Rate My Professor Laxuman Sharma

Prof. Sharma has an impressive publication record comprising 55 papers in refereed journals, seven book chapters, and twenty extension bulletins, along with leading ten research projects. Key publications encompass Sherpa MT et al. (2021), Isolation, characterization, and evaluation of native rhizobacterial consortia developed from the rhizosphere of rice grown in organic state Sikkim, India, and their effect on plant growth, Frontiers in Microbiology; Panneerselvam P et al. (2021), Understanding rice growth-promoting potential of Enterobacter spp. isolated from long-term organic farming soil in India through a supervised learning approach, Current Research in Microbial Sciences; Panneerselvam P et al. (2019), Antagonistic and plant growth promoting novel Bacillus species from long term organic farming soils from Sikkim, India, 3 Biotech; Pradhan A et al. (2019), Characterization of pectin extracted from Citrus reticulata L. Blanco collected from different altitudes of Sikkim Himalaya, Journal of Applied and Natural Science; and Singh AK et al. (2019), Biomedical applications of microbially engineered polyhydroxyalkanoates: An insight into recent advances, bottlenecks, and solutions, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Earlier works include Optimization of cultural and nutritional conditions for accumulation of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (2006) and Accumulation of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in Nostoc muscorum: regulation by pH, light–dark cycles, N and P status and carbon sources (2005). His research has accumulated over 1,750 citations on Google Scholar, demonstrating significant influence in microbial biotechnology, organic farming, and horticultural sciences in the Himalayan context.