Annamalai Muthusamy
Summary
Dr. Annamalai Muthusamy is currently working as a Professor and Head, Department of Plant Sciences at Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in “in vivo and in vitro mutation breeding for crop improvement” from Bharathidasan University, India. He has postdoctoral research experience in Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and current focus area of research includes 1) physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of biotic stress responses of crop plants, 2) induction of somaclonal variations in crop as well as medicinal and aromatic plants, 3) laser-mediated breeding for agronomical characters, 4) association of DNA methylation with reference to biotic as well as abiotic in relation to biosynthesis of stress metabolites, 5) molecular and chemotaxonomy for authentication of medicinal plants and 6) molecular diagnosis of plant diseases. Has 23 years of research including 16 years of teaching experience related to in vitro mutagenesis, induction of somaclonal variations for improved agronomical characters, biotic as well as abiotic stress tolerance. He has 59 publications, including 37 mansucripts, 4 book chapters, edited 1 book (Springer), 6 gene bank submission and 12 proceedings. He is associated as Life Member with 6 professional scientific societies and reviewer for several international and national peer-reviewed journals.
Agricultural Science Biodiversity Biotechnology Ecology Food Science & Technology Photochemistry Plant Science Separation Science Taxonomy