Educational Background
Ph.D., Biochemistry, 2005,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
M.S., Biotechnology, 1997, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore,
India.
B.S., Agriculture, 1994, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur,
Kerala, India.
Research Experience
Post Doctoral Research
Associate (Nov 2004 – Oct 2007), Department of Biological Sciences,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Research Interests
My research interests are
in understanding the molecular mechanisms of abiotic and biotic stress
responses in plants.
Currently, my research
is on understanding resistance mechanisms of soybean plants to soybean
cyst nematode (SCN). Very little is known about resistance mechanisms
against this economically important pest of soybean. Microarray analysis
of laser-captured syncytia has identified a number of differentially
regulated genes in the soybean-SCN incompatible interaction. I am
working on the functional analysis of these differentially regulated
genes using reverse genetic tools.
Publications
Kandoth P.K, Ranf S., Pancholi
S.S, Jayanty S., Walla M.D., Miller W., Howe G..A, Lincoln D.E.,Stratmann,
J.W. 2007. Tomato MAPKs LeMPK1, LeMPK2, and LeMPK3 function in the
systemin-mediated defense response against herbivorous insects. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: 104: 12205-12210
