Dr. Rajesh Kumar K.c
Scientist ‘C’
Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group
Agharkar Research Institute
India
Biography
His Education & Scientific Career:Scientist B in National Fungal Culture Collection of India (October 2008 to June 2013), Mycology and Plant Pathology Group, Plant Science Division, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Post Doctoral Fellow (2008) in a project entitled “Studies on Natural Enemies of Impatiens glandulifera and Hedychium spp. in the Himalayas” by CAB International, London, UK, Doctor of Philosophy Degree (2007): Doctoral thesis in Forestry (Mycology & Plant Pathology), topic entitled “Biodiversity of Plant Pathogenic Fungi in Natural Forests in Kerala part of the Western Ghats” under Forest Research Institute University, Dehra Dun. India and Masters Degree (2001): Masters in Life Sciences, Kuvempu University, Karnataka.
Research Interest
Fungal taxonomy, Nomenclature & Phylogeny; Fungal Culture Collection; Plant Pathology and Quarantine
Publications
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K. C. Rajeshkumar, Kajale S, Sutar SA and Singh SK. 2012. Ellisembia karadkensis sp. nov. from the Western Ghats, India. Mycotaxon 121:181-186.
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K. C. Rajeshkumar and Sharma R. 2013 – Tamhinispora a new genus belongs to family Tubeufiaceae from the Western Ghats, India based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis. Mycosphere 4(2), 1–10, Doi 10.5943/mycosphere/4/2/2
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K. C. Rajeshkumar and Amy Y. Rossman. 2013. Taiwanascus samuelsii sp. nov., an addition to Niessliaceae from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. IMA Fungus 4 (1), 1–4. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.01
