Microbiome Drivers of Ecosystem Function

Javid A Parray is currently teaching at the Department of Environmental Science, GDCEidgah, affiliated with Cluster University, Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He has also done his Post Doctorate Research from the University of Kashmir. Dr Parray was also awarded a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by SERB – DST, GoI New Delhi. Dr Javid was also awarded “Emerging scientist year Gold Medal” for the year 2018 by the Indian Academy of Environmental Science. Dr Parray is the course coordinator for the UG- Programmes for CeC-MOOCS Swayam in Environmental Science. Dr Parray is an expert review member in the field of environmental science in the CSTT, Ministry of Education, GoI New Delhi. Assistant professor in Department of Environmental Science Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Dr. Shameem’s experience includes Project associate in DBT Sanctioned project entitled “spawn production for the entrepreneurs of Kashmir Valley” at CORD, University of Kashmir. Dilfuza Egamberdieva is a research associate at the Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany and head of Joint Uzbek-China Key Lab of Ecobiomes of Arid Lands, National University of Uzbekistan. Her research interests include microbial ecology and diversity, plant-microbe interaction, plant nutrition and stress tolerance, and plant biological disease control. She has been awarded the SCOPUS-2019 Award “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013), and TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), as well as several Fellowships such as President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Professors (PIFI), The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Georg Forster Research Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a member of several journals’ editorial board, authored seven books published by Elsevier and Springer, and co-authored over 200 publications in per reviewed journals.

1. Biochar-soil-plant-microbe interactions
2. Halophyte associated endophytic microbes: potential use in crop production
3. Overview of functional metagenomic profiling of root associated bacteria bacteria under salt stress.
4. Microbial Consortium with multifunctional plant growth-promoting attributes: Future Perspective in Agriculture
5. Plant root Endophytes: transformers of plant disease
6. Use of microbial consortia of PGP bacteria for preventing nematode diseases in plants
7. The efficiency of heavy metals-tolerant Bacillus sp. for alleviating heavy metals toxicity on sorghum
8. Biofertilizers and their role in plant growth and minimizing environmental impacts
9. Bioengineering of rhizobiome towards sustainable agricultural production
10. Advancements in understanding plant microbe and microbe interaction
11. Role of microbes to enhance underground functioning in high altitude mountain areas
12. Technological advancements and study of Engineered Microbiome in sustainable crop production
13. Microbial consortium: utility and delimitation
14. Technological intervention in the rhizosphere of tomato plants: a case study
15. Phytomicrobiome in modulating plant - growth and stress resilience: An insight into functions and emerging perspectives in agriculture