Research Articles

C. Sarathambal, A. Jeevalatha, R. Sivaranjani, C.N. Biju, Sona Charles, V. Srinivasan, Priya George, Blessy Peter, R. Radhika. Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization alters biochemical, molecular defense responses and root exudate composition against Phytophthora capsici infection in black pepper. Rhizosphere 25, 100651.

Dinesh R, Sreena CP, Sheeja TE, Sona Charles, Srinivasan V, Sajith V, Subila KP, Haritha P. Metagenomics indicates abundance of biofilm related genes and horizontal transfer of multidrug resistant genes among bacterial communities in nano zinc oxide polluted soil. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Feb 10;859(Pt 1):160032. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160032.

George JK, Fayad MA, Shelvy S, Sheeja TE, Eapen SJ, Sona Charles, Rai A, Kumar D. Dataset of De Novo hybrid berry transcriptome profiling and characterization of Piper species (Piper nigrum and Piper longum) using Illumina and Nanopore sequencing. Data Brief. 2022 May 11;42:108261.

Vidya V, Prasath D, Snigdha M, Gobu R, Sona Charles, Maiti CS. Development of EST-SSR markers based on transcriptome and its validation in ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). PLoS One. 2021, 16(10):e0259146.

Ahmad S.F, Mehrotra A, Sona Charles, & Ganai NA. Analysis of selection signatures reveals important insights into the adaptability of high-altitude Indian sheep breed Changthangi. Gene, 2021, 799, 145809.

Umadevi P, Anandaraj M, Srivastav V, Benjamin S. Trichoderma harzianum MTCC 5179 impacts the population and functional dynamics of microbial community in the rhizosphere of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). brazilian journal of microbiology. 2018 Sep;49(3):463-70.

Muthuswamy, A., Kakkattil Balakrishnan, V., Palaniyandi, U. et al. 2018. Pathogenic variability in Phytophthora capsici from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) as revealed by transcriptome analysis. Indian Phytopathology(pp:1-9) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-018-0077-0

Kumar A, Munjal V, Sheoran N, Prameela TP, Suseelabhai R, Aggarwal R, Jain RK, Eapen SJ. 2017. Draft genome sequence of highly virulent race 4/biovar 3 of Ralstonia solanacearum CaRs_Mep causing bacterial wilt in Zingiberaceae plants in India. Genome Announcements 5:e01420-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01420-16.

Agisha VN, Eapen SJ, Monica V, Sheoran N, Munjal V, Suseelabhai R and Kumar A 2017. Plant endophytic Pseudomonas putida BP25 induces expression of defense genes in black pepper roots: Deciphering through suppression subtractive hybridization analysis. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 100: 106-116.

Bhat AI, Agath Martin, Arun John, Neethu Isaac and Eapen SJ 2017. Indian Plant Virus Database ? a platform for showcasing research on plant viruses in India. Current Science 113(1): 27-29.

Blessy M. Baby, Eapen, S.J., Agath Martin and Rosana, O.B. 2017. Radobase - A database on burrowing nematodes infesting tropical and subtropical crops. Indian Journal of Nematology 47: 197-200.

Umadevi P, Vivek Srivastav, Anandaraj M, Johnson KG & Eapen SJ 2016. Piperpep - a database of experimentally generated peptides from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). Current Science 111(9): 1453-5.

Barnabas EL, Ashwin NMR, Kaverinathan K, Trentin AR, Pivato M, Sundar ARP, Viswanathan R, Rosana OB et al. 2016. Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between sugarcane and Sporisorium scitamineum. Proteomics 16: 1111-22. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201500245.

Rosana OB, Eapen SJ & Krishna PB 2016. Cloning and characterization of genes encoding two detoxifying enzymes, glutathione S-transferase and carboxylesterase from burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis). Int. Journal of Parasitology Research 8(1): 173-83.

