In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018

This book explores the role of in silico deployment in connection with modulation techniques for improving sustainability and competitiveness in the agri-food sector; pharmacokinetics and molecular docking studies of plant-derived natural compounds; and their potential anti-neurodegenerative activity. It also investigates biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite synthesis, fungal diversity and plant-fungi interaction in plant diseases, methods for predicting disease-resistant candidate genes in plants, and genes-to-metabolites and metabolites-to-genes approaches for predicting biosynthetic pathways in microbes for natural product discovery.  

The respective chapters elaborate on the use of in situ methods to study biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite synthesis; tools for plant metabolites in defence; plant secondary metabolites in defence; plant growth metabolites; characterisation of plant metabolites; and identification of plant derivedmetabolites in the context of plant defence. 

The book offers an unprecedented resource, highlighting state-of-the-art research work that will greatly benefit researchers and students alike, not only in the field of agriculture but also in many disciplines in the life sciences and plant sciences.

- Genes to Metabolites and Metabolites to Genes Approaches to Predict Biosynthetic Pathways in Microbes for Natural Product Discovery. - Role of Functional Bacterial Phylum Proteobacteria in Glycine max Growth Promotion Under Abiotic Stress: A Glimpse on Case Study. - Methanogenic Archaea in Paddy Agricultural Fields. - In Silico Study of the Geminiviruses Infecting Ornamental Plants. - In Silico Methods to Predict Disease-Resistance Candidate Genes in Plants. - In Silico Approach in Tracing Persistence and Survival of Rhizobium in Soil. - Bradyrhizobia-Mediated Drought Tolerance in Soybean and Mechanisms Involved. - In Silico Approach to Analyze the Biochemical Pathways of Bacterial Metabolite Synthesis. - In Silico Modulation Techniques for Upgrading Sustainability and Competitiveness in Agri-food Sector. - Bioinformatic Tools to Study the Soil Microorganisms: An In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture. - Sustainable Agriculture: Role of Metagenomics and Metabolomics in Exploring the Soil Microbiota. - In Silico Plant Growth Metabolites. - Pharmacokinetic and Molecular Docking Studies of Plant-Derived Natural Compounds to Exploring Potential Anti-Alzheimer Activity. - In Silico Biochemical Pathways for Bacterial Metabolite Synthesis. - In Silico Characterization of Plant Secondary Metabolites. - In Silico Identification of Plant-Derived Secondary Metabolites in Defense.

Dr. Devendra K. Choudhary has over 16 years of research experience in Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology and is currently working as Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences at PDM University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana. Before PDM he worked as an Associate Professor in Amity University, Noida. Before joining Amity University he spent several years in Mody University, Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan, as an Assistant Professor preceded by People’s University and Barkatullah University, Bhopal, as an Assistant Professor cum Scientist.

Dr. Choudhary received his PhD in Microbiology in 2005 from GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, after having received his MSc in Microbiology from MDS University, Ajmer and qualifying CSIR-UGC-NET in 2002. 

 Dr. Choudhary has worked on GOI sponsored major projects as Principal Investigator (PI). Recently he worked on the DST FAST-TRACK project at the Department of Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, along with two major projects for the DBT and SERB, at Amity University.  

Further, one of his PhD students received the 2013 Dr. RS Rana Memorial best research award, sponsored by the Association of Microbiologists of India.  Under Dr. Choudhary’s supervision, his scientific team assigned two accession numbers from MTCC, IMTECH for submitted bacterial cultures (MTCC, 12057 & 12058) along with one MCC no 2607. Most recently, his team has filed three patents with the India Patent Office, New Delhi and others are in progress.

Dr. Manoj Kumar is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Life Sciences, Central University of