This manual has been designed for upper division and graduate level laboratory sessions in microbiology/agriculture microbiology. Overall, this microbiology laboratory manual is optimally designed for use with students that are concurrently taking a lecture class in agricultural microbiology and general microbiology techniques. I would like to acknowledge the authors of which i collected information from book and online sources.

Dr. S. LALITHA, Asst. Prof in Periyar University having 12+ years of experience in teaching and 15 years in research. She has 30 publications, 43 conference papers. She is guiding PhD/M.Phil scholars. She has visited KMITL, Thailand, Philippines, for invited talk. She has been well trained in AM Fungi, Biofertilizer & Vermi technology and PGPR.