Meagher Laboratory

 

Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Genetics
Life Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-1410; Fax: 706-542-1387
E-mail: kandu@uga.edu

 

EDUCATION


University of Madras, India B.Sc. 1976 Botany, Zoology & Chemistry
University of Madras, India M.Sc. 1978 Botany
University of Mysore, India B.Ed. 1979 Education & Teaching
University of Madras, India M.Phil. 1980 Botany
University of Madras, India Ph.D. 1985 Botany


RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


1984-1985 Assistant Professor of Botany, Vivekananda College, University of Madras, Madras, India – Teaching Plant Biology to undergraduate and post-graduate students
1986-1987, June-July 1988 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Udo Kristen, Institut fur Allgemeine Botanik, University of Hamburg, Germany – Cell Biology, Environmental Science, Pollen-pistil interaction.
1987-1988 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Pool Officer in the Department of Plant Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, India – Pollination Biology
1988-1991 Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Laboratory of Mike and June Nasrallah, Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – Cell-cell communication, pollen-stigma interaction, Self-incompatibility
1991-1995 Research Associate in the Laboratory of Mike and June Nasrallah, Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Cell-cell communication, pollen-stigma interaction, Self-incompatibility
1996-2000 Research Associate in the Laboratory of Rich Meagher, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA – Plant actin cytoskeleton
2000-2004 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2004-2008 Associate Research Scientist, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2008-Present Senior Research Scientist in the Laboratory of Prof. Richard Meagher, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA – Actin, profilin, ADF, and ARP gene families

 

HONORS AND AWARDS


Recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, West Germany (March 1986 - July 1987, June - July 1988).
Recipient of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Scientific Pool Officership, India (Sep. 1987 - Sep.1988).
Recipient of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Senior Research Fellowship, India (Feb. 1982 - Nov. 1984).
Recipient of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Junior Research Fellowship, India (Feb. 1980 - Feb. 1982).

 

PUBLICATIONS (72 peer reviewed research articles and book chapters)

 

Meagher, R., Kandasamy, M., Smith, A., and McKinney, E. (2010). Nuclear Actin-Related Proteins at the Core of Epigenetic Control. Plant Signaling and Behavior Invited Review - In Press, PMID

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Deal, R.B., Smith, A.P., and Meagher, R.B. (2009a). Arabidopsis actin-related protein ARP5 in multicellular development and DNA repair. Dev Biol 335, 22-32. PMID 19679120 PMCID PMC2778271. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19679120

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2009b). A Single Vegetative Actin Isovariant Overexpressed under the Control of Multiple Regulatory Sequences Is Sufficient for Normal Arabidopsis Development. Plant Cell 21, 701-18. PMID 19304937. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19304937

Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Roy, E. (2009). Chapter 5. Nuclear actin-related proteins in epigenetic control. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 277, 157-215. PMID 19766970. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19766970

Price, P.W., McKinney, E.C., Wang, Y., Sasser, L.E., Kandasamy, M.K., Matsuuchi, L., Milcarek, C., Deal, R.B., Culver, D.G., and Meagher, R.B. (2009). Engineered cell surface expression of membrane immunoglobulin as a means to identify monoclonal antibody-secreting hybridomas. J Immunol Methods 343, 28-41. PMID 19187782. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19187782

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2008). ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN8 encodes an F-box protein localized to the nucleolus in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 49, 858-63. PMID 18385164. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18385164

Karve, A., Rauh, B.L., Xia, X., Kandasamy, M., Meagher, R.B., Sheen, J., and Moore, B.D. (2008). Expression and evolutionary features of the hexokinase gene family in Arabidopsis. Planta 228, 411-25. PMID 18481082. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18481082

Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., and McKinney, E.C. (2008). Multicellular development and protein-protein interactions. Plant Signal Behav 3, 333-6. PMID 19841663. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19841663

Balasubramanian, R., Karve, A., Kandasamy, M., Meagher, R.B., and Moore, B.D. (2007). A role for F-actin in hexokinase-mediated glucose signaling. Plant Physiol 145, 1423-34. PMID 17965176. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17965176

