Dr. Uthayakumar Venkatachalam

Senior Scientist
Central Institute for Cotton Research, India


Highest Degree
PostDoc Fellow in Physiology from Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India

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Area of Interest:

Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Aquaculture
Fisheries
Biotechnology
Physiology

Selected Publications

  1. Kannan, M., P. Muthusamy, S. Umamaheswari and V. Uthayakumar, 2015. In Vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Res. J. Pharm. Sci., 2: 31-46.

  2. Uthayakumar, V., R, Chandirasekar, P.R. Sreedevi, D. Senthilkumar, R. Jayakumar and V. Ramasubramanian, 2014. Immunostimulatory effect and disease resistance induced by Lawsonia inermis against Aphanomyces invadans in striped murrels (Channa striatus). Malaya J. Biosci., 1: 231-241.

  3. Uthayakumar, V., D. Senthilkumar, R. Jayakumar, P.R. Sreedevi, P. Satheeskumar and V. Ramasubramanian, 2014. Effect of Azadirachta indica leaf soluble fraction on immune response and disease resistance in channa striatus against tropical freshwater fungal parasite aphanomyces invadans (EUS). Global Veterinaria, 13: 355-364.
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  4. Muthukumar, S., V. Ramasubramanian, V. Uthayakumar and S. Munirasu, 2014. Effects of commercial herbal extracts enriched artemia nauplii on enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidents activities of Oreochromis mