Balakrishnan prithiviraj
PhD
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental SciencesÂ
Dalhousie University
Canada
Biography
Dr. BALAKRISHNAN Prithiviraj is an Professor at Dalhousie University of Canada. Dr. BALAKRISHNAN Prithiviraj earned a B.Sc. (Agriculture) Annamalai University, India,M.Sc. (Mycology and Plant Pathology) Banaras Hindu University, India,Ph.D. (Mycology and Plant Pathology) Banaras Hindu University, India. Dr. BALAKRISHNAN Prithiviraj research interests are Marine bio-products in plant and animal health, Plant-microbe interactions, Natural anti-infective compounds
Research Interest
Marine bio-products in plant and animal health, Plant-microbe interactions, Natural anti-infective compounds
Publications
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Khan W, Costa C, Souleimanov A, , Prithiviraj B, Smith DL (2010) Response ofArabidopsis thaliana roots to Lipo-chitooligosaccharidefrom Bradyrhizobium japonicum and other chitin-like Compounds. Plant Growth Regulation
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Khan W, Rayirath U, Subramanian S, Jithesh MN, Rayorath P, Hodges DM, Critchley AT, Craigie JS, Norrie J, Prithiviraj B. (2009). Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 28:386-399.
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Di Fan, D. Mark Hodges, Junzeng Zhang, Christopher W. Kirby, Xiuhong Ji, Steven J. Locke, Alan T. Critchley, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj (2011).  Commercial extract of the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum enhances phenolic antioxidant content of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) which protects Caenorhabditis elegans against oxidative and thermal stress. Food Chemsitry 124:195-202.
