Journal of Microbiology Research

Journal of Microbiology Research aims to publish all the latest and outstanding research articles, reviews and letters in all areas of major importance to techniques of microbiology and applied research. It publishes high quality research and review papers on novel aspects of microbiology, including environmental, food, agricultural, medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary, soil, water and biodeterioration.

Satyavir Sindhu

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Microbiology Research

Professor, Department of Microbiology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, India

Research Areas

Plant-Microbe Interactions, Rhizobium-legume Symbiosis, Biological control, Soil Microbiology & Biotechnology

Education

1990Ph.DMicrobiology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
1980M.ScMicrobiology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
1978B.ScBiological Sci., Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Experience

presentProfessor, Department of Microbiology, CCS Haryana Agril, University, Hisar-125 004, India

Academic Achievement

Professor R.M. Sharma Memorial Award: awarded by Association of Microbiologists of India, HAU-Hisar Unit in 1985 for best research paper published in Journal of General Microbiology, U.K
Professor R.M. Sharma Memorial Award: awarded in 1987 by Association of Microbiologists of India, HAU-Hisar Unit of Association of Microbiologists of India for best research paper published in the journal 'Archives of Microbiology' Germany
Commonwealth Scholarship 1987: awarded by Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, for doing Ph.D. research at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K
Young Scientist Alembic-AMI Triennial Award 1993: awarded during 34th AMI Annual Conference at PAU, Ludhiana (Feb. 9-11, 1994) by Association of Microbiologists of India
International Foundation for Science-Sweden Award: a research grant of 96,000 Swedish crowns was awarded in January 1994, for doing research work in the field of Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
Professor R.M. Sharma Memorial Award: awarded in 2000 by Association of Microbiologists of India HAU-Hisar Unit for best research paper published in the journal 'Microbiological Research', Germany
Best teacher Award: awarded in the year 2002 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, as best teacher in the College of Basic Sciences & Humanities of the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Membership

