Publications & Research Guidance...2 Dr. S. MANIAN Vice-Chancellor Annamalai University Publications & Research Guidance Research Papers Published in International Journals 1. Manian,

Dr. S. MANIAN Vice-Chancellor

Annamalai University Phone: 04144 - 237066, Fax: 04144 - 238011

E-mail: [email protected]

Publications & Research Guidance

2


Annamalai University


Research Papers Published in International Journals 1. Manian, S. and Manibhushanrao, K .1979. Resistance to sheath blight disease in India.

International Rice Research Newsletter 4(2): 5-6. 2. Manibhushanrao, K., Manian, S. and Zuber, M. 1979. Sheath blight disease of rice in East

Asia. Zeitscrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz 86: 499 – 509. 3. Manian, S. and Manibhushanrao, K. 1980. The efficacy of the scale by normal distribution

method in screening rice cultivars for sheath blight disease. Il Riso 29: 313 – 316. 4. Manibhushanrao K, Mohammed Zuber and Manian S. 1981. Phytotoxic Metabolites of

Rhizoctonia solani. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 40: 602-607 (Impact factor – 0.514)

5. Manian,S. and Manibhushanrao, K. 1982. Screening rice germplasm for tolerance to sheath blight incited by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn. Phytopathologia Mediteranea 21: 37 – 38. (Impact factor 1.367)

6. Manian,S. and Manibhushanrao, K. 1982. Histopathological studies of rice sheath blight disease incited by Rhizoctonia solani. Zeitserift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzen-schutz 89: 523 – 531.

7. Manian, S. 1984. Effect of maturity on the resistance of rice cultivars to sheath blight dis-ease. Tropical Agriculture 61: 109 – 110. (Impact factor 0.098)

8. Manian,S. and Manibhushanrao, K. 1990. Influence of some factors on the survival of Rhizoctonia solani in soil. Tropical Agriculture 67: 207 – 208. (Impact factor 0.098)

9. Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1991. Fungal deteriogens from treated service timber packing of water cooling towers. International Biodeterioration 27: 275 – 279. (Now International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation – Impact factor 1.750).

10. Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1991. Fungi colonizing wood in the cooling tower water system at the Madras Fertilizer Company, Madras, India. International Biodeterioration 27: 351 – 371. (Now International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation – Impact factor 1.750).

11. Manian,S. and Udaiyan, K. 1992. Altitudinal distribution of the Lantana lace bug Teleone-mia scrupulosa Stal in Annaimalai hills (Western Ghats), India. Tropical Pest Management 38: 93 – 95 (Now International Journal of Pest Management – Impact factor 0.69)

12. Senthilkumar, K., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1992. Rate of litter decomposition in tropical grassland dominated by Cymbopogon caesius in South India. Tropical Grassland 26: 235 – 242. (Impact factor 0.26)

13. Udaiyan, K., Manian,S. and Subramani,N. 1993. Fungi of sewage Poluted Lake and its neighbouring un-polluted reservoir in Udhagamandalam, India. Cryptogamic Botany 3: 250 – 254.

14. Senthilkumar, K., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1993. Successional patern of mycoflora asso-ciated with litter degradation in a Cymbopogon caesius – dominated tropical grassland. Tropical Grassland 27: 121 – 127. (Impact factor 0.26)

3



15. Arumugasamy, K., Udaiyan, K., Manian, S. and Sugavanam, V. 1993. Ultrastructure and oil secre-tion in Hiptage sericea Hook. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 62: 17 – 20. (Impact factor 0.256)

16. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan,K. and Manian,S. 1994. Role of edaphic factors on VAM fungal colonization and spore populations in certain tropical wild legumes. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 17: 33 – 42.

17. Edathil, T.T., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1994. Early establishment of native vesicular – ar-buscular mycorrhizas in three vegetable crops of south India – A comparative study. Per-tanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 17: 157 – 161.

18. Sugavanam,V., Udaiyan, K. and Manian,S. 1994. Effect of fungicides on Vesicular – arbus-cular mycorrhizal infection and nodulation in groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.). Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 48: 285 – 293. (Impact factor 2.790)

19. Edathil, T.T., Manian, S. and Udaiyan,K. 1994. The effect of vesicular – arbuscular mycorrhi-zal exposure period on their colonization of and spore production in tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), and on host biomass. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Envi-ronment 51: 287 – 292. (Impact factor 2.790)

20. Senthilkumar, K., Manian, S., Udaiyan, K. and Sugavanam, V. 1995. Effect of burning on soil nutrient status and abundance of VA-mycorrhizal fungi in a savannah type of grassland ecosystem in south India. Tropics 4: 173 – 186.

21. Udaiyan, K., Manian,S., Muthukumar,T., and Greep, S. 1995. Biostatic effect of fumigation and pesticide drenches on an endomycorrhizal – Rhizobium – legume tripartite associa-tion under field conditions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 20: 275 – 283. (Impact factor 2.156)

22. Manian,S., Edathil,T.T. and Udaiyan,K. 1995. Vesicular – arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and growth of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) in autoclaved soil. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 18: 95 – 101.

23. Manibhushanrao, K. and Manian, S. 1995.Chages in the Phenol metabolism of rice culti-vars with reference to nitrogen fertilization and sheath blight disease. Acta phytopa-thologica et Entamologica Hungarica 30: 191 – 203.

24. Edathil, T.T., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1995. Effect of interactions of three growth-promoting microorganisms on VAM colonization, spore density, plant growth and nutri-ent accumulation in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) seedlings. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 18: 187 – 191

25. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1996. Vesicular – arbuscular mycorrhizae in tropical sedges of southern India. Biology and Fertility of Soils 22: 96 – 100. (Impact factor 2.156)


4



26. Edathil, T.T., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1996. Interaction of multiple VAM fungal species on root colonization, plant growth and nutrient status of tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 59: 63 – 68 (Impact factor 2.790).

