Stress Associated Microbial Profiling for Crop Plants for Sustainable Agricultural Practices- In silico Metagenomic Insight
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Understanding the earth and its life processes has been the quest of science and with every successful endeavour we inch closer towards the systems level understanding of the various organismic processes that contribute towards life on earth. Climate change, anthropogenic and other factors adversely affect the environment preliminarily and attack the existing microbial community and influence the microcosm of a particular area by creating an imbalance amongst the microflora which in turn affects the primary consumers and in turn affect the entire food chain of the place. Environmental Genomics approaches have enabled the rapid identification of the various microbial population that contribute towards the microflora of a particular geographical or environmental niche. Metagenomics approach has enabled us to get an insight into the segment or group of microorganisms which could not be cultured in vitro, thus opening up new vistas into the understanding of form and function of that community. Sustainable agriculture in India is faced with constant land use issues and hence the crop plantations all around the country are facing abiotic stress environments resulting in yield loss.