Ministry of Education
Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan
VIDWAN ID: 146050

Dr Meenakshisundaram Palaniappan

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Head of the Department
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
Expertise: Plant Sciences
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18 Publications
7 Projects
34 Scopus Citations
15 CrossRef
16 Years 9 Months Total Experience
Publications
18 Total
Articles
17
Books
1
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Professional Recognition

Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2013
University Grants Commission (UGC)
JNU-JRF
2000
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Junior Research Fellow
2002
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board - National Eligibility Test
2005
ICAR
Best Student in Biotechnology (Ph D Program
2007
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
DBT Task force committee member for "Accelerated Crop Improvement" program
2013
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India

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American Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB), USA
Annual Membership
Jan 2013
Society for Biotechnologists (India), Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Life Membership
Jan 2002
Indian Society of Plant Breeders
Life Member
Jan 2020
Society for Synthetic and Chemical Biology
Life Member
Jan 2023
Indian Society for Plantation Crops
Life member
Jan 2022
Society for Promotion of Horticultural Science and Technology
Life Member
Jan 2022

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2008
DESH BHAGAT SCHOOL OF NURSING FATEHGARH
Master of Science
2002
DESH BHAGAT SCHOOL OF NURSING FATEHGARH
Bachelor of Science
1999
DESH BHAGAT SCHOOL OF NURSING FATEHGARH
Head of the Department
Feb 2024 – Present
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Associate Professor
Oct 2022 – Feb 2024
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore | Department of Plant Biotechnology
Assistant Professor
Dec 2009 – Oct 2022
Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore | Department of Plant Biotechnology
Agricultural Sciences
Plant Sciences

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Scholarly Work

Developing a CRISPR-CAS Diagnostic Kit - and Endophytic Bacterial Consortium - for Detection and Control, respectively, of the Panama Wilt Fungus (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cubense
Other
Role: Other
Amount: ₹50 Lac
Duration: 2023 – Ongoing
CRISPR Mediated Genome Engineering For Developing “Thermo-Sensitive Genic Male Sterile Lines (TGMS)” in Rice (Oryza sativa L
Other
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: DBT / CPMB / CBE / DPB / 2109 / R035
Amount: ₹65.61 Crore
Duration: 2019 – Ongoing
Ensuring Supply of Uniform and Quality Planting Material in Coconut Through Micro-propagation
Other
Role: Other Grant: No. DR / P2 / ASO / TANII - Coconut Tissue Culture / CPMB & B CBE / 2018
Duration: 2018 – Ongoing
Exploring Rhizospheric Microbiome (PGPR and AM Fungi) for Regulating the Expression of Zinc Transporter Genes in Rice to Augment the Zinc Nutrition
Other
Role: Co-Principal Investigator Grant: No. DBT / NRM / KKM / AGM / 2018 / R004
Amount: ₹21.83 Crore
Duration: 2018 – Ongoing
Building Resilience to Climate Change and Improving Food Security through Climate Smart Solutions (BRIFS) – “Heat Responsive Gene Networks: Comparative Transcriptome Profiling
Other
Role: Other Grant: No. DST / DCM / CBE / AGR / 2018 / R003
Duration: 2018 – Ongoing
Strengthening of Tissue Culture Unit” at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: No. NHM / CPMB / MDU / DPB / 2015 / D001
Amount: ₹20 Lac
Duration: 2015 – 2016
Beating Begomoviruses: Integrated crop management and disease resistant – hot pepper, tomato and mung bean to improve livelihoods in tropical Asia
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹40.04 Crore
Duration: 2012 – 2015
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Scholarly Publications

Micropropagation in Moringa oleifera Lam for high-throughput multiplication

Journal Article
Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding. Year: 2020.
Authors: Harshitha, JD; Santhanakrishnan, VP; Meenakshisundaram, P; Hemaprabha, K; Boopathi, N Manikanda; Raveendran, M; Gnanam, R

Evaluating lignocellulosic enzyme activity of termite mound soil from different locations of Tamil Nadu

Journal Article
Year: 2020.
Authors: Santhoshkumar, S; Gomathi, V; Anandham, R; Meenakshisundaram, P; Mary, J Kavitha

Differential gene expression studies on HsfA4d, HsfB2a and ClpD1/HSP100 during heat stress in the rice varieties N22 and Co51

Journal Article
Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding. Year: 2020.
Authors: Maheendran, Rishima; Soundarrajan, V; Boopathi, NM Manikanda; Gnanam, R; Geethalakshmi, V; Meenakshisundaram, P

Evaluation of the heat stress response of the invertase enzyme family among select rice genotypes

Journal Article
Year: 2021.
Authors: Sharon, Annie

Enabling different genetic diversity algorithms to unravel conservation and divergence in moringa germplasm accessions

Journal Article
Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding. Year: 2021.
Authors: Paul, Allen Eldho; Williams, M; Prasanth, R Ajay; Ranjani, R Veera; Meenakshisundaram, P; Rajasree, V; Raveendran, M; Boopathi, N Manikanda

Studies on genetic variability, heritability, genetic advanceand path coefficient analysis for genetic improvement in glory lily (Gloriosa superba L.) genotypes

Journal Article
Year: 2022.
Authors: Pallavi, K; Vethamoni, P Irene; Nalina, L; Rajamani, K; Geethanjali, S; Meenakshisundaram, P

Molecular diagnosis of Papaya ringspot virus disease in papaya seeds

Journal Article
Year: 2022.
Authors: Joy, Aashitha; Manoranjitham, SK; Karthiba, L; Meenakshisundaram, P; Suganthy, M

Drought Stress in Sugarcane: In-vitro Mutagenesis and Selection of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Tolerant Callus Lines

Journal Article
International Journal of Plant & Soil Science. Year: 2022.
Authors: Aji, Athira; Gnanam, R; Meenakshisundaram, P; Kalarani, MK; Appunu, C
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