Scientist Profile

Dr. C. Appunu

Dr. C. Appunu

Principal Scientist , Division of Crop Improvement
Email: cappunu@gmail.com
  • Molecular Sugarcane Breeding and Biotechnology
  • Gene Editing and Genetic Engineering for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
  • Sugarcane Variety Development for Tropical India and Location Specific Sugarcane Variety Development
  • Utilization and Germplasm Maintenance of Saccharum spp and Related genera
  • Participation in field level demonstrations/ exhibitions/ kisan melas etc
  • Society for Sugarcane Research and Development, Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI), Coimbatore, India
  • Indian Society of Plant Breeders, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India
  • Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology, (NRCPB), New Delhi, India
  • Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, West Bengal, India (L-15165)
  • Society for Applied Biotechnology, University of Karnatak, Dharwad, Karnataka, India (2012)
  • National Academy of Biological Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai (LM-004-2020)
  • Society of Biological Chemists, Indian Institute of Sciences, India
  • Society for Sugarcane Research and Promotion (SSRP), New Delhi
  • Title: Enhancing Sugar Productivity in Tamil Nadu through Institute-Industry Participatory Approach SB2.0

Agency: SISMA-TN, Chennai

Amount: Rs. 54 Lakhs

  • Title: Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with genome editing tool -Gene Editing in Sugarcane for Improved Abiotic stress tolerance

Agency: ICAR EFC Network Project

Amount: Rs. 551.58 Lakhs

  • Title: Identification of suitable location specific sugarcane varieties for commercial cultivation under different agro-climatic situations in India

Agency: Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), New Delhi

Amount: Rs. 749 Lakhs

  • Title: Deciphering the genetic basis of root-system architecture for developing climate resilient sugarcane

Agency: BRNS, Mumbai

Amount: Rs. 25.3366 Lakhs

  • Title: Improving tillering and yield in sugarcane through creating novel alleles of strigolactone biosynthesis gene MAX4-1 using CRISPR/CAs9

Agency: DBT, ND

Amount: Rs. 38.8624 Lakhs

  • Title: CRISPR Crop Network: Targeted improvement of stress tolerance, nutritional quality and yield of crops by using genome editing

