Publications

Mandadi Sanjana, K. A. Shanmugasundaram, I. Muthuvel, P. Meenakshisundaram and D. Amirtham. 2024. Grafting horizons: A review on exploring micrografting for enhanced plant performance. Annals of Phytomedicine 13(2): 1-10, 2024 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ap.2024.13.2.68 Impact factor (2023): 1.7; 5-year Impact factor (2024) 1.6; NAAS Score: 8.70 (2024) Print ISSN: 2278-9839; Online ISSN: 2393-9885

A. Shanthinie, S. Varanavasiappan, K. K. Kumar, L. Arul, P. Meenakshisundaram, N. Harish, Shweta Shekhar, Kausalya Sakthivel, S. Manonmani, P. Jeyakumar, S. Banumathy, E. Kokiladevi and D. Sudhakar. 2024. Engineering TGMS in rice through CRISPR/Cas9‑mediated genome editing. Cereal Research Communications (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42796-024-00587-3) Impact factor (2023): 1.6; 5-year Impact factor (2024) 1.5; NAAS Score: 7.60 (2024); e-ISSN: 1788-9170; Print ISSN: 0133-3720]

Sorel V. Ouonkap Yimga; Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan; Kelsey Pryze; Emma Jong; Mohammad Foteh Ali; Benjamin Styler; Rasha Althiab Almasaud; Robert Reid; Ann E. Loraine; Steven E. Smith; Gloria K. Muday; Ravishankar Palanivelu; Mark A Johnson. 2024. Enhanced pollen tube performance at high temperature contributes to thermotolerant fruit production in tomato. Accepted for Publication in Current Biology [Preprint Server: bioRxiv 2024.08.01.606234; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.01.606234] [Impact factor (2024): 8.1; 5-year Impact factor (2024) 9.8; NAAS Score: 15.20 (2024); e-ISSN: 0960-9822; Print ISSN: 1879-0445]

Rishikesh, M., Manikanda Boopathi, N., Raveendran, M., Meenakshisundaram, P., Varanavasiappan, V., Ameena Premnath, Shobana, V. G., Santhanakrishnan, V. P., Keisar Lourdusamy, D., and Kanna, M. (2024). Metabolomic profiling of in vitro and in situ grown nilgiris tea reveals unique signatures for breeding decaffeinated varieties. Natural Product Research [Impact factor (2023): 1.9; NAAS Score: 8.20 (2024); e-ISSN: Print ISSN: 1478-6419] (https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2024.2412840)

S. Santhoshkumar, V. Gomathi, P. Meenakshisundaram, J. Kavitha Mary. 2024. Comparative insights of soil properties of termite hill in relation to the microbial community using culture - independent approach. Total Environment Advances (9): 200094 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teadva.2023.200094)

Samuel Peter, Surya Mary Irudhaya Raj, Priyavarthini Shanmugam and Tamilarasi Palani, Gnanam Ramasamy, Kavitha Chinnasamy, and Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan. 2023. Isolation and Evaluation of ‘Endophytes’ During Plant Tissue Culture Enable Identification of Potential Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria. Pharma Innovation 12 (10): 472 - 475 [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023); E-ISSN Number: 2277-7695; P-ISSN Number: 2349-8242 ]

M. Rishikesh, N. Manikanda Boopathi, P. Meenakshisundaram, D. Keisar Lourdusamy and M. Kannan. 2023. Effect of thidiazuron and 2,4 dichloro phenoxy acetic acid on callus development in tea clone UPASI 9. Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences 25 (4): 208 - 215 [NAAS Score: 5.00 (2023)]

S. Subramaniam, G. Velu, M. Palaniappan, K. Mary Jackson. 2023. Decolourization of azo dyes using immobilized bacterial isolates from termite mound ecosystem. Total Environment Research Themes  [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.totert.2023.100041]

Makkena Jaswanth Sai, Umesh Kanna S, Parthiban KT, Kumaran K, Meenakshisundaram P. 2022. Variability, broad sense heritability, genetic advance of Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb progenies. Pharma Innovation 11(12): 4792-4796 [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023)]

A. Aji, R. Gnanam, P. Meenakshisundaram, M.K. Kalarani, C. Appunu. 2022. Drought Stress in Sugarcane: In-vitro Mutagenesis and Selection of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Tolerant Callus Lines. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34(22): 725-733. [NAAS Score: 5.07 (2023)]

Aashitha Joy, SK Manoranjitham, L Karthiba, P Meenakshisundaram, M Suganthy. 2022. Molecular diagnosis of Papaya ringspot virus disease in papaya seeds. Pharma Innovation 11 (8): 868-871 [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023)]

P Shyamala, N Manikanda Boopathi, P Meenakshisundaram, N Premalatha, M Williams. 2022. Identification and validation of SSRS linked to fiber quality traits in cotton using RILs derived from Gossypium hirsutum var. MCU5 and TCH 1218. Pharma Innovation 11(7): 2120-2125 [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023)]

Nawale Archana Bhausaheb, Soundarrajan Vadivel, Geethalakshmi Vellingiri, Gnanam Ramasamy, Manikanda Boopathi Narayanan, Saranya Nallusamy, Thangaraj Kandasamy, Yogameenakshi Parameswaran and Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan. 2022. Diurnal fluctuation as well as effect of heat stress on catalase activity in select rice genotypes. Pharma Innovation 11 (8): 985 - 989 [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023)]

