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Mansi Chauhan
Mansi Chauhan is a PhD scholar in the Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. His research interests include plant–microbe interactions with particular reference to their plant growth-promotion activities.
Ayushi Kimothi
Ayushi Kimothi is a PhD scholar in the Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Her research interests include plant–microbe interactions with particular reference to their plant growth-promotion activities.
Avinash Sharma
Avinash Sharma is Senior Scientist at the National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has been working on understanding microbial communities in various extreme environments using modern techniques.
Bhupendra Singh Adhikari
BS Adhikari is Senior Scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He has been involved in field research on phytodiversity, community analysis and dynamics of plant communities and distribution in the western Himalaya.
Anita Pandey
Anita Pandey is a professor of biotechnology at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Uttarakhand, Dehradun. Her major research areas are plant–microbe interactions and extremophiles, with particular reference to Indian Himalaya.