Aswani RaveendranMs. Aswani R is currently persuing her Ph. D in Microbiology at School of Biosciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India and also as Research Fellow in a project on nanofertilizer. After her M.Sc. in Microbiology, she has completed M.Phil n Biosciences and has authored 19 publications, 2 review articles and 5 book chapters. Her area of research is biocontrol mechanisms and induction of plant defense response by endophytic microorganisms. Read More Read Less