27. Udaiyan, K., Sugavanam, V. and Manian, S. 1996. Effect of formaldehyde fumigation and Fytolan drench on VAM fungi and nodulation in some leguminous forest tree seedlings in India. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 19(1): 33 – 41

28. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K., Vasantha,K., Kleiner,D. and Manian, S. 1996. Mycorrhizae in sedges as related to root character and its ecological significance. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 22: 9 – 17.

29. Udaiyan, K., Sugavanam, V. and Manian, S. 1997. Growth response of wattle (Acacia mearnsii) seedlings to phosphorous fertilization and inoculation with Glomus deserticola and Rhizobium sp. in non-sterile soil. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 10(2): 212 – 224. (Impact factor 0.519)

30. Senthilkumar, K., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1997. The effect of burning on soil enzyme activities in natural grasslands in southern India. Ecological Research 12: 21 – 25. (Impact factor 1.279)

31. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K., Karthikeyan, A. and Manian, S. 1997. Influence of native en-domycorrhizae, soil flooding and nurse plant on mycorrhizal status and growth of purple nutsedge (Cyparus rotundus L.). Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 61: 51 – 58. (Impact factor 2.790).

32. Senthilkumar, K., Manian, S., Udaiyan, K. and Paulsamy,S. 1998. Elevated bio-mass production in burned natural grasslands in southern India. Tropical Grass-lands 32: 50 – 63 (Impact factor 0.26)

33. Senthilkumar, K., Manian, S. and Arunkumar,A. 1998. Impact of surface fire on the dynam-ics of N2 – fixing and P – solubilizing microbial populations in natural grassland soil, south-ern India. Tropics 8: 1 – 16.

34. Sugavanam, V. Udaiyan, K., and Manian, S. 1999. Influence of Formaldehyde fumigation and fytolan drench on the Vesicular – arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) status of some forest tree seedlings in an Indian nursery. East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 70 (1): 11-16.

35. Manian, S., Sreenivasaprasad, S. and Mills, P. R. 2001. DNA extraction method for PCR in mycorrhizal fungi. Letters in Applied Microbiology 33; 307-310 (Impact factor 1.647).

36. Manian, S., Sreenivasaprasad, S., Bending, G.D. and Mills, P. R. 2001. Genetic diversity and interrelationships among common European Suillus species based on ribosomal DNA se-quences. FEMS Microbiology Letters 204: 117 – 121 (Impact factor 2.04).


5



37. Palusamy, S., Manian, S., Udaiyan, K., Arumugasamy, K., Nagarajan, N. and Kil, B.S. (2001). Biomass structure and dry matter dynamics in a fire influencing montane subtropical hu-mid grassland, Western Ghats, southern India. Korean Journal of Ecology 24:227-232.

38. Manian, S., Paulsamy, S., Senthilkumar, K. and Kil, B.S. 2002. Impact of surface fire on the dynamics of NO2 fixing and P-Solubilizing microbial population in natural grassland soils, southern India. Korean Journal of Ecological Sciences 1(2): 93-100.

39. Raju, K., Anbuganapathi, G., Gokulakrishnan, V., Rajkapoor, B., Jayakar, B. and Manian, S. 2003. Effect of dried fruits of Solanum nigram Linn. Against CCl4- induced hepatic damage in rats. Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 26: 1618-1619. (Impact factor 1.181)

40. Jeyamraja, R.R. Manian, S. and Pius, P K. 2005. Alternations in enzyme activities due to drought in pot- grown tea (Camellia spp.) cultivars of southern India. Sri lankan Journal of Tea science 70: 29-41.

41. Paulsamy, S., Manian, S. and Kil, B.S. 2005. Fire and range lands managements in India. The Korean Journal of Ecology 28: 55-61.

42. Jeyaramraja, P.R., Manian, S. and Pius, P.K. 2005. Hormonal regulation and osmotic adjust-ments as mechanisms for drought tolerance in field- grown tea (Camellia spp.) plants. Tropical Agriculture 81: 157-161.(Impact factor 0.098).

43. Jeyaramraja, P.R. Pius, P.K., Manian, S. and Nithyameenakshi, S. 2005. Certain factors asso-ciated with blister blight resistance in Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. Physiological and Molecular Plant pathology 67: 291-295. (Impact factor 1.197).

44. Nithyameenakshi, S., Jeyaramraja, P.R., and Manian, S. 2006. Investigation on phytotoxicity of two new fungicides. Azoxystrobin and difenoconazole. American Journal of Plant Physi-ology 1: 89-98

45. Senthilkumar, K., Sajwan, K. S., Alva, A. K. and Manian, S. 2007. Effect of surface fire on lit-ter decomposition and occurrence of microfungi in a Cymbopogon polyneuros domi-nated grassland. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 53: 205 – 219.

46. Siddhuraju, P and Manian, S. 2007. The antioxidant activity and free radical-scavenging capacity of dietary phenolic extracts from horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.) seeds. Food Chemistry 105: 950-958. (Impact factor 3.655)

47. Nithya Meenakshi, S. N., Manian, S. and Jeyaramaraja, P. R. 2007. Influence of Azox-ystrobin and difenoconazole on N2-fixing and antagonistic organisms. Pest Technology 1: 139 – 144.

48. Manian, R., Anusuya, N., Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2008. The antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging potential of two different solvent extracts of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntz., Ficus bengalensis L. and F. recemosa L. Food Chemistry 107: 1000-1007 (Impact factor 3.655)


6



49. Premkumar, R., Ponmurugan, P. and Manian, S. 2008. Growth and photosynthetic and bio-chemical responses of tea cultivars to blister blight infection. Photosynthetica 46: 135-138 (Impact factor 1.016).

50. Siddhuraju, P., Maheshu, V., Loganayaki, N. and Manian, S. 2008. Antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging capacity of dietary phenolic extracts from processed indigenous legumes, Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. and Dolichos lablab L. Food 2: 159-167.

