Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India Plant Pathology | Completed: 1999
Publications (66)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Molecular Mapping and Diversity of Fusarium Isolates Associated with Wilt and Pokkah Boeng of Sugarcane in Tropical India
2026
Insights into the Role of Climate Change on Major Sugarcane Diseases and Their Mitigation Strategies
2026
Controlled condition screening assay to simulate wilt in sugarcane using soil and crop debris inocula
2026
Wilt of Sugarcane: A Lack of Clarity on its Diagnosis and Failure to Recognize its Impact in India
2026
Midrib Lesions in Sugarcane: Clarifying Misconceptions in the Aetiology of Red rot Disease
2026
Quantitative assessment of sugarcane yellow leaf disease impact on growth, yield, and juice quality in major Indian cultivars
2026
Transient expression of small secreted proteins of Colletotrichum falcatum elicits broad-spectrum disease resistance in tobacco
2026
Application of Omics Tools to Identify Potential Target Sites for the Management of Red Rot Pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum in Sugarcane
2026
Comparative Proteomic Analysis of High-Temperature Response in Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)
2025
Impact of Wilt on Flowering and Ratoon Establishment in Parental Clones of Sugarcane
2025
Widespread Occurrence of Colletotrichum falcatum Pathotype CF13 in the Subtropical India Dictates Continuous Pathogenic Virulence and Severe Sugarcane Crop Destructions
2025
Red rot of sugarcane: travelling the path on epidemics, pathogen variation, host resistance and management*
2025
Magnetic Nanozyme-Enhanced Rapid ImmunoFlow-Through Assay for the Femtomolar Detection of Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus
2024
2024
Dynamics of Genetic Diversity Among Indian Sugarcane Bacilliform Virus Species and Implications of Associated Recombination Events in the Virus
2023
2023
Natural infection of Ca. Phytoplasma sacchari causing sugarcane grassy shoot disease in Sorghum bicolor
2023
Micro structuring and host tissue patterning of sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma through scanning electron microscopy
2023
2023
First report of maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) infecting maize in India
2023
Transgene-Free Genome Editing for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance in Sugarcane: Prospects and Challenges
2023
Prospecting true ScYLV resistance in Saccharum hybrid parental population in India by symptom phenotyping and viral titre quantification
2023
Discovering The Molecular Variations Among Distinct Sporisorium scitamineum Isolates Using Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphism (SRAP) Markers
2023
Severe Red Rot Epidemics in Sugarcane in Sub-tropical India: Role of Aerial Spread of the Pathogen
2023
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) a new host to sugarcane yellow leaf and mosaic viruses in India
2023
Epidemiology of sugarcane wilt: predisposition by root borer Polyocha depresella a myth or reality
2022
True Seed Transmission of Sugarcane bacilliform virus (SCBV) in Sugarcane
2022
Modified Scale for Evaluating Sugarcane Clones for Fusarium wilt Resistance with Plug Method of Inoculation
2022
Molecular Discrimination of Opposite Mating Type Haploids of Sporisorium scitamineum and Establishing Their Dimorphic Transitions During Interaction with Sugarcane
2022
Population dynamics of Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner), the aphid vector of sugarcane yellow leaf virus under tropical conditions in India
2022
Carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZy) regulate cellulolytic and pectinolytic enzymes in Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot in sugarcane
2022
Varietal Break Down to Red Rot in the Sugarcane Variety Co 0238 Mimics Vertifolia Effect: Characterizing New Colletotrichum falcatum Pathotype CF13
2022
A highly efficient stratagem for protoplast isolation and genetic transformation in filamentous fungus Colletotrichum falcatum
2022
Ultrasensitive nano-gold labelled, duplex lateral flow immunochromatographic assay for early detection of sugarcane mosaic viruses
2022
Differential host responses of sugarcane to Colletotrichum falcatum reveal activation of probable effector triggered immunity (ETI) in defence responses
2022
Omics Applications to Decipher Host-Pathogen Interactions and to Understand Pathogens in Sugarcane
2022
Sustainable Sugarcane Cultivation in India Through Threats of Red Rot by Varietal Management
2021
Development and characterization of genomic SSR marker for virulent strain-specific Colletotrichum falcatum infecting sugarcane
2021
Host-pathogen interaction in sugarcane and red rot pathogen: exploring expression of phytoalexin biosynthesis pathway genes
2021
Selection of reference genes for normalization of microRNA expression in sugarcane stalks during its interaction with Colletotrichum falcatum
2021
Role of miRNAs in the host–pathogen interaction between sugarcane and Colletotrichum falcatum, the red rot pathogen
2021
Expression Analyses of Resistance-Associated Candidate Genes During Sugarcane-Colletotrichum falcatum Went Interaction
2021
Genome wide association studies in sugarcane host pathogen system for disease resistance: an update on the current status of research
2021
Controlled Condition Testing (CCT): An Ideal High-Throughput Method for Screening of Pre-Release Clones and Progenies for Red Rot Resistance in Sugarcane
2021
2021
Development of a Scoring System for Sugarcane Mosaic Disease and Genotyping of Sugarcane Germplasm for Mosaic Viruses
2021
Impact of yellow leaf disease in sugarcane and its successful disease management to sustain crop production
2021
Measures to Minimize the Growing Menace of Red Rot of Sugarcane in Subtropical India
2021
Comparative expression analysis of potential pathogenicity-associated genes of high- and low-virulent Sporisorium scitamineum isolates during interaction with sugarcane
2021
First report of Maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) infecting sugarcane in India and its molecular characterization
2021
Protoplast-mediated transformation in Sporisorium scitamineum facilitates visualization of in planta developmental stages in sugarcane
2021
Use of Green Fluorescent Protein Expressing Colletotrichum falcatum, the Red Rot Pathogen for Precise Host–Pathogen Interaction Studies in Sugarcane
2020
Emergence of New Pathogenic Variants in Colletotrichum falcatum, Stalk Infecting Ascomycete in Sugarcane: Role of Host Varieties
2020
Sustaining Sugarcane Production in Guatemala and Nicaragua Through Efficient Disease Management Approaches
2020
Behaviour of Soil Borne Inoculum of Colletotrichum falcatum in Causing Red Rot in Sugarcane Varieties with Varying Disease Resistance
2020
Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification based rapid detection of Sugarcane mosaic virus and Sugarcane streak mosaic virus associated with mosaic disease of sugarcane
2020
2020
Varietal Breakdown to Red Rot in Sugarcane Revealed by Comparing Two Colletotrichum falcatum Inoculation Methods
2020
Identification of the RNA silencing suppressor activity of sugarcane streak mosaic virus P1 gene
2020
Transcriptional reprogramming of major defense-signaling pathways during defense priming and sugarcane-Colletotrichum falcatum interaction
2020
2019
Phylogenetic analysis and signature of recombination hotspots in sugarcane mosaic virus infecting sugarcane in India
2019
Impact of the viruses associated with mosaic and yellow leaf disease on varietal degeneration in sugarcane
2019
Comparative transcriptome analysis of candidate secretory effector proteins from Colletotrichum falcatum infecting sugarcane
2019
Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus in Sugarcane
2018
Epidemiology of Fusarium Diseases in Sugarcane: A New Discovery of Same Fusarium sacchari Causing Two Distinct Diseases, Wilt and Pokkah Boeng
2017