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Dr. Shantanu Mandal

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Assistant Professor Department of Botany shantanu@svc.ac.in


Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Department of Botany,University of Delhi
  • M.Sc. (Botany) (Department of Botany,University of Delhi)

Areas of Specialization

  • Plant Microbe Interaction (Specialization in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi)

Administrative roles/ responsibilities

Courses Taught

  • BSc(Hons) Botany

Rastogi A., Nigam A., Mandal S., Nath S., Kapila R. (2022). Increased Inclination of Herbal Preparations as Immunity Booster among Adults in the times of Pandemic: A Cross Section Study. Journal of Ayurveda, 16, 27-33.


Kapoor, R., Anand, G., Gupta, P., Mandal, S. (2016). Insight into the mechanisms of enhanced production of valuable terpenoids by arbuscular mycorrhiza. Phytochemistry reviews, 16(4), 677-692.


Mandal, S., Upadhyay, S., Singh, V. P., Kapoor, R. (2015). Enhanced production of steviol glycosides in mycorrhizal plants: A concerted effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on transcription of biosynthetic genes. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 89, 100-106.


Mandal, S., Upadhyay, S., Wajid, S., Ram, M., Jain, D. C., Singh, V. P., Abdin, M. Z., Kapoor, R. (2014). Arbuscular mycorrhiza increase artemisinin accumulation in Artemisia annua by higher expression of key biosynthesis genes via enhanced jasmonic acid levels. Mycorrhiza, 25(5), 345-357.


Mandal, S., Evelin, H., Giri, B., Singh, V. P., Kapoor, R. (2013). Arbuscular mycorrhiza enhances the production of stevioside and rebaudioside-A in Stevia rebaudiana via nutritional and non-nutritional mechanisms. Applied Soil Ecology l72, 187-194.


Recent Book chapters published/edited

Palak Nagpal, Rachna Kapila, Shantanu Mandal (2022). Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Root Development with a New Dimension in the Root Web Network In: Rhizobiology: Molecular Physiology of Plant Roots (eds) Mukherjee, S., Baluška, F. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84985-6_5


Ram, M., Jain, D. C., Mishra, H., Mandal, S., Abdin, M. Z. (2014). Recent Advances to Enhance Yield of Artemisinin: A Novel Antimalarial Compound, in Artemisia annua L. Plants. In: Artemisia annua - Pharmacology and Biotechnology (eds.) Aftab, T., Ferreira, J.F.S., Khan, M.M.A., Naeem, M., pp 173-204. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.


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