51. Rajeshkannan, V., Sumathi, C.S. and Manian, S. 2009. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi coloni-zation in upland rice as influenced by agrochemical application. Rice Science, 16(4): 307-313.

52. Anusuya, N., Anusuya, S., Manian, R., Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2009. Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of certain dietary and medicinal plant extracts. Food 3(1): 47-52.

53. Anusuya, N., Raju, K. and Manian, S. 2010. Hepatoprotective and toxicological assessment of an ehnomedicinal plant Euphorbia fusiformis Buch.-Ham.ex D.Don. Journal of Ethno-pharmacology 127 (2): 463-467 (Impact factor 3.014).

54. Loganayaki, N. Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2010. Antioxidant activity of two traditional Indian vegetables Solanum nigrum L. and Solanum torvum L. Food Science and Biotech-nology 19(1): 121-127 (Impact factor 0.695).

55. Somasundharam, S.G., Anusuya, N., Pearce, K., Patil, B. and Manian, S. 2010. Molecular tar-get for Indigofera tinctoria extracts on human breast cancer growth inhibition. Journal of Applied Global Research, 3(5), 67-72.

56. Loganayaki, N. and Manian, S. 2010. In vitro antioxidant properties of indigenous under-utilized fruits. Food Science and Biotechnology 19 (3): 725-734 (Impact factor 0.695).

57. Sowndhararajan, K., Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2010. In vitro evaluation of the antioxi-dant activities in the differentially processed seeds from underutilized legume, Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. Food Science and Biotechnology 19(2): 503-509 (Impact factor 0.695).

58. Sowndhararajan, K., Jince Mary Joseph, Arunachalam, K. and Manian, S. 2010. Evaluation of Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f. for in vitro antioxidant activity. Food Science and Bio-technology 19 (3): 663-669 (Impact factor 0.695).

59. Jince Mary Joseph, Sowndhararajan, K. and Manian, S. 2010. Evaluation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory potential of Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R. Br. Ex Arn. in experimental animal models. Food and Chemical Toxicology 48: 1876-1880 (Impact factor 2.999).

60. Jince Mary Joseph, Sowndhararajan, K. and Manian, S. 2010. Protective effects of metha-nolic extract of Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R. Br. Ex Arn. against experimentally induced gastric ulcers in rat. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 131: 216-219 (Impact factor 3.014).

61. Sowndhararajan, K., Jince Mary Joseph, Rajendrakumaran, D. and Manian, S. 2010. In vitro antioxidant characteristics of different parts of Melothria maderaspatana (L.) cogn. Inter-national Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2 (3): 117-123 (Impact factor 0.380).


7



62. Loganayaki, N., Rajendrakumaran, D. and Manian, S. 2010. Antioxidant capacity and phe-nolic content of different solvent extracts of banana (Musa paradisiaca) and Mustai (Rivea hypocrateriformis). Food Science and Biotechnology 19 (5): 1251-1258 (Impact factor 0.695).

63. Jince Mary Joseph, Sowndhararajan, K., Loganayaki, N. and Manian, S. 2010. In vitro anti-oxidant potential of different solvent extracts of Naregamia alata. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy 29(8): 1463-1467 (Impact factor 0.308)

64. Sowndhararajan, K., Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2011. Antioxidant and free radical scav-enging capacity of the underutilized legume, Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 24: 160-165 (Impact factor 2.079).

65. Jince Mary Joseph, Sowndhararajan, K. and Manian, S. 2011. Evaluation of the in vitro and in vivo antioxidant potential of whole plant extracts of Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R. Br. ex. Arn. Latin American Journal of pharmacy 30 (2): 258-265 (Impact factor 0.308).

66. Jince Mary Joseph, Sowndhararajan, K., Rajendrakumaran, D. and Manian, S. 2011. In vitro antioxidant potential of different parts of Solanum surrattense Burm.f. Food Science and Biotechnology 20 (2): 477-483 (Impact factor 0.695).

67. Loganayaki, N. and Manian, S. 2011. Antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging ca-pacity of phenolic extracts from Helicteres isora L. and Ceiba pendandra L. Journal of Food Scicence and Technology 50.4 (2013) 687-695 (Impact factor 0.477).

68. Sowndhararajan, K., Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2011. Antioxidant activity of the differ-entially processed beans of the lesser known legume Canavalia ensiformis L. Dc. Food Sci-ence and Biotechnology 20 (3): 585-591 (Impact factor 0.695).

69. Loganayaki, N. Siddhuraju, P. and Manian, S. 2011. A comparative study on in vitro anti-oxidant activity of the legumes Acacia auriculiformis and A. ferruginea with a conventional legume Cajanus cajan. CyTA – Journal of Food 9 (1): 8-16 (Impact factor 0.9).

70. Gomathi, R., Anusuya, N., Chitravadivu, C., Manian, S. 2011. Antioxidant activity of Pisonia morindifolia R. Br. And Tamarindus indica L. and their efficacy in peanut oil stability. Food Science and Biotechnology 20(6): 1669-1677 (Impact factor 0.695).

71. Sowndhararajan, K., Jince Mary Joseph and Manian, S. 2011. Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of Indian acacias: Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd., Acacia ferruginea DC., Acacia dealbata Link. and Acacia pennata (L.) Willd. International Journal of Food Properties16: 1717-1729 (Impact factor 0.947).

72. Loganayaki, N. and Manian, S. 2012. Evaluation of Indian sacred tree Crataeva magna (Lour) DC. For antioxidant activity and inhibition of key enzymes relevant to hyperglyce-mia. Journal of Biosciences and Bioengineering 113(3): 378-380 (Impact factor 1.793).

73. Loganayaki, N. and Manain, S.2012. Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects of Ammania baccifera L. (Lythraceae), a folklore medicinal plant. Journal of Ethno-pharmacology 140:230-233 (Impact factor 3.014).