Life member of Association of Microbiologists of India (Life Member)
Member of American Society of Microbiology (1988-1991)
Life member of Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Life Member)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Satyavir Singh and Lakshminarayana K. (1982) Survival and competitive ability of ammonia excreting and non-ammonia excreting Azotobacter chrococcum strains in sterile soil. Plant Soil 69: 79-84.
[2]  Garg F.C., Garg R.P., Kukreja K., Sindhu S.S. and Tauro P. (1985) Host dependent expression of uptake hydrogenase in cowpea rhizobia. J. Gen. Microbiol. 131: 93-96.
[3]  Dadarwal K.R., Sindhu S.S. and Renu Batra (1985) Ecology of Hup+ Rhizobium strains of cowpea miscellany: Native frequency and competence. Arch. Microbiol. 141: 255-259.
[4]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1985) Protoplast formation and regeneration in Rhizobium and Azospirillum. Curr. Sci. 54: 344-346.
[5]  Sindhu S.S., Dadarwal K.R. and Dahiya B.S. (1986) Hydrogen evolution and relative efficiency in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): Effect of Rhizobium strain, host cultivar and temperature. Indian J. Expt. Biol. 24: 416-420.
[6]  Sindhu S.S. and Lakshminarayana K. (1986) Distribution of Azotobacter in the Haryana soils and effect of bacteriostasis on Azotobacter survival. Environ. Ecol. 4: 536-540.
[7]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1986) Ex planta nitrogenase induction and uptake hydrogenase in Rhizobium sp. (cowpea miscellany). Soil Biol. Biochem. 18: 291-295.
[8]  Garg R.P., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1986) Uptake hydrogenase has no significance in effectivity and competence in cowpea miscellany rhizobia. In: Proc. Eighth Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference, (Wallace W. and Smith S.E. eds) Adelaide 86, AIAS Occasional Pub. No. 25, pp. 167-168.
[9]  Dadarwal K.R. and Sindhu S.S. (1986) Uptake hydrogenase H2 losses and effectivity of Hup+ Rhizobium strains nodulating grain and fodder legumes in India. In: Proc. Eighth Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference, (Wallace W. and Smith S.E. eds) Adelaide 86, AIAS Occasional Pub. No. 25, pp. 169-170.
[10]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1986) Dissimilation of oxidized sulphur compounds by cowpea miscellany Bradyrhizobium. In: Proc. Eighth Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference, (Wallace W. and Smith S.E. eds.) Adelaide 86, AIAS Occasional Pub. No.25, pp. 168.
[11]  Dadarwal K.R., Sindhu S.S. and Sharma H.R. (1987) Rhizobium strains expressing uptake hydrogenase in different host species of cowpea miscellany. J. Biosci. 12: 103-109.
[12]  Dadarwal K.R., Sindhu S.S. and Garg R.P. (1987) Effect of curing on genes controlling antibiotic resistance and symbiosis in cowpea miscellany rhizobia. Indian J. Microbiol. 27: 16-21.
[13]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1988) Effect of temperature on nitrogenase and hydrogenase activity in cowpea miscellany hosts. Indian J. Microbiol. 28: 178-183.
[14]  Brewin N.J., Wood E.A., Bradley D.J., Harding S.S., Sindhu S.S., Perotto S., Kannenberg E.L. and Vanden Bosch K.A. (1988) The use of monoclonal antibodies to study plant-microbe interactions in the pea nodule. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Hundered Years After (Bothe H., De Bruijn F.J. and Newton W.E., eds.), Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, New York. pp. 517-521.
[15]  Sindhu S.S., Kannenberg E.L. and Brewin N.J. (1988) Lipopolysaccharide maturation in pea and bean bacteroides. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Hundered Years After (Bothe H., De Bruijn F.J. and Newton W.E., eds.), Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, New York. pp. 480.
[16]  Kannenberg E.L., Sindhu S.S., and Brewin N.J. (1988) Correlation between Rhizobium Lipopolysaccharide structure and the ability to grow under calcium stress. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Hundered Years After (Bothe H., De Bruijn F.J. and Newton W.E., eds.), Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, New York. pp. 476.
[17]  Dadarwal K.R. and Sindhu S.S. (1988) Significance of Uptake Hydrogenase in legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis. In: Advances in Frontier Area of Plant Biochemistry. (Randhir Singh and Sawhney SK eds.), Prentice Hall, New Delhi, pp. 178-183.
[18]  Dadarwal K.R., Sindhu S.S., Garg R.P. and Yadav K.S. (1989) Anaerobic respiration by cowpea miscellany rhizobia using oxidized nitrogen and sulfur compounds. Indian J. Microbiol. 29: 287-291.
