2018

• Kumar KK, Kokiladevi E, Arul L, Varanavasiappan S and Sudhakar D. 2018. Engineering Disease Resistance in Rice. In Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement, Volume 2, Transgenic Approaches. Edited by Gosal SS and Wani SH, Springer International Publishing, 485 pages.

• Nandhakumar N, Kumar KK, Sudhakar D and Soorianathasundaram K. 2018. Plant regeneration, developmental pattern and genetic fidelity of somatic embryogenesis derived Musa spp., Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 16:587–598.

2016

• Manikandan R, Balakrishnan N, Sudhakar D and Udayasuriyan V. 2016. Development of leaffolder resistant transgenic rice expressing cry2AX1 gene driven by green tissue‐ specific rbcS promoter. World J Microbiol Biotechnol, 32:37. DOI 10.1007/s11274‐015‐ 2006‐z.

• Manikandan R, Balakrishnan N, Sudhakar D and Udayasuriyan V. 2016. Transgenic rice plants expressing synthetic cry2AX1 gene exhibits resistance to rice leaf folder (Cnaphalocrosis medinalis). 3 Biotech, 6:10 DOI 10.1007/s13205‐015‐0315‐4.

• Rajesh T, Maruthasalam S, Kalpana K, Poovannan K, Kumar KK, Kokiladevi E, Sudhakar D, Samiyappan R, and Balasubramanian P. 2016. Stability of sheath blight resistance in transgenic ASD16 rice linesexpressing a rice chi11 gene encoding chitinase, Biologia plantarum 60: 749-756

• Joshi JB, Nallathambi G, Kumar KK, Kokiladevi E, Arul L, Balasubramanian P and Sudhakar D. 2016. An efficient recovery of transgenic plants from a tropical indian maize inbred line. J Microbiol Biotech Food Sci, 5 (4) 335‐340.

• Nachimuthu V, Raveendran M, Sudhakar D, Rajeswari S, Balaji AP, Govinthraj, P Karthika G, Manonmani S, Suji KK and Robin S. 2015. Analysis of Population Structure and Genetic Diversity in Rice Germplasm Using SSR Markers: An initiative towards association mapping of agronomic traits in Oryza sativa. Rice, 8:30; DOI 10.1186/s12284‐015‐ 0062‐5.

• Sakthi AR, Naveenkumar A, Deepikha PS, Balakrishnan N, Kumar KK, Kokila Devi E, Balasubramani V, Arul L, Singh PK, Sudhakar D, Udayasuriyan V, Balasubramanian P. 2015. Expression and inheritance of chimeric cry2AX1 gene in transgenic cotton plants generated through somatic embryogenesis. In vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant, 51: 379–389

• Joshi JB, Geetha S, Singh B, , Kumar KK, Kokiladevi E, Arul L, Balasubra¬maniam P, Sudhakar D. 2015. A maize α-zein promoter drives an endosperm-specific expression of transgene in rice. Physiol Mol Biol Plants, 21: 35-42.

• Hifzur Rahman, N. Jagadeeshselvam, R. Valarmathi, B. Sachin, R. Sasikala, N. Senthil, D. Sudhakar, S. Robin and Raveendran Muthurajan. 2014. Transcriptome analysis of salinity responsiveness in contrasting genotypes of finger millet (Eleusine coracanaL.) through RNA‑sequencing. Plant Molecular Biology, DOI 10.1007/s11103-014-0199-4.  


• Joshi JB, Yathish KR, Joel AJ, Kumar KK, Kokiladevi E, Arul L, Gnanam R, Balasubra¬maniam P, Sudhakar D. 2014. A high-throughput regeneration protocol for recalcitrant tropical Indian maize (Zea mays L) inbreds. Maydica 59: 211-216.

• Bollineni H, Krishnan SG, Sundaram RM, Sudhakar D, Prabhu KV, Singh NK, Pal D, Sushma D, Khurana JP and Singh AK. 2014. Marker assisted biofortification of rice with pro-vitamin A using transgenic Golden Rice® lines: progress and prospects. Indian J. Genet., 74(4) Suppl.

