Papers by prashant swapnil
For the development of green technologies in materials synthesis, the aspect of nanotechnology co... more For the development of green technologies in materials synthesis, the aspect of nanotechnology considered as an important technology. The mycogenic biosynthesis of nanoparticles is an ecologically nontoxic method as compared to other methods (physical and chemical). Due to their nanoscale structures, these nanoparticles have a wide range of applications in various fields like targeted drug delivery, gene therapy, cancer treatment, DNA analysis, antibacterial agents, enhancing reaction rates, biosensors, magnetic resonance imaging, and separation science. The nanoparticles can be metallic, oxide, sulfide, and other types. The main advantage of biosynthesis of nanomaterial is to decrease energy consumption, hazardous waste production, and greenhouse gas. The microorganisms like bacteria and fungi are the biological agents with promising potential for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles. Fungi have more ability to synthesize ecologically clean metallic nanoparticles. Most of the study re...
Sustainability
Environmental stress is a major challenge for sustainable food production as it reduces yield by ... more Environmental stress is a major challenge for sustainable food production as it reduces yield by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) which pose a threat to cell organelles and biomolecules such as proteins, DNA, enzymes, and others, leading to apoptosis. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) offers an eco-friendly and green alternative to synthetic agrochemicals and conventional agricultural practices in accomplishing sustainable agriculture by boosting growth and stress tolerance in plants. PGPR inhabit the rhizosphere of soil and exhibit positive interaction with plant roots. These organisms render multifaceted benefits to plants by several mechanisms such as the release of phytohormones, nitrogen fixation, solubilization of mineral phosphates, siderophore production for iron sequestration, protection against various pathogens, and stress. PGPR has the potential to curb the adverse effects of various stresses such as salinity, drought, heavy metals, floods, and other st...
Current Research in Microbial Sciences
Journal of Basic Microbiology
Advances in PGPR research
This chapter summarizes some of the most common biochemical (culture-dependent) and molecular (cu... more This chapter summarizes some of the most common biochemical (culture-dependent) and molecular (culture-independent) methods used to study rhizospheric soil microbial communities. Although molecular methods have the benefit of obtaining information regarding non-culturable organisms, they also have boundaries that cannot be ignored.
Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives
New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology
Frontiers in Chemistry
Nanotechnology has become a very advanced and popular form of technology with huge potentials. Na... more Nanotechnology has become a very advanced and popular form of technology with huge potentials. Nanotechnology has been very well explored in the fields of electronics, automobiles, construction, medicine, and cosmetics, but the exploration of nanotecnology’s use in agriculture is still limited. Due to climate change, each year around 40% of crops face abiotic and biotic stress; with the global demand for food increasing, nanotechnology is seen as the best method to mitigate challenges in disease management in crops by reducing the use of chemical inputs such as herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides. The use of these toxic chemicals is potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Therefore, using NPs as fungicides/ bactericides or as nanofertilizers, due to their small size and high surface area with high reactivity, reduces the problems in plant disease management. There are several methods that have been used to synthesize NPs, such as physical and chemical methods. Speciall...
Coronaviruses
:: In Wuhan, China, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been repor... more :: In Wuhan, China, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been reported and caused coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). The infection of coronavirus is pathogenic and highly transmittable which spread quickly around the world by human to human contact. Through genomic analysis it has been revealed that primary reservoir of SARSCoV-2 are bats due to having severe acute respiratory syndrome-like (SARS-like) viruses phylogenetically. The viral infection rapidly transmitted by human to human contact but the intermediate source of their origin and transfer is not known. Till date, any clinically approved vaccine or antiviral drug is not prepared against COVID-19. However, researchers and scientist have been evaluated some broad-spectrum of antiviral drugs against COVID-19 through clinical trials and found satisfactory clinical recovery. This review summarise the comparative analysis of the emergence and pathogenicity of COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). This review also focused to development of effective vaccines or antidrug and also focused on an approach to practice therapeutic combinations to fight with this viral outbreak.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
Heliyon
Background: In response to various environmental stresses, many plant species synthesize L-prolin... more Background: In response to various environmental stresses, many plant species synthesize L-proline in the cytosol and accumulates in the chloroplasts. L-Proline accumulation in plants is a well-recognized physiological reaction to osmotic stress prompted by salinity, drought and other abiotic stresses. L-Proline plays several protective functions such as osmoprotectant, stabilizing cellular structures, enzymes, and scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), and keeps up redox balance in adverse situations. In addition, ample-studied osmoprotective capacity, Lproline has been also ensnared in the regulation of plant improvement, including flowering, pollen, embryo, and leaf enlargement. Scope and conclusions: Albeit, ample is now well-known about L-proline metabolism, but certain characteristics of its biological roles are still indistinct. In the present review, we discuss the L-proline accumulation, metabolism, signaling, transport and regulation in the plants. We also discuss the effects of exogenous L-proline during different environmental conditions. L-Proline biosynthesis and catabolism are controlled by several cellular mechanisms, of which we identify only very fewer mechanisms. So, in the future, there is a requirement to identify such types of cellular mechanisms.
Environmental and Experimental Botany
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
Journal of Applied Phycology
Frontiers in microbiology, 2017
Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to ... more Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of economically important crops. Alternaria species have been well-characterized for the production of different host-specific toxins (HSTs) and non-host specific toxins (nHSTs) which depend upon their physiological and morphological stages. The pathogenicity of Alternaria species depends on host susceptibility or resistance as well as quantitative production of HSTs and nHSTs. These toxins are chemically low molecular weight secondary metabolites (SMs). The effects of toxins are mainly on different parts of cells like mitochondria, chloroplast, plasma membrane, Golgi complex, nucleus, etc. Alternaria species produce several nHSTs such as brefeldin A, tenuazonic acid, tentoxin, and zinniol. HSTs that act in very low concentrations affect only certain plant varieties or genotype and play a role in determinin...
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
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