Dr. Shekhar Jain

About

Dr. Shekhar Jain is working as an associate professor at the Faculty of Life Sciences, Mandsaur University, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is also associated with the Microbiologist Society, India as M.P. State Coordinator. He has more than 10 years experience of working in leading institutes like Mandsaur University, Mandsaur; Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi; Amity University, Noida and Mody University, Sikar. He is working on plant-microbe interaction for sustainable development of agriculture, crop improvement, biotic and abiotic stress management, and crops yield enhancement by using beneficial microbes. He has Strong involvement in scientific societies and is an active member of scientific societies like Associations of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS), I2OR, and Asian PGPR Society. He has been conferred as International Young Scientist Award (2020-21) for his contribution by the International Institute of Organized Research, India.

Employment

• Mandsaur University Associate Professor
  2017 - Present
• Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR) Senior Research Fellow
  2015 - 2017
• Amity University Senior Research Fellow
  2014 - 2015

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (32)

• Identification and validation of simple sequence repeats markers in Tilletia indica and compatibility assay of monosporidial lines
  Indian Phytopathology 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s42360-022-00467-y
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• Transcriptome Analysis of Wheat–Tilletia indica Interaction Provides Defense and Pathogenesis-Related Genes
  Plants 2022 DOI: 10.3390/plants11223061
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• Ecological Perspectives of Halophilic Fungi and their Role in Bioremediation
  Soil Bioremediation 2021 DOI: 10.1002/9781119547976.ch8
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• Multilocus Sequence Typing and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis in Tilletia indica Isolates Inciting Karnal Bunt of Wheat
  Journal of Fungi 2021 DOI: 10.3390/jof7020103
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• Perspectives on Nitrogen-Fixing Bacillus Species
  Soil Biology 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71206-8_18
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• Identification and expression analysis of pathogenicity-related genes in Tilletia indica inciting Karnal bunt of wheat
  Australasian Plant Pathology 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s13313-020-00711-x
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• Bioremediation: An Approach for Environmental Pollutants Detoxification
  Waste to Energy: Prospects and Applications 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4347-4_6
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• Phytotherapies for Thyroidism: An Overview
  Advances in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2195-9_9
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• Understanding the role of uncharacterized and hypothetical pathogenicity genes of Colletotrichum orbiculare to oxidative stress and phenolics of cucumber plant in anthracnose development
  Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2019
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• Bacterial mediated plant protection: Induced systemic resistance in soybean
  Microbial Biotechnology 2018 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7140-9_10
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