Priya Chaudhary
About Priya
Priya completed a Master of Technology in Agricultural Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur and M.Sc. in Microbiology from Kurukshetra University. She did her undergraduate honours program in Microbiology at the University of Delhi. Priya worked as a Scientific Communicator and received the prestigious CSIR-Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Award from CSIR for pursuing training in science communication. Priya has published several scientific reports, news articles in the Science Reporter Magazine, published by the CSIR. During her Masters in Technology, she developed an interest in the abiotic stress physiology of crops which she pursued by joining the Indian Agricultural Research Institute as a Junior Research Fellow.
Project details
Understanding the mechanisms of general disease suppressiveness in organic fields
To ensure sustainability in agriculture, the project aims to first identify the key microbial and metabolic markers and soil practices responsible for disease suppressive soil in organic fields, and subsequently develop tools to transform soils from being disease conducive to disease suppressive.
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