Murugan Kumar

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Murugan Kumar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Murugan Kumar has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Murugan Kumar's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (10 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers). Murugan Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (10 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers). Murugan Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United Arab Emirates and Singapore. Murugan Kumar's co-authors include Hillol Chakdar, D. J. Bagyaraj, Anil Kumar Saxena, Anuj Saxena, Alok Kumar Srivastava, Arjun Singh, K. Pandiyan, Radha Prasanna, Ajar Nath Yadav and Prem Lal Kashyap and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Murugan Kumar

39 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bacillusspecies in soil as a natural resource for plant health and nutrition

2019 361 citations Anuj Saxena, Murugan Kumar et al. Journal of Applied Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Murugan Kumar India	19	713	381	194	188	179	43	1.3k
Elisa Korenblum Brazil	17	684 1.0×	424 1.1×	232 1.2×	160 0.9×	69 0.4×	25	1.4k
Susana Castro‐Sowinski Uruguay	23	633 0.9×	448 1.2×	330 1.7×	140 0.7×	239 1.3×	59	1.5k
Luis Ernesto Fuentes-Ramírez Mexico	17	847 1.2×	355 0.9×	135 0.7×	146 0.8×	65 0.4×	28	1.2k
Binghai Du China	21	792 1.1×	507 1.3×	258 1.3×	90 0.5×	62 0.3×	74	1.3k
Philippe Jourand France	17	804 1.1×	303 0.8×	175 0.9×	105 0.6×	41 0.2×	39	1.2k
Rajesh Kumar Singh India	27	1.5k 2.2×	364 1.0×	147 0.8×	189 1.0×	53 0.3×	103	2.0k
Eligio Malusà Poland	22	1.3k 1.8×	353 0.9×	100 0.5×	131 0.7×	50 0.3×	79	1.7k
Young Ryun Chung South Korea	23	856 1.2×	731 1.9×	376 1.9×	106 0.6×	141 0.8×	59	1.6k
Gejiao Wang China	23	436 0.6×	816 2.1×	536 2.8×	129 0.7×	171 1.0×	89	1.6k
Quanju Xiang China	22	477 0.7×	449 1.2×	312 1.6×	132 0.7×	54 0.3×	81	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murugan Kumar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kumar, Murugan, et al.. (2024). Population and genetic diversity of rhizobia nodulating chickpea in Indo-Gangetic plains of India. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 55(4). 4057–4075. 2 indexed citations

Ansari, Waquar Akhter, et al.. (2024). Genetic Diversity and Functional Potential of Streptomyces spp. Isolated from Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, India. Current Microbiology. 81(11). 397–397. 1 indexed citations

Prasanna, Radha, Akanksha Bhardwaj, Yashbir Singh Shivay, et al.. (2024). Diversity among Basmati and biofortified rice genotypes for C-N assimilation and nutrient availability. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 27(5). 637–650. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Murugan, Waquar Akhter Ansari, Mohammad Tarique Zeyad, et al.. (2023). Core microbiota of wheat rhizosphere under Upper Indo-Gangetic plains and their response to soil physicochemical properties. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14(4). 60–63. 10 indexed citations

Ansari, Waquar Akhter, Murugan Kumar, Ram Krishna, et al.. (2023). Influence of rice-wheat and sugarcane-wheat rotations on microbial diversity and plant growth promoting bacteria: Insights from high-throughput sequencing and soil analysis. Microbiological Research. 278. 127533–127533. 12 indexed citations

Kumar, Murugan, et al.. (2023). Population and diversity of pigeonpea rhizobia from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India. Symbiosis. 90(2). 213–230. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Murugan, Hillol Chakdar, K. Pandiyan, et al.. (2022). Bacterial chitinases: genetics, engineering and applications. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 38(12). 252–252. 24 indexed citations

Zeyad, Mohammad Tarique, Waquar Akhter Ansari, Murugan Kumar, et al.. (2022). Bio-priming with a consortium of Streptomyces araujoniae strains modulates defense response in chickpea against Fusarium wilt. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 998546–998546. 13 indexed citations

Das, Malay K., Prassan Choudhary, Sudipta Das, et al.. (2022). Genetic Diversity and Anti-Oxidative Potential of Streptomyces spp. Isolated from Unexplored Niches of Meghalaya, India. Current Microbiology. 79(12). 379–379. 3 indexed citations

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Shankar, Shiv, et al.. (2022). Addition of five grass species to the state of Telangana. The Journal of Indian Botanical Society. 102(1). 61–66.

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Bagyaraj, D. J., et al.. (2019). Interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Bacillus spp. in soil enhancing growth of crop plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 23–23. 121 indexed citations

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Saxena, Anuj, et al.. (2019). Bacillusspecies in soil as a natural resource for plant health and nutrition. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 128(6). 1583–1594. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

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Srivastava, Alok Kumar, Anjney Sharma, Anchal Srivastava, et al.. (2019). Draft genome sequence of a cold-adapted phosphorous-solubilizing Pseudomonas koreensis P2 isolated from Sela Lake, India. 3 Biotech. 9(7). 256–256. 15 indexed citations

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Srivastava, Alok Kumar, Anjney Sharma, Alok Kumar Singh, et al.. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of Halotolerant Bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens ANJ207, Isolated from Salt Crystal Deposits in Pipelines. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(15). 7 indexed citations

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Ankit, Yadav, Suman Manna, K. Pandiyan, et al.. (2016). Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant producing Bacillus sp. from diesel fuel-contaminated site. Microbiology. 85(1). 56–62. 28 indexed citations

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Kumar, Murugan, et al.. (2016). Bacterial xylanases: biology to biotechnology. 3 Biotech. 6(2). 150–150. 129 indexed citations

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Reddy, K.S., et al.. (2015). Dynamics of well Irrigation Systems and CO 2 Emissions in Different Agroecosystems of South Central India. Current Science. 108(11). 2063–2070. 12 indexed citations

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Reddy, K.S., et al.. (2014). Climate Change Analysis in Southern Telangana Region, Andhra Pradesh Using LARS-WG Model. Current Science. 107(1). 54–62. 20 indexed citations

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Kumar, Murugan, et al.. (2011). Utilization of Atrocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (jack fruit) seeds as a substrate for bio-ethanol production.. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 5(1). 421–424. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Murugan, et al.. (1998). Effect of Vescicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Rllizobium Inoculation on Nodulation, Root Colonization, Nitrogen Fixation and Yield of Chick Pea. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 46(3). 375–378. 6 indexed citations

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