Dr Jayakumar

Scientist Profile

Research interests and current focus

Red rot disease of sugarcane
Endophytic microbiome and metagenomics for management of sugarcane diseases
Application of nanotechnology for sugarcane disease management

Membership in professional societies

Life member in Society in Sugarcane Research and Development, Coimbatore

Awards and honours

Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Junior Research Fellowship for M.Sc program in 1997
Merit Certificate for Ranking First in M.Sc (Plant Pathology) at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in 1999
Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Scholarship for part of Ph.D study in Japan by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murthi Bhavan, New Delhi in 2003
Best oral presentation award for the presentation in the DBT sponsored National symposium on “Microbial diversity, bioremediation & biotechnology” conducted by Bharathidasan University in collaboration with Cauery College for Women, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu in 2008
Dr.R.K. Arora best paper award for the year 2010 for publication in Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources Vol 23(2), pp 199-205 by Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India in 2010
Best poster award for the paper in the National symposium on “Bioenergy for sustainable development- the potential role of sugar crops” conducted by ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore in collaboration with Society for Sugarcane Research and Development, Coimbatore in 2014
Best Citation Award for holding the highest number of Citations in 2021 in Sugar Tech for article “Biocontrol of Colletotrichum folcatum with volatile metabolites produced by endophytic bacteria and profiling VOCs by headspace SPME coupled with GC-MS” Sugar Tech 23, 94-107 (2021). https:// doi.org/ l0 .1007 / s12355-020-0O891-2 by Springer Nature India Pvt. Ltd in 2024

International Exposure

Microbial Systematics Laboratory, National Institute for Agro Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Research Publications

Jayakumar, V., A. Ramesh Sundar and R. Viswanathan. 2021. Biocontrol of Colletotrichum falcatum with volatile metabolites produced by endophytic bacteria and profiling VOCs by headspace SPME coupled with GC–MS. SugarTech, 23(1): 94-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-020-00891
Jayakumar, V., A. Ramesh Sundar and R. Viswanathan. 2018. Biological suppression of sugarcane smut with endophytic bacteria. SugarTech, 21(4): 653-660 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-018-0684-1.
Jayakumar, V., R. Bhaskaran and S. Tsushima. 2007. Potential of Plant extracts in combination with bacterial antagonists treatment as biocontrol agent of red rot of sugarcane. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 53: 196-206.
Jayakumar, V., S. Tsushima, P. Malathi and R. Viswanathan. 2012. Elution, biological activity and characterization of phytotoxin produced by sugarcane red rot pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum. Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology 6 (Special Issue 2- Sugarcane Pathology): 149-163.
Jayakumar, V. and K. Senthil. 2021. Guttation droplets of sugarcane red rot pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum: Formation, toxigenic properties, and composition. Mycologia, 113 (4): 748-758. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2021.1899544.
Ghoshal Chaudhuri, S., R. Dinesh, T. E. Sheeja, R. Raja, V. Jayakumar and R. C. Srivastava. 2009. Physico-chemical, biochemical and microbial characteristics of soils of mangroves of the Andamans: a post-tsunami analysis. Current Science, 97: 98-102.
Sharma, T.V.R.S. V. Jayakumar, T.C.Shyju, S. Rajalakshmi, K.N. Ganeshiah, Joseph John K and R.C. Srivastava. 2010. Floristic Diversity of Potential Horticultural Plants in Bay Islands. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 23 (2): 199-205.
Amaresan, N., V. Jayakumar, Krishna kumar, N. Thajuddin. 2012. Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria and their effect on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and chilli (Capsicum annuum) seedling growth. Annals of Microbiology, 62 (2): 805-810. DOI 10.1007/s13213-011-0321-7.
M. Manju and V. Jayakumar. 2015. Isolation and functional characterization of endophytic bacteria isolated from micropropagated sugarcane plantlets. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 5 (1): 49 – 57.
Amaresan, N., V. Jayakumar, Krishna kumar, N. Thajuddin. 2019. Biocontrol and plant growth-promoting ability of plant-associated bacteria from tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) under field condition. Microbial Pathogenesis 136 (2019) 103713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103713.