Thummala Chandrasekhar
Assistant ProfessorÂ
Department of Environmental Science
Yogi Vemana University
India
Biography
Ph.D. in Botany (Plant Biotechnology), Sri Venkateswara University, India-2002,M.Sc. in Botany (Plant Biotechnology), Sri Venkateswara University, India- 1994
Research Interest
Genetic Engineering-Production of salt-tolerant transgenic crops,Biosafety of transgenic crops, Bioenergy and biofuel- Production of hydrogen from algal samples
Publications
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SE Jun*, T Chandrasekhar *, K-H Cho, YB Yi, N-I Hyung, J Nam and G-T Kim. 2011. MACROPHYLLA/ROTUNDIFOLIA3 gene of Arabidopsis controls leaf index during leaf development. J. Plant Biotechnol. 38:285–292 (*first two authors are equally contributed to this study)
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M Ganesan,Y-J Han, T-W Bae, O-J Hwang, T Chandrasekhar, A-Y Shin, C-H Goh, S Nishiguchi, I-J Song, H-Y Lee, J-I Kim and PS Song 2012. Overexpression of phytochrome A and its hyperactive mutant improves shade tolerance and turf quality in creeping bentgrass and zoysiagrass. Planta 236(4):1135-50
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Y Himabindu, T Chakradhar, Madhava C Reddy, Andrey Kanygin, Kevin E. Redding and T Chandrasekhar 2016. Salt-tolerant genes from halophytes are potential key players of salt tolerance in glycophytes. Environmental and Experimental Botany 124:39-63Â (Impact Factor-3.712).
