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Dr Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan

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Male

Head of the Department,
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Expertise

  • Plant Sciences

Publications

Total Articles 20
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 35
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Professional Recognition

2013

Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship

University Grants Commission (UGC)
2000

JNU-JRF

Jawaharlal Nehru University
2002

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Junior Research Fellow

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
2005

Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board - National Eligibility Test

ICAR
2007

Best Student in Biotechnology (Ph D Program)

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
2013

DBT Task force committee member for "Accelerated Crop Improvement" program

Department of Biotechnology, Government of India

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Society for Synthetic and Chemical Biology

2023
Life Member

Indian Society for Plantation Crops

2022
Life member

Society for Promotion of Horticultural Science and Technology

2022
Life Member

Indian Society of Plant Breeders

2020
Life Member

American Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB), USA

2013
Annual Membership

Society for Biotechnologists (India), Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

2002
Life Membership

Bio

Molecular Marker Technology; Molecular Biology of Abiotic Stress (High Temperature Stress); Plant Tissue Cutlure

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Head of the Department , Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
  • Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, TNAU
Ph. D., (Biotechnology)
Other Institute 2008
M. Sc., (Biotechnology)
Other Institute 2002
B. Sc., (Horticulture)
Other Institute 1999
Head of the Department Feb 2024 – Present
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Associate Professor Oct 2022 – Feb 2024
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore | Department of Plant Biotechnology
Assistant Professor Dec 2009 – Oct 2022
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore | Department of Plant Biotechnology

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Co-Authors (11)

Amudha

Dr Amudha K

Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Anandham

Dr Anandham R

Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Bharathi

Dr Bharathi N

Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Rajashree

Dr Rajashree V

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Gnanam

Dr Gnanam R

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Kalarani

Dr Kalarani M.K

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Dr N Manikanda

Prof Dr N Manikanda Boopathi

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Raveendran

Dr Raveendran M

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Dr Arumugachamy S

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Scholarly Work

Developing a CRISPR-CAS Diagnostic Kit - and Endophytic Bacterial Consortium - for Detection and Control, respectively, of the Panama Wilt Fungus (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cubense)”

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnolgy, GOI

Mentor

50,00,000

2023 - Ongoing

Ongoing
CRISPR Mediated Genome Engineering For Developing “Thermo-Sensitive Genic Male Sterile Lines (TGMS)” in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, GOI, India

Principal Investigator

₹ 65,61,000.00

2019 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Ensuring Supply of Uniform and Quality Planting Material in Coconut Through Micro-propagation

Funding Agency: Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives, Tamil Nadu

Project Investigator

₹ 6,63,00,000.00

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Exploring Rhizospheric Microbiome (PGPR and AM Fungi) for Regulating the Expression of Zinc Transporter Genes in Rice to Augment the Zinc Nutrition

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, GOI, India

Co-Principal Investigator

₹ 21,83,000.00

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Building Resilience to Climate Change and Improving Food Security through Climate Smart Solutions (BRIFS) – “Heat Responsive Gene Networks: Comparative Transcriptome Profiling”

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, GOI, India

Prinicipal Investigator

₹ 2,41,17,000.00

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
“Strengthening of Tissue Culture Unit” at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai

Funding Agency: National Horticultural Mission

Principal Investigator

2,000,000

2015 - 2016

Completed
Beating Begomoviruses: Integrated crop management and disease resistant – hot pepper, tomato and mung bean to improve livelihoods in tropical Asia

Funding Agency: Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) through AVRDC, Taiwan

Co Principal Investigator

₹ 40,03,500.00

2012 - 2015

Completed
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Scholarly Publications

Microsatellite marker based linkage map construction and mapping of granule bound starch synthase (GBSS) in rice using recombinant inbred lines of the cross Basmati370/ASD16

Open Access
article
Authors: Meenakshisundaram, P and Patel, SB and Sudha, M and Geethanjali, S and Vinod, KK and Selvaraju, K and Govindaraj, P and Arumugachamy, S and Shanmugasundaram, P and Maheswaran, M

Genetic diversity analysis of maize (ZEA MAYS L.) inbreds determined with morphometric traits and simple sequence repeat markers

Open Access
Article
Authors: Ranatunga M.A.B.;Meenakshisundaram P.;Arumugachamy S.;Maheswaran M.
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RAPD and ISSR analyses reveal low levels of genetic diversity in Phyllanthus amarus

Open Access
Conference Paper

Genetic diversity analysis of coconut eriophyid mite (Aceria guerreronis Keifer)(Acari: Eriophyidae) population based on inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers

Open Access
article
Authors: Prakash, J Sathiya and Ramaraju, K and Meenakshisundaram, P and Maheswaran, M