Anirudh Kumar

Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Title: Priming with Plant Extracts Induces Defense in Host Plant Against Pathogen

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Biography

Dr. Anirudh Kumar, PhD, is a research faculty member in the Department of Botany, Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh (CTUAP), Vizianagaram, AP, India. He has research experience of more than 12 years in the area of plant molecular biology and plant pathology. He has received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from University of Hyderabad (India's Institution of Eminence), and Postdoc from CCCM, Hyderabad, India and ARO, Israel. His current research interests span from antioxidants studies of medicinal plants to plant pathology. He is author and co-author of several papers on different aspect of plant biology. He also teaches courses for B.Sc., M. Sc. and Ph.D. degree. For the past few years, his research group is trying to studies phytochemical profiles of native plants, antimicrobial properties, and innate immunity of rice against pathogens such as Xoo.

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