1. To identify and propose novel species of endophytic actinomycetes
2. To investigate biocontrol property of chitinase producing endophytic actinomycetes
3. To investigate sugarcane plant associated with growth-promoting endophytic bacteria and actinomycetes and analyse the interaction at transcriptional level
4. To study function of ACC deaminase gene in endophytic actinomycetes and analyse transcriptional profile of salt-tolerant rice plant associated with endophytes