8



74. Loganayaki N., Manian S, 2012. Antitumor activity of the methanolic extract of Ammannia baccifera L. against Dalton’s ascites lymphoma induced ascetic and solid tumors in mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 142: 305-309 (Impact factor – 3.014)

75. Loganayaki N., Suganya N., Manian S, 2012. Evaluation of edible flowers of agathi (Sesbania grandiflora L. Fabaceae) for in vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and in vitro antioxidant potential. Food Science and Biotechnology 21 (2): 509-517) (Impact factor 0.695).

76. Thenmozhi K, Manian S, Paulsamy S, 2012. Influence of long term nitrogen and potassium fertilization on the biochemistry of tea soil. Journal of Research in Agriculture 1(2): 124-135

77. Thenmozhi K, Manian S, Paulsamy S, 2012. Preliminary phytochemical screening from dif-ferent parts of Bauhinia tomentosa L. and Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. (Caesalpiniaceae). Research and Reviews: Journal of Botanical Sciences 1(1): 11-17

78. Anusuya N, Gomathi R, Manian S, Sivaram V, Menon A, 2012. Evaluation of Basella rubra L., Rumex nepalensis Spreng. and Commelina benghalensis L. for antioxidant activity. In-ternational Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 4(3): 714-720

79. Thenmozhi K, Manian S, Paulsamy S, 2013. In vitro radical scavenging potential of pod and seed extracts of Bauhinia tomentosa L. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceu-tical Sciences 5(1): 346-351

80. Sowndhararajan K, Marimuthu S, Manian S, 2013. Biocontrol potential of phylloplane bac-terium Ochrobactrum anthropi BMO-111 against blister blight disease of tea. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114: 209-218 (Impact factor – 2.337)

81. Sowndhararajan K, Marimuthu S, Manian S, 2013. Integrated control of blister blight dis-ease in tea using the biocontrol agent Ochrobactrum anthropi strain BMO-111 with chemical fungicides. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114, 1491-1499 (Impact factor – 2.337)

82. Gomathi R, Anusuya N, Manian S, 2013. A dietary antioxidant supplementation of Jamai-can cherries (Muntingia calabura L.) attenuates inflammatory related disorders. Food Sci-ence and Biotechnology 22:787-794 (Impact factor – 0.695)

83. Revathi P, Parimelazhagan T and Manian, S. 2013. Quantification of phenolic compounds, in vitro antioxidant analysis and screening of chemical compounds using GCMS in Acaly-pha alnifolia Klevin Ex Willd. A leafy vegetable. International Journal of Pharma and Biosci-ences 4: (B) 973-986.

84. Thenmozhi K, Manian S, Paulsamy,S. 2013. Antioxidant and free radical scavenging poten-tial of leaf and stem bark extracts of Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5(1): 306-311.


9



85. Thenmozhi, K., Saradha, M., Manian S, Paulsamy,S. 2013. In vitro antimicrobial potentional of root extracts of the medicinal plant species, Emilia sonchifolia (Linn.) DC. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 6(3): 149-151.

86. Revathi P, Parimelazhagan T and Manian, S. 2013. Ethnomedicional plants and novel for-mulations used by Hooralis tribe in Sathyamankalam forests, Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 7:2083-2097.

87. Rajavel, K., Gomathi, R., Manian, S. and Rajendra Kumar, R.T. 2014. In vitro bacterial cyto-toxicity of CNTs: Reactive Oxygen Species mediated cell damage edges over direct physi-cal puncturing. Langmuir, 30: 592-601 (Impact factor 4.185)


10



Research Papers Published in National Journals 1. Manian, S., Gunamani, T. and Chandrasekaran, N.S. 1987. Response of crop plants to Eich-

hornia crassipes (C.martius) Solms- Laub as green manure. Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 4: 61 - 65.

2. Palusamy, S., Lakshmanachary, A.S. and Manian,S. 1987. Effect of overgrazing on the phy-tosociology of a tropical grassland ecosystem. Indian Journal of Range Management. 8: 103-107.

3. Manian, S. and Paulsamy, S. 1987. Biological control of sheath blight disease of rice. Jour-nal of Biological Control 1: 57 - 59.

4. Manian, S., Thangaraj, N. and Auruchami,M. 1988. Occurrence of exotic Lantana lace bug Teleonemia scrupulosa Stal. in Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats. Science and Culture 54: 334 - 335.

5. Hosagouder, V.B., Manian, S. and Vasuki, S. 1988. Miscellaneous fungi from south India -IV. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 12: 421 - 423.

6. Ramachandran, V.S. and Manian, S. 1989. Ethnobotanical notes on the Irulas, the Koravas and the Pulias of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. Indian Botanical Reporter 8: 85 - 91.

7. Manian, S. and Hosagouder, V.B. 1989. Occurrence of sooty mould on the noxious weed Lantana camara in Western Ghats: its evaluation as a biocontrol agent. Science and Cul-ture 55: 454 - 455.

8. Hosagouder, V.B. and Manian, S. 1989. A new species of Amazonia Thesis from Karnataka, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 13: 45 - 46.

9. Manian, S. and Ramachandran, V.S. 1990. A Survey of leafy vegetables in and around Coimbatore. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 14: 695 - 700.

10. Udaiyan, K., Manian, S. and Lakshmanan, P. 1991. Reaction of certain rice cultivars to Saro-cladium oyizae. Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 8: 77 - 78.

11. Manian, S., Udaiyan, K. and Subramanian, N. 1991. Effect of municipal sewage on the bacterio-logical quality of the river Kaveri, Tamil Nadu. Acta Botanica Indica 19: 162 - 167.

12. Hosagouder, V.B., Vijayanthi, V., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1992. Some interesting and heretofore unrecorded powdery mildew from Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Forest 15: 156-163

13. Manian, S., Udaiyan, K. and Senthilkumar, R. 1992. On some fungi from decomposing ba-gasse. Journal of Swamy Botanical Club 9: 127 - 130.

