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Recent Trends and Advancements for Agro-Environmental Sustainability at Higher Altitudes

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Survival Strategies in Cold-adapted Microorganisms

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Himalaya is one of the coldest environments on Earth and characterizes stressful conditions due to lack of nutrients and freezing conditions. More refined and scientific farming is crucially needed for sustainable agricultural involving uncultivable lands to boost the agricultural productivity and soil fertility without any detrimental response on soil. Hence it is essential to improve the soil beneficial population by applying bio-inoculants, rhizosphere engineering, and nanoparticles in high-altitude cold lands which helps to alter the microbial community to enhance the plant growth by uptake of nutrients and soil health improvement as a substitute in agricultural tradition. Use of culture-dependent and culture-independent technology revealed the complete information on microbial diversity and structural and functional potential of rhizospheric microbes. Nanotechnology spreads out a broader opportunity to achieve better crop production in agricultural fields because of their unique properties. The properties like uniform particle size distribution and large internal porosity of nanoparticles make them desirable for improving characteristics of soil and crops. This chapter provides the information to improve the rhizospheric microbiome using rhizosphere engineering and omics techniques for the better soil health and improvement in plant growth for sustainable agriculture in higher altitude.

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  1. Department of Animal Biotechnology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India

    Parul Chaudhary

  2. School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Shobhit University, Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Anuj Chaudhary

  3. G.B.Pant University of Agriculure & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

    Upasana Agri

  4. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Hina Khatoon

  5. Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

    Alka Singh

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  1. Institute of Applied Sciences and Humanities, G L A University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Reeta Goel

  2. Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

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  3. Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Chaudhary, P., Chaudhary, A., Agri, U., Khatoon, H., Singh, A. (2022). Recent Trends and Advancements for Agro-Environmental Sustainability at Higher Altitudes. In: Goel, R., Soni, R., Suyal, D.C., Khan, M. (eds) Survival Strategies in Cold-adapted Microorganisms. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2625-8_19

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