Soil Microbiology and biotechnology/ Mohammad Miransari

1. Methods to Study Diversity in Soil Metagenome and it's
Significance for Sustainable Soil Management 1
S. Krishna Sundari, Anil Kumar Gupta, Radhika Chadha,
AND Ritika Shah (India)
2. Rhizobium and Stress 47
Mohammad Miransari (Iran)
3. Technologies and Challenges for Nitrogen Fixation in
Gramineae 59
P.Y. Desale, N.N. Nawani, Viren Konde and M.B.
Khetmalas (India)
4. Sleeping Beauties: Historical Soil Archives Answering
Contemporary Questions 79
Jan Dolfing, Charles W. Knapp and David W. Graham (UK)
5. Enhancing Phosphorous Availability to Canola {Brassica
Napus L.) using P. Solubilizing and Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria 85
S. Salimpour, K. Khavazi, Nadian, H. Beshrati and
M. Miransari (Iran)
6. A Survey of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae, Rhizobium and Phosphate
Solubilizing Bacteria in Low Fertility Savanna Soils in
Central Venezuela (Estación Experimental La Iguana) 97
Mora E., Toro M. and LOpez-hernAndez, D. (Venezuela)
7. Alleviation of Salt Stress in Cucumber and Tomato by Root
Colonising Bacteria 115
Egamberdieva D., Berg G., Lindstrom K., and L.A. RasAnen
(Uzbekistan, Austria and Finland)
8. In Vitro Growth of Wheat {Triticum Aestivum L.) Seedlings,
Inoculated with Azospirillum sp., under Drought Stress 129
M.H. Arzanesh, H.A. Alikhani, K. Khavazi, H.A. Rahimian
and M. Miransari (Iran)
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9. Utilization of Organic Compost: ATool for Mitigating Soil
Salinity ^43
Chitralekha Sengupta and Punarbasu Chaudhuri (India)
10. Pseudomonas Bacteria and Phosphorous Fertilization,
Affecting Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Yield and P uptake
under Greenhouse and Field Conditions I99
H.R. Zabihi, G.R. Savaghebi, K. IChavazi, A. Ganjali and
M. Miransari (Iran)
11. Soil Microbes in Different Ecosystems from Brazil 215
Marcela Claudia Pagano (Brazil)
12. Contribution of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms
for Sustainable Agricultural and Soil Management
S. Krishna Sundari and Nivedita Mishra (India)
13. Using Signal Molecule Genistein to Alleviate the Stress of
Suboptimal Root Zone Temperature on Soybean—Brahyrhi-
Brahy Rhizobium Symbiosis under Different Soil Textures 271
Mohammad Miransari and Donald Smith (Canada)
14. Plant Growth Promoting Activities of Fluorescent
Pseudomonads, Isolated from the Iranian Soils 289
P. Abbas Zadeh, N. Saleh Rastin, H. Asadi Rahmani, K.
Khavazi, a. Soltani, A.R. Shoary Nejati and M, Miransari (Iran)
15. Rhizobial Lipo-Chitooligosaccharides and Gibberellins
Enhance Barley {Hordeum vulgare L.) Seed Germination 305
Mohammad Miransari and Donald Smith (Canada)
16. The effects of Selenium and Other Micronutrients on the
Antioxidant Activities and Yield of Corn {Zea mays L.)
Under Drought Stress 3 g
Nour Aij Sajedi, Mohammad Reza Ardakani, Ahmad Naderi,
Hamid Madani, Masoud Mashhadi, Akbar Boojar and
Mohammad Miransari (Iran)
17. Yield and Yield Components of Brid Corn (Zea mays L.) as
affected by Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Zinc Sulfate under
Drought Stress
N.A. Sajedi, M.R. Ardakani, F. Rejali, F. Mohabbati and
M. Miransari (Iran)
18. Overcoming the Stressful Effects of Salinity and Acidity on
Soybean Nodulation and Yields Using Signal Molecule
Genistein Under Field Conditions
M. Miransari, and D.L. Smith (Iran, Canada)

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19. Using Pseudomonas spp. and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Fungi to Alleviate the Stress of Zinc Pollution by Com
(Zea mays L.) Plant 369
T. Ghare Maleki, H. Besahrati, M.H. Rasuli Sadaghiani,
A. Tavassoli and M. Miransari (Iran)
20. Canola {Brassica napus L.) Oil Production and Nutrient
uptake as Affected by Phosphate Solubilizing and Sulfur
Oxidizing Bacteria 379
S. Salimpour, K. Khavazi, H. Nadian, H. Besharati and
M. Miransari (Iran)