Crop Physiology & Agriculture


Dr. B. Kumeera

Phd. Assistant Professor of Crop Physiology
Email Id: bethalakumeera@gmail.com

Working Experience

  • M.Sc Dissertation: Effect of seed priming with inorganics on growth, yield and physiological parameters of chickpea under drought.
  • Ph.D Dissertation: Evaluation of potential PGPRs for physiological stress management in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).
  • Teaching / Research Experience:
  • 1. Teaching Associate in Agriculture Polytechnic (Seed Technology), Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Jangamaheswarapuram, Palnadu Dist., Andhra Pradesh from March 2022 to August 2022.
  • 2. Research training program on unveiled aspects of newly described medicinal plant Amorphophallus Shyamsalilianum at Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Hungary from September 2022 to December 2022.
  • StudiedĀ  biochemical & Molecular characterization of promising PGPR against Rhizoctonia bataticola

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Awarded Best oral presentation during ICEIAEASD organized by SHUATS, Allahabad, April- 2019.
  • Received Young research scholar from Society for bioinformatics and biological sciences Madhya Pradesh during 2019.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Effect of seed priming with inorganics on growth, yield and physiological parameters of chickpea under drought.
  • Siderophores in Aspergillus Fumigatus: Biosynthesis and iron transport.
  • Invitro Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of PGPR potential attributes against Rhizoctonia bataticola in chickpea.
  • Evaluation of potential PGPRs with biocontrol activity against dry root rot of chickpea caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola and mitigating physiological stress.
  • Evaluation of Pseudomonas spp. and E. cloacae against Fusarium oxysporum in chickpea under Drought in vivo conditions.
  • Induction of Antioxidants by PGPR to Mitigate Stress by Pathogen F. oxysporum in Chickpea Variety KWR-108 under Drought.