Sakthivel Krishnan

Sakthivel Krishnan Scientist
Designation
Scientist
Educational qualification
M.Sc (Ag) and Ph.D (Ag) in Plant Pathology
Other Roles
Co-PI, AICRP Sunflower
Division
Crop Protection
Contact Address

Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030

Mobile No
9933212134
E-mail
k.sakthivel@icar.gov.in
veluarars@gmai.com
Contribution to the scientific advancement
  1. Total cultivable and metagenome profiling of phyllody diseased and healthy phyllosphere in both phyllosphere and endosphere
  2. Total cultivable and metagenome profiling of rice blast disease susceptible and healthy seedlings in contrasting mountain and island agroclimatic zones
  3. CIARI-Bioconsortia    (Bacillus   based talc based microbial product)
  4. CIARI- Gro Pro (Bacillus based liquid formulation for fungal foliar disease management and plant growth promotion)
  5. Three mushroom varieties CIARI Mushroom 1; CIARI Mushroom 2; CIARI Mushroom 3
  6. Two rice varieties CARI-  DHAN – 8; CARI-  DHAN – 9
  7. Germ plasm registered/ identified:  CIARI    B2 bacterial wilt resistant brinjal variety; Open floret rice germplasm; CIARI  B5  -   Bacterial wilt resistant and nutritionally rich brinjal variety
  8. Multi potential four Bacillus sp for plant  disease plant growth promotion with nutrient mobilization properties
  9. Multi potential rhizobium strains for enhancing  pulse cultivation in  the islands
  10. Characterisation of antagonistic and antimicrobial peptide producing  Bacillus Species
  11. Characterisation of salt-tolerant plant growth-promoting bacteria on growth and physiological properties of rice (Oryza sativa) under salt-stressed conditions
  12. Characterization of Trichoderrma species from vegetable and spice rhizospheres of Andaman Islands for broad spectrum antagonism and plant growth promotion
  13. New species - Colletotrichum siamense inciting anthracnose of chillies in A&N islands
  14. New species - Colletotrichum  siamense Inciting anthracnose of dragon fruit in A&N islands
  15. New species- Colletotrichum  plurivorum inciting anthracnose of chillies in A&N islands
  16. New species- Curvularia homini inciting ridge guard in Tamil Nadu
  17. New species- Dickeya fangzhongdai causing bacterial soft rot disease on Dendrobium nobile in India
  18. First Report- Tomato Leaf Curl Joydebpur Virus Infecting Chilli (Capsicum annuum) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands 
  19. Pathotyping, MLST and Rep-PCR based genotyping of  Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae – the rice   bacterial    blight pathogen in rice    from   A&  N Islands and India
  20. The concept of  host background of rice influences the resistance expression of a three genes pyramid (xa5 + xa13 + Xa21) to bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) pathotypes
  21. Pathotyping and MLST based genotyping of  Ralstonia siolanacearum – solanaceous bacterial wilt  pathogen from   A&  N Islands and India
  22. Pathotyping and MLST based genotyping of Xanthomonas axanopodis pv. punicae inciting pomegranate in India
  23. Cultivation techniques of Black poplar mushroom – Agrocybe aegerita in subtropical conditions
  24. Documented diversity of mushroom flora from Western Ghats, India
  25. Developed lmproved techniques to enhance the yield of paddy straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) for commercial cultivation
  26. Documented phytochemical profile and antifungal activity of Costus sp of Bay Islands
  27. Characterization of Trichoderma species from vegetable and spice rhizospheres of Andaman Islands for broad spectrum antagonism and plant growth promotion
  28. Studied the Morpho-patho-genetic diversity of Colletotrichum species causing chilli anthracnose in Andaman and Nicobar islands
  29. Studied the Morpho-physio-genetic diversity of Hylocereus spp grown in Andaman and Nicobar islands
  30. Developed the Bacillus-fortified organic fertilizer for controlling bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) of tomato under protected cultivation in the tropical Islands.
  31. Studied the genetic  diversity of bamboo species in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
     
