Biography

Dr. Kusum Verma is currently working as Research Associate (RA) in the area of Plant Microbe Interactions at NBRI, Lucknow (U.P.) India. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Banasthali University, India. She is having 2 years research experience and 6 month teaching experience. Her area of research focuses on Heavy Metal Accumulation, Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms, Oxidative Stress and Tolerance Mechanisms, Enzyme Extraction and Characterization, Protein-protein Interaction Studies, Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, and Plant Tissue Culture. Dr. Kusum Verma received honors includes Awarded Women Scientist-B, Awarded CSIR-RA, and Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF), and Gargi Scholarship. She has published 6 research papers in journals, 2 book chapters, 4 papers presented in conferences/seminars/symposium as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Plant Physiology

62%

Molecular Biology

90%

Plant Biochemistry

75%

Plant Genetics

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0

Chapters
0

Articles
0

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Verma, K., S.K. Mehta and G.S. Shekhawat, 2013. Nitric oxide (NO) counteracts cadmium induced cytotoxic processes mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Brassica juncea: cross-talk between ROS, NO and antioxidant responses. BioMetals, 26: 255-269.
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Shekhawat, G.S., S. Dixit, K. Verma, E.I. Nasybullina, O.V. Kosmachevskaya and A.F. Topunov, 2011. Heme oxygenase: Enzyme with functional diversity. J. Stress Physiol. Biochem., 7: 88-94.
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Shekhawat, G.S., K. Verma, S. Jana, K. Singh, P. Teotia and A. Prasad, 2010. In vitro biochemical evaluation of cadmium tolerance mechanism in callus and seedlings of Brassica juncea. Protoplasma, 239: 31-38.
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Shekhawat, G.S. and K. Verma, 2010. Haem Oxygenase (HO): An overlooked enzyme of plant metabolism and defence. J. Exp. Bot., 61: 2255-2270.
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Verma, K., G.S. Shekhawat, A. Sharma, S.K. Mehta and V. Sharma, 2008. Cadmium induced oxidative stress and changes in soluble and ionically bound cell wall peroxidase activities in roots of seedling and 3-4 leaf stage plants of Brassica juncea (L.) czern. Plant Cell Rep., 27: 1261-1269.
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Shekhawat, G.S., A. Prasad, K. Verma and A. Sharma, 2008. Changes in growth, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant system in seedlings of Brassica juncea (L.) czern. Biochem. Cell Arch., 81: 145-149.