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Selvakumar VeluchamyPost-doctoral Research Associate |
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Responsibilities
- Provide support for the tomato-breeding program.
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center (MHCREC), NC State University, Mills River, NC (2011- present)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology (IPGB), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2009-2011)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, CIFR, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (2008)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2005-2008)
- Research Associate, National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India (2003-2005)
Education
- Ph.D. in Botany, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India (2002)
- M.S. in Botany, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India (1996)
- B.S. in Botany, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India (1994)
List of Publications
- V. Babu Rajendra Prasad, V. Selvakumar, Ashis Nandi and Sudip Chatopadhyay (2012) Functional Interconnections of HY1 with MYC2 and HY5 in Arabidopsis Seedling Development. BMC Plant Biology. 12:37 (doi:10.1186/1471-2229-12-37).
- Selvakumar Veluchamy, Brett Williams, Kyoung Su Kim and Martin B. Dickman (2012). The CuZn Superoxide Dismutase from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is involved with oxidative stress tolerance, virulence, and oxalate production. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. Vol. 78: 14-23.
- Selvakumar Veluchamy and Jeffrey A Rollins (2008). A CRY-DASH-Type photolyase/cryptochrome from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum mediates minor UV-A specific effects on development. Fungal Genetics & Biology 45(9):1265-1276.
- Selvakumar Veluchamy and Anbudurai P. Rajappan (2008). Stimulation of micropropagation of the medicinal plant Aristolochia indica L. through nodal explants by adenine sulphate. The Asian and Australasian Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 2(1): 39-41. 5.
- Selvakumar Veluchamy (2008). Ultraviolet-B (UV-B, 280 - 315 nm) radiation invoked antioxidant defense dystems in Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. and Crotalaria juncea L. Photosynthetica, 46: 98-106.
- Selvakumar V, Balakumar T and Anbudurai P.R. (2001) In vitro propagation of the medicinal plants Plumbago zeylanica L. through nodal explants. In Vitro Cellular Developmental Biology-Plant 37:280-284.
- Selvakumar V and Balakumar T. (2001). UV-B radiation mediated oxidative stress injury in wild and cultivated legumes. In: Environment and Agriculture: Biodiversity, Agriculture and Pollution in South Asia (Eds. P.K. Jha, S.K. Baral, S.B. Karmacharya, H.D. Lekhak, P. Lacoul and C.B. Baniya) pp. 422-425, Ecological Society (ECOS), Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Balakumar T, Selvakumar V, Sathiameena K, Murugu Ilanchezhian C and Paliwal K. (1999). UV-B radiation mediated alterations in the nitrate assimilation pathway of crop plants. I. Kinetic characteristics of nitrate reductase. Photosynthetica 37: 459 –467.
- Balakumar T, Sathiameena K, Selvakumar V, Murugu Ilanchezhian C and Paliwal K. (1999). UV-B radiation mediated alterations in the nitrate assimilation pathway of crop plants. II. Kinetic characteristics of nitrite reductase. Photosynthetica 37: 469 –475.
- Balakumar T and Selvakumar V. (1998). Phenol metabolism as a potential protective mechanism against UV-B radiation induced oxidative stress in plants. In: Phenol communications 98 (Eds. F.Charbonnier, J. Dlacotte and C.Rolando), pp. 469-470, Graye de Polyphenols, Lille, France.
Book Chapters
- Balakumar T and Selvakumar V. (1998). Certain preliminary observations on the micropropagation of the antidiabetic herb Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. In: Recent Trends in Spices and Medicinal Plants.
- Selvakumar V and Balakumar T. (1998). In vitro induction of auxillary branching in the medicinal plant Acalypha fruticosa Forsk. In: Recent Trends in Spices and Medicinal Plants.
- Selvakumar V, Sathiameena K and Balakumar T. (1998). UV-B radiation mediated oxidative stress injury in wild and cultivated legumes. In: Environment and Agriculture.
Mountain
Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828-684-3562 ~ Fax: 828-684-8715
Email: Selva_Veluchamy@ncsu.edu
Maintained by: Bryan A. Konsler
Updated June 1, 2012