[19]  Sindhu S.S., Grover V., Narula N. and Lakshminarayana K. (1989) Occurrence of multiple antibiotic resistance in Azotobacter chroococcum. Zentralb. Microbiol. 44: 97-101.
[20]  Sindhu, S.S. and Brewin, N.J. (1989) Identification of a lipopolysaccharide associated protein antigen in Rhizobium leguminosarum by use of monoclonal antibodies. In: The Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation and Metabolism, organised by Agriculture and Food Research Council, held at Lancaster University (U.K.) in Nov. 1989.
[21]  Sindhu S.S., Brewin N.J. and Kannenberg E.L. (1990) Immunochemical analysis of lipopolysaccharides from free-living and endosymbiotic forms of Rhizobium leguminosarum. J. Bacteriol. 172: 1804-1813.
[22]  Brewin N.J., Rae A.L., Perotto S., Knox P., Roberts K., Le Gal M.F., Sindhu S.S., Wood E.A. and Kannenberg E.L. (1990) Immunological dissection of the plant-microbe interface in pea nodules. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Achievements and Objectives (Gresshoff P.M., Roth J., Stacey G. and Newton W.E. Eds.), Chapman and Hall, New York, London. pp. 227-234.
[23]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1992) Symbiotic effectivity of cowpea miscellany Rhizobium mutants having increased hydrogenase activity. Indian J. Microbiol. 32: 411-416.
[24]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1992) Rhizobium strain and host plant cultivar interaction affecting relative efficiency and effectivity in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). In: Frontier in Microbial Technology, (Bisen PS ed.), CBS Publishers, New Delhi. pp. 105-109.
[25]  Sindhu S.S., Dadarwal K.R. and Davis T.M. (1992) Non-nodulating chickpea breeding line for the study of symbiotic nitrogen fixation potential. Indian J. Microbiol. 32: 175-180.
[26]  Sindhu S.S. and Lakshminarayana K. (1992) Effect of carbon sources amendments on acetylene reduction by Azotobacter strain in sandy loam soil. Annal. Biol. 8: 81-85.
[27]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1993) Broadening of host range infectivity in cowpea miscellany Rhizobium by protoplast fusion. Indian J. Expt. Biol. 31: 521-528.
[28]  Sindhu S.S., Lakshminarayana K. and Dalvir Singh (1994) Expression of hydrogenase activity in Azotobacter chroococcum and its possible role in crop productivity. Indian J. Expt. Biol. 32: 423-426.
[29]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1994) Biosynthesis of Exopolysaccharides and its role during Nodule Development in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis. In: Biology and Application of Nitrogen-Fixing Organisms-Problems and Prospectus (Vashampayan A. and Prasad A.B. eds). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. pp. 189-240.
[30]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1995) Hydrogen uptake-measurement of photosynthate limitation in nodules of cowpea miscellany host. Microbiol. Res., 150: 213-217.
[31]  Narula N., Sindhu S.S., Kukreja K. and Lakshminarayana K. (1995) Effects of solvents and surfactants on ammonia excretion in Azotobacter chroococcum. Annal. Biol. 11: 177-182.
[32]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1995) Molecular Biology of Nodule Development and Nitrogen Fixation in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis. In: Nitrogen Nutrition in Higher Plants. (Srivastava H.S. and Singh R.P. eds). Associated Publishing Company, New Delhi. pp. 57-129.
[33]  Sindhu S.S., Suman Mor, Dadarwal K.R. and Tauro P. (1995) Rhizobial Lipo-oligosaccharide Nodulation Factors: A Novel Class of Signal Molecules Involved in Microbe-Plant Interactions Specificity. In: Proc International Satellite Symposium-Complex Carbohydrates & Advances in Biosciences. Society of Biosciences Pub. pp. 521-562.
[34]  Indu Saini, Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1996) Uptake hydrogenase, nitrate respiration, ex planta nitrogenase expression and symbiotic effectivity of Sesbania rhizobia. Indian J. Microbiol. 36: 93-97.
[35]  Sindhu S.S. (1996) Strategies for improving nitrogen fixation in legumes. In: Perspectives in Microbiology. Proc. 34th AMI Annual Conference, Ludhiana. (Kahlon R.S. ed.). National Agriculture Technology Information Service Pub. pp. 134-149.
[36]  Gupta S.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1996) Interaction of green gram (Vigna radiata L.) rhizosphere bacteria with cowpea miscellany rhizobia and effect of coinoculation on nodulation and plant growth. In: Perspectives in Microbiology. Proc. 34th AMI Annual Conference, Ludhiana. (Kahlon R.S. ed.). National Agriculture Technology Information Service Pub. pp. 154-161.