Kandasamy, M.K., Burgos-Rivera, B., McKinney, E.C., Ruzicka, D.R., and Meagher, R.B. (2007). Class-specific interaction of profilin and ADF isovariants with actin in the regulation of plant development. Plant Cell 19, 3111-26. PMID 17933902. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17933902

Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., and McKinney, E.C. (2007). Actin-related proteins in chromatin-level control of the cell cycle and developmental transitions. Trends Cell Biol 17, 325-32. PMID 17643304. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17643304

Ruzicka, D.R., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Burgos-Rivera, B., and Meagher, R.B. (2007). The ancient subclasses of ArabidopsisACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR genes exhibit novel and differential expression. Plant J 52, 460-72. PMID 17877706. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17877706

Pawloski, L.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2006). The late pollen actins are essential for normal male and female development in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 62, 881-96. PMID 17031513. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17031513

Deal, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2005). The Nuclear Actin-Related Protein ARP6 Is a Pleiotropic Developmental Regulator Required for the Maintenance of FLOWERING LOCUS C Expression and Repression of Flowering in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17, 2633-2646. PMID 16141450. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16141450

Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2005a). Silencing the nuclear actin-related protein AtARP4 in Arabidopsis has multiple effects on plant development, including early flowering and delayed floral senescence. Plant J 41, 845-58. PMID 15743449. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15743449

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Deal, R.B., and Meagher, R.B. (2005b). Arabidopsis ARP7 is an essential actin-related protein required for normal embryogenesis, plant architecture, and floral organ abscission. Plant Physiol 138, 2019-32. PMID 16040647. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16040647

Meagher, R.B., Deal, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., and McKinney, E.C. (2005). Nuclear actin-related proteins as epigenetic regulators of development. Plant Physiol 139, 1576-85. PMID 16339804. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16339804

Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2004). Plant actin-related proteins. Trends Plant Sci 9, 196-202. PMID 15063870. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15063870

Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., and McKinney, E.C. (2004). Nuclear actin-related proteins modulate multiple diverse developmental pathways in Arabidopsis. Mol. Biol. Cell 15, 328a-329a. PMID ISI:000224648802542. <Go to ISI>://000224648802542

Bizily, S.P., Kim, T., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Subcellular targeting of methylmercury lyase enhances its specific activity for organic mercury detoxification in plants. Plant Physiol 131, 463-71. PMID 12586871. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12586871

Gilliland, L.U., Pawloski, L.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Arabidopsis actin gene ACT7 plays an essential role in germination and root growth. Plant J 33, 319-28. PMID 12535345. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12535345

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Cell cycle-dependent association of Arabidopsis actin-related proteins AtARP4 and AtARP7 with the nucleus. Plant J 33, 939-48. PMID 12609034. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12609034

Gilliland, L.U., Kandasamy, M.K., Pawloski, L.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2002). Both vegetative and reproductive actin isovariants complement the stunted root hair phenotype of the Arabidopsisact2-1 mutation. Plant Physiol 130, 2199-209. PMID 12481103. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12481103

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2002a). Plant profilin isovariants are distinctly regulated in vegetative and reproductive tissues. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 52, 22-32. PMID 11977080. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11977080

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2002b). Functional nonequivalency of actin isovariants in Arabidopsis. Mol Biol Cell 13, 251-61. PMID 11809837. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11809837

McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2002). Arabidopsis contains ancient classes of differentially expressed actin-related protein genes. Plant Physiol 128, 997-1007. PMID 11891255. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11891255

Kandasamy, M.K., Gilliland, L.U., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2001). One plant actin isovariant, ACT7, is induced by auxin and required for normal callus formation. Plant Cell 13, 1541-54. PMID 11449050. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11449050

Li, Y., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2001). Rapid isolation of monoclonal antibodies. Monitoring enzymes in the phytochelatin synthesis pathway. Plant Physiol 127, 711-9. PMID 11706154. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11706154

McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2001). Small changes in the regulation of one Arabidopsis profilin isovariant, PRF1, alter seedling development. Plant Cell 13, 1179-91. PMID 11340190. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11340190

Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2000). Cytoskeleton-organelle interaction:  Higher plant chloroplasts are contained in actin baskets and attached to actin filaments and bundles. In: Microscopy and Microanalysis, Supplement 2 Proceedings, 6, eds pp. 296-297. PMID Accessioni Number.

Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Kandasamy, M.K. (2000a). The significance of diversity in the plant actin gene family: Studies in Arabidopsis. In: Actin: A dynamic framework for multiple plant cell functions, C.J. Staiger, F. Baluska, D. Volkmann, and P. Barlow, eds (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Klewer Academic Publishers), pp. 3-27. PMID Accessioni Number.

Meagher, R.B., Rugh, C.L., Kandasamy, M.K., Gragson, G., and Wang, N.J. (2000b). Engineered phytoremediation of mercury pollution in soil and water using bacterial genes. In: Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water, N. Terry, and G. Banuelos, eds (Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers), pp. 203-221. PMID Accessioni Number.

Nasrallah, M.E., Kandasamy, M.K., Chang, M.C., Stadler, Z., Lim, S., and Nasrallah, J.B. (2000). Identifying genes for pollen-stigma recognition in crucifers. Annals of Botany 85, 125-132. PMID ISI:000086316900015. <Go to ISI>://000086316900015

Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1999). The late pollen-specific actins in angiosperms. Plant J 18, 681-91. PMID 10417720. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10417720

Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (1999). Actin-organelle interaction: association with chloroplast in arabidopsis leaf mesophyll cells. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 44, 110-8. PMID 10506746. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10506746

Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Kandasamy, M.K. (1999). Isovariant dynamics expand and buffer the responses of complex systems: the diverse plant actin gene family. Plant Cell 11, 995-1006. PMID 10368172. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10368172

Conner, J.A., Tantikanjana, T., Stein, J.C., Kandasamy, M.K., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1997). Transgene-induced silencing of S-locus genes and related genes in Brassica. Plant Journal 11, 809-823. PMID ISI:A1997WY17000015. <Go to ISI>://A1997WY17000015

Dwyer, K.G., Kandasamy, M.K., Mahosky, D.I., Acciai, J., Kudish, B.I., Miller, J.E., Nasrallah, M.E., and Nasrallah, J.B. (1994). A superfamily of S locus-related sequences in Arabidopsis: diverse structures and expression patterns. Plant Cell 6, 1829-43. PMID 7866027. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=7866027

Kandasamy, M.K., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1994). Pollen Pistil Interactions and Developmental Regulation of Pollen-Tube Growth in Arabidopsis. Development 120, 3405-3418. PMID ISI:A1994QB20000006. <Go to ISI>://A1994QB20000006

Nasrallah, J.B., Stein, J.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1994). Signaling the Arrest of Pollen Tube Development in Self-Incompatible Plants. Science 266, 1505-1508. PMID 17841712. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17841712

Kandasamy, M.K., Thorsness, M.K., Rundle, S.J., Goldberg, M.L., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1993). Ablation of Papillar Cell Function in Brassica Flowers Results in the Loss of Stigma Receptivity to Pollination. Plant Cell 5, 263-275. PMID 12271063. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12271063

Thorsness, M.K., Kandasamy, M.K., Nasrallah, M.E., and Nasrallah, J.B. (1993). Genetic Ablation of Floral Cells in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 5, 253-261. PMID 12271062. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12271062

Bose, S., Vijayan, P., Santhanam, R., and Kandasamy, M.K. (1992). Inhibition of the cation-induced reversible changes in excitation energy distribution in thylakoids of BASF 13.338-grown plants. Biochim Biophys Acta 1098, 351-8. PMID 1737043. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1737043

