Santosh Mohanty

About

Principal Scientist and Project Coordinator
All India Network Project on Soil Biodiversity Biofertilizers
Indian Institute of Soil Science
Berasia Road, Nabibagh, Bhopal 462038
iiss.icar.gov.in

Employment

• IISS Principal Scientist and Head
  2023 - Present
• Indian Institute of Soil Science Principal Scientist and Project Coordinator
  2015 - Present
• Indian Institute of Soil Science Senior Scientist
  2009 - 2015
• University of Wisconsin Stout Senior Lecturer
  2008 - 2009
• University of Wisconsin Madison Research Scientist
  2005 - 2008
• University of Alabama Research Scientist
  2003 - 2005
• Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Post Doc Fellow
  2001 - 2003

Education

• Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology MSc
• Utkal University PhD

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (50)

• Isolation, Biomineralization Potential, and Molecular Characterization of Manganese Solubilizing Bacteria and Their Influence on Growth and Manganese Uptake in Maize
  Geomicrobiology Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2025.2599803
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• Population and Diversity of Pigeonpea Rhizobia in Vertisols of Central India
  Agricultural Research 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s40003-025-00873-4
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• Differential influence of legume and cereal crop residue incorporation on methane production and consumption in a tropical vertisol
  The Journal of Agricultural Science 2023 DOI: 10.1017/S0021859623000631
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• Polyphasic Characterization of Indigenous Potassium-Solubilizing Bacteria and Its Efficacy Studies on Maize
  Agronomy 2023 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13071919
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• Methylotroph bacteria and cellular metabolite carotenoid alleviate ultraviolet radiation-driven abiotic stress in plants.
  Frontiers in microbiology 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.899268
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• Potassium solubilizing microorganisms as soil health engineers: An insight into molecular mechanism
  Rhizosphere Engineering 2022 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-89973-4.00007-7
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• Nitrification under the influence of long-term fertilizer application in a tropical vertisol
  Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2022 DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2020.1843022
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• Molecular characterization of chitinase producing Bacillus thuringiensis
  Journal of Environmental Biology 2022 DOI: 10.22438/jeb/43/4/MRN-2038
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• Boosting Sustainable Agriculture by Arbuscular Mycorrhiza under Stress Condition: Mechanism and Future Prospective
  BioMed Research International 2022 DOI: 10.1155/2022/5275449
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• Agricultural Significance of Silica Nanoparticles Synthesized from a Silica Solubilizing Bacteria
  Comments on Inorganic Chemistry 2022 DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2021.1999234
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