Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Naveen Kumar Arora

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298283203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 81-322-2068-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.927; 570; 577; 579.3; 630
• Soggetti: Agriculture; Sustainable development; Bacteriology; Biodiversity; Sustainable Development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Rhizosphere Bacteria for Crop Production and Improvement of Stress Tolerance: Mechanisms of Action, Applications and Future Prospects -- 2. Biopesticides: Where we stand? -- 3. Biotrophic Plant-Microbe Interactions for Land Reclamation and Sustainable Agriculture Development -- 4. Plant-Microbe Partnerships for Enhanced Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls -- 5. Harnessing Plant-Microbe Interactions for Enhanced Protection Against Phytopathogens -- 6. Rhizospheric Plant Microbe Interactions: Key Factors to Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition -- 7. Plant-Endophyte Interaction and its Unrelenting Contribution towards Plant Health -- 8. Abiotic and Biotic Plant Stress Tolerant and Beneficial Secondary Metabolites Produced by Endophytic Bacillus Species -- 9. Antifungal Compounds from Pseudomonads and Study of their Molecular Features for Disease Suppression Against Soil Borne Pathogens -- 10. Pseudomonad's- Plant Growth Promotion and beyond -- 11. Perspectives of Rhizobial ; Inoculation for Sustainable Crop Production -- 12. Legume- Rhizobia Symbiosis under Stress -- 13. Legume Root Exudates: Their Role in Symbiotic Interactions -- 14. Actinorhizal and Rhizobial-Legume Symbiosis for Alleviation of Abiotic Stresses -- 15. Azospirillum- A Bio-fertilizer for every Crop -- 16. Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and their Applications -- 17. Increasing the Role of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Plant-Plant Facilitation Process to Improve the Productivity and Sustainability of Mediterranean Agrosystems -- 18. Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and their Formulation in Biocontrol of Plant Diseases -- 19. Effects of Soil Environment on Field Efficacy of Microbial Inoculants.
• Sommario/riassunto: Plants form mutualistic association with various microorganisms, particularly in the rhizosphere region. The association benefits both the partners in a number of ways. A single plant can support the growth of diverse microbes and in reciprocation these microbes help the plant in several ways. A great deal of knowledge is now available on the mechanisms of action of plant growth promotory microbes in forming association with their partner plant and benefitting it. With ever increasing population and to achieve food security it has become utmost necessary to utilize these friendly microbes to enhance the crop yield and quality in an ecofriendly and sustainable manner. We already know about the huge negative impact of chemicals used in agriculture on the humans and the ecosystems as whole. Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets provides a comprehensive knowledge on practical, functional and purposeful utility of plant-microbe interactions. The book reviews the utilization of beneficial microbes for crop yield enhancement and protection against diseases caused by phytopathogens and nutrient deficiencies. The tome also reviews the utility of plant growth promotory microbes in helping the plants to deal with abiotic stresses imposed by climate change and anthropogenic activities. The book showcases how plant-microbe interactions are or can be utilized for reclamation of stressed soils and degradation of pollutants in a most effective and environment friendly manner. It also ascertains the reasons for the below par performance of the microbial based inoculants. The utilization of biotechnological tools for development of next generation bioformulations to combat the new challenges and overcome past hurdles has been discussed. This wonderful association between plants and microbes if used properly will not only enhance the crop yields and reclaim barren lands but also make our planet a better place to live on for all of its habitants. .

The allure of decadent thinking : religious studies and the challenge of postmodernism

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789313703321
• Autore: Olson Carl
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 200.72
• Soggetti: Religion - Methodology; Religion - Study and teaching; Postmodernism; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Religion - General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Eroticism, violence, and sacrifice -- Excess, time, and the pure gift -- Genealogy, power, and discourse -- Hermeneutics, comparison, and difference -- The problematic nature of representational thinking -- Responding to the postmodern challenge.
• Sommario/riassunto: The use of postmodern thought to approach the study of religion threatens to call into question the values and representational mode of thinking typical of the field. Religious studies with a radical scepticism grounded in an embrace of decadence by postmodern thinkers has the potential to undermine, subvert, and distort the study of religion, making it difficult to understand the subject if such an approach is uncritically adopted by scholars seeking new ways to study it.

Submarine warfare in the pacific : The history of the fighting under the waves between japan and america during world war ii. / / Charles River Editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910150593003321
• Autore: Editors Charles River
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Solon, : Charles River Editors, 2016
• ISBN: 1-5094-2176-9
• Edizione: [Unabridged.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 audio files) : digital
• Classificazione: HIS027100HIS036060HIS037070
• Altri autori (Persone): GallagherDan
• Soggetti: Nonfiction; History; Military
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Audiolibro
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Unabridged.
• Sommario/riassunto: Submarines exercised a decisive impact on the outcome of the Pacific Theater in World War II. The U.S. submarine fleet, largely though not exclusively under the overall command of Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, strangled the supply lines and shipping traffic of the Empire of Japan. Their commerce raiding crippled both Japan's ability to keep its frontline units supplied and to manufacture the weapons, vessels, and vehicles needed to successfully carry on the struggle. The United States and Japan both produced excellent, high-tech submarines in the context of the World War II era. Japanese I-boats showed excellent seakeeping capabilities and offered the versatility created by their large size, including the ability to serve as motherships for midget submarines or aircraft carriers for scouting aircraft or even specialized bombers. The Type 93 Long Lance and Type 95 torpedoes they carrier packed enough punch to sink capital ships like battleships and carriers at ranges of several miles. American submarines, though smaller, could dive deeply, move quickly, and provide both firepower and survivability. Though their Type XIV and Type XVIII torpedoes could not match the Japanese Type 93, they still gave a lethal punch, particularly after improvements in late 1943. The USS Archerfish demonstrated the ; deadliness of American submarines to Japanese capital ships also. The submariners of both fleets showed immense courage, daring, and skill in carrying out their duties. Both groups of men exhibited aggression, patriotism, and fighting spirit in equal measure, regardless of the different cultural lenses through which these traits manifested themselves. Both navies successfully produced professional, highly capable submarine officers. The Japanese, however, decided to use their submarines mainly to support a grand fleet action at visual ranges, which never occurred. Instead, the submarines carried out sporadic, uncoordinated attacks and the rest of the time remained on sentry duty or found their time squandered with supply runs and undersea evacuations. The Japanese never corrected these problems – probably due to cultural factors. The rowdy, democratic Americans, suspicious of authority and used to asserting themselves, confronted their commanders boisterously when they felt something was amiss. The torpedo problem nearly caused fistfights between submarine skippers and admirals, yet in the end, the admirals examined and corrected the problem. Though constituting only 1.6% of the total U.S. Navy's tonnage in the Pacific, the submarine fleet inflicted massive losses on the Imperial Japanese Navy and Japan's crucial merchant marine. Submarines sank 55% of the merchant shipping lost, or approximately 1,300 vessels; overall, the Allies sank 77% of Japan's shipping. The submarines also sank 214 Japanese warships, including 82 of 1,000 tons or more – 4 carriers, 4 escort carriers, one battleship, 4 heavy cruisers, 9 light cruisers, 38 destroyers, and 23 submarines – or approximately 30% of the entire Imperial Japanese Navy. The sleek, predatory craft made in the shipyards of Virginia, Wisconsin, or Washington state devastated the naval and freighter assets of the Empire of the Rising Sun out of all proportion to their numbers, at a cost of 42 submarines on "Eternal Patrol." Submarine Warfare in the Pacific: The History of the Fighting Under the Waves between Japan and America during World War II analyzes the underwater fighting between the Allies and Japan across the Pacific theater.