Projects completed
  1. Induction of systemic resistance through application of potential antagonistic microorganisms against Ralstonia solanacearum causing bacterial wilt of  solanaceous crops. 2012-2016 (PI)
  2. Out Reach Programme on fungal foliar diseases. 2015-2017 (PI)
  3. Application of Microorganisms in Agriculture and Allied Sectors- Microbial diversity and identification (AMMAS). 2015-2018(PI)
  4. Characterization of Viral diseases of Important Vegetable Crops of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Development of 
  5. Eco-friendly Integrated Disease Management (IDM) Modules. 2018-2019 (PI)
  6. Tribal sub plan – Biocontro. 2015-2018 (PI)
  7. AICRP on Mushroom. 2016-20 (PI)
  8. AICRP Rice Pathology. 2013-2020  (PI) 
  9. Exploitation of cultivable phyllosphere bacterial microbiome for suppression of sesamum phyllody disease. 2020-2021  (PI)
     
On-going Projects
  • Screening and identification of durable sources of resistance to biotic stresses of sesame and deciphering the associated mechanisms (Institute)
  • Exploration and Exploitation of Seaweed Associated Endophytic Bacteria for Disease Management and Growth Promotion in Rice (SERB- ECRA)
     
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
  1. Biosecurity and incursion management. 17 Jan to   Feb,2013 (21 days)
  2. Understanding of mechanism of Host-Pathogen Bio-agent Interaction and Sustainable bio-management strategy for threatening crop diseases. 24 Sept- 14 Oct, 2013 (21 days).
  3. Whole genome sequencing of plant pathogens: Methods and Applications. (21 days). 
  4. Mushroom taxonomy. 11-13 June 2016. (3 days) 
  5. Rapid Diagniostic tools for Phytophthora on Horticultural crops. 11-13 June 2016 (3 days)
     
