M. Senthil KumarM. Senthil Kumar is a Principal Scientist (Microbiology) at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur. He has extensive research experience in plant–microbe interactions, including the biological control of soybean diseases and micrbially mediated abiotic stress management in pulses. He has explored the diversity of endophytic bacteria from wild and cultivated soybean varieties for the biological control of soybean charcoal rot, purified antimicrobial peptides from endophytic bacteria, and developed bioinoculants and microbial consortia to improve moisture-deficit stress tolerance in rainfed chickpea. Read More Read Less