Human society today demands the production of high quality food in a most sustainable way
causing least damage possible to the environment. Expected benefits include increase in …

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the three major plant nutrients. Fertilizers are
chemicals supplying nutrients to plants. Fertilizer industry greatly depends on petroleum …

Plant Biology teaching programmes in most of the universities, both technical and traditional
ones, include a course in “economic botany”. But it largely includes only crops, trees, some …

Microbial biotechnology is an emerging field with greater applications in diverse sectors
involving food security, human nutrition, plant protection, and overall basic research in the …

Fungi are eukaryotic heterotrophs exhibiting absorptive nutrition. They survive in a multitude
of ecological niches as saprotrophs, parasites and mutualistic symbionts. Vested with such …

Improving crop yield and quality has always been a concern to meet the demands at the
consumer level. But our current chemical fertilizer-based agricultural practices are breaking …

Living organisms in the biosphere exhibit a number of interactions which either alter their
environment and/or the size and composition of each other's populations. Of these, perhaps …

The rapid growth of human population on globe and reduction in agricultural land exerts
huge pressure on crop productivity, food security and soil health; specially, in developing …

Agriculturists and farmers have been under pressure to fulfill the demands of the increasing
population. Although the use of inorganic fertilizers benefited farmers by providing good and …

Although the development and progression in agriculture have increased crop production, in
return, it has resulted in various health problems. International Labour Organization has …