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Dr. G Krishna Kumar

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


Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D(DST-INSPIRE FELLOW).
  • M.Sc(Gold Medalist).

Areas of Specialization

  • Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Genetic Engineering, Plant Tissue Culture

Administrative roles/ responsibilities

Courses Taught

• Suresh Raju Kandi, Sravani Kunduru, Krishna Kumar Guduru, Preetham Naik KT, Naga Rathnamma Y, Chandra Sekhar Akila, Chandra Obul Reddy Puli, Siva Bolupalli (2022). “Endophytic Bacteria Bacillus amyloliquefaciens(Pj2) Im-parted Growth Promotion and Enhanced Drought Stress Tolerance of Peanut”. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 16(2):165-182.


• Krishna Kumar Guduru, Varakumar Pandit, Ramesh Palakurthi, Sravani Konduru, Suresh Raju kandi, Jayanna Naik banavath, Chandra Sekhar Akila, Chandra Obul Reddy Puli (2018). “Identification of Nitrogen Efficient Indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes: A physiological and Multivariate statistical approach”. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 12(1):16-32.


• Jayanna Naik Banavath, Thammineni Chakradhar, Panditi Varakumar, Sravani Konduru, Krishna Kumar Guduru, Chandra Sekhar Akila, Sudhakar Podha, Chandra Obul Reddy Puli (2018). “Stress inducible overexpression of AtHDG11 leads to improved drought and salt stress tolerance in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)”. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6(34):1-22.


• Chandra Obul Reddy Puli, Chandra Sekhar Akila, Suresh Raju Kandi, Preetham Naik Korra Thimma Naik, Naga Rathnamma Yammanuri, Krishna Kumar Guduru, Sravani Kunduru, Siva Bolupalli, Pallaval Veera Bramhachari and Ramachandra Reddy Pamuru (2022). “Endophytic Microbiome-Assisted Drought Tolerance in Plants”. Understanding the Microbiome Interactions in Agricultural and the Environment, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3696-8_10.


• Krishna Kumar Guduru, Chandra Sekhar Akhila and Chandra Obul Reddy Puli (2018). “Engineering Signaling Molecules to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants”. Plant Signaling Molecules, Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12- 816451-8.00003-4.


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