Nasrallah, M.E., Kandasamy, M.K., and Nasrallah, J.B. (1992). A Genetically Defined Trans-Acting Locus Regulates S-Locus Function in Brassica. Plant Journal 2, 497-506. PMID ISI:A1992JD21500008. <Go to ISI>://A1992JD21500008

Nishio, T., Toriyama, K., Sato, T., Kandasamy, M.K., Paolillo, D.J., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1992). Expression of S-Locus Glycoprotein Genes from Brassica-Oleracea and Brassica-Campestris in Transgenic Plants of Self-Compatible B Napus Cv Westar. Sexual Plant Reproduction 5, 101-109. PMID ISI:A1992HR38700002. <Go to ISI>://A1992HR38700002

Kandasamy, M.K., Parthasarathy, M.V., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1991). High-Pressure Freezing and Freeze Substitution Improve Immunolabeling of S-Locus Specific Glycoproteins in the Stigma Papillae of Brassica. Protoplasma 162, 187-191. PMID ISI:A1991GD20000012. <Go to ISI>://A1991GD20000012

Sato, T., Thorsness, M.K., Kandasamy, M.K., Nishio, T., Hirai, M., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1991). Activity of an S Locus Gene Promoter in Pistils and Anthers of Transgenic Brassica. Plant Cell 3, 867-876. PMID 12324620. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12324620

Thorsness, M.K., Kandasamy, M.K., Nasrallah, M.E., and Nasrallah, J.B. (1991). A Brassica S-locus gene promoter targets toxic gene expression and cell death to the pistil and pollen of transgenic Nicotiana. Dev Biol 143, 173-84. PMID 1985017. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1985017

Kandasamy, M.K., Dwyer, K.G., Paolillo, D.J., Doney, R.C., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1990). Brassica S-Proteins Accumulate in the Intercellular Matrix along the Path of Pollen Tubes in Transgenic Tobacco Pistils. Plant Cell 2, 39-49. PMID 12354944. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12354944

Kandasamy, M.K., and Kristen, U. (1990). Developmental Aspects of Ultrastructure and Histochemistry of the Stylar Transmitting Tissue of Nicotiana-Sylvestris. Botanica Acta 103, 384-391. PMID ISI:A1990EN73100010. <Go to ISI>://A1990EN73100010

Umbach, A.L., Lalonde, B.A., Kandasamy, M.K., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1990). Immunodetection of Protein Glycoforms Encoded by Two Independent Genes of the Self-Incompatibility Multigene Family of Brassica. Plant Physiol 93, 739-747. PMID 16667531. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16667531

Kandasamy, M.K., and Kristen, U. (1989a). Ultrastructural Responses of Tobacco Pollen Tubes to Heat-Shock. Protoplasma 153, 104-110. PMID ISI:A1989CK42600012. <Go to ISI>://A1989CK42600012

Kandasamy, M.K., and Kristen, U. (1989b). Influence of Triethyllead on Growth and Ultrastructure of Tobacco Pollen Tubes. Environmental and Experimental Botany 29, 283-&. PMID ISI:A1989AD88900001. <Go to ISI>://A1989AD88900001

Kandasamy, M.K., Paolillo, D.J., Faraday, C.D., Nasrallah, J.B., and Nasrallah, M.E. (1989). The S-locus specific glycoproteins of Brassica accumulate in the cell wall of developing stigma papillae. Dev Biol 134, 462-72. PMID 2472986. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2472986

Kandasamy, M.K., Kappler, R., and Kristen, U. (1988). Plasmatubules in the Pollen Tubes of Nicotiana-Sylvestris. Planta 173, 35-41. PMID ISI:A1988L483000005. <Go to ISI>://A1988L483000005

Kristen, U., Lockhausen, J., and Kandasamy, M.K. (1988). Structural Aspects of Protein Secretion in Higher-Plant Cells. Phyton-Annales Rei Botanicae 28, 183-191. PMID ISI:A1988R827500003. <Go to ISI>://A1988R827500003

