Dr.n.v.mathish
Scientist - F
Plant Biotechnology
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
India
Biography
His education includes: Ph.D., Forest Biotechnology, M. Sc., Biotechnology, B. Sc., Agriculture. His research mission is "To evolve transgenic approaches in forestry species for functional analysis of genes and genetic modification of desired traits".
Research Interest
Tissue culture and genetic transformation studies, Salt tolerance: Identification of genes from tolerant tree species and Insect tolerance: Identification of insect specific genes for development of RNAi based control measures.
Publications
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Diagne, N., Arumugam, K., Ngom, M., Nambiar-Veetil, M., Franche, C., Narayanan, K.K., and Laplaze, L. 2013. Use of Frankia and actinorhizal plants for degraded lands reclamation. Biomed Res Int, 2013:948258. Epub Nov 11. Impact factor: 2.880
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Zhong, C., Mansour, S., Nambiar-Veetil, M., Bogusz, D., and Franche, C. 2013. Casuarina glauca: A model tree for basic research in actinorhizal symbiosis. J Biosci, 38: 815-23. Impact factor: 1.8
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Svistoonoff, S., Benabdoun, F.M., Nambiar-Veetil, M., Imanishi, L., Vaissayre, V., et al. 2013. The independent acquisition of plant root nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in Fabids recruited the same genetic pathway for nodule organogenesis. PLoS ONE, 8: e64515. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064515. Impact factor: 3.234