14. Manian, S., Udaiyan, K. and Rathinasamy, K. 1992. Pollution studies in River Bhavani: plankton population and primary productivity. Acta Botanica Indica 20: 55 - 62, 1992.

15. Hosagouder, V.B., Manian, S., Vasuki, S. and Somasundaram, P. 1992. A new species of Phyllachora Nits. Ex Fuckel from Karnataka. Indian Botanical Reporter 11: 52 - 53.

16. Udaiyan, K., Hosagouder, V.B., and Manian, S. 1993. Some interesting fungi from the in-dustrial water-cooling towers of Madras, India. III Chaetomium Kunze ex Fries. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 17: 121 - 137.


11



17. Senthilkumar, K., Mainan, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1993. Mycoflora associated with litter decom-potion in a Cymbopogon caesius dominated tropical grassland soil. Journal of Swamy Bo-tanical Club 10: 91 -95.

18. Arumugasamy, K., Udaiyan, K., Manian, S and Inamdar, J.A. 1993. Ultrastructure of cyathial nectaries of Euphorbia heterophylla and its relation to the mechanism of nectar secretion. Indian Botanical Contactor 10: 19 - 27.

19. Paulsamy, S., Rathinasamy, R. and Manian, S. 1993. Studies on the primary productivity in a fresh water ecosystem - The Bhavanisagar reservoir, Tamil Nadu. Indian Botanical Con-tactor 10: 29 - 31.

20. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1993. Vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Western Ghats. Indian Botanical Contactor 10: 79 - 83.

21. Paulsamy, S., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1993. Influence of annual summer fire on soil nutrient pool in Chrysopogon zeylanicus - dominated grassland of Western Ghats, India. Indian Botanical Contractor 10: 141 - 146.

22. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1994. Vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizae in certain tropical legumes. Annals of Forestry 2: 33 - 43.

23. Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1994. Allium sativum: Potential source of fungitoxicant. Indian Phytopathology (Supl. Issue) 45: 98.

24. Paulsamy, S., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1995. Relationship in response of a grass, Chrysopogon zeylanicus and a fern, Pteris aquilina to annual summer fire on Grass Hills ecosystem, Western Ghats. Indian Journal of Forestry 18: 221 - 225.

25. Paulsamy, S., Manian,S. and Udaiyan, K. 1995. A strategy to evaluate community dynamics through uptake/release rate of nutrients. Range Management Agroforestry 16: 15 - 20.

26. Paulsamy, S., Rangarajan, T.N., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1995. Impact of annual fire on the sociological attributes of the fern Pteridium aquilinum L. in the Grass Hills ecosystem, Western Ghats, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 745 - 749.

27. Paulsamy, S., Rangarajan, T.N., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1995. Fungal ecology in the leaf litter of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Giobios 22: 181- 186.

28. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1997. Sclerocystis taiwanensis Wu & Chen - First record in India. Journal of Indian Botanical Society 76: 129 - 130.

29. Paulsamy, S., Senthilkumar, D., Manian, S. and Arumugasamy, K. 1997. Impact of annual summer fire on some sociological characters of Anaphalis subdecurrens Gamble in a Chrysopogon zeylanicus Thw. dominated grassland. Geobios New Reports 16: 113 - 116.

30. Paulsamy, S., Manian, S., Rangarajan, T. N., Udaiyan, K. and Arumugasamy, K. 1997. Impact of fire on certain structural and functional relationships in Chrysopogon zeylanicus Thw. dominated grassland, Western Ghats. Range Management & Agroforestry 18(2): 133 - 141.


12



31. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K. and Manian, S. 1998. Within season variations of VA my-corrhizal fungi in relation to soil factors in nutrient deficient tropical soils. New Botanist 25: 117 -135.

32. Manorama, S., Paulsamy, S., Manian, S., Udaiyan, K. and Jayakumar, M. 1999. Evaluation of soil recovery through certain abiotic and biotic variables in lime mined ecosystem. Journal of Environment & Pollution 6(2&3): 149 - 155.

33. Paulsamy, S., Rangarajan, T.N., Arumugasamy, K., Manian, S., Udaiyan, K., Sivakumar, R. and Senthilkumar, D. 2000. Effect of habitat variation on the structure, herbage production and oil yield of Cymbopogon flexuosus Stapf. dominated grasslands in Anamalais, The Western Ghats. Journal of Environmental Biology 21(2): 85 - 94.

34. Muthukumar, T., Udaiyan, K., Vasantha, K. and Manian, S. 2000. Morphological variations in Sclerocystis sinuosa of Western Ghats, south India. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pa-thology 30(1): 34 - 40.

35. Paulsamy, S., Manian, S. and Padmavathy, S. 2003. Rotational burning – A tool for sustain-able forage production for wildlife in Grass Hills, Western Ghats. Range Management and Agro Forestry 24: 14-17.

36. Ezhilmathi, T., Gokulraj, K., Shanmugavel, P. and Manian, S. 2003. Digitization and automa-tion of tropical forest biomass. Bioinformatics India Journal 1: 43-49.

37. Raju, K., Manian, S. and Anbuganapathi, G. 2004. Effects of certain herbal extracts on the rice brown leaf spot pathogen. J. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Monit. 14: 31-37.

38. Raju, K., Natarajan, S., Karuppusamy, S. and Manian, S. 2004. New ethnomedicinal report on Euphorbia fusiformis from Chitteri Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. J. Swamy Bot. Cl. 21: 79-80.

39. Jeyaramraja, P.R. and Manian, S. 2005. Isoenzyme characterization in certain drought tol-erant and susceptible Camellia spp. Journal of Plantation Crops 33: 160-164.

40. Paulsamy, S., Manian, S. and Suresh, D. 2007. Nutrient dynamics in an annual fire influenc-ing humid subtropical grassland of Indira Gandhi Wildlife sanctuary, The Western Ghats, India. Ekologia 7: 113-120.