Kandasamy, M.K., and Kristen, U. (1987a). Pentachlorophenol affect mitochondria and induced formation of golgi apparatus-endoplasmic reticulum hybrids in tobacco pollen tubes. Protoplasma 141, 112-120. PMID

Kandasamy, M.K., and Kristen, U. (1987b). Pollen-Tube Growth in the Style of Nicotiana-Sylvestris Is Neither Influenced by the Ovary nor Directed by a Gradient. Journal of Plant Physiology 131, 495-500. PMID ISI:A1987L743400014. <Go to ISI>://A1987L743400014

Kandasamy, M.K., and Kristen, U. (1987c). Developmental Aspects of Ultrastructure, Histochemistry and Receptivity of the Stigma of Nicotiana-Sylvestris. Annals of Botany 60, 427-437. PMID ISI:A1987K449000010. <Go to ISI>://A1987K449000010

Kandasamy, M.K. (1986). The Stigmatic Exudate of Cyamopsis-Tetragonoloba Taub. Biochemie Und Physiologie Der Pflanzen 181, 571-575. PMID ISI:A1986E701300007. <Go to ISI>://A1986E701300007

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1986a). Composition of the Stigmatic Secretions of Long and Medium Styled Flowers of Eichhornia. Biologia Plantarum 28, 207-210. PMID ISI:A1986C808200008. <Go to ISI>://A1986C808200008

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1986b). Stigmatic exudate: Its origin, physical nature, biochemical composition and function. Indian Rev. Life Sci. 6, 1-17. PMID

Sathiyamoorthy, P., Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1986). Pod maturity in situ affects seed germination and seedling vigour in Dolichos lablab L. . Legume Research 9, 114-116. PMID

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1985). Enzyme studies on the stigmatic exudate of Cymopsis tetragonoloba before and after pollination. Indian J. Bot. 8, 9-12. PMID

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1984). A comparative study on the structural features of the stigma and style in three members of Leguminosae. . J. Swamy Bot. Cl. 3, 79-88. PMID

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1983a). Enhancement of Invitro Pollen Growth of Cyamopsis-Tetragonoloba. Current Science 52, 129-131. PMID ISI:A1983QD34000010. <Go to ISI>://A1983QD34000010

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1983b). Biochemical-Composition of Stigmatic Exudate of Eichhornia-Crassipes (Mart) Solms. Aquatic Botany 16, 41-47. PMID ISI:A1983QV53400004. <Go to ISI>://A1983QV53400004

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1983c). Effect of Stigmatic Exudate and Pistil Extracts of Cajanus-Cajan (L) Millsp on Invitro Pollen Growth of Cyamopsis-Tetragonoloba Taub. Plant Science Letters 32, 343-348. PMID ISI:A1983RY58000011. <Go to ISI>://A1983RY58000011

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1983d). Effect of the Stigmatic Exudate Components on Invitro Pollen Growth of Cyamopsis-Tetragonoloba Taub. Israel Journal of Botany 32, 213-219. PMID ISI:A1983SE44600004. <Go to ISI>://A1983SE44600004

Vivekanandan, M., and Kandasamy, M.K. (1983). Physiological Effect of Termite Soil on Plant-Growth. Comparative Physiology and Ecology 8, 92-95. PMID ISI:A1983QZ94800005. <Go to ISI>://A1983QZ94800005

Kandasamy, M.K., and Vivekanandan, M. (1982). Promotion of Invitro Pollen Germination of Cyamopsis-Tetragonoloba by Stigmatic Exudate of Vigna-Catjung. Zeitschrift Fur Pflanzenphysiologie 107, 373-377. PMID ISI:A1982PJ88000011. <Go to ISI>://A1982PJ88000011

Periasamy, K., and Kandasamy, M.K. (1981). Development of the Anther of Annona-Squamosa L. Annals of Botany 48, 885-893. PMID ISI:A1981MU00700014. <Go to ISI>://A1981MU00700014