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
  1. Kaari, Manigundan, Jerrine Joseph, Radhakrishnan Manikkam, Ayswarya Sreenivasan, Gopikrishnan Venugopal, Balamurugan Alexander, and Sakthivel Krishnan. "Anti-Biofilm Activity and Biocontrol Potential of Streptomyces Cultures against Ralstonia solanacearum on Tomato Plants." Indian Journal of Microbiology 62, no. 1 (2022): 32-39.
  2. Sakthivel, K., A. Balamurugan, M. Ashajyothi, Soobedar Yadav, V. Baskaran, K. Abirami, R. K. Gautam, and A. Kumar. "Transboundary introduction of potato-infecting Ralstonia solanacearum in the Andaman Islands revealed by multilocus sequence typing: A potential threat to island agriculture." Journal of biosciences 46, no. 3 (2021): 1-10.
  3. Prithivi, M., K. Venkatesan, D. R. Manimaran, R. K. Gautam, P. K. Singh, K. Sakthivel, SK Zamir Ahmed, S. K. Pandey, and Shyam Sunder Rao. "Molecular characterization of Vigna marina (Burm. f.) Merr. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for salt tolerance using SSR markers." Plant Genetic Resources 19, no. 5 (2021): 428-436.
  4. Abirami K., S. Swain, V. Baskaran, K. Venkatesan, Sakthivel K, and N.  Bommayasamy.  "Distinguishing three Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) species grown in Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India using morphological, biochemical and molecular traits." Scientific reports 11, no. 1 (2021): 1-14.
  5. Sakthivel, K., A. Kumar, R. K. Gautam, K. Manigundan, G. S. Laha, R. Velazhahan, R. Singh, and I. S. Yadav. "Intra‐regional diversity of rice bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, in the Andaman Islands, India: revelation by pathotyping and multilocus sequence typing." Journal of Applied Microbiology 130, no. 4 (2021): 1259-1272.
  6. Balamurugan, A., A. Kumar, Sakthivel K, M. Ashajyothi, Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu, and M. Karthikeyan. "Characterization of Dickeya fangzhongdai causing bacterial soft rot disease on Dendrobium nobile in India." European Journal of Plant Pathology 158, no. 3(2020): 773-780.
  7. Prittesh, Patel, Patel Avnika, Patel Kinjal, Hardik NaikJinal, Sakthivel K, and Natarajan Amaresan. "Amelioration effect of salt-tolerant plant growth-promoting bacteria on growth and physiological properties of rice (Oryza sativa) under salt-stressed conditions." Archives of Microbiology 202, no. 9 (2020): 2419-2428.
  8. Jinal, HardikNaik, Sakthivel K, and Natarajan Amaresan. "Characterisation ofantagonistic Bacillus paralicheniformis (strain EAL) by LC–MS, antimicrobial peptide genes, and ISR determinants." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 113 (2020): 1167-1177.
  9. Sakthivel K, S. Sawhney, K. Manigundan, V. K. Pandey, M. M. Das, B. Shalini, P. K. Singh, and R. K. Gautam. "Variability in Colletotrichum infecting chilli plants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India." Journal of Environmental Biology 41, no. 2 (2020): 261-265.
  10. Gautam, R. K., P. K. Singh, K. Venkatesan, Sakthivel K, SK Zamir Ahmed, S. Swain, K. Devakumar et al. "Intra- varietal stability performance of popular rice landrace ‘C14- 8’in the Andaman Islands." Cereal Research Communications 48,  no. 1  (2020): 103-  111.
  11. Singh, P. K., R. K. Gautam, Sakthivel K, S. K. Z. Ahmed, K. Venkatesan, and R. J. Varadan. "Augmenting rice productivity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands through improved varieties and seed replacement rate." Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research 38, no. 1 (2020): 1-10.
  12. Kumar, A., J. Sharma, V. Munjal, Sakthivel K, S. K. Thalor, K. K. Mondal,  S.  Chinchure,  and  R.  Gharate. "Polyphasic phenotypic and genetic analysis reveals clonal nature of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae causing pomegranate bacterial blight." Plant Pathology 69, no. 2 (2020): 347-359.
  13. Balamurugan, Alexander, Sakthivel K, Aundy Kumar, and Malaiyandi Muthamilan.  "First report of Curvularia hominis inciting fruit rot of ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) inTamil Nadu, India." Journal of Plant Pathology 102, no. 2 (2020): 529-529.
  14. Jaiswal, Sarika, R. K. Gautam, R. K. Singh, S. L. Krishnamurthy, S. Ali, Sakthivel K, M. A. Iquebal,  Anil Rai,  and Dinesh  Kumar.  "Harmonizing technological advances in phenomics  and  genomics  for  enhanced  salt  tolerance in rice   from  a  practical perspective." Rice 12, no. 1 (2019): 1-19.
  15. Abirami, K., Sachidananda Swain, PiyaXaxa,  V.  Baskaran, Sakthivel K,  and  BinkuMondal. "Phytochemical profile and antimicrobial activity of turmeric grown in Andaman Islands." Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 8, no. 6 (2019): 09- 13.
