Advances in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Technology for Sustainable Agriculture I: Inoculum Production and Application Perspective

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Dr. Manoj PariharScientist ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi AnusandhanSansthan IndiaDr. Manoj Parihar is currently working at ICAR-VPKAS Almora as a Soil Scientist in Crop Production Division. His present research works extend to study the diversity and distribution of AM fungi in North-Western Himalayan region long term fertilizer assessment in the rainfed and irrigated soybean-wheat cropping system soil health management under organic farming and various agroforestry systems.Dr. Amitava RakshitAssociate Professor Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IndiaAmitava Rakshit an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus is presently Senior Associate Professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University. Dr. Rakshit worked in the Department of Agriculture Government of West Bengal in administrationand extension roles. He has visited Scandinavia Europe Africa UAE and Bangladesh pertaining to his research work and presentation. He was awarded with TWAS Nxt Fellow (Italy) Biovision Nxt Fellow (France) Darwin Now Bursary (British Council UK) Young achiever award Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute award and Best Teachers Award at UG and PG level by BHU-ICAR state level by Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciencesand national level by All India Agricultural Students Association in 2009 2012 2018 and 2019 respectively. He is serving as review college member of British Ecological Society London since 2011 member of Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition of FAO Rome and Commission on Ecosystem Management of IUCN. He has published 105 research papers 49 book chapters 28 popular articles and 3 manuals and authored 29 books for SpringerElsevier and CRC Press.Dr. Alok AdholeyaProgram Director Sustainable Agriculture IHC TERI IndiaDr. Alok Adholeya has over 35 years significant experience and expertise in the area of translational research and reaching out to millions of common people worldwide through his developed technologies which includes a new biological organisms for soil fertility and crop productivity enhancement known as Mycorrhizal bioremediation of industrial solid waste aeron chemical and fertilizer industries He has developed more than 25 IPRs and commercialized most of them through technology transfer to industries. His current involvement in the area of nano intervention in agriculture micro encapsulation technology developed for beneficial yet fragile microorganisms and seed coating technology are few which are making inroads to benefit mankind.Dr. Yinglong ChenARC Future Fellow and research professor School of Agriculture and Environment The University of Western Australia AustraliaDr. Yinglong Chen has 30 years research experience with research focusing on the structure and functions of plant roots and rhizosphere interactions. He has published four scholarly textbooks in mycorrhiza and over 280 journal articles.