Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Diversity in Cotton Rhizosphere Soil in Alwar, India

Rajeshwar Pratap Singh; Atul Kumar Johri; Meenakshi Dua

doi:10.1128/MRA.00987-20

Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Diversity in Cotton Rhizosphere Soil in Alwar, India

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Dec 3;9(49):e00987-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00987-20.

Authors

Rajeshwar Pratap Singh¹, Atul Kumar Johri², Meenakshi Dua³

Affiliations

¹ Microbial Ecology Laboratory, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
² School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
³ Microbial Ecology Laboratory, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India meenakshi72@hotmail.com.

Abstract

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.