41. Palanisamy, S. and Manian, S. 2011. Hepatoprotective activity of Asparagus racemosus against isoniazid induced liver toxicity in rats. Indian Journal of Pharmacy (In press).

42. Rajendran, A. and Manian, S. 2011. Herbal remedies for diabetes from Kolli hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Indian journal of Natural Products and Resources 2 (3): 383-386.

43. Anusuya N. and Manian, S. 2012. Essential oil composition and antioxidant properties of Curcuma aromatic Salisb. rhizome. South Indian Horticulture 60: 242-247.


13



Sequence data deposited

Protein model deposited Homology modeling of Homo sapiens Adenylosuccintae synthetase isozyme 1 (ADSS1) and structure comparison with that of Plasmodium falciparum (pfADSS). PDB ID: 2GJO

Website: ftp://ftp.wwpdb.org

Species Isolate Origin ITS1 (bp) ITS2 (bp) EMBL accession no. S. laricinus TL1a UK 207 241 AJ272400 S. bovinus S022 UK 215 243 AJ272401

S. bovinus S096 UK 215 243 AJ272402

S. bovinus S109 Europe 215 243 AJ272403

S. bovinus S114 UK 215 243 AJ272404

S. collinitus AT313 UK 204 241 AJ272407

S. granulatus AT307 UK 207 241 AJ272409

S. granulatus AT259 UK 210 241 AJ272408

S. granulatus S070 UK 210 241 AJ272410

S. luteus S009 UK 207 241 AJ272413

S. luteus S084 Austria 207 241 AJ272414

S. luteus S108 Europe 207 241 AJ272415

S. luteus S193 UK 207 241 AJ272416

S. luteus AT253 UK 207 241 AJ272411

S. luteus AT310 UK 207 241 AJ272412

S. plorans S058 Europe 214 240 AJ272417

Suillus sp. EP06 UK 208 239 AJ272405

Suillus sp. EP09 UK 210 241 AJ272406

S. variegatus S113 Europe 210 241 AJ272420

S. variegatus S194 UK 210 241 AJ272421

S. variegatus AT87 Sweden 209 239 AJ272419

S. variegatus AT86 Sweden 208 239 AJ272418


14



Research papers published in conference proceedings or as book chapters 1. Manian, S. and Selvaraj, A. 1987. Recycling of coir processing effluent for its fertilizer

value. In: Environment and Toxicology (Eds. R.C. Dalela, Y.N.Sahai and Saroj Gupta) Acad-emy of Environmental Biology, India, pp. 177 - 183.

2. Manian, S. and Kesevan,L. 1989. Phytotoxic effects of pesticides Demecron (Phosphamidon) and Endosulphon (Thiodan) on the green alga Chlorella protothecoides. In: Trends in Environmental Pollution and Pesticide Toxicity (Ed. Shasikant), Jagmander Book Agency, New Delhi, pp. 295 - 301.

3. Manian, S., Rathinasamy, R. and Manivasagam,N. 1989. Effect of municipal sullage on the bacteriological quality of river water - a case study. In: Environmental Risk Assessment (Eds. Y. N. Sahai, P. B. Desmukh, A.T.Mathai and K.S.Pillai). The Academy of Environmental Biology, India, pp. 227 - 234.

4. Bakthavachalam, P., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1990. Efficacy of Corynespora cassicola (Berk. & Curt.) Wei in the fruit and vegetable rot in Coimbatore market. In. Trends in Ecotoxicology (Eds. R.C. Dalela et al.) The Academy of Environmental Biology, India, pp. 209 - 214.

5. Paulsamy, S., Maryhelan, G. and Manian, S. 1990. Studies on litter decomposition in a tropical mixed community. In: Trends in Ecotoxicology (Eds. R.C. Dalela et al.) The Acad-emy of Environmental Biology, India, pp. 263 - 266.

6. Udaiyan, K., Manian, S. and Ranganathan, S.1990. Mycoflora of Erode Dairy effluent. In: Proc. Natl. Symp. on Biomonitoring Indicators in an Aquatic Ecosystem. Vellalar College for Women, Erode, pp. 173 - 183.

7. Paulsamy, S., Sayeenagavadivel, R. and Manian, S. 1994. Decomposition of forest litter in two different habitats. In: Silvipastoral systems in India (Eds. P.S. Pathak and Panjab Singh), Range Management Society of India, Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, pp. 127 - 130.

8. Edathil, T.T., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1994. Influence of certain edaphic and climatic factors on VAM root colonization and spore density in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). In: Proc. Natl. Seminar on Biodiversity: Strategies for Conservation and Future Chal-lenges (Eds. K. Udaiyan, K.Janardhanan, S.Manian and V.R.K.Reddy), Dept. Botany, Bhara-thiar University, Coimbatore, pp. 132 - 138.

9. Edathil, T.T., Manian, S. and Udaiyan, K. 1994. Growth and VAM fungal colonization of to-mato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) on steam sterilized soil. In: Proc. Natl. Seminar on Biodiversity: Strategies for Conservation and Future Challenges (Eds. K. Udaiyan, K. Janard-hanan, S. Manian and V .R .K. Reddy), Dept. Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, pp. 139 - 143.


15



10. Manian, S. Paulsamy, S., and Manorama, S. 1998. Restoration of native vegetation in lime mined area: an evaluation through diversity index. In: Modern Trends in Biodiversity (Eds. A.K.Goyal et al.), Academy of Plant Sciences, India, Muzaffarnagar, pp. 89 – 91

11. Premkumar, R., Ponmurugan, P. and Manian, S. 2002. Metabolic changes in tea plants due to blister blight infection. Proceedings of playcrosym XV : 565-569.

12. Manian, S. 2004. Current status of industrial biotechnology in India. In: Proc. Natl. Confer-ence on Recent Trends in Biological Scenario, Vellalar College for Women, Erode, Tamil-nadu, pp 9-11.

