Thrust Area 

1. Plant Microbe interaction: Development of Bioinoculants and applications on forest trees and other economically important plants.

2. Fungal Diversity in Mangroves, Orchids, Medicinal plants Microbial metabolites and Enzymes (L-asparaginase, Exopolysaccharides, antifungals).

Dr. Nibha Gupta, Principal Scientist

Paper Publication

Acharya, Rupa, Kanungo, Tapaswini  and Nibha Gupta  (2025). Screening and purification of L- asparaginase production by Aspergillus quadrilineatus using agro wastes and vegetable peels. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy. 19(2) 2322-2329, 

Behera Smita and Nibha Gupta (2025). In-silico analysis of anti-cancer  activity of exopolysaccharide isolated from novel Pseudolagarobasidium acaciicola through mass production, gel permeation separation and compositional analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis 30(1)119-135

Mishra Atmaja Elina, Nibha Gupta, U.C. Basak , C. Manoharachary (2025). Endophytic incidence of Aspergillus assiutensis in Piper longum L: its exploration for piperine production as an alternate source . Biodiversity, Bioengineering, and Biotechnology of Fungi.1st Edition - March 3, 2025.Editors: Chakravarthulu Manoharachary, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Sanjay Singh, Yash Pal Sharma 393-406

Samantaray Debjani, Nibha Gupta  and C. Manoharachary  (2025).Exploration of Fungal Endophytes Isolated From Terminalia arjuna and Terminalia catappa for Phytochemicals, Antioxidant and Bioactive Potential against three Fusarium spp. Biodiversity, Bioengineering, and Biotechnology of Fungi.1st Edition - March 3, 2025.Editors: Chakravarthulu Manoharachary, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Sanjay Singh, Yash Pal Sharma pp 407-422

Mishra Atmaja Elina and Nibha Gupta (2025). Determination of % growth inhibition of Fusarium sp. treated with different solvent extracts obtained through different extraction procedure. Int Res J Biol Sci , 4 (1):19-25.

Samantaray, Debjani & Nibha Gupta  (2025). Evaluation of Fungal Endophytes from Terminalia sp. for Extracellular Enzymes, Antioxidant, and Bioactive Metabolites. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 19 (1), 2181–2192.

Samantaray Debajani and Nibha Gupta (2025). Morphological Variation of Fungal Endophytes of Terminalia Spp.: Impact of Different Nutrient Media. Tropical Agrobiodiversity, 6(1): 13-16.
Acharya Rupa , Birendra Bindhani  and Nibha Gupta (2024). Microbial L-asparaginases: Therapeutic and Industrial applications. Defence Journal of Life Sciences VOL 9 (3) :233-241

Acharya Rupa, Birendra Kumar Bindhani and Nibha Gupta (2024). L-Asparaginase Enzyme Production by Aspergilus pseudodeflectus using Submerged Fermentation Under the Influence of Optimization Conditions, Purification and Characterization. Bioscene vol 21 (3): 543-565

Gupta N, Niharika Mohanty and Atmaja Elina Mishra (2024). Impact of nutrient media ongrowth and antagonistic behavior of some fungi. International journal of current advanced research, vol.13 (3):2916-2919 

Mishra AtmajaElina, BiswasanaBhuyan and Nibha Gupta (2024). Bioinoculation strategies for enhanced growth and development of economically important Dalbergia latifolia Roxb Journal of Biotechnology Research 10, Issue. 4, pp: 41-48

Mishra AtmajaElina,Nibha Gupta, Uday Chand Basak and Birendra Kumar Bindhani (2024). Piperine production by fungal endophytes isolated from Piper longum L.:Effect of carbon sources Bioscene vol 21 (3): 323-335

Mishra, AE, Gupta N, Basak UC and Bindhani BK (2024).Piperine production by Endophytes isolated from Piper longam L.: Effect of Carbon Sources. Bioscene.21(3):323-335.

Mohanty Niharika, Atmaja Elina Mishra and Nibha Gupta (2024). Antifungal potential of exo-metabolites produced by Penicillium capsulatum against phytopathogenic fungi. Acta Scientifica Malaysia (ASM). 892):62-65.

Pany Swatishree, Debajani samantaray and Nibha Gupta (2024). Profiling of growth inhibition of Fusarium spp. treated with fungal culture of different growth period. Tropical Agroecosystem5(2):73-77

Samantaray Debjani and Nibha Gupta (2024). Isolation, molecular identification and  bioactivity of Aspergillus nomiae against three Fusarium spp. Bioscene vol 21 (3): 389-410.

Samantaray, D., & Gupta, N. (2024). Bioactive Endophytic Fungi from Forest Trees A Review. Defence Life Science Journal, 9(2), 197-202.  

Behera, S.; A. Kumari Panda, S. Kumar Behera, N. Gupta (2023). Media optimization,extraction, purification and characterization of Exopolysaccharide from Fusarium proliferatum: anovel source bioactive polysaccharide. Results in Chemistry 5 : 100923 (IF 2.21)

Gupta N and Basak UC (2023). Plant Growth Promoting Microbes and Their Possible Roles in Growth and Development of Mangroves.J Marine Biol Environ Sci 5(1): 121

Gupta N, Basak UC, Mohapatra K, Sandeepta S and Nayak SS (2023). Fungal Diversity in Subernarekha Mangrove Ecosystem of Odisha, India. J Marine Biol Environ Sci 5(1): 123

Panda Jiban Jyoti, P. Vetrivelkalai, B. Bhagawati, Nibha Gupta (2023). Preliminary profiling of extracellular enzymes, polysaccharide and bioactive secondary metabolites of Pseudomonas sp. and Lysinibacillus sp. isolated from Banana cultivars of Assam. Journal of Bioresearch 2 (2 : 19-26

Panda, J., Vetrivelkalai, P., Bhagawati, B., Gupta  N. (2023). Diversity of Endophytic Fungi in Banana Cultivars of Assam India. Journal of Botanical Research. 5(2): 49-58

Rajoriya A., S.S. Tripathy and Nibha Gupta (2023). “Proximate composition, amino acids, fatty acids and mineral content of unexplored wild edible mushrooms of Odisha” Mushroom Research-An International Journal of Mushroom Research 32 (1) : 13-26.

Gupta N., C. Manoharachary, S. K.Singh, Resmita Behera,  P. Mekro (2023),. Fungi of Odisha : Part II . Published by Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar pp. 1-253.