B. L. Santhosh

Closing the Loop on Crop Residues: Technological, Environmental and Policy Pathways for Burning-Free Climate-Smart Agriculture

B. L. Santhosh, Raj Jaiswal, Harish H. Deshpande, Sneh Gangwar, Sarvjeet, V. Sanjivkumar & Anil Kumar · Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International · 2026

The open-field burning of crop residues remains one of the most persistent, and most visible, failures of post-harvest resource management in global agriculture, undermining air quality, soil health, and climate mitigation goals all at once. Despite decades of regulatory bans, te...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71086

Endophytic Microbes in Plants: Mechanisms, Functions, and Agricultural Applications

B. L. Santhosh, Waghmare Vijaykumar Veerappa, V Mamtha, Sridhar Krishnaswami, V. Sanjivkumar, Irfan Ahmad & A Mounik · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2026

Endophytic microorganisms—bacteria and fungi that colonise internal plant tissues without inducing overt disease—are a functionally important and still partly hidden component of the plant microbiome. Advances in cultivation-independent methods and multi-omics technologies have,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamb/2026/v26i71153