[37]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1997) Nodule competence between bacteriocin producing effective and ineffective Rhizobium strains of Vigna. Indian J. Microbiol. 37: 51-52.
[38]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1997) Molecular Aspects of Host Specificity in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis and Possibilities of Inducing Nodule in Non-legume Crops. In: Biotechnological Approaches in Soil Microorganisms for Sustainable Crop Production. (Dadarwal K.R. ed.). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. pp. 39-69.
[39]  Sindhu S.S., Sunita Suneja and Dadarwal K.R. (1997) Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and their Role in Crop Productivity. In: Biotechnological Approaches in Soil Microorganisms for Sustainable Crop Production. (Dadarwal K.R. ed.). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. pp. 149-191.
[40]  Dadarwal K.R., Yadav K.S. and Sindhu S.S. (1997) Biofertilizer Production Technology: Prospects. In: Biotechnological Approaches in Soil Microorganisms for Sustainable Crop Production. (Dadarwal K.R. ed.). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. pp. 323-337.
[41]  Sindhu S.S., Gupta S.K. and Dadarwal K.R. (1999) Antagonistic effect of Pseudomonas spp. on pathogenic fungi and enhancement of growth of green gram (Vigna radiata). Biol. Fertil. Soils 29: 62-68.
[42]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1999) Bacteriocin producing native rhizobia of green gram (Vigna radiata) having competitive advantage in nodule occupancy. Microbiol. Res. 154: 43-48.
[43]  Sindhu S.S., Suman Mor and Dadarwal K.R. (1999) Cell Surface Polysaccharides of Rhizobium and Nodule Development on Legume Roots: Recent Advances. In: Recent Trends in Developmental Biology. (Gakhar S.K. and Mishra S.N. eds.). Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi. pp. 204-240.
[44]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (1999) Improvement of Biological Nitrogen Fixation by Genetic Manipulations to Increase Crop Productivity. In: Recent Advances in Biosciences for Sustainable Food Security. (Sihag R.C., Patel R.K. and Manju Singh eds.). Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management, CCS H. A. U. Hisar. pp. 75-86.
[45]  Lakshminarayana K., Bela Shukla, Sindhu S.S., Parveen Kumari, Neeru Narula and Sheoran R.K. (2000) Analogue-resistant mutants of Azotobacter chrococcum derepressed for nitrogenase activity and early ammonia excretion having potential as inoculants for cereal crops. Indian J. Expt. Biol. 38: 373-378.
[46]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2000) Pigment diverse mutants of Pseudomonas sp.: inhibition of fungal growth and stimulation of growth of Cicer arietinum. Biologia Plantarum 43: 563-569.
[47]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2000) Competition for nodulation among rhizobia in Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis. Indian J. Microbiol. 40: 211-246.
[48]  Dadarwal K.R., Goel A.K. and Sindhu S.S. (2000) Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in sustainable agriculture. In: Microbes in Integrated Nutient Management (Lakshminarayana, K., Anand, R. C. and Patel, R. K. eds.) Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management, CCS H. A. U. Hisar. pp. 13-22.
[49]  Sindhu S.S. (2000) Measurement of nitrogen fixation in free-living rhizobia and nodules by acetylene reduction technique. In: Microbes in Integrated Nutient Management (Lakshminarayana, K., Anand, R. C. and Patel, R. K. eds.) Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management, CCS H. A. U. Hisar. pp. 147-149.
[50]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2000) Molecular biology of nodule development on legume roots by Rhizobium. In: Microbes in Integrated Nutient Management (Lakshminarayana, K., Anand, R. C. and Patel, R. K. eds.) Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management, CCS H. A. U. Hisar. pp. 68-83.
[51]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Symbiotic effectiveness of spontaneous antibiotic-resistant mutants of Rhizobium sp. Cicer nodulating chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Microbiol. Res. 155: 325-329.
[52]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Symbiotic effectiveness of bacteriocin producing and non-producing strains of Rhizobium in green gram (Vigna radiata). Indian J. Expt. Biol. 39: 821-823.
