Application of Confocal Microscopy to Understand Symbiotic Fungi  (Surbhi Dabral, Diksha Bhola, Manpreet Kaur Attri, Manoj Nath, Ram Prasad, Saumya Singh et al.)....Pages 341-354
 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Green Approach/Technology for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment  (Priyanka Srivastava, Bhawna Saxena, Bhoopander Giri)....Pages 355-386
 Rhizosphere Mycorrhizae Communities an Input for Organic Agriculture  (M. Nayeem Sofi, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Asmat Rashid, Naseer A. Mir, Shafat A. Mir, Rafiq Lone)....Pages 387-413
 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Potential Tool for Restoration of Degraded Land  (Razia Shuab, Rafiq Lone, Javaid Ahmad, Zafar A. Reshi)....Pages 415-434
 The Role Played by Mycorrhizal Fungi in Ecorestoration  (Bidisha Sharma, Dhruva Kumar Jha)....Pages 435-449
 Transkingdom Signaling Systems Between Plant and Its Associated Beneficial Microbes in Relation to Plant Growth and Development  (Ahlan Sabah Ferdous, Mohammad Riazul Islam, Haseena Khan)....Pages 451-472
 Mycorrhizae: A Sustainable Industry for Plant and Soil Environment  (Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood, Bhat Mohd Skinder, Asmat Rashid, Javeed Iqbal Ahmad Bhat et al.)....Pages 473-502
 An Overview on Orchid Endophytes  (Bijaya Pant, Sujit Shah, Roshni Shrestha, Sushma Pandey, Pusp Raj Joshi)....Pages 503-524
Back Matter ....Pages 525-533