Foreword

I, being an academician and researcher, feel very happy to write a foreword for the present book “Industrial Applications of Soil Microbes” volume 4. In the present scenario of environmental conditions, plant health and humans need for a sustainable life, therefore, it has become a need to find out solutions to increase healthy crop yield, medicines, food, etc.

In the past, we have used enormous chemical fertilizers to increase the crop yield to feed the increasing population of the world. But it has caused a loss to the physical structure of the soil and its chemistry. These chemicals have also caused chemical pollution to the soil and the environment. Therefore, there is a rise in various plant, animal and human diseases. Therefore, there is a need to revive the soil and the microorganisms living in a harmonious environment.

I am sure that the chapters written by various eminent experts in their field on mycorrhizae, fungi, bacteria and soul-borne viruses will not only provide basic information about these microorganisms but also present the recent development in this field. The metagenomic approach is also an important way to find out soil microbes in a very less time and is helpful in the study of these microbes. An interesting part is that metal-nanoparticle interaction with plants and soil microbes could also be a new source to improve crop yield.

I am sure that this book will be helpful to all the academicians, researchers, graduate and postgraduate students of agriculture as well as biotechnology and industrialists. I wish good luck to all the authors of the book and the editors.