Vijay K. Sharma

About

Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma has a Ph.D. in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India. He has more than eleven years of research experience, particularly in the area of endophytes. His research interest is in the bio-potential applications of endophytes in the field of agriculture, environment, medicine and their mechanism. He also has a keen interest in emerging environmental issues and mitigation. He did post-doctoral research on the role of fungal endophytes in heavy metal stress tolerance of host plants, and mechanism from Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China. Dr. Sharma has edited books on fungi, and more than forty research articles and book chapters in journals of national and international repute to his credit.

Employment

• Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center Visiting Scientist
  2020 - Present
• Kunming University of Science and Technology Post Doctoral Researcher
  2017 - 2019

Education

• Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Science Ph.D.
  2008 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (50)

• A hidden alliance: The potential role of bacteria in the virulence of postharvest fungal pathogens
  Postharvest Biology and Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2025.114130
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• Changes in microbial assembly and ecological processes following application of Aureobasidium pullulans on apple fruit surface
  International Journal of Food Microbiology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2025.111299
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• Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases: The Evolution of New Concepts and Perspectives
  Annual Review of Phytopathology 2025 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-121823-025820
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• Editorial: Recent advances in biotechnological applications of microbial secondary metabolites
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1525146
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• Effects of fungal seed endophyte FXZ2 on Dysphania ambrosioides Zn/Cd tolerance and accumulation
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.995830
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• Assembly and dynamics of the apple carposphere microbiome during fruit development and storage
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.928888
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• Effect of Vermiculite Soil Amendment on Immobilization of Selected Heavy Metals of Rhizospheric Zone of Maize
  Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 2022 DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2021.2017444
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• Fungal Seed Endophyte FZT214 Improves Dysphania ambrosioides Cd Tolerance Throughout Different Developmental Stages
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.783475
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• The Potential Application of Endophytes in Management of Stress from Drought and Salinity in Crop Plants
  Microorganisms 2021 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081729
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• Fungi Bio-Prospects in Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Nano-technology
  Elsevier 2021 DOI: 10.1016/c2019-0-04953-9
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