Dr. Ashwin N M R
Technical Assistant,
Plant Pathology Section
♦ Molecular Plant Pathology
♦ Fungal Transformation
♦ Genetic Engineering
♦ Plant Biotechnology
♦ Ashwin NMR, Amalamol D, Lakshana KV, Kumar MS, Ramesh Sundar A, Malathi P & Viswanathan R (2023). Role of Cerato-platanins in inducing PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) in plants. Edited by Bastas KK, Uthandi S in Microbial Biocontrol: Molecular perspective in plant disease management (Microorganisms for Sustainability). Springer Nature (Accepted for publication).
♦ Ashwin NMR, Agisha VN, Vinodhini T, Amalamol D, Lakshana KV, Nalayeni K, Barnabas L, Ramesh Sundar A, Malathi P & Viswanathan R (2022). Synergistic integration of sugarcane proteomics with genomics – Proteogenomics to decipher the mechanism of disease resistance in sugarcane (Chapter 17). edited by: Verma KK, Song XP, Rajput VD, Solomon S, Li YR & Rao GP in Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress. pp. 389-401. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3955-6_17.
♦ Ramesh Sundar A, Ashwin NMR, Baranabas L, Nalayeni K, Malathi P & Viswanathan R (2018). A molecular insight into the understanding of major fungal diseases of sugarcane. In Viswanathan R, Ramesh Sundar A, Malathi P, Selvakumar R, Jayakumar V, Nithya K (eds.) Research Accomplishments in Sugarcane Pathology at ICAR-SBI. Society for Sugarcane Research and Development, 59-75, ISBN 978-93-85267-21-5.
♦ Ramesh Sundar A, Ashwin NMR (2016) Host-pathogen interaction: Exchange of molecular signatures. In “Biotechnological and Conventional Tools for Biotic and Abiotic Stresses Management in Sugarcane” eds. BakshiRam, Govindaraj, P, RameshSundar, A and Bhaskaran,A. pp. 119-130. December 7-27, 2016. ISBN 978-93-85267-07-9. Publisher – ICAR-SBI
♦ Ramesh Sundar A, Ashwin NMR, Viswanathan R (2016) Proteomics approaches for managing biotic stress tolerance. In “Biotechnological and Conventional Tools for Biotic and Abiotic Stresses Management in Sugarcane” eds. BakshiRam, Govindaraj, P, RameshSundar, A and Bhaskaran,A. pp. 119-130. December 7-27, 2016. ISBN 978-93-85267-07-9. Publisher – ICAR-SBI
♦ Ramesh Sundar A, Ashwin NMR, Leonard Barnabas E, Malathi P & Viswanathan R (2014) Induced resistance in sugarcane against Colletotrichum falcatum -the red rot pathogen – current status of research and future prospects. In Schwan-Estrada KRF, da Silva CM, Maia AJ, Rios Faria CMD, Colella JCT (eds.) Induction of resistance in plants to pathogens. 7th Brazilian meeting on Induced resistance. University of Maringa PR, 163-185, ISBN 9-788581-790787
♦ Ramesh Sundar A, Selvaraj N, Muthiah M, Ramadass A, Malathi P & Viswanathan R (2012). Induced Resistance – A potential supplementary strategy for the management of red rot in sugarcane. In Viswanathan R, Ramesh Sundar A (eds.) Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology, 6 (Special issue) (2), 63–72. ISBN 978-4-903313-97-9
♦ Awarded T. S. Venkatraman award for the best Ph.D. Thesis in Sugarcane Agriculture for the Biennium 2018-19 by the Society of Sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD) in 2021.
♦ Got nominated as second for the prestigious Professor M. J. Narasimhan Academic Merit award from South India through a contest conducted by Indian Phytopathological Society (South Zone) held during 21-23 Dec, 2018 at ICAR-NRC-Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
♦ Awarded Junior Research Fellowship to pursue doctoral research by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – University Grants Commission (CSIR-UGC NET JRF), Govt. of India through National Eligibility Test (NET) for Research fellowships and Lectureship held on Jun, 2016 in the field of Life sciences with the National rank – 101.
♦ Qualified National Eligibility Test (ASRB-NET) conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board – Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 2016 in the field of Agricultural Biotechnology for the eligibility of Lectureship/Assistant Professorship.
♦ Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India in the field of Biotechnology with the all India (national) rank – 31.