Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Diversity in Cotton Rhizosphere Soil in Alwar, India.
Rajeshwar Pratap Singh, Atul Kumar Johri, Meenakshi Dua
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Rajeshwar Pratap Singh: Microbial Ecology Laboratory, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Atul Kumar Johri: School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Meenakshi Dua: Microbial Ecology Laboratory, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India meenakshi72@hotmail.com. ORCID
Cotton is an important cash crop for both the Indian economy and rural livelihoods. In the present study, metagenomic analysis is used to characterize microbial diversity in cotton rhizosphere soil from the Alwar district, located in the semiarid northeast region of the state of Rajasthan in India.