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Ajit Passari
PeerJ Author
635 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Editor 500

Contributions by subject area

Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Mycology
Plant Science
Agricultural Science
Environmental Contamination and Remediation
Soil Science
Ecotoxicology
Ecology
Bioinformatics
Genomics

Ajit Kumar Passari

PeerJ Author

Summary

Dr. Ajit Kumar Passari is working as a Senior Scientist at Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, UK. His primary area of research interests include Plant and soil microbiome interaction; Bioactive compounds and enzyme production from microorganisms and plants; Crop improvement; Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms, Biocontrol agents; Stress tolerance; Lignocellulosic biomass-based by-products; Bioremediation & Phytoremediation; Genomics, and Metabolomics approach.

Dr. Passari has published more than 50 research articles in well-reputed journals (h-index 24 and i10-index 41, total google scholar citations 2064) and published six patents in India. He has also edited five books published by Elsevier, Springer, and Intech Open publisher.

Dr. Passari has received several international and national Young Scientist Awards in different parts of the world. He has been included on the editorial board of several highly impacted international journals. He is an active life member of various scientific bodies/societies such as the American Society of Microbiology, Microbiology Society, Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture, and Association of Microbiology India, etc.

Agricultural Science Biodiversity Bioengineering Bioinformatics Biomaterials Biomolecules Biotechnology Computational Biology Environmental Contamination & Remediation Food Science & Technology Genomics Microbiology Molecular Biology Mycology Natural Products Pathology Plant Science Soil Science

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Work details

Senior Scientist

Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, UK
February 2022 - December 2022
Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre
Area of research interest: Plant and soil microbiome interaction; Bioactive compounds and enzyme production from microorganisms and plants; Crop improvement; Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms, Biocontrol agents; Stress tolerance; Lignocellulosic biomass-based by-products such as Biofuel, Biopolymer, Bioenergy, Biofertilizer; Valorization of waste material; Bioremediation & Phytoremediation; Genomics, and Metabolomics approach.

Websites

  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 4
June 9, 2016
Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria endowed with antimicrobial activity from a freshwater lake and their phylogenetic affiliation
Zothanpuia, Ajit K. Passari, Vijai K. Gupta, Bhim P. Singh
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2103 PubMed 27330861

Academic Editor on

February 20, 2024
Distribution of rhizosphere fungi of Kobresia humilis on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Jing Guo, Zhanling Xie, Qing Meng, Hongyan Xu, Qingqing Peng, Bao Wang, Deyu Dong, Jiabao Yang, Shunbin Jia
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16620 PubMed 38406296
December 15, 2023
Foliar spraying of indoleacetic acid (IAA) enhances the phytostabilization of Pb in naturally tolerant ryegrass by limiting the root-to-shoot transfer of Pb and improving plant growth
Chengqiang Zhu, Runhai Jiang, Shaofu Wen, Tiyuan Xia, Saiyong Zhu, Xiuli Hou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16560 PubMed 38111653
August 24, 2023
Effects of drought and salt stress on seed germination and seedling growth of Elymus nutans
Jianting Long, Mengjie Dong, Chuanqi Wang, Yanjun Miao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15968 PubMed 37641594
May 10, 2023
CPJSdraw: analysis and visualization of junction sites of chloroplast genomes
Huie Li, Qiqiang Guo, Lei Xu, Haidong Gao, Lei Liu, Xiangyang Zhou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15326 PubMed 37193025