Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. A.K. Sharma
| DESIGNATION: | Professor |
| QUALIFICATION: | M.Sc. (Botany), Ph.D. (Botany) |
| SPECIALISATION: | Rhizosphere Biology/Microbiology/Plant Pathology |
| EMAIL: | anilksharma_99[at]yahoo[dot]com |
| CONTACT NO.: | +91-7500241561 (M) |
Research Areas/ Areas of Interest
Research Projects
- Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, State Government, Mass multiplication of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- STRAASA, IRRI, Phillipines: Influence of microbes on rice varieties under abiotic stresses
- Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi: Identification of oxalogenic tree and oxalotrophic bacteria for long-term carbon sequestration
- Defense Research & Development Organization: Microbial diversity exploration in traditional and intensive maize based cropping system in Uttarakhand and their potential use in enhancing crop growth
- Indo-German Collaborative Programme: An interspecies systems biology approach to trait discovery in mycorrhizal finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
- ICAR sponsored project on Harnessing AMF for improvement of horticultural crops
- Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi (North East Programme): Evaluation of role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and PGPRs from diverse ecosystem of North East and Uttarakhand state of India from organic production of citrus and chilli
- University Sponsored on Organic farming
- Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India on Management of Fusarium wilt of chilli and tomato using biointensive integrated crop management – Technology development for controlling Fusarium wilt of chilli and tomato. Technology is at transfer stage to industry
- Indian Council of Agriculture Research on Mass multiplication of AMF for their potential use in horticultural crops: Multiplication of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in root organ culture and also at small farm level
- Ministry of Environment & Forest on AMF diversity in disturbed, conserved and cultivated system in Kumaun region of Uttaranchal: Evaluation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in different ecosystems
- Indo-Swiss collaboration in Biotechnology on Rhizobacterial inoculants for low input wheat based cropping system – Technology development for enhancing yield of rice and wheat using microbial consortium
- Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India on Mass multiplication of AMF using aeroponic system
- Department of Science & Technology on Management of fusarial wilt of tomato and chilli using antagonistic fusaria and/or Trichoderma sp. Under plain and hilly region of Uttaranchal.
- Indo-Finland collaboration Programme on Microbiologically improved compost for control of biotic and abiotic stress in plant production: Acronym: Rhizocompost
- Indo-Australia research funding on diversity of ACC deaminase producing bacteria
- Indo-Finland research funding on microalgae
- DST funding for the development of heat resistant Trichoderma harzianum using gene knock out technique
- AMAAS funding for mycorrhizal mapping
Selected Research Publications
- Maurya, R.K., Xinyu Z., Borja, V.P., Boda R. K., General,T., Sharma, S., Sharma, A.K. et al. 2022. Advances in microalgal research for valorization of industrial wastewater. Bioresource Technology 343 : 126128.
- Balkrishna, A., Sharma, I. P., Arya, V., & Sharma, A. K. 2022. Biologicals and their plant stress tolerance ability. Symbiosis, 86(3):243-259.
- Kumar, A., Chandra, D., & Sharma, A. K. 2022. Impact of seed applied rhizobacterial inoculants on growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata ) and their influence on rhizospheric microbial diversity. Agricultural Research 11(1): 1-14.
- Sharma, I. P., & Sharma, A. K. 2021. Above and below-ground involvement in cyclic energy transformation that helps in the establishment of rhizosphere microbial communities. Symbiosis 85(1): 21-30.
- Parul, General, T., Laurent D., Sharma, A.K. 2020. Characterization of Talaromyces purpureogenus strain fextrolites and development of production medium for extracellular pigments enriched with antioxidant properties. Food and Bioproducts Processing 124: 143–158.
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