• Prathima, M. Raveendran, K. K. Kumar, P. R. Rahul, V. Ganesh Kumar, R. Viswanathan, A. Ramesh Sundar, P. Malathi, D. Sudhakar, P. Balasubramaniam. 2013. Differential Regulation of Defense-Related Gene Expression in Response to Red Rot Pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum Infection in Sugarcane. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology , 171:488–503. DOI 10.1007/s12010-013-0346-4. 

• Singh S, Sudhakar D and Modi MK. 2013. Rice: Genetic Engineering Approaches to Enhance Grain Iron Content. In Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture, Edited by Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, and Renu Tuteja. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

• Praghadeesh M, Dhananjay D, Sudhakar D, Jayamani P and Krishnaveni S. 2013. In vitro regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Pigeonpea. Madras Agricultural Journal.100: 32-37

• Farre G, Sudhakar D, Naqvi S, Sandmann G, Christou P, Capell T, Zhu C. 2012. Transgenic rice grains expressing a heterologous q-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase shift tocopherol synthesis from the c to the a isoform without increasing absolute tocopherol levels. Transgenic Res., 21:1093–1097.

• Anandan R, Sudhakar D, Balasubramanian P and Gutiérrez-Mora A. 2012. In vitro somatic embryogenesis from suspension cultures of Carica papaya. Scientia Horticulturae, 136: 43-49.

• Gómez-Galera S, Sudhakar D, Pelacho AM, Capell T, Christou P. 2011. Constitutive expression of a barley Fe phytosiderophore transporter increases alkaline soil tolerance and results in iron partitioning between vegetative and storage tissues under stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 53: 46 – 53.

• Gómez-Galera S, Rojas E, Sudhakar D, Zhu C, Pelacho AM, Capell T and Christou P. 2010. Critical evaluation of strategies for mineral fortification of staple food crops. Transgenic Research, 19: 165-180.

• Venkatesan S, Raja JAJ, Maruthasalam S, Kumar KK, Ramanathan A, Sudhakar D and Balasubramanian P. 2009. Transgenic resistance by N gene of a Peanut bud necrosis virus isolate of characteristic phylogeny, Virus Genes (2009) 38:445–454.

• Rajesh, S., S. Krishnaveni, D. Sudhakar, M. Raveendran, P. Sivakumar, R. Gnanam and A. Manickam. 2008. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.), IR64 with Mungbean LEA Protein Gene for Water-Stress Tolerance. American Journal of Plant Physiology, 3(3):101-110.

• Kalaiarasan, P, Sivakumar, M and Sudhakar, D. 2008. Engineering Genetic Resistance against Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita in Tomato using a Antifungal Rice Chitinase Gene (chi 11). Indian J of Nemato., 38(1): 34-41

• Arul L, Benita G, Sudhakar D, Thayumanavan B, Balasubramanian P 2008. β-glucuronidase of family-2 glycosyl hydrolase: A missing member in plants. Bioinformation 3: 194-197.

• Maruthasalam S, Kalpana K, Kumar KK, Loganathan M, Poovannan K, Raja JAJ, Kokiladevi E, Samiyappan R, Sudhakar D and Balasubramanian P. 2007. Pyramiding transgenic resistance in elite indica rice cultivars against the sheath blight and bacterial blight. Plant Cell Rep., 26: 791–804

• Sareena S, Poovannan K, Kumar K K, Raja J A J, Samiyappan R, Sudhakar, D and Balasubramanian P. 2006. Biochemical responses in transgenic rice plants expressing a defence gene deployed against the sheath blight pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani. Current Sci., 91: 1529-1532.

• Kalpana K, Maruthasalam S, Rajesh T, Poovannan K, Kumar KK, Kokiladevi E, Raja JAJ, Sudhakar D, Velazhahan R, Samiyappan R and Balasubramanian P. 2006. Engineering sheath blight resistance in elite indica rice cultivars using genes encoding defense proteins. Plant Science, 170: 203-215.

