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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

ANNAMALAI NAGAR – 608 002� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �This is to certify that Mr. R. KALAIKANDHAN, Ph.D. in

Botany, Department of Botany has published four papers relevant to

the Ph.D. work. The title, volume, page number and year of publication of

the published papers are given below.

1. R. Kalaikandhan, P.Vijayarengan, R. Sivasankar and S. Mathivanan,

2014. The effect of copper and zinc on the morphological parameters of

Sesuvium portulacastrum L. Int. J. Curr. Res. Aca. Rev., 2(3): 105-120.

2. R. Kalaikandhan, P.Vijayarengan, R. Sivasankar and S. Mathivanan, 2014.

The pigment content of Sesuvium portulacastrum L. under copper and zinc

stress. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci., 3(3): 1056-1066

3. R. Sivasankar, R. Kalaikandhan and P. Vijayarengan, 2012. Phytoremediating

capability of four plant species under zinc stress. International Journal of

Research in Environmental Science and Technology, 2(1): 1-9.

4. R. Sivasankar, R. Kalaikandhan and P. Vijayarengan, 2012. Phytoremediating

capability and nutrient status of four plant species under zinc stress.

International Journal of Research in Plant Science, 2(1): 8-15.

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