  16. Abirami, K., Sakthivel K, N. Sheoran, V. Baskaran, R. K. Gautam, B. A. Jerard, and A. Kumar. "Occurrence of Anthracnose Disease Caused by Colletotrichum siamense on Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus) in Andaman Islands, India." Plant Disease 103, no. 4 (2019): 768-768.
  17. Krishnan, N., S. Kumari, Sakthivel K, V. Dubey, A. K. Singh, and R. Kumar. "Firstreport of tomato leaf curl joydebpur virus infecting chilli (Capsicum annuum) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands." Plant Disease 103, no. 11 (2019): 2974-2974.
  18. Sakthivel K, K. Manigundan, R. K. Gautam, P. K. Singh, S. Nakkeeran, and Sushil K.Sharma. "Bacillus spp. for suppression of eggplant bacterial wilt pathogen in Andaman Islands: Isolation and characterization." (2019).Indian Journal of Experimental  Biology 57 no.02(2019):  131-137.
  19. Sakthivel K, Manigundan Kaari, Sneha Sawhney, Neelam Sheoran, Raj Kumar Gautam, Manisha Mohan Das, and Aundy Kumar. "First report of Colletotrichum siamense from Andaman and  Nicobar  Islands causing   anthracnose in  chilli."  Journal of Plant Pathology 101, no. 3 (2019): 767-767.
  20. Balamurugan, A., M. Muthamilan, A. Kamalakannan, Sakthivel K, A. Kumar, T. Arumugam, A. Shanthi, and R. K. Gautam. "Characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum causing tomato bacterial wilt disease in Tamil Nadu and selection of potential antagonistic Bacillus spp. for its management." Plant Disease Research 33, no. 2 (2018): 191- 201.
  21. Balamurugan, A., A. Kumar,  M. Muthamilan, Sakthivel K, M. Vibhuti,  M. Ashajyothi, N. Sheoran, A. Kamalakannan, A. Shanthi, and T. Arumugam. "Outbreak of tomato wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in Tamil Nadu, India and elucidation of its genetic relationship using multilocus sequence typing (MLST)."  European Journal of PlantPathology 151, no. 3 (2018): 831-839.
  22. Sakthivel K,  K. Manigundan, R. K. Gautam,  P. K. Singh, T. Subramani,  S. K.  Sharma, and R. Khande. "Bioefficacy   of antimicrobial    peptide biosynthesis-gene-linked antagonistic Lysinibacillus sphaericus strains for management of bacterial plant diseasesin Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India." Journal of Environmental Biology 39,  no. 4 (2018):  517-521.
  23. Jaisankar, I., R. K. Gautam, A. Velmurugan, Sakthivel K, SoansSajan, and P. Simachalam.  "Genetic  diversity of bamboo species in Andaman and Nicobar Islands revealed through DNA markers and morphological traits." Indian Forester 143,   no. 5 (2017): 405-410.
  24. Sakthivel K, R. K. Gautam, Srinivasan Madhavan, Kaari Manigundan, P. K. Singh, G. S. Laha, Kumar Aundy, and RethinasamyVelazhahan. "Unraveling the mechanism of resistance to rice bacterial blight pathogen (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) in a three BB resistance genes (xa5+ xa13+ Xa21)  pyramided  rice  variety,  Improved Samba Mahsuri through metabolic profiling." Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 47, no. 3 (2017): 302-308.
  25. Sakthivel K, Raj K. Gautam, Kaari Manigundan, Reena Singh, Jegadeesan Ramalingam,  Gouri  S.  Laha, Aundy Kumar, and Rethinasamy Velazhahan. "The host background of rice influences the resistance expression of a three genes pyramid (xa5+ xa13+ Xa21) to bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae  pv.  oryzae)  pathotypes  of Indian mainland and Bay islands." Plant Breeding 136, no. 3 (2017): 357-364.
  26. Sakthivel K, K. Manigundan, R. K. Gautam, I. Jaisankar, Sushil K. Sharma, Reena Singh,  and  S.  Dam  Roy. "Detection of antimicrobial peptide genes from antagonistic  Bacillus  subtilis  (Bs_Ane)  isolated  from Neil  Islands of Andaman, India." Journal of Environmental Biology 38, no. 1 (2017): 75.
  27. Manigundan, K., P. Puneeth Kumar, R. Singh, Sakthivel K, R. K. Gautam, P. K. Singh, and G. S. Laha. "Rep-PCR distinguishes rice bacterial blight pathogen (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) strains of Indian mainland and bay islands." Journal of Plant Pathology (2017): 773-778.
     
Area of Research

Biological control; Sunflower and sesame Pathology; 

Area of expertise

Plant Pathology; Bacteriology; Biological control; Host Plant Resistance

Awards and recognition
  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award-Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi- 2018
  • Early Career Research Award Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, New Delhi-2018
  • ICAR- Post Doctoral Fellow - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi- 2020-2021
     

Contact

Director
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar
Hyderabad – 500 030
Phone: 040-24598444, 24016141
Fax: 040-24017969
E-mail: director.iior@icar.gov.in
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