Agency: ICAR-NASF

Amount: Rs. 93.85548 Lakhs

  • B. P Pal Best Scientist award 2023 by National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai
  • Member Secretary of IBSC, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore (27th May 2024 to till date).
  • Noel Deerr Gold Medal Award 2017 (74th); 2019 (77th) and 2023 (81st) in Annual Convention of the Sugar Technologists’ Association of India (STAI), New Delhi.
  • Coordinator – BU ERB for Ph.D Doctoral Committee and Thesis evaluation online portal and Ph.D programme, Anna University, Chennai
  • DBT Nominee of IBSC, Rasi Seeds P Ltd., S.F. No. 269/1B, 269/1A3, Cuddalore Main Road, Ammampalayam, Attur, salem, Tamil Nadu 636141 (28th April 2023 to 27th April 2026).
  • Fellow of Society of Applied Biotechnology (2013) University of Karnatak, Karnataka, India, Fellow Award 2022 by Bose Science Society, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu; Honorary Fellow of SAADT2022 by SAADT, Uttarkhand; Fellow Award 2023 by National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai and Fellow (2024) of Society for Sugarcane Research and Improvement (SSRP), New Delhi
  • Joint Secretary (2019-2021) and General Secretary, Society for sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), Coimbatore (2021 onwards)
  • Research guide recognition in Anna University, Chennai, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli (Since 2014).
  • External Expert Member of Institute Biosafety Committee (IBSC), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
  • External Expert Member-Doctoral Committee of Ph. D Students, Department of Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Anna University Campus, Trichy
  • Young Scientist Award by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi during
  • Received Young Doctor Foreign Mobility Award from Ministry of Education and Innovation, Government of Spain from August 2010-January 2012.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India- Fellowship Award, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai from July, 2007- June, 2008
  • European Molecular Biology Organisation fellowship award for the short term research programme on the project of “Molecular Rhizobial ecology project” at Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Dijon, France.
  • National Eligibility Test (2006) -Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Eligibility for Lectureship / Assistant Professorship in Indian Universities.
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- University Grant commission’s Junior Research Fellowship (2003 -2004) and Senior Research Fellowship (July, 2005 – April, 2007)
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Junior research Fellowship” during M. Sc. (Ag.) –November 2000- August, 2002
  • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Dijon, France.
  • Institute of Natural Resources (CSIC), Spanish National Centre of Research, Madrid, Spain
  • Swathi Thangavel, Valarmathi Ramanathan, Viswanathan Rassappa, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2025. Standardization of Protocol for Maximizing Isolation Efficiency and Purity of Protoplasts and Lytic Vacuoles from Sugarcane Stalk. Sugar Tech https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-025-01550-0
  • Thangavel S, Subramanian M, Perumal Thirugnanasambandam P, Gunasekaran A, Ramanathan V, Chinnaswamy A. 2025. Integrative Metabolome Profiling and Docking Study of Sugar-Related Metabolites in Lytic Vacuoles of Mature Sugarcane Stem. Tropical Plant Biology18(1):1-19.
  • Harish Chandar SR, Mahalakshmi S, Girija Sangari M, Aparna J, Shanmugapriya P, Valarmathi R and Appunu C. 2025. Isolation, genome-wide identification and expression profiling of CYC/ TB1 like transcription factor from Saccharum complex under water deficit stress condition. Tropical Plant Biology 18:27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-025-09397-1
  • Appunu Chinnaswamy, Surya Krishna Sakthivel, Mahadevaiah Channappa, Valarmathi Ramanathan, Suresha Giriyapur Shivalingamurthy, Swathik Clarancia Peter, Ravinder Kumar, Raja Arun Kumar, Pooja Dhansu, Mintu Ram Meena, Gomathi Raju, Parasuraman Boominathan, Manickavasagam Markandan and Arun Muthukrishnan. 2024. Overexpression of an NF‑YB gene family member, EaNF‑YB2, enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum Spp. Hybrid). BMC Plant Biology (2024) 24:1246 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05932-6
  • Appunu Chinnaswamy, Harish Chandar SR, Valarmathi Ramanathan, Mahadevaiah Chennappa, Surya Krishna Sakthivel, Malarvizhi Arthanari, Swathi Thangavel, Arun Kumar Raja, Rachayya Devarumath, Sushir Kapil Vijayrao, Parasuraman Boominathan. 2024. Ectopic expression of choline oxidase (codA) gene from Arthrobacter globiformis confers drought stress tolerance in transgenic sugarcane. 3 Biotech (2024) 14:309 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-024-04151-y
