Dr. Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap

Name: Dr. Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap Designation: Scientist (Sr.Scale), Plant Pathology ICAR-NBAIM Professional experience: 09 years, 11 months Research interest: Pathogen profiling-Multi-Omics approach Host-Pathogen interaction mVOCs (Volatilomics) Biological Control(Fungi/Bacteria), PGPRs Lab webpage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EwFVVhEAAAAJ&hl=en Contact details: Office Add:Plant Pathology Lab, ICAR-NBAIM, Mau E-mail: abhijeet.kashyap@icar.org.in,abhijeet4497@gmail.com

Significant recognition (Awards/Fellowships/Technologies transferred/Patents etc.):

1. Awards

1. 24awards and 13 recognitions

2. Fellowships:

1. 05 fellowships

3. Technologies:

1. 1. 03 ICAR certified technologies
   2. 05 methodology
   3. 02 Database
   4. 01 copyright (under process)

4. Patents filed

1. 01 (filled in 2025, under process)

5. Editors:

1. 1. CBTA, Springer
   2. Fronties in microbiology
   3. Plos One
   4. Journal of plant disease and protection
   5. Plant Growth Regulation

6. First Reports:

1. 04 New Plant Diseases in India

7. Membership of Societies:Indian Phytopathological Society, NewDelhi

8. Projects:

Ongoing Projects

Completed Projects

9. Publications (no.s):

List of publications (Best 10 publications) with NAAS Rating and Impact Factor:

1. Kashyap, A.S*Manzar, N.,Nebapure, S.M., Rajawat, M.V.S., Deo, M.M., Singh, J.P., Kesharwani, A.K.,Singh R.P., Dubey, S.C., Singh, D. (2022) Unraveling Microbial Volatile Elicitors Using a Transparent Methodology for Induction of Systemic Resistance and Regulation of Antioxidant Genes at Expression Levels in Chili against Bacterial Wilt Disease. Antioxidants 11, 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11020404First and corresponding author (IF: 7, NAAS: 13.0)
2. Kashyap, A.S* Manzar, N., Maurya,A., Mishra, D.D., Singh, R.P., Sharma, P.K. (2023) Development of Diagnostic Markers and Applied for Genetic Diversity Study and Population Structure of BipolarissorokinianaAssociated with Leaf Blight Complex of Wheat. J. Fungi, 9, 153, https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/2/153.First and corresponding author (IF: 4.7, NAAS: 10.7)
3. Kashyap AS*, Manzar N, Ahamad F, Tilgam J, Sharma PK, Saxena AK. First Report of Root Rot Disease in Green Gram (Vigna radiata) Caused by Ectophoma multirostrata in India. Plant Dis. 2022 Feb 5. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-11-21-2400-PDNEpub ahead of print. PMID: 35124987. Corresponding author (NAAS- 10.6, IF- 4.6)
4. Kashyap, A.S*., Manzar, N., Rajawat, M.V.S., Kesharwani, A.K., Singh, R.P., Dubey, S.C., Pattanayak, D., Dhar, S., Lal, S.K., Singh, D. (2021) Screening and Biocontrol Potential of Rhizobacteria Native to Gangetic Plains and Hilly Regions to Induce Systemic Resistance and Promote Plant Growth in Chilli against Bacterial Wilt Disease. Plants 10, 2125. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102125.First and corresponding author (IF: 4.5, NAAS: 10.5)
5. Kashyap, A.S, Manzar, N, Meshram S, Sharma P. K. (2023) Screening microbial inoculants and their interventions for cross kingdom management of wilt disease of solanaceous crop- A step towards sustainable agriculture. Front. Microbiol. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1174532/full; Corresponding author(IF: 5.2, NAAS:11.20)
6. Kashyap, A.S., Manzar, N., Vishwakarma, S.K. et al. (2024) Tiny but mighty: metal nanoparticles as effective antimicrobial agents for plant pathogen control. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 40, 104 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-024-03911-5.Corresponding author (IF-5.10, NAAS: 10.10)
7. Kashyap A., and Sand Manzar N. (2025) Molecular characterization and biocontrol potential of rhizospheric Trichoderma and Bacillus spp. from Indo-Gangetic plains with botanical applications against Bipolaris sorokiniana in wheat. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 136, 102567 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2025.102567 Corresponding author (IF: 2.7, NAAS: 8.7)
8. Kashyap, A. S., Manzar, N., Chaudhary, P., & Ali, S. (2025) Editorial: Unravelling Microbial Interactions in Plant Health and Disease Dynamics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, 1716380. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1716380Corresponding author (NAAS: 10.0)
9. Kashyap, A.S., Manzar, N. & Sharma, P.K. (2025) Unravelling the wheat leaf blight pathobiome: a shift beyond the one pathogen–one disease paradigm. J Plant Pathol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-025-02045-3 Corresponding author (NAAS: 8.3)
10. Kashyap,A.S., Manzar, N; Sharma, P.K et al., (2025) Development of aTrichoderma–Bacillus biofilm inoculant for plant growth promotion and biocontrol of Sclerotium and Fusarium in chickpea. Discover sustainability DOI:10.1007/s43621-025-02356-6. Corresponding author (NAAS: 9.0)