Microbial biotechnology in horticulture

Vol.1: The application of microbial biotechnology to horticulture is of great importance, because it has the potential to increase productivity, to enhance quality and shelf-life of the produce and to develop novel techniques in food processing and for conversion of horticultural wastes into renewal energy sources. In addition, a wide array of scientific activities and resulting associated products, including biofertilizers, biological N2-fixation, microbial pesticides and microbial bio-control agents against plant pathogens focus at the interface between applied microbiology and horticulture. This volume attempts to highlight some of the significant aspects of the subjects.

Vol. 2: Plant Genetic Engineering: General Applications, Legislations and Issues; Plant Genetic Engineering: Horticultural Applications; Plant Genetic Engineering: A Tip of Microbial Iceberg; Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Significance in Horticulture; Mycorrhizal Symbiosis -An Indispensable: Component of the Plant Culture; Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Production of Fruits and Ornamental Crops; Baculoviruses: Molecular Biology and Advances in Their Development as Biological Pest Control Agents in Agriculture and Horticulture; Natural Antimicrobials to Improve Storage and Shelf Life of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Cut Flowers; Mycotoxins in Fruits and Fruit-derived Products-An Overview Enfield, NH

Vol. 3: Microbiology of Wine Making: Current Knowledge and Future Trends; Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Fermented Beverages; Fermentation and Processing of Coffee and Cocoa; Microbial Pectinases: Application in Horticultural Industries; Lignocellulose Biotechnology: Bioconversion and Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms; Solid-state Fermentation and Value-added Utilization of Horticultural Processing Wastes; Single Cell Protein from Horticultural and Related Food Processing Wastes; Medicinal Mushrooms; Commercialization of Microbial Biotechnology in Horticulture: Summary Outlook of Achievements, Constraints and Prospects.

Volume 2 -- Plant genetic engineering: general applications, legislations and issues / Ioannis S. Avanitoyannis, Theeodoros H. Varzakas -- \\Plant genetic engineering horticcultural applications / Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis and Athanassios G. Mavromatis -- \\Plant genetic engineering: A tip of microbial iceberg / Haseena Khan -- \\Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: significane in horticulture / Cheryl L. Pattern and Bernard R. Glick -- \\Mycorrhizal Symbiosis -- an indispensable component of the plant culture / Milan Gryndler -- \\Application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the production of fruits and ornamental crops / Mahaveer P. Sharma and Alok Adhooleya -- \\Baculoviruses: Molecular biology and advances in their developmnt as biological pest control agents in agriculture and horticulture / Seema Mishra -- \\Natural antimicrobials to improve storage and shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables and cut flowers -- Mycotoxins in fuits and fruit-derived products- an overview / Raffaello Castoria and Antonio F. Logriecco -- \\Index.