Molecular Approaches to Soil, Rhizosphere and Plant Microorganism Analysis

Molecular Approaches to Soil, Rhizosphere and Plant Microorganism Analysis

Edited by J E Cooper, Queen's University, Belfast, UK; J R Rao, Queen's University, Belfast, UK

Pub Date: October 2006
Hardback
352 pages

Readership
Soil and plant microbiology, ecology.

Main Description
Many techniques are now available for analysing the microflora of soils, plants and their rhizospheres at the molecular level. They are however, widely dispersed among reports in archive journals, which makes comparison and selection difficult for a researcher embarking on a new project. This book provides a comprehensive collection of molecular methods for studying the microbiology of soil and plants at the community, population, taxonomic and functional group levels. These methods are discussed in a critical manner by experienced international authors.