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oxidative stress. Photosynthetica. 40:523-527.

Zhou J, Li C, Yao G, Chrang H, Chang Z. 2002. Gene expression of cytokinin

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PPUUBBLLIICCAATTIIOONNSS

2009

1. Radhakrishnan. R, Ramachandran. A and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009.

Rooting and shooting: dual function of thidiazuron in in vitro regeneration of

soybean (Glycine max. L). Acta Physiologia Plantarum. 31, 1213 - 1217.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/a14643310xm4843j/fulltext.pdf

2. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Changes in protein

content in micropropagated and conventional soybean plants (Glycine max (L.)

Merr.). World Journal of Agricultural Science. 5 (2), 186 – 189.

http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas5(2)/9.pdf

3. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Variations in morphology,

photosynthetic pigments and protein content of micropropagated soybean.

Journal of Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation. 3(2) :

79 – 82.

2008

4. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2008. Morphological and

agronomic evaluation of tissue culture derived Indian soybean plants. Acta

Agriculturae Slovenica. 91 (2), 391 - 396.

http://versita.metapress.com/content/j5872j3v80066575/fulltext.pdf

5. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2008. N-triacontanol alleviates

the toxic effects of soil salinity in soybean. Journal of Bioscience 19 (2), 53–62.

http://www.usm.my/bio/bioscience/2008-19-2_files/Radha19(2)53-62.pdf

6. Radhakrishnan. R, Arun Mozhi Varman. P and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2008.

Analytical tools in proteomics. In: Plant Proteomics, APH publishers, New

Delhi, India, pp. 11- 54.

7. Radhakrishnan. R and B. D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2008. Subcellular proteomics.

In: Plant Proteomics, APH publishers, New Delhi, India, pp. 55 - 118.

Publications

8. Ranjitha Kumari. B. D and R. Radhakrishnan. 2008. Plant - biotic and abiotic

interaction proteomics. In: Plant Proteomics, APH publishers, New Delhi,

India, pp. 119 - 155.

2007

9. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2007. Callus induction and plant

regeneration of Indian soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. cv. CO3) via half seed

explant culture. Journal of Agricultural Technology, 3 (2), 287- 297.

http://www.ijat-rmutto.com/pdf/Nov_V3_no2_07/12-IJAT2007_40-P%20287-

297.pdf

10. Radhakrishnan. R, Dharmaraj. K and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2007. A

comparative study on the physico chemical and bacterial analysis of drinking,

borewell and sewage water in the three different places of Sivakasi. Journal of

Environmental Biology 28 (1), 105-108.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17717994?log$=activity

11. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2007. Ameliorative effects of

plant growth regulators in textile effluent treated ground nut (Arachis hypogaea

L.). Bionotes, 9 (4), 127- 128.

http://www.bionotes.org.in/html/v9_n4_contents.html

12. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2007. Oxidative stress and

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Plants. In: Plant Physiology -Current Trends

(P.C. Trivedi eds), Pointer publishers, India, pp. 88- 111.

Under review/ Communication

13. Radhakrishnan. R and B. D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Screening of optimum

frequency of magnetic field to enhance soybean seed germination and plant

growth. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology (under review).

14. Radhakrishnan. R and B. D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Evaluation of magnetic

field induced plant regeneration in in vitro culture of soybean (Glycine max L.)

via organogenesis. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (communicated).

Publications

15. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Assessment of the

application of magnetic field on improvement of soybean regeneration under

salt stress. Journal of Plant Biosystems (under review).

16. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Determination of salt

stress alleviation by the application of magnetic field through soybean (Glycine

max L.) callus culture. Bioelectromagnetics (communicated).

17. Radhakrishnan. R and B.D. Ranjitha Kumari. 2009. Determination of positive

effects of magnetic field on growth and yield of soybean plants through

biochemical and molecular approaches. Biologia Plantarum. (communicated).