dhananjaya.singh

Dhananjaya P. Singh, Principal Scientist
Field of Specialisation: Biotechnology (Plant-Microbe Interaction, Metabolomics)
Email ID: Dhananjaya.Singh@icar.gov.in
dpsfarm@rediffmail.com
M.Sc: G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant Nagar
PhD: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Post Doc (if any):
Joining date in ICAR : 
2008-11-26 00:00:00

Publications (Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating above 6.0 with first or corresponding author only):
    1. Tiwari, S., Singh, P., Tiwari, R., Meena, K. K., Yandigeri, M., Singh D. P., and Arora, D. K. (2011) Salt-tolerant rhizobacteria-mediated induced tolerance in wheat(Triticum aestivum) and chemical diversity in rhizosphere enhance plant growth. Biol. Fert. Soils. 47: 907-916 (NAAS 12.60) 
    2. Meena K. K., Sorty, A. M., Bitla, U. M., Choudhary, K., Gupta, P., Pareek, A., Singh, D. P., Prabha, R, Sahu P K, Gupta, V K, Singh H B, Krishanani K K and Minhas P S (2017)  Abiotic stress responses and microbe-mediated mitigation in plants: The omics strategies. Front. Plant Sci. 8: 172. (NAAS 12.62) 
    3. Sahu P.K., Singh D.P.,Prabha R.,Meena K.K., Abhilash P.C. (2018). Connecting microbial capabilities with the soil and plant health: options for agricultural sustainability. Ecological Indicators. 105: 601-612. (NAAS 12.26)
    4. Pawar, S., Chaudhari, A., Prabha, R., Shukla, R. and Singh, D.P. (2019) Microbial Pyrrolnitrin: Natural Metabolite with Immense Practical Utility. Biomolecules 9, 443. (NAAS 12.04)
    5. Singh S, Kumar V, Singla S, Sharma, M., Singh, D. P., Prasad, R., Thakur, V. K., and Singh, J. (2020) Kinetic study of the biodegradation of acephate by indigenous soil bacterial isolates in the presence of humic acid and metal ions. Biomolecules. 10(3):433. doi:10.3390/biom10030433 (NAAS 12.04) 
    6. Singh DP, Prabha R, Gupta VK, Verma MK (2018) Metatranscriptome analysis deciphers multifunctional genes and enzymes linked with the degradation of aromatic compounds and pesticides in the wheat rhizosphere. Frontiers Microbiology, 9:1331. (NAAS 11.64)
    7. Meena KK, Bitla UM, Sorty AM, Singh DP, Gupta VK, Wakchaure GC and Kumar S (2020) Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Wheat Seedlings Due to the Application of Phytohormone-Rich Culture Filtrate Extract of Methylotrophic Actinobacterium Nocardioides sp. NIMMe6. Front. Microbiol. 11:2091. (NAAS 11.64) 
    8. Singh, D. P., Singh, V., Shukla, R., Sahu, P., Gupta, A., Sarma, B. K., Gupta, V. K. (2020)  Stage-dependent concomitant microbial fortification improves soil nutrient status, plant growth, antioxidative defense system and gene expression in rice. Microbiological Research. 239:126538. (NAAS 11.40)
    9. Singh, D.P., Singh, V., Gupta, V.K. et al. (2020) Microbial inoculation in rice regulates antioxidative reactions and defense related genes to mitigate drought stress. Scientific Reports. 10, 4818. (NAAS 10.99)
    10. Prabha, R., Singh, D. P., Gupta, S., Gupta, V. K., El-Enshasy, H. A., Verma, M. K. (2019) Rhizosphere metagenomics of Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (kodo millet) reveals rhizobiome multifunctionalities. Microorganisms, 7, 608. (NAAS 10.92) 
  1. Databases 

    1. Name: XenMetaDB (2018)

    About: Interactive user-friendly web-database of genes/transcripts and pathways involved in degradation of pesticides and other xenobiotics, mined from 105 crop rhizosphere metagenome datasets. Weblink: http://webapp.cabgrid.res.in/xenmetadb 

    2. Name: FungRep (2017)

    About: Interactive user-friendly web-database of microsatellite repeats from different fungal species. Weblink: http://www.mcr.org.in/fungrep/

    3. Name:Fusarium SSR Database (2016)

    About: Contains information of microsatellites identified in genomes of 14 different Fusarium sps. Weblink:http://webapp.cabgrid.res.in/ssr/home.html

    4. Name: ChloroMitoSSRDB (2015)

    About: Contains information of microsatellites in chlorplast and mitochondrial genomes. Weblink: http://www.mcr.org.in/chloromitossrdb/index.php

    5. Name:StressMicrobesInfo (2015)

    About: Contains information about microorganisms which are involved in various stress conditions. Weblink:http://webapp.cabgrid.res.in/Stressmicrobs/stressdb.html

    6. Name:BioInfoKnowledgeBase (2015)

    About: Contains information about more than 1000 tools and databases which are required for various kinds of analyses and knowledge search. Weblink:http://webapp.cabgrid.res.in/BIKB/edb_home.html

    7. Name:Plant Stress Gene Database (2011)

    About: Contains information about plant’s genes which are involved in various stress conditions. Weblink:http://ccbb.jnu.ac.in/stressgenes

  2. Books 

    Authored

    1. Unravelling the Soil Microbiome: Perspectives For Environmental Sustainability (2019) Dubey RK, Tripathi V, Prabha R, Chaurasia R, Singh D. P., Rao CS, El-Keblawy A, Abhilash PC (Authored). Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-15515-5.

    Edited

    2. Trends in Soil Microbial Ecology (2014) Singh D P and Singh H B. (Eds.) Studium Press LLC, USA. ISBN 1-62699-036-0. p. 388.

    3. Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable Agricultural Productivity. Vol. 1: Research Perspectives. Singh DP, Singh HB, Prabha R (Eds.) 1st ed. (2016) Springer XV, 535 p. 33 illus., 24 illus. in color. ISBN: 978-81-322-2647-5.

    4. Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable Agricultural Productivity. Vol. 2: Functional Applications. Singh DP, Singh HB, Prabha R (Eds.) 1st ed. (2016) Springer, X, 440 p. 24 illus., 12 illus. in color. ISBN: 978-81-322-2644-4

    5. Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-ecological Perspectives. Vol I. Fundamental Mechanisms, Methods and Functions. (2017) Singh DP, Singh HB, Prabha R (Eds.) Springer Nature. 657p. ISBN:978-981-10-5812-7.

    6. Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-ecological Perspectives. Vol II. Microbial Interactions and Agro-ecological Impacts. (2017) Singh DP, Singh HB, Prabha R (Eds.) Springer Nature. 763p. ISBN: 978-981-10-6592-7

    7. Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Vol. 1: Research Trends, Priorities and Prospects. Singh DP, Gupta VK, Prabha R (Eds.) (2019) Springer, 596 p., ISBN: 978-981-13-8390-8

    8. Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Vol. 2: Rhizosphere, Microbiome and Agro-ecology. Singh DP, Gupta VK, Prabha R (Eds.) (2019). Springer, 573 p., ISBN: 978-981-13-8382-3.

    9. Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Vol. 3: Soil and Crop Health Management. Singh DP, Prabha R (Eds.) (2019) Springer, 491 p., ISBN: 978-981-329-083-9.

  3. Book Chapters 

    1. Singh DP, Patil HJ, Prabha R, Yandigeri MS, Prasad SR. (2018). Actinomycetes as potential plant growth promoting microbial communities. In: Crop Improvement through Microbial Biotechnology, 1st Edition, New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (eds.) Prasad R, Gill SS, Tuteja N. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-444-63987-5.
    2. Singh, V., Maharshi, A., Singh, D.P., Upadhyay, R.S., Sarma, B.K. and Singh, H.B., (2018). Role of microbial seed priming and microbial phytohormone in modulating growth promotion and defense responses in plants. In Advances in Seed Priming (pp. 115-126). Springer, Singapore.
    3. Prabha R, Singh DP, Gupta VK. (2019). Insights into the Unidentified Microbiome: Current Approaches and Implications. In: Singh D.P., Gupta V., Prabha R. (eds) Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Springer, Singapore, pp 93-130. ISBN: 978-981-13-8390-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8391-5_5.
    4. Singh DP, Prabha R, Gupta VK. (2019). Microbial Inoculants for Sustainable Crop Management. In: Singh D., Gupta V., Prabha R. (eds) Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Springer, Singapore. pp 1-35. ISBN: 978-981-13-8382-3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8383-0_1.
    5. Singh DP, Prabha R. (2019). Omics Data Integration in Microbial Research for Agricultural and Environmental Applications. In: Singh D., Prabha R. (eds) Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Springer, Singapore. pp 461-491. ISBN: 978-981-32-9083-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9084-6_21.
    6. Prabha R, Singh DP, Yadav SK. (2019). Seed Biopriming with Potential Microbial Inoculants as Sustainable Options for Stress Management in Crops. In: Singh D., Prabha R. (eds) Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Springer, Singapore. pp 211-224. ISBN: 978-981-32-9083-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9084-6_10.
    7. Yadav SK, Prabha R, Singh V, Bajpai R, Teli B, Rashid M, Sarma BK, Singh DP. (2019) Microbes-Mediated Nutrient Use Efficiency in Pulse Crops. In: Singh D., Prabha R. (eds) Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Springer, Singapore. pp 447-460. ISBN: 978-981-32-9083-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9084-6_20.
Patent / Technologies / Varieties / Methodologies / System etc. (Five only):
  1. Indian Patent “A Process of Formulation of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Root Based Natural Fungicidal Product” Patent No. 226213; Date of grant: 11.12.2008
  2. Developed Rapid Bioconversion Technology of agricultural wastes
  3. Kashi JaivShakti bioformulation
  4. Kashi BioMix bioformulation
  5. Bacterial plant growth stimulant consortium BC-6
Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Five only):
  1. Associate, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS): 2010
  2. Bharat Jyoti Award, India Friendship Society, New Delhi : 2012
  3. Innovative Young Scientist Award (Asian PGPR Society Workshop at BHU) : 2014
  4. Outstanding Scientist, VIFRA, Chennai : 2015
  5. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award of Scientific Excellence : 2016