13. Paulsamy, S., Senthilkumar, D. and Manian, S. 2004. Ecology of the weed Eupatorium Odo-ratum in the forest of Anamalais, Western Ghats. In: Proc. Natl. Conference on Recent Trends in Plant Science Research (Eds. J. Augustin & J.T. Puthur), St. Thomas College, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala. pp 102-105.

14. Manian S. and Sowndararajan K. 2010. Microbial Biopesticide. In: Industrial Exploitation of Microorganisms (Eds. D. K. Maheshwari, R. C. Dubey, R. Saravanamuthu), I. K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India. pp. 51-69.


16



Research Papers Presented in Symposia/ Seminars / Conferences at

International level 1. Manian, S. 1981. Histopathological studies in rice sheath blight disease incited by Rhizoc-

tonia solani. In: Third International Symposium on Plant Pathology, organized by Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi, Dec., 14 - 18, 1981.

2. Manian, S. 1987. Effect of overgrazing on the phytosociology of a tropical grassland eco-system. In: IX International Symposium on Tropical Ecology, sponsored by International Society for Tropical Ecology, Varanasi, Dec., 11 - 16, 1987.

3. Manian, S. 1987. Influence of some factors on the survival of Rizoctonia solani in soil. In: IX International Symposium on Tropical Ecology, Sponsored by International Society for Tropical Ecology, Varanasi, Dec., 11 - 16, 1987.

4. Manian, S. 1989. Efficacy of Corynespora cassiicola (Berk. & Curt.) Wei, in the fruit and vegetable rot in Coimbatore. In: International Symposium on Environmental Impact on Biosystems, Madras. Dec. 13 - 17, 1989.

5. Manian, S. 1989. Studies on the litter decomposition in a tropical mixed community. In: Interna-tional Symposium on Environmental Impact on Biosystems, Madras, Dec. 13 - 17, 1989.

6. Manian, S. 1990. Degradation of pectic substances by extracellular enzymes of Sarocladium oryzae (Saw.) Gams, the casual organism of sheath rots disease of rice. In: International Sympo-sium on Genetic Engineering and Tissue Culture for Crop Pest and Disease Management spon-sored by U.G.C. and organized by TNAU, Coimbatore. June 13- 15, 1990.

7. Manian, S. 1994. Evaluation of calcareous mine spoils for tree growth. In: International Conference on Sustainable Development of Degraded lands through Agroforestry in Asia and Pacific, Range Management Society of India, New Delhi, 1994.

8. Manian, S. 1995. Molecular approaches to mycorrhiza research. In: Practical course on Techniques in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Research, organized by York Mycorrhiza Research Group at the Dept. of Biology, University of York, U.K. Nov. 15 - 17, 1995.

9. Manian, S. 1996. Participated in a workshop on “The Microbial species: Myth or Reality” organized by Society for Microbiology, UK. at the University of Warwick, Warwick, UK., Feb 24, 1996.

10. Manian, S. 2009. Delivered a Plenary lecture on Cultivation of medicinal plants at high alti-tude. In: 4th Global Summit on Medicinal and Aromatic plants at Kuching, Sarawak, Malay-sia Dec. 1-5, 2009.


17



Books Edited/ Published 1. Udaiyan K., Janardhanan K., Manian S. and Reddy V.R.K. 1993. Strategies for conservation

and future challenges. Proceedings of the National Seminar on biodiversity. Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. pp. 218

2. Manian S. and Narmatha Bai V. 1992. Research Methodology Series I. Laboratory Methods in Aquatic Ecology. Aparnaa Publication, Coimbatore, India. pp. 56.

3. Manian S. and Narmatha Bai V. 1993. Research Methodology Series II. Methods in Arbus-cular Mycorrhia Research. Aparnaa Publication, Coimbatore, India. pp. 72.

4. Manian S. and Narmatha Bai V. 1994. Research Methodology Series III. Basic Techniques in Plant Tissue Culture. Aparnaa Publication, Coimbatore, India. pp. 33.

5. Parimelazhagan T., Manian S. and Pugalenthi M. 2011. Herbal Perspectives: Present and Future. Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi, India. pp. 2550


18



Candidates Guided for Ph.D 1. Paulsamy, S. 1992. Role of fire in the maintenance of Chrysopogon zeylanicus (Nees Ex-

Steud.) Thw. dominated grasslands of Grass Hills, Western Ghats, India. 2. Edathil, T.T. 1995. Studies on the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas in the rhizosphere of

tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seedlings. 3. Manorama, S. 1996. Studies on the natural regeneration of lime mined sites at Maduk-

karai, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. 4. Senthilkumar, K. 1997. Effect of surface fire on the dynamics of beneficial microbial popu-

lations in a natural grassland ecosystem, southern India. 5. Kalaiselvi, K. 2001. Evaluation of irrigation potential of treated paper mill effluent. 6. Premkumar Samuel Asir. 2001. Studies on blister blight disease of tea in southern India. 7. Arunkumar Arumugam 2002. Studies on some plant defense enzymes during the estab-

lishment of AM fungi in host and non-host plants. 8. Rajeswari, M. 2003.Pollution on land by dye house effluent: impact on soil and plant. 9. Jeyaramraja, P.R. 2004. Development of physiological and biochemical markers for

drought tolerance and blister blight resistance in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntz). 10. Nithya Meenakshi, S. 2004. Evaluation of the systemic, foliar spray fungicides Amistar and

Score under south Indian conditions. 11. Nanda Kumar, R. 2006. System structure and net primary production in two grassland

ecosystems of Nilgiris, the Western Ghats, India. 12. Jagadesan M. 2006.Growth, yield and nutrient dynamics in two Coffea arabica L. varie-

ties as influenced by graded fertilizer dosage. 13. Raju K. 2007. Ethnopharmacobotanical studies on Euphorbia fusiformis Buch.Ham Ex D.