K Pallavi, P Irene Vethamoni, L Nalina, K Rajamani, S Geethanjali and P Meenakshisundaram. 2022 . Studies on genetic variability, heritability, genetic advanceand path coefficient analysis for genetic improvement in glory lily (Gloriosa superba L.) genotypes". Pharma Innovation 11 (7): 1451 - 1456 [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023)]

Annie Sharon, Rishima Maheendran, Soundarrajan Vadivel, Anurabh Chakravarthy, Elakkiya Venkatesan, Geethalakshmi Vellingiri, Gnanam Ramasamy, Manikanda Boopathi Narayanan and Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan. 2021. Evaluation of the heat stress response of the invertase enzyme family among select rice genotypes. Pharma Innovation 10 (11S): 229 - 232. [NAAS Score: 5.23 (2023)]

Allen Eldho Paul, M Williams, R Ajay Prasanth, R Veera Ranjani, P Meenakshisundaram, V Rajasree, M Raveendran, N Manikanda Boopathi. 2021. Enabling different genetic diversity algorithms to unravel conservation and divergence in moringa germplasm accessions. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 12 (3): 780-787 [NAAS Score: 5.14 (2022)] 

Bansod Akash Anand, Gnanam Ramasamy, Nathan Bharathi, Rajamani Kandhasamy, Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan, Santhanakrishnan Vichangal Pridiuldi. 2021. Exploring the endogenous potential of Hemidesmus indicus against breast cancer using in silico studies and quantification of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzaldehyde through RP-HPLC. 3 Biotech 11(5): 235  [2020 Impact Factor: 2.406; 5 year impact factor: 3.203 (2020); NAAS Score: 7.79 (2020); NAAS Score: 8.41(2022)]] 

J.D. Harshitha, V.P. Santhanakrishnan, P. Meenakshisundaram, K. Hemaprabha, N. Manikanda Boopathi, M. Raveendran and R. Gnanam. 2020. Micropropagation in Moringa oleifera Lam for high-throughput multiplication. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 11 (4): 1205 - 1210 [NAAS Score: 4.97 (2020); NAAS Score: 5.14(2022)]

Rishima Maheendran, V. Soundarrajan, N. M. Manikanda Boopathi, R. Gnanam, V. Geethalakshmi and P. Meenakshisundaram. 2020. Differential gene expression studies on HsfA4d, HsfB2a and ClpD1/HSP100 during heat stress in the rice varieties N22 and Co51. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 11 (4): 1165 - 1171 [NAAS Score: 4.97 (2020); NAAS Score: 5.14(2022)]

S. Santoshkumar, V. Gomathi, R. Anandham, P. Meenakshisundaram and J. Kavitha Mary. 2020. Evaluating lignocellulosic enzyme activity of termite mound soil from different locations of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 9 (6): 762 - 764 (https: //doi.org/10.22271/phyto.2020.v9.i6k.13034) [NAAS Score: 5.21 (2020)]

M. Tamilzharasi, C. Vanniarajan, A. Karthikeyan, J. Souframanien, M. Arumugam Pillai and P. Meenakshisundaram. 2020. Evaluation of urdbean (Vigna mungo) genotypes for mungbean yellow mosaic virus resistance through phenotypic reaction and genotypic analysis. Legume Research 43 (5): 728 - 734 [DOI: 10.18805/LR-4035] [2022 Impact Factor: 0.669; NAAS Score: 6.59 (2022)]

Aravindhan, P., C. Vanniarajan, P. Meenakshisundaram and J. Ramalingam. 2020. Molecular and Phenotypic Assay of Improved Lines Harboring Bacterial Blight Resistance. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9 (8) : 912 - 921. [NAAS Score: 5.38 (2020)]

Harish Nagaraja, Kumar KK, Sudhakar D, Amudha K, Meenakshisundaram P and Kokiladevi, E. 2019. Genome Engineering for Thermo-Sensitive Genic Male Sterility (TGMS) in rice using CRISPR / Cas9 editing system. Madras Agricultural Journal 106 (Spl.): 150 - 154 [DOI: 10.29321/MAJ.2019.000238] [NAAS Score: 3.98 (2020); NAAS Score: 4.52 (2022)]] 

Meenakshisundaram, P., S. Patel, M. Sudha, S. Geethanjali, K. Vinod, K. Selvaraju, P. Govindaraj, S. Arumugachamy, P. Shanmugasundaram and M. Maheswaran. 2011. 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. Crop Improvement 38 (2) : 155-162.

Ranatunga, M., P. Meenakshisundaram, S. Arumugachamy and M. Maheswaran. 2009. Genetic diversity analysis of maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds determined with morphometric traits and simple sequence repeat markers. Maydica 54(1):113. [Impact factor: 0.914; NAAS Score: 6.58 (2020); NAAS Score: 6.54 (2022)]

M. Palaniappan and M. Marappa. 2008. RAPD and ISSR analyses reveal low levels of genetic diversity in Phyllanthus amarus.  Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 765: 179 – 188 (http://www.actahort.org/books/765/765_22.htm). (Click here)

Prakash, J.S., K. Ramaraju, P. Meenakshisundaram and M. Maheswaran. 2007. Genetic diversity analysis of coconut eriophyid mite (Aceria guerreronis Keifer)(Acari: Eriophyidae) population based on inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Journal on Coconut Research and Development (Cord), 23(1): 17 – 25. (Click here)