Dr. R. Samiyappan, Ph.D, Director (CPMB)

Citation of my research papers in other international and National Journals:
So far totally 40 of my research papers have been cited 200 times by different journals (both International and National Journals) and different authors. The citation (given as Hits) index was collected by me from the website (http://tame.mimas.ac.uk/isicgi/CIW.cgi) maintained by Institute for Scientific Information, USA.

Some of my recent (Peer reviewed) Publications:
1. Harish, S., Kavino, M., Kumar, N., Saravanakumar, D., Soorianathasundaram, K. and R. Samiyappan. 2008. Biohardening with Plant Growth Promoting Rhizosphere and Endophytic bacteria induce systemic resistance against Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) in banana. Applied Soil Ecology 39:187–200.
2. Kalpana, K., S. Maruthasalam, T. Rajesh, K.Poovannan, K. K. Kumar, E. Kokiladevi, J.A.J. Raja, D. Sudhakar, R. Velazhahan, R. Samiyappan and P. Balasubramanian. 2006. Engineering sheath blight resistance in elite indica rice cultivars using genes encoding defense proteins. Plant science 170 :203-215.
3. Kandan A., Radjacommare R., Ramanathan A., Raguchander T., Balasubramanian P. and R. Samiyappan. 2009. Molecular biology of Ganoderma pathogenicity and diagnosis in coconut seedlings. Folia Microbiologica, 54: 147-152.
4. Kavino, M., Harish, S., Kumar, N., Saravanakumar, D. and R. Samiyappan. 2008. Induction of systemic resistance in banana (Musa spp.) against banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) by combining chitin with root-colonizing Pseudomonas fluorescens strain CHA0. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 120:353-362.
5. Latha P., Anand, T., Ragupathi, N., Prakasam, V. and R. Samiyappan. 2009. Antimicrobial activity of plant extracts and induction of systemic resistance in tomato plants by mixtures of PGPR strains and Zimmu leaf extract against Alternaria solani. Biological control 50:85-93.
6. Maruthasalam S., K. Kalpana, K.K. Kumar, M. Loganathan, K. Poovannan, J.A.J. Raja, E. Kokiladevi, R. Samiyappan, D. Sudhakar and P. Balasubramanian. 2007. Pyramiding transgenic resistance in elite indica rice cultivars against the sheath blight and bacterial blight. Plant Cell Reports, 26: 791-804.
7. Nandakumar, R., S. Babu, R. Viswanathan, T. Raguchander and R. Samiyappan. 2001. Induction of systemic resistance in rice against sheathblight disease by Pseudomonas fluorescens. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33:603-612.
8. Nandakumar R., Babu S., Kalpana K., Raguchander T., Balasubramanian P. and R. Samiyappan. 2007. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of indica rice with chitinase gene for enhanced sheath blight resistance. Biologia Plantarum, 51: 142-148.
9. Radja Commare, R., A. Kandan, R. Nandakumar and R. Samiyappan. 2004. Association of Hydrolytic enzyme chitinase against Rhizoctonia solani in Rhizobacteria-treated rice plants. J. Phytopathology 152:365-370.
10. Ramamoorthy, R. Viswanathan, T. Raguchander, V. Prakasam and R. Samiyappan. 2001. Induction of systemic resistance by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in crop plants against pests and diseases. Crop Protection 20:1-11.
11. Saravanakumar, D and R. Samiyappan. 2007. ACC deaminase from Pseudomonas fluorescens mediated saline resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogea) plants. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 102 (5): 1283-1292.
12. Saravanakumar, D., Lavanya, N., Muthumeena, B., Raguchander, T., Suresh, S. and R. Samiyappan. 2008. Pseudomonas fluorescens mediated volatiles in rice plants enhancing natural enemy population against leaffolder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) pest. Journal of Applied Entomology, 132:469-479.
13. Saravanakumar, D., Lavanya, N., Muthumeena, K., Raguchander, T. and R. Samiyappan. 2009. Fluorescent pseudomonad mixtures mediate disease resistance in rice plants against sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae) disease. Biocontrol 54(2): 273-286.
14. Sateesh Kagale, T. Marimuthu, B. Thayumanavan, R. Nandakumar and R. Samiyappan. 2004. Anti-microbial activity and induction of systemic resistance in rice by leaf extract of Datura metel against Rhizoctonia solani and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Physiological and Molecular Plant pathology 65 :91-100.
15. Shanmugam, V., R. Viswanathan, T. Raguchander, P. Balasubramanian and R. Samiyappan. 2002. Immunology of Pathogen virulence and phytotoxin production in relation to disease severity : A case study in sheath blight of rice. Folia Microbiologica 47(5) : 551-558.
16. Shanmugam,V., T. Raguchander and R. Samiyappan. 2001. Inactivation of Rhizoctonia solani toxin by a putative a-glucosidase from coconut leaves for control of sheath blight disease in rice. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 17:545-552.
17. Sivasundaram V., Rajendran L., Muthumeena K., Suresh S., Raguchander T. and Samiyappan R. 2008. Effect of talc-formulated entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria against leaffolder (Cnaphalocrosis medinalis) in rice. World Journal of Microbiol. Biotech. 24:1123-1132.
18. Sridevi, G., N. Sabapathi, P. Meena, R. Nandakumar, R. Samiyappan, S. Muthukrishnan and K. Veluthambi. 2003. Transgenic indica rice variety Pusa Basmati 1 harbouring constitutively expressing rice chitinase gene exhibits enhanced resistance to Rhizoctonia solani , J. plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology 12:93-101.
19. Sriram, S., S. Babu., R. Jaisankar, T. Raguchander, P. Vidhyasekaran, S. Muthukrishnan and R. Samiyappan. 2000. Degradation of phytotoxin produced by Rhizoctonia solani, the sheath blight pathogen in rice. Can. J. Microbiol. 46(6):520-524.
20. Vivekananthan, R., M. Ravi, A. Ramanathan and R. Samiyappan. 2004. Lytic enzymes induced by Pseudomonas fluorescens and other biocontrol organisms mediate defence against anthracnose pathogen in Mango. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 20:235-244.
Total Number of Publications: 250