Don (Euphorbiaceae). 14. Anusuya, N. 2008. Pharmacological investigation of Indigofera tinctoria L. – An indigenous

medicinal plant of Indo-China. 15. Rathinasamy, R. 2008. Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of certain Um-

bellifers from Western Ghats, southern India. 16. Rajeswari, S. 2010. Pharmaceutical properties of the wood rot fungi, Phellinus adamantius

and P. hohnelli. 17. Sowndhararajan, K. 2011. Biological control of foliar fungal diseases of tea caused by

Pestalotiopsis theae (Grey blight) and Exobasidium vexans (Blister blight) 18. Thenmozhi, K. 2011. Pharmacological investigations of two Bauhinia species, B. tomentosa

L. and B. malabarica Roxb. (Caesalpinaceae). 19. Jince Mary Joseph, 2011. Ethnopharmacological investigation of Hedyotis corymbosa (L.)

Lam. And Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R. Br. ex. Arn. (Rubiaceae). 20. Chitravadivu, C. 2011. Pharmacological and phytochemical investigations of Pisonia gran-

dis R. br. (Nyctaginaceae).


19



21. Loganayaki, N. 2012. Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of the indigenous medicinal herbs Ammannia baccifera L.

22. Priya Jefferson. 2012. Pharmacological investigations of two indigenous medicinal plants Cassia italica Mill. Lam and Cassia pumila Lam.

23. Arunkumar G. 2014. Antioxidant, Antitumor, Antimutagenic and Antimicrobial Properties of Ancistrocladus heyneanus Wall. ex J. Graham.

24. Gomathi R. 2014. Pharmacological investigation on an endemic medicinal plant Scolopia crenata (Wight & Arn.) Clos. (Flacourtiaceae)

Candidates Guided for M.Phil. 1. Vasuki, S. 1987. A taxonomic study of the genus Phyllachora Nits. ex. Fuckel in Kerala. 2. Raju, K. 1987. Studies on certain plant extracts for their antifungal activity against phyto-

pathogenic fungi. 3. Thangaraj, N. 1987. A survey of the natural pests of the noxious weed Lantana camara L.

(Verbenaceae) with special reference to its biological control. 4. Rathinasamy, R. 1988. Studies on the physiochemical and microbiological status of the

river Bhavani as influenced by municipal sullage discharge. 5. Bakthavachalam, P. 1988. Studies on Corynespora cassiicolo (Berk. & Curt.) Wei, the

causal organism of the fruit spot of Carica papaya. 6. Thennarasu, D. 1988. Studies on Botrydiplodia theobromae Pat. the causal organism of

the fruit rot of papaya. 7. Subramanian, N. 1989. Effect of municipal sullage on the physico- chemical and bacterio-

logical quality of the river Kaveri. 8. Alagesaboopathi, C. 1989. Antagonistic potential of Penicilium pinophillum to the phyto-

pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. 9. Shyla Rebacca Vannamalar, M. 1990. Studies on a leaf spot disease of Pisonia morindifolia

R.Br. 10. Kanagasabapathy, R. 1990. The problems associated with the use of municipal sewage

effluent for irrigation. 11. Kabilan, V. 1990. A leaf spot disease of Ficus elastica Roxbr. 12. Chitra Krishnan. 1990. Mycoflora of cotton fibers. 13. Shanthakumari, S. 1991.Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza in aquatic and semi aquatic plants 14. Palaniswamy, M. 1991.Mycorrhizal status of some forest trees. 15. Mallika, T.N. 1992. Studies on the synergistic effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas

and Rhizobium sp. on the biomass production in certain tree legumes. 16. Rosely Ignatius, V. 1993. Introduction of VAM and phosphate solublizing fungi in the

rhizosphere of Glycine max L.


20



17. Selvaraja, C. 1994. Influence of vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on root initiation in vegetatively propagated cuttings.

18. Chinnapappu, P. 1994. Vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal status and growth of Brinjal and Chilli under different N/P soil regimes

19. Greep, S.1994. Influence of certain pesticides on the growth and rhizosphere microbial populations of cluster bean and ladies finger with special reference to vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae.

20. Murugesan, K. 1997. Vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal association in members of Gramineae in a Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. Dominated grassland.

21. Selvanayakam, T. 1997. The influence of certain biocontrol agents on the growth, Rhizo-bium nodulation and vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in 2 crop plants.

22. Karthikeyani, B.K. 2002. Integrated nutrient management for tea with special reference to soil microbial activity.

23. Themozhi, K. 2002. Influence of different chemical fertilizer regimes on the activity of soil microbial biomass and crop yield in tea field.

24. Hemalatha, R. 2003. Evaluation of the phyto-, cyto-, and microbial toxicity of two soil-drenching fungicides, Ridomil and Kavach.

25. Vanitha, V. 2005. Biological Activity of Velvet Bean Seed Extract on Probiotic Lactobacillus species.

26. Jince Mary Joseph. 2005. Biological activity of certain south Indian pulses on probiotic Lactobacillus species.

27. Mahesu, V. 2007. In vitro antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging property of proc-essed seed extracts from indigenous legumes Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. And Dolichos lablab L.

28. Loganayagi, N. 2007. A comparative study on antioxidant and free radical scavenging ca-pacity of underutilized legumes Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. And Acacia ferruginea DC. With a conventional legume Cajanus cajan L.

29. Gomathi, R. 2009. Non-enzymatic antioxidant profile of certain South Indian green leafy vegetables.

30. Jameela Begum, K. 2011. Evaluation of Actionomycetes for their Antagonistic Potential against Pathogenic microorganisms.

31. Maheswari, N. 2011. Isolation and Characterization of Major physalins from Physalis min-ima and Evaluation of their Pharmacological Activity.

32. Suganya, N. 2012. Underutilized fruits attenuates oxidative stress, diabetics and inflamma-tion related disorders.


Documents

Publications & Research Guidance...2 Dr. S. MANIAN Vice-Chancellor Annamalai University Publications & Research Guidance Research Papers Published in International Journals 1. Manian,