Selected papers (the last 5 years):
Rai, M.K., S. Qureshi and A.K. Pandey: In vitro susceptibility of opportunistic Fusarium spp. to essential oils. Mycoses, 42(1,2): 97-101, 1999.
Rai M.K. and Deepak Acharya: Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in naturally growing plants of family Asteraceae in India. Compositae News letter, 34: 44-49, 1999.
Rai, M.K.. Antimycotic and anticancerous efficiency of naturally occuring sesquiterpenes in Asteraceae: A review, Compositae News letter, 35: 48-65, 2000.
Rai, M.K., N. Sahay and Ajit Varma: In vitro growth promotion of maize and soybean by Piriformospora indica, an emerging endophytes, J Environ Biolog, 9(1):1-5, 2000
Rai, M.K. Current Advances in Mycorrhization in
Micropropagation. In Vitro Cell Dev.
Biol. Plant, 37:158-167, 2001
Rai, Mahendra, Acharya, D., Archana singh, and Ajit Varma. Positive growth of the medicinal plants Spilanthes calva and Withania somnifera to inoculation by Piriformospora indica in a field trial. Mycorrhiza, 11:123-128, 2001.
Rai, M.K. and Ajit Varma, Field performance of Withania somnifera Dunal after inoculation with three species of Glomus. J. Basic Appl. Mycol 1: 74-80, 2002.
Singh Anjana, Singh Archana, Kumari, M., Rai, M.K., and Varma, A. Biotechnological importance of Piriformospora indica-A novel symbiotic mycorrhiza-like fungus: An overview. I J Plant Biotechnology (the special issue). 2: 65-75, 2002.
Rai, M.K. (2002) . Diversity and biotechnological applications of Indian species of Phoma. In: Frontiers of Fungal Diversity in India (Prof. Kamal Festscrift) p 179-204. Eds. G.P. Rao, C. Manoharachari, D.J. Bhat, R.C. Rajak and T.N. Lakhanpal, pp 906, International Book Distributing Co. Lucknow, India
Pandey,A.K., Rai, M.K. and D. Acharya (2003): Chemical Composition and Antimycotic Activity in Essential Oils of Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis) and Lemon Grass Cymbopogon flexuosus) Against Human Pathogenic Fungi. Pharmaceutical Biology, Vol.(6): 421-425.