[53]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Chitinolytic and cellulolytic Pseudomonas sp. antagonistic to fungal pathogens enhances nodulation by Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Microbiol. Res. 156: 353-358.
[54]  Indu Saini, Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Azide-resistant mutants of Azorhizobium caulinodans with enhanced symbiotic effectiveness. Folia Microbiologica 46: 217-222.
[55]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Seed bacterization with flourescent Pseudomonas enhances the synthesis of flavonoid-like compounds in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants 6 (2): 195-198.
[56]  Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Genetic Manipulation of Rhizobia to Improve Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes. In: Recent Advances in Biofertilizer Technology (Yadav A.K., Motsara, M. R. and Ray Choudhary S. eds.). Society for Promotion and Utilization of Resources and Technology, New Delhi. pp. 1-97.
[57]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2001) Application of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as Inoculants of Cereals and Legumes. In: Recent Advances in Biofertilizer Technology (Yadav A.K., Motsara, M. R. and Ray Choudhary S. eds.). Society for Promotion and Utilization of Resources and Technology, New Delhi. pp. 207-256.
[58]  Sindhu S. S., Gupta S. K., Sunita Suneja and Dadarwal K. R. (2002) Enhancement of green gram nodulation and plant growth by Bacillus species. Biologia Plantarum 45: 117-120.
[59]  Sindhu S. S., Parmar N., Sunita Suneja, Goel A. K. and Dadarwal K. R. (2002) Plant growth promoting effects of Pseudomonas sp. on coinoculation with Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer strain under sterile and wilt sick soil conditions. Appl. Soil Ecol. 19: 57-64.
[60]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2002) Stimulation of nodulation and plant growth of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) by Pseudomonas spp. antagonistic to fungal pathogens. Biol. Fertil Soils, 36: 391-396.
[61]  Sindhu S.S. and Dalel Singh (2002) Microbial communities in soil ecosystem and their significance. In: Biofertilizer Production Technology & Application (Sindhu, S. S. ed.). SC&P Centre, CCS HAU Hisar. pp. 5-9.
[62]  Sindhu S.S. and Banger, K.C. (2002) Rhizobium-legume symbiosis: formation of nitrogen fixing nodule. In: Biofertilizer Production Technology & Application (Sindhu, S. S. ed.). SC&P Centre, CCS HAU Hisar. pp. 25-35.
[63]  Sindhu S.S. (2002) Biotechnological improvement of biofertilizers efficacy for sustainable agriculture. In: Biofertilizer Production Technology & Application (Sindhu, S. S. ed.). SC&P Centre, CCS HAU Hisar. pp. 61-73.
[64]  Sindhu S.S. (2002) Use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria as biocontrol agents: Biopesticides. In: Biofertilizer Production Technology & Application (Sindhu, S. S. ed.). SC&P Centre, CCS HAU Hisar. pp. 83-92.
[65]  Indu Saini, Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2003) Symbiotic characterization of nitrate-reductase deficient mutants of Azorhizobium caulinodans on forage legume Sesbania. Indian J. Microbiol. 43: 227-231.
[66]  Sindhu S.S., Sharma, H. R. and Dadarwal K.R. (2003) Competition among Bradyrhizobium strains for nodulation of green gram (Vigna radiata): use of dark nodule phenotype. Folia Microbiologica 48: 83-89.
[67]  Sindhu S.S., Malik, D.K. and Dadarwal K.R. (2003) Enhancing the potential of biological niterogen fixation by genetic manipulations of diazotrophic bacteria for sustainable agriculture. In: Plant Genetic Engineering: Volume 1. Applications and Limitations (Singh, R.P. and Jaiwal, P.K. eds.). Sci. Tech. Publ. LCC Houston, USA. pp. 199-228.
[68]  Sindhu S.S. (2004) Biofertilizer technology and genetics of N2 fixation. In: Agriculture: Concepts and Strategies (Sehrawat, S.K., Sindhu, S. S. and Balyan, R.S. eds.). SC&P Centre, CCS HAU, Hisar. pp. 216-222.
[69]  Sindhu S.S. (2004) Role of microbes in agriculture, industry and medicine In: Agriculture: Concepts and Strategies (Sehrawat, S.K., Sindhu, S. S. and Balyan, R.S. eds.). SC&P Centre, CCS HAU, Hisar. pp. 276-284.
[70]  Sindhu S.S. (2004) Biological nitrogen fixation. In: Research Methods in Plant Sciences: Allelopathy, Volume 1. Soil Analysis. (Narwal, S.S., Dahiya, S. S. and Singh J.P. eds.). Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur. pp. 326-342.
