Profile of Dr. Devashish Pathak

• B.Sc. in Agriculture (Hons.): Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU), Gujarat
• M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Microbiology: Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (Dr. RPCAU), Pusa, Bihar
• Ph.D. in Microbiology: ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), New Delhi

Professional Area

• Research Area: Plant-Microbe Interaction, Metagenomics, Biostimulants Formulation
• Research Interests: Plant-microbe profiling and developing synthetic microbial communities, Novel biostimulant formulations.
• Memberships/Fellow of Societies: AMI member

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Community-forming traits play role in effective colonization of plant-growth-promoting bacteria and improved plant growth
• Enhancing wheat growth and nutrient content through integrated microbial and non‐microbial biostimulants
• Harnessing the Efficacy of a Rhizobium Strain in Individual and Consortium Mode to Promote Sustainable Lentil Production and Biofortification under Diverse Soil Conditions
• Microbial community and function-based synthetic bioinoculants: a perspective for sustainable agriculture
• Characterization of actinobacteria from wheat seeds for plant growth promoting traits and protection against fungal pathogens
• Prospecting catabolic diversity of microbial strains for developing microbial consortia and their synergistic effect on Lentil (Lens esculenta) growth, yield and iron biofortification
• Seed endophytic bacterial profiling from wheat varieties of contrasting heat sensitivity

Achievements

A. Department of Microbiology

M. devashishpathak104@rpcau.ac.in/letter2devashish@gmail.com

T. + 91-8210692601

ORCID iD: 0009-0006-6055-092X