  • Chinnaswamy Appunu, Sakthivel Surya Krishna, S R Harish Chandar, Ramanathan Valarmathi, Giriyapur Shivalingamurthy Suresha, Venkatarayappa Sreenivasa, Arthanari Malarvizhi, Markandan Manickavasagam, Muthukrishnan Arun, Raja Arun Kumar, Raju Gomathi, Govindakurup Hemaprabha. 2024. Overexpression of EaALDH7, an aldehyde dehydrogenase gene from Erianthus arundinaceus enhances salinity tolerance in transgenic sugarcane (Saccharum spp. Hybrid). Plant Science 348: 112206, ISSN 0168-9452, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112206
  • Appunu, G. Hemaprabha, V. Sreenivasa, A. Anna Durai, K. Mohanraj, K. Elayaraja, S. Sheelamary, V. Vinu, Adhini S. Pazhany, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy, T. Lakshmi Pathy, R. Karuppaiyan, S. Karthigeyan, P. Govindaraj, S. Alarmelu, R.M. Shanthi, A.J. Prabakaran, Ananda Lekshmi, S. Surya Krishna, R. Arun Kumar, Chikkappa G. Karjagi, Bakshi Ram. 2024. Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes (Saccharum sp. hybrid) for multi-trait stability analysis across diverse environments. Industrial Crops & Products 219: 118993 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118993
  • Manoj Vadakkenchery Mohanan, Sarath Padmanabhan Thelakat Sasikumar, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, Dharshini Selvarajan, Valarmathi Ramanathan, Suresha Giriyapura Shivalingamurthy, Gomathi Raju, Hemaprabha Govind, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2024. Transgenic sugarcane overexpressing glyoxalase III improved germination and biomass production at formative stage under salinity and water‑deficit stress conditions. 3 Biotech 14(2): 52 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03856-w
  • Naveenarani M, Swamy HKM, Surya Krishna S, Mahadevaiah C, Valarmathi R, Manickavasagam M, Arun M, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C*. 2023. Isolation and characterization of Erianthus arundinaceus phosphate transporter (PHT1) gene promoter and 5’ deletion analysis of transcriptional regulation regions under phosphate stress in transgenic tobacco. Plants 12: 3760 https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12213760
  • Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Gauri Nerkar, Chakravarthi M, Dharshini S, Subramonian N, Premachandran MN, Valarmathi R, Arun Kumar R, Gomathi R, Krisha Surendar K, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C. 2023. Transgenic sugarcane with higher levels of BRK1 showed improved drought tolerance. Plant Cell Reports 42:1611-1628 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-023-03056-z
  • Mohanan MV, Pushpanathan A, Jayanarayanan AN, Selvarajan D, Ramalingam S, Govind H, Chinnaswamy Appunu. Isolation of 5′ regulatory region of COLD1 gene and its functional characterization through transient expression analysis in tobacco and sugarcane. 3 Biotech. 2023 Jul;13(7):228.
  • Surya Krishna S, Harish Chandar SR, Ravi M, Valarmathi R, Lakshmi K, Prathima PT, Manimekalai R, Viswanathan R, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C*. Transgene-free genome editing for biotic and abiotic stress resistance in sugarcane: Prospects and challenges. Agronomy 2023 Mar 29; 13(4):1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041000
  • Mahadevaiah C, Vignesh P, Appunu C, Valarmathi R, Dhansu P, Kumar A, Dharshini S, Padmanabhan TSS, Narayan JA, Selvamuthu K, et al. 2023. Physiological characterization of Tripidium arundinaceum and sugarcane (Saccharum) germplasm for salinity stress tolerance at the formative stage. Sustainability 15, 6962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su15086962
  • Naveenarani M, Suresha GS, Srikanth J, Hari K, Sankaranarayanan C, Mahesh P, Nirmala R, Swathik CP, Crickmore N, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C, Singaravelu B. 2022. Whole genome analysis and functional characterization of a novel Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt 62) isolate against sugarcane white grub Holotrichia serrata (F). Genomics 114 (2022) 185–195.
  • Nerkar, G., Devarumath, S., Purankar, M., Kumar, A., Valarmathi, R., Devarumath, R. and Appunu, C., 2022. Advances in Crop Breeding Through Precision Genome Editing. Frontiers in Genetics 13:880195. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.880195.
  • Vignesh P, Mahadevaiah C, Parimalan R, Valarmathi R, Dharshini S, Nisha Singh, Suresha GS, Swathi S, Mahadeva Swamy HK, Sreenivasa V, Mohanraj K, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2021. Comparative de novo transcriptome analysis identifies salinity stress responsive genes and metabolic pathways in sugarcane and its wild relative Erianthus arundinaceus [Retzius] Jeswiet. Scientific Reports 11:24514 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03735-5
  • Mahadevaiah, C., Appunu, C., Aitken, K., Suresha, G.S., Vignesh, P., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Valarmathi, R., Hemaprabha, G., Alagarasan, G. and Ram, B., 2021. Genomic selection in sugarcane: Current status and future prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, p.708233. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.708233
  • Ashwin Narayan J, M. Chakravarthi, Gauri Nerkar, V. M. Manoj, S. Dharshini, N. Subramonian, M. N. Premachandran, R. Arun Kumar, K. Krishna Surendar, G. Hemaprabha, Bakshi Ram, Appunu. 2021. Overexpression of expansin EaEXPA1, a cell wall loosening protein enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane. Industrial Crops & Products 159: 113035 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113035
  • Manoj Vadakkenchery Mohanan, Anunanthini Pushpanathan, Sarath Padmanabhan Thelakat Sasikumar, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, Dharshini Selvarajan, Sathishkumar Ramalingam, Bakshi Ram, Appunu Chinnaswamy. Overexpression of Glyoxalase III gene in transgenic sugarcane plays a vital role in enhancing performance under salinity stress. Journal of Plant Research 134(5): 1083-1094 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01300-9
  • Manoj Vadakkenchery Mohanan, Anunanthini Pushpanathan, Sarath Padmanabhan Thelakat Sasikumar, Dharshini Selvarajan, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, Arun Kumar R, Sathishkumar Ramalingam, Sathyamoorthy Nagaranai Karuppasamy, Ramanathan Subbiah, Bakshi Ram, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2020. Ectopic expression of DJ‑1/PfpI domain containing Erianthus arundinaceus Glyoxalase III (EaGly III) enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane. Plant Cell Reports 39(11): 1581-1594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-020-02585-1
  • Dharshini S, Nam V. Hoang, C. Mahadevaiah, T.S. Sarath Padmanabhan, G. Alagarasan, G.S. Suresha, Ravinder Kumar, Minturam Meena, Bakshi Ram, Appunu. 2020. Root transcriptome analysis of Saccharum spontaneum uncovers key genes and pathways in response to low-temperature stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 171: 103935 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot. 2019.103935)
  • Dharshini S, Manoj V M, Suresha G S, Narayan J A., Padmanabhan T S, Kumar R, Appunu C. 2020. Isolation and characterization of nuclear localized abiotic stress responsive cold regulated gene 413 (SsCor413) from Saccharum spontaneum. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 38, 628-640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-020-01224-z
  • Manoj VM, Anunanthini P, Swathik C. Peter, S. Dharshini, Ashwin Narayan J, Manickavasagam M, Sathishkumar R, Sursha GS, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. Comparative functional analysis of Glyoxalase pathway genes in Erianthus arundinaceus and commercial sugarcane hybrid under salinity and drought conditions. BMC Genomics 19: 986 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-5349-7)
  • Appunu Chinnaswamy, Teodoro Coba de la Peña, Alexandra Stoll, Daniel de la Peña Rojo, Jaime Bravo, Ana Rincón, M. Mercedes Lucas, and José J. Pueyo. 2018. A nodule endophytic Bacillus megaterium strain isolated from Medicago polymorpha enhances growth, promotes nodulation by Ensifer medicae and alleviates salt stress in alfalfa plants. Annals of Applied Biology 172: 295-308 doi:10.1111/aab.12420
  • Dharshini S, Chakravarthi M, Vignesh D, Gauri Nerkar, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Naveenarani M, Lovejot Kaur, Mahadevaiah C, Ravinder Kumar, Minturam Meena, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2018. Differential gene expression profiling through transcriptome approach of Saccharum spontaneum under low temperature stress reveals genes potentially involved in cold acclimation. 3 Biotech 8: 195 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-018-1194-2
  • Nair NV, Mohanraj K, Sundaravelpandian K, Selvi A, Suganya A, Appunu C. 2017. Characterization of an intergeneric hybrid of Erianthus procerus x Saccharum officinarum and its backcross progenies. Euphytica 213:267-277 DOI 10.1007/s10681-017-2053-7
  • Dharshini S, Chakravarthi M, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Naveena Rani M, Ravinder Kumar, Meena MR, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2016. De novo sequencing and transcriptome analysis of a low temperature tolerant Saccharum spontaneum clone IND 00-1037. Journal of Biotechnology 231: 280–294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.05.036
  • Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Divya PS, Appunu C, Chakravarthi M, Ravichandran V, Tuteja N, Subramonian N. 2015. Overexpression of EaDREB2 and pyramiding of EaDREB2 with the pea DNA helicase gene (PDH45) enhance drought and salinity tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum hybrid). Plant Cell Reports 34:247–263 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-014-1704-6
  • Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Divya PS, Appunu C, Chakravarthi M, Ravichandran V, Tuteja N, Subramonian N. 2015. Erianthus arundinaceus HSP70 (EaHSP70) overexpression increases drought and salinity tolerance in sugarcane. Plant Science 232: 23-34 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci. 2014.12.012
  • Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Divya PS, Appunu C, Chakravarthi M, Ravichandran V, Narendra Tuteja, Subramonian N. 2015. Introduction of Pea DNA Helicase 45 into sugarcane (Saccharum hybrid) enhances cell membrane thermostability and abiotic stress tolerance. Molecular Biotechnology 57:475–488 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-015-9841-x

