Dr. R. Krishnamoorthy, completed Ph.D. in Agricultural Chemistry a Chungbuk National University in the Republic of Korea with the financial support of ICAR International Fellowship. He was awarded with SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship. He has 10 years of research experience in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and 5 years of teaching experience. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor in Vanavarayar Institute of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published more than 30 research publications in journals that are included in the Science Citation Index (SCI). In the area of Agricultural Microbiology, he holds two patents.