• Poulsen M, Kroghsbo S, Schroder M, Wilcks A, Jacobsen H, Miller A, Frenzel T, Danier J, Rychlik M, Shu Q, Emami K, Sudhakar D, Gatehouse A, Engel KH and Knudsen I. 2006. A 90-day safety study in Wistar rats fed genetically modified rice expressing snowdrop lectin Galanthus nivalis (GNA). Food Chem Toxicol., 45: 350-363.

• Kumar KK, Maruthasalam S, Loganathan M. Sudhakar D, Balasubramanian P. 2005. An Improved Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Protocol for Recalcitrant Elite Indica Rice Cultivars. Plum Molecular Biology Reporter 23: 67-73

• Kumar KK, Poovannan K, Nandakumar R, Thamilarasi K, Geetha C, Jayashree N, Kokiladevi E, Raja JAJ, Samiyappan R, Sudhakar D and Balasubramanian P 2003. A high throughput functional expression assay system for a defence gene conferring transgenic resistance on rice against the sheath blight pathogen, Rhizactonia solani. Plant Science 165: 969-976.

• Kurek I , Dulberger R , Azem A, Tzvi BB, Sudhakar D, Christou P and Breiman A. 2002. Deletion of the C-terminal 138 amino acids of the wheat FKBP73 abrogates calmodulin binding, dimerization and male fertility in transgenic rice. Plant Molecular Biolog,y 48: 369–381.

• Fu X, Sudhakar D, Peng J, Richards DE, Christou P, Harberd NP. 2001. Expression of Arabidopsis GAI in Transgenic Rice Represses Multiple Rice Gibberellin Responses. Plant Cell, 13: 1791-1802.

• Fu X, Duc LT, Fontana S, Bong BB, Tinjuangjun P, Sudhakar D, Twyman RM, Christou P, Kohli A. 2000. Linear transgene constructs lacking vector backbone sequences generate low copy number transgenic plants with simple integration patterns. Transgenic Res., 9: 11-19.

• Gahakwa D, Maqbool S, Fu X, Sudhakar D, Christrou P, Kohli A. 2000. Transgenic rice as a system to study the stability of transgene expression: Multiple heterologous transgenes show similar behaviour in diverse genetic backgrounds. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 101: 388-399.

• Mazithulela G, Sudhakar D, Heckel T, Mehlo L, Christou P, Davies JW, Boulton M. 2000. The maize streak virus coat protein transcription unit exhibits tissue-specific expression in transgenic rice. Plant Science, 155: 21-29.

• Peng J., Richards DE, Hartely NM, Murphy GP, Devos KM, Flintham JE, Beales J, Worland AJ, Pelica F, Sudhakar D, Christou P, Gale MD, Harberd NP. 1999. Green Revolution genes encode mutant gibberellin response modulators. Nature, 400: 265-261.

• Sudhakar D, Duc L, Bong BB, Tinjuangjun P, Bano S, Valdez M, Jefferson R, Christou P. 1998. An efficient rice transformation system utilising mature seed derived explants and a portable, inexpensive particle bombardment device. Transgenic Research, 7: 289-294

• Sudhakar D, Fu X, Stoger E, Williams S, Spence J, Brown DP, Bharathi M, Gatehouse JA and Christou P. 1998. Expression and immunolocalization of the snowdrop lectin, GNA in transgenic rice plants. Transgenic Research, 7: 371-378.

• Valdez V, Cabrera Ponce JL, Sudhakar D, Herrera Estrella L and Christou P. 1998. Transgenic Central American, West African and Asian elite rice varieties resulting from particle bombardment of foreign DNA into mature seed derived explants. Annals of Botany, 82: 795-801.

• Rao KV, Rathore KS, Hodges TK, Fu X, Stoger E, Sudhakar D, Williams S, Christou P, Bharathi M, Brown DP, Powell KS, Spence J, Gatehouse, AMR and Gatehouse, JA. 1998 Expression of snowdrop lectin (GNA) in transgenic rice plants confers resistance to rice brown planthopper, The Plant Journal, 15: 469-477.