Dr. S. Murugesan
Scientist - G, Head
Bioprospecting
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
India
Biography
Dr. S. Murugesan has been working on insect-plant interaction especially role of plant secondary metabolites of host plants and their defence properties against insect pests since 1990. He was involved in the biological control of Forest Insect pests of arid and semi arid tree species, and Insecticidal performance of natural products against seed insect pests of forestry tree species. He has experience in the areas of plant defence chemicals especially on methods for extraction, purification and characterization of numerous defensive chemicals belonging to various categories (terpenoids, alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, tannins, etc.) which could cause behavioural and physiological impacts on pests. He was in Bioactive Natural Product Laboratory, Michigan State University, USA as Post Doctoral Fellow during 1998 to 1999. Three Ph.D were awarded from FRI University with his supervision and two students are pursuing their Ph.D. He supervised more than twenty students for M.Sc. dissertation work and evaluated number of Ph.D, M.Phil and M.Sc., thesis.
Research Interest
Natural products – Phytoceuticals and phytopesticides, Secondary metabolites from Aegle marmelos for biopesticides, Phamacological evaluation of Aegle marmelos for phytomedicine, Tree borne oil seeds for biopesticide formulation, Essential oil of Lantana camara for biopesticide, Biotrasformation of secondary metabolites from Frankia into casuarinas for nodulation.
Publications
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Annadurai, R.S., Murugesan, S. and R. Senrayan (1990). Age- correlated tissue preferences of Heliothis armigera (Hubner) and Spodoptera litura (F) with special reference to phenolic substances. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 99 (4): 317-325.
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Ananthakrishnan, T.N., Senrayan, R ., Annadurai, R.S. and S. Murugesan (1990). Antibiotic effects of resorcinol, gallic acid and phloroglucinol on Heliothis armigera Hubner (Insecta : Noctuidae). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 99 (1): 39-52.
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Murugesan, S. (1988). Some Biochemical Correlates in Relation to the Quantitative Food Utilization and Reproduction in Two Species of Meloids (Insecta: Coleoptera: Meloidae), Proc. Indian natn. Sci. Acad., B54 ( 2 & 3) : 155-160.