Books

  • Bakshi Ram, V. Venkatasubramanian, C. Appunu, T. Ramasubramanian, R. Arun Kumar, K. Hari, C. Palaniswami, G. Hemaprabha. 2024. Sweet Revolution – 100+ years of service to the nation (since 1912), P. 1-400, ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore – 641 007, Tamil Nadu, India. ISBN 978-93-85267-42-7
  • Hemaprabha and C. Appunu. 2024. (Eds) Climate Smart Sugarcane Agriculture for Food and Energy Security in India. Course Manual of ICAR sponsored winter school, January 31- February 20, 2024. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore – 641 007, Tamil Nadu, India. ISBN 978-93-85267-42-0; 374p.
  • Gomathi, P. Malathi, S. Alarmelu, C. Appunu, R. Arun Kumar, M. Alagupalamuthirsolai, V. Krishnapriya, V. Sreenivasa, S. Solomon, G. P. Rao, G. Hemaprabha (Eds.) Proceedings of the National Seminar on Research Imperatives for Sustaining Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Production (SugarSem-2023), 25 August 2023, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. p. 1-162. ISBN No: 978-93-85267-40-6
  • Appunu, S. Surya Krishna, S. R. Harish Chandar, R. Valarmathi, R. Viswanathan, G. Hemaprabha. 2023. Recent Molecular Techniques for Targeted Genome Editing and Genetic Engineering in Sugarcane, P 1-117, ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India (Book, ISBN: 978-93-85267-36-9).
  • Ramasubramaniam T, Singaravelu B and Appunu C (Eds). 2016. Techniques in insect molecular biology and toxicology, ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p.1-100 (Training manual)
  • Govindaraj P, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Anna Durai A and Vijayan Nair N. 2013. Manual on Breeding Climate Resilient Sugarcane Varieties p.1-278. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India
  • Govindaraj P, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Ravinder Kumar, Manjunatha T and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Hundred years of research in sugarcane, p.1-317. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
  • Appunu C, Hari K, Jayakumar V, Mohanraj K and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on sugarcane – C A Barber – Volume I, p. 1-563, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
  • Appunu C, Hari K, Jayakumar V, Govindaraj P, Puthira Prathap D, Mohanraj K, Karpagam C, Murali P and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on sugarcane – C A Barber -Volume II, P. 1-175, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
  • Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Puthiraprathap D, Hari K, Govindaraj P and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic Papers on Sugarcane – Sir T S Venkatraman, p.1-397. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.

Book chapters

  • Nerkar, G., Appunu, C. 2024. Transgenic Sugarcane for Biopharming: Challenges and Prospects. In: Suresha, G.S., Krishnappa, G., Palanichamy, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Kuppusamy, H., Govindakurup, H. (eds) Value Addition and Product Diversification in Sugarcane. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7228-5_11
  • Valarmathi, R., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Appunu, C., Kambale, R., Sudhagar, R. (2023). Anatomy of Tolerance Mechanisms in Sugarcane Crop to Abiotic Stresses. In: Verma, K.K., Song, XP., Rajput, V.D., Solomon, S., Li, YR., Rao, G.P. (eds) Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3955-6_6
  • Lovejot Kaur, M.R. Meena, Sangram K. Lenka, C. Appunu, Ravinder Kumar, Neeraj Kulshreshtha. 2022. Molecular approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane, Editor(s): Arun K. Shanker, Chitra Shanker, Anjali Anand, M. Maheswari, Climate Change and Crop Stress, Academic Press, Pages 465-492, ISBN 9780128160916,https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816091-6.00007-9
  • Viswanathan, R, N. Geetha, A. Anna Durai, P. T. Prathima, C. Appunu, B. Parameswari, K. Nithya, T. Ramasubramanian & A. Selvi et al. (2022). Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistance in Sugarcane. In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Technical Crops. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09293-0_9
  • Harinath Babu K., R. M. Devarumath, A. S. Thorat, V. M. Nalavade, Mayur Saindane, C. Appunu and P. Suprasanna. 2020. Sugarcane Transgenics: Developments and Opportunities. In Genetically Modified Crops (P. B. Kavi Kishor et al. (eds.), Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd.
  • Gauri Nerkar, G. S. Suresha, Bakshi Ram, C. Appunu. 2019. Key challenges in developing products from transgenic plants. In Advances in Plant Transgenics: Methods and Applications (Eds: Sathishkumar R, Kumar SR, Hema J, Baskar V). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 315-331.
  • Lovejot Kaur and Appunu C. 2018. Role of biotechnology for enhancing yield under water deficit Stress conditions. In: Crop Improvement for Sustainability (Eds. PK Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Sandeep Kumar and RC Yadav) Daya Publishing House, Astral International Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi – 110 002. p. 1-547.
  • Lovejot Kaur, Dharshini S, Bakshi Ram and Appunu C. 2017. Sugarcane genomics and transcriptomics. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 13-32.
  • Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Lovejot Kaur and Appunu C. 2017. Unraveling the sugarcane genome: Progress made so far and challenges ahead. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 33-50.
  • Appunu C, Bakshi Ram and Subramonian N. 2017. Sugarcane: An efficient platform for molecular farming. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 87-110.