Table of contents : CONTENTS......Page 4 FACTS AND MYTHS OF PROBIOTICS IN NEW MILLENNIUM......Page 6 BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED RUMEN MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEM AND RUMINANT PRODUCTIVITY: SOME APPLICATIONS ......Page 28 EXPLOITATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES FOR ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION......Page 47 FUNGI AS A SOURCE OF NOVEL BIOACTIVE METABOLITES......Page 70 MICROBIAL GENOMICS......Page 83 HOSPITAL WASTE : AT A GLANCE......Page 119 CYANOBACTERIAL BIOFERTILIZER : PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 125 MYCORRHIZA : THE SAVIOUR OF PLANTS FROM PHYTONEMATODES......Page 148 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SHEATH BLIGHT OF RICE WITH PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS......Page 163 TRYPSIN INHIBITOR : EMERGING STRATEGY OF PLANT DEFENSE AGAINST INSECT AND PATHOGENS......Page 193 GENETICS OF ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS......Page 214 ROLE OF CEREAL CYST NEMATODE MANAGEMENT IN FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD SAFETY......Page 240 CHILLI LEAF CURL VIRAL DISEASE: A REVIEW......Page 246 INDEX......Page 262