Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity of Tea Rhizosphere of the Kangra Valley
This is the first report of unculturable microbial diversity from the tea rhizosphere of the Kangra valley. Tea rhizosphere soil samples were collected from 4 locations (Dharamshala, Baijnath, Palampur and Joginder Nagar) of the Kangra valley. Community DNA of rhizosphere samples was analysed for bacterial and archaeal diversity using V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene and fungal diversity using ITS1 and ITS2 regions.