Microbial Diversity and Biotechnology in Food Security

using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.- 20. Incidence and Preliminary Control of Blast Disease of Rice in Southwest Nigeria.- 21. Evaluation of Biotic and Abiotic Factors for Production of Healthy Apple (Malus x Domestica) Seedling.- 22. Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Metarhizium anisopliae against Plant Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 23. Antifungal Activity of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria against Fusarium Oxysporum and Phoma sp. of Cucurbitaceae.- 24. Integrated Management of Web Blight (Rhizoctonia Solani Kühn) of French Bean.- 25. Role of Antagonistic Microbes in Management of Phytopathogenic Fungi of Some Important Crops.- 26. In Vitro Evaluation of PGPR Strains for Their Biocontrol Potential against Fungal Pathogens.- 27. Pathogenicity, Ecology and Genetic Diversity of the Fusarium Spp. associated with an Emerging Bakanae Disease of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) in India.- 28. Development of Novel Molecules for the Control of Plant Pathogenic Fungi in Agriculture.- 29. Sustainable Agriculture and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.- 30. Biochemical Activity of Ocimum Gratissimum Essential Oil against Fruit Rotting Fungi Penicillium Expansum and Penicillium Digitatum.- 31. Seed Quality Status of Polymer Coated BT Cotton (Gossypium sp.) during Storage under Coastal Environment.- 32. Viruses Infecting Cucurbita Pepo: Current Status and Management.- 33. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Vegetable Disease Management.- 34. Biological Control of Bacterial Wilt Disease Causing Pathogens: A Sustainable Approach for Increasing Crop Production.- 35. Bio-fungicides: Best Alternative for Sustainable Food Security and Eco-System.- 36. PCR Amplification, Sequencing and Insilico Characterization of Pectin Lyase Genes from AspergillusflavusNIICC8142.- 37. Antifungal Activity of Agave Species.- 38. Production of Extracellular Phytate Hydrolyzing Enzymes by Soil Fungi.- 39. Isolation, Characterization and Production of Bacterial Laccase fromBacillus sp.- 40. Optimization of Protease Enzyme Production by the Halo-tolerant Vibrio Alginolyticus Isolated from Marine Sources.- 41. Antimicrobial Activity of Some Cyanobacteria.- 42. Reaction of Chickpea Varieties to Macrophomina Phaseolina and their Effect on Peroxidase Activity.- 43. Purification and Characterisation of a Novel Thermostable beta-Amylase from - Amylase from Aspergillus Foetus MTCC-508.- Aspergillus Foetus MTCC-508.- 44. Effect of Euphorbia Pulcherrima Leaf and Inflorescence Extract on Spore Germination of Alternaria Solani.- 45. Fungal and Mycotoxin Contamination of Herbal Raw Materials and Prospects of Higher Plant Products as Plant Based Preservatives during Post Harvest Processing.- 46. Isolation of Non Pathogenic Strain of Ballistosporous Yeast Sporobolomyces Salmonicolor from House Mouse Mus Musculus (Rodentia: Muridae).- Part 4. Microbes and Environment.- 47. Fungal Toxins and their Impact on Living Systems.- 48. Bacterial Degradation of Some Organophosphate Compounds (Chlorpyrifos, Parathion, Glyphosate, Coumaphos, Monocrotophos and Malathion).- 49. Biodiversity and Conservation of Forest Fungi of Central India.- 50. Spatio-temporal Variations in Microbial Mediated Nitrogen (N) Release Under N Fertilization Experiment from Banaras Hindu University, India.- 51. Influence of Crop-rotation and Intercropping on Microbial Populations in Cultivated Fields under Different Organic Amendments.- 52. Leaf Litter Breakdown by two Earthworm Species - Eisenia Foetida (Exotic) and Perionyx Excavatus (Indigenous) under Laboratory Condition.- 53. Chilli Anthracnose: A Review on Causal Organism, Resistance Source and Mapping of Gene.

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, since 2005. Her research is focused on microbes as biofertilizers and biocontrol agents in cultivated crops and Indian medicinal plants. She has published 28 research papers, book chapters and also edited one book.