The Himalayas are one of the most mystical, yet least studied terrains of the world. One of
Earth's greatest multifaceted and diverse montane ecosystems is also one of the thirty-four …

Cold-adapted bioinoculants are considered as harbingers of sustainable hill agriculture.
Therefore, two previously characterized psychrotolerant diazotrophs, Pseudomonas jesenii …

Increasing application of chemical fertilizers in agriculture make country self dependent in
food production but it depreciate environment and cause harmful impacts on living beings …

Himalayas are considered as a reservoir of diversified and dynamic gene pool. This study
describes the response of a Himalayan psychrophilic diazotroph to low temperature …

Agriculture is an important livelihood activity in the Himalayan regions. Our previous studies
revealed the presence of diverse diazotrophic assemblage in indigenous red kidney bean …

Nitrogen (N) deficiency and low temperature conditions are the prominent facet of Western
Himalayan agro-ecosystems. A slight change in the environment alters the protein …

The rhizosphere is a specific microbial habitat in the soil ecosystem. This is the area where
soil swayed by plant roots through plant exudates deposition. Further, rhizosphere and root …

A major challenge in microbial ecology is to understand the principles and processes by
which microbes associate and interact in community assemblages. Microbial communities in …

Plant growth promoting properties of Pseudomonas jesenii strain MP1 were tested against
five native crops viz. Cicer arietinum (L.)(Chickpea), Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper.(Blackgram) …

This group has previously highlighted the prevalence of Csp genes from cold Himalayan
environments. However, this study has explored the uncultured diazotrophs from …