Biography

Dr. Ramasamy Perumal is currently working as Assistant Professor at Agricultural Research Center Kansas State University, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India. His main area of interest related to Plant Breeding and Genetics. His area of expertise includes Sorghum, Drought Stress, QTLs, Varietal Release, Cereals, Cold Stress, Population Structure, Greenhouse Screening, Crop Breeding, Sorghum Diseases, Association Mapping, Combining Ability, Biotic Stress, Molecular Markers, MAS, and Gene action. He has published 2 book chapters, and 2 review papers, and 31 research papers in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Plant Breeding and Genetics

62%

Sorghum

90%

Cereals

75%

Crop Breeding

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0

Chapters
0

Articles
18

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Tesso, T., R. Perumal, C.R. Little, A. Adeyanju and G.L. Radwan et al., 2012. Sorghum Pathology and Biotechnology - A Fungal Disease Perspective: Part II. Anthracnose, Stalk Rot, and Downy Mildew. Eur. J. Plant Sci. Biotechnol., 6: 31-44.
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Prom, L.K., R. Perumal, S.R. Erattaimuthu, C.R. Little and E.G. No et al., 2012. Genetic diversity and pathotype determination of Colletotrichum sublineolum isolates causing anthracnose in sorghum. Eur. J. Plant Pathol., 133: 671-685.
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Little, C.R., R. Perumal, T. Tesso, L.K. Prom, G.N. Odvody and C.W. Magill, 2012. Sorghum pathology and biotechnology-a fungal disease perspective: Part I. Grain mold, head smut and ergot. Eur. J. Plant Sci. Biotechnol., 6: 10-30.
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Kofoid, K.D., R. Perumal, J.C. Reese and L.R. Campbell, 2012. Registration of Twelve Sorghum Germplasm Lines Tolerant to Greenbug Feeding Damage. J. Plant Regist., 6: 101-103.
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Prom, L.K., R. Perumal, S.R. Erattaimuthu, J.E. Erpelding, N. Montes et al., 2011. Virulence and molecular genotyping studies of Sporisorium reilianum isolates in sorghum. Plant Dis., 95: 523-529.
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Prom, L.K., N. Montes-Garcia, J.E. Erpelding, R. Perumal and S. Medina-Ocegueda, 2010. Response of sorghum accessions from Chad and Uganda to natural infection by the downy mildew pathogen, Peronosclerospora sorghi in Mexico and the USA. J. Plant Dis. Prot., 117: 2-8.
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Katile, S., R. Perumal, W.L. Rooney, L.K. Prom and C.W. Magill, 2010. Expression of pathogenesis-related protein PR-10 in sorghum floral tissues in response to inoculation with Fusarium thapsinum and Curvularia lunata. Mol. Plant Pathol., 11: 93-103.
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Ramasamy, P., M.A. Menz, P.J. Mehta, S. Katile and L.A. Gutierrez-Rojas et al., 2009. Molecular mapping of Cg1, a gene for resistance to anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) in sorghum. Euphytica, 165: 597-606.
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Prom, L.K., R. Perumal, J.E. Erpelding, T. Isakeit, N. Montes-Garcia and C.W. Magill, 2009. A pictorial technique for mass screening of sorghum germplasm for anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) resistance. Open Agric. J., 3: 20-25.
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Nimmakayala, P., Y.R. Tomason, J. Jeong, S.K. Ponniah and A. Karunathilake et al., 2009. Genetic reticulation and interrelationships among citrullus species as revealed by joint analysis of shared AFLPs and species-specific SSR alleles. Plant Genet. Resourc.: Characteriz. Utiliz., 8: 16-25.
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Perumal, R., P. Nimmakayala, S. Erattaimuthu and E.G. No et al., 2008. Simple sequence repeat markers useful for sorghum downy mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) and related species. BMC Genet., 9: 77-77.
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Perumal, R., K. Renganayaki, M.M. Menz, S. Katile, J. Dahlberg, C.W. Magill and W.L. Rooney, 2007. Genetic diversity among sorghum races and working groups based on AFLP and SSRs. Crop Sci., 47: 1375-1383.
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Perumal, R., T. Isakeit, M.A. Menz, S. Katile, E.G. No and C.W. Magill, 2006. Characterization and genetic distance analysis of isolates of Peronosclerospora sorghi using AFLP fingerprinting. Mycol. Res., 110: 471-478.
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Veerabadhiran, P., M. Suresh, R. Marimuthu, P. Ramasamy and N. Subbaraman et al., 2002. Co (S) 28-a high yielding short duration sorghum variety suited for Tamil Nadu. Madras Agric. J., 89: 683-687.
Reddy, O.U.K., E.A. Siddiq, J. Ali, R. Perumal and A.J. Hussain et al., 2001. Prediction of heterotic combinations using RAPD polymorphism in rice. J. Genet. Breed., 55: 135-141.
Reddy, O.U.K., E.A. Siddiq, N.P. Sarma, J. Ali and A.J. Hussain et al., 2000. Genetic analysis of temperature sensitive male sterility in rice. Theor. Applied Genet., 100: 794-801.
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Senthil, N., P. Ramasamy and A.K.F. Khan, 1998. Fertility Restoration and Heterosis Involving Different Cytoplasms in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) Hybrids. J. Genet. Breeding, 52: 339-342.
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Senthil, N., P. Ramasamy and A.K.F. Khan, 1997. Effect of Diversified Cytoplasm on the Interrelationship Between Yield Components in Sorghum. Crop Improv., 24: 263-266.
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