Johnson GK, Rosana OB, Vijeshkumar IP, Eapen SJ & Anandaraj M 2016. Interplay of genes in plant?pathogen interactions: In planta expression and docking studies of a beta 1, 3 glucanase gene from Piper colubrinum and a glucanase inhibitor gene from Phytophthora capsici. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants DOI: 10.1007/s12298-016-0378-7.

Vijesh Kumar I P, Johnson George K, Rosana Babu O and Anandaraj M. (2015). Quantitative RT- PCR analysis of Phytophthora specific genes expressed during Phytophthora capsici-Piper colubrinum interaction. International Journal of Biotechnology and Research 2:1-8.

Prasath D, Karthika R, Habeeba NT, Suraby EJ, Rosana OB, Shaji A, Eapen SJ, Uday D, Anandaraj M 2014. Comparison of the transcriptomes of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) in response to the bacterial wilt infection. PLOS ONE 9(6): e99731.

Rosana OB, Krishna PB and Eapen SJ 2014. Virtual screening and in vitro assay to explore novel inhibitors from black pepper against potential targets of Radopholus similis. International Journal of Computer Applications 86(14): 35-43.

Sheeja TE, Rosana OB, Swetha VP, Shalini RS, Siju S, Dhanya R, Rahul PR and Krishnamoorthy B 2014. The 18S rDNA gene discriminates between red-listed and unexplored ethnomedicinal species of Myristicaceae restricted to humid tropics of India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 61: 523-535.

Prasath D., Amruta Balagopal, Vijay Mahantesh, Rosana O. Babu, S. Jayasankar and M. Anandaraj 2014. Comparative study of pathogenesis related protein-5 of different Zingiberaceae species. Indian J Biotech. 13: 178-185.

Prasath D, Suraby EJ, Karthika R, Rosana OB, Prameela TP and Anandaraj M (2013). Analysis of differentially expressed genes in Curcuma amada and Zingiber officinale upon infection with Ralstonia solanacearum by suppression subtractive hybridization. Acta Physiol Plant 35: 3285-3292.

Vijesh Kumar IP, Reena N, Anandaraj M, Eapen SJ, Johnson GK and Vinitha KB (2013). Amplification, cloning and in silico prediction of full length elicitin gene from Phytophthora capsici, the causal agent of foot rot disease of black pepper. Journal of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 4: 181 doi: 10.4172/2157-7471.1000181

Shamina Azeez, Rosana OB, Riju A, Reena N (2012). Virtual screening and in-vitro assay of potential drug like inhibitors from spices against glutathione-S-transferase of filarial nematodes. J. Mol Model. 18:151-163.

Rosana O. Babu, Dinsha Moorkoth, Shamina Azeez, Santhosh J. Eapen (2012) Virtual screening and in-vitro assay of potential drug like inhibitors from spices against Glutathione-S-Transferase of Meloidogyne incognita. Bioinformation 8(7): 319-325.

Leela N. K., Rashid Pervez, K.V. Ramana, O. B. Rosana and S. J. Eapen (2012) Nematicidal activity of strychnos nuxvomica leaf and its constituents against the root- knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Nematologia mediterrana, 40: 157-162

Sangeetha K., Rosana O. Babu, Santhosh J. Eapen (2012). EST based secretome analysis of the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Online Journal of Bioinformatics 13 (1):103-119.

Utpala P., Nandakishore O.P., Karthika R., Rosana O.B., Siljo A., Suraby E.J., Nirmalbabu K., Senthilkumar R. and Parthasarathy V.A. (2012) ISSR profiling can assist in phylogenetic study in Garcinia species. Submitted to Indian Journal of Biotechnology.

Abhik Seal, Riju Aykkal, Rosana O. Babu, Mriganka Ghosh (2011) Docking study of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with phytochemicals. Bioinformation 5(10): 430-439.

Eapen SJ, Shamina A, Riju A, Sangeetha R & Rosana OB (2010) Biochemical databases as resources for lead discovery; Biobytes 6, December 2010.

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