[71]  Sindhu S.S. (2004) Soil ecosystem : Microbiological processes and their significance in soil. In: Research Methods in Plant Sciences: Allelopathy, Volume 1. Soil Analysis. (Narwal, S.S., Dahiya, S. S. and Singh J.P. eds.). Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur. pp. 308-325.
[72]  Sivaramaiah, N., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2005) Characterization of plant growth promoting Bacillus sp. from chickpea rhizosphere. In: National Symposium on biotechnological interventions for improvement of horticultural crops: Issues and strategies. Kerala Agriculture University, Thrissur, Kerala. pp. 418-421.
[73]  Goel A.K., Sindhu S.S. and Dadarwal K.R. (2006) Production and partial characterization of antifungal and root growth stimulating metabolites from Pseudomonas sp. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants 12: 201-205.
[74]  Sindhu, S.S. and Kamla Chaudhary (2006) Transgenics in agriculture: Use of microbial genes for value addition in crop plants. In: Strategies for gene cloning and expression for value addition in crop plants. (Kamla Chaudhary ed.). Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, CCS HAU, Hisar. pp. 8-22.
[75]  Santosh Dhillon, Sindhu, S.S. and Pushpa Kharb (2006) Applications of biotechnology in food processing for value addition. In: Value addition of food products for improving quality of life. (Dahiya, S., Sehgal, S., Kwatra, A. and Patel, R.K. eds.). Academy of Agricultural Research and Management, CCS HAU, Hisar. pp. 123-135.
[76]  Sivaramaiah, N., Malik, D.K. and Sindhu S.S. (2007) Improvement in symbiotic efficiency of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) by coinoculation of Bacillus strains with Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer. Indian J. Microbiol. 47: 51-56.
[77]  Sindhu, S.S. (2007) Application of rhizobacteria in biological control and bioremediation of contaminated soils. In: Environmental Pollution and Global Health. (Saharan, R.P. and Sareen, P.K. eds.). Environmental Mutagen Society of India. pp. 53-64.
[78]  Malik, D.K. and Sindhu S.S. (2008) Transposon-derived mutants of Pseudomonas strains altered in indole acetic acid production: effect on nodulation and plant growth in green gram (Vigna radiata L.). Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants 14: 315-320.
[79]  S. S. Sindhu, Yuvraj S. Rakshiya, Govind Sahu (2009) Biological control of soilborne plant pathogens with rhizosphere bacteria. Pest Technology 3(1) 10-21.
[80]  S. S. Sindhu, M. K. Verma and Suman Mor (2009) Molecular genetics of phosphate solubilization in rhizosphere bacteria and its role in plant growth promotion. In: Phosphate Solubilizing Microbes and Crop Productivity. Khan, M.S. and Zaidi, A. eds., Nova Science Publishers, U.S.A. pp. 199-228.
[81]  S. S. Sindhu, O. P. Jangu and N. Sivaramaiah (2010) Genetic engineering of diazotrophic bacteria to improve nitrogen fixation for sustainable agriculture. In: Biotechnology: Emerging Trends. (Eds. Sayyed, R.Z. and Patil, A.S.). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India. pp. 73-112.
[82]  S. S. Sindhu, Y.S. Rakshiya and D. K. Malik (2010) Rhizosphere bacteria and their role in biological control of plant diseases In: Biotechnology: Emerging Trends. (Eds. Sayyed, R.Z. and Patil, A.S.). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India. pp. 17-52.
[83]  S. S. Sindhu, Seema Dua, M. K. Verma and Aakanksha Khandelwal (2010) Growth promotion of legumes by inoculation of rhizosphere bacteria. In: Microbes for Legume Improvement. Khan, M.S., Zaidi, A. and Musarrat, J. eds., Springer-Wien/NewYork, Germany. pp. 195-235.
[84]  Malik D. K and Sindhu S. S. (2011) Production of indole acetic acid by Pseudomonas sp.: Effect of coinoculation with Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer on nodulation and plant growth of chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Physiol.. Mol. Biol. Plants 17: 25-32.
[85]  S. S. Sindhu, Rakshiya Y and Verma M. K. (2011) Termite control by antagonistic microorganisms. In: Bioaugmentation, Biostimulation and Biocontrol. Singh, A.K., Parmar, N. and Kuhad, R.C. eds. Soil Biology 28. Springer-Verlag, Germany. pp. 261-309.
[86]  Sindhu, S.S., Goyal Sneh and Malik, D.K. (2011) Soil flora and their significance. In: Modern Concepts of Vegetable Production (Ed. Rana, M.K.). Biotech Books, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110 012, Chapter 14, pp. 386-429.
[87]  Sindhu, S.S., Dua Seema and Sahu, G. (2011) Biological control of plant diseases. In: Modern Concepts of Vegetable Production (Ed. Rana, M.K.). Biotech Books, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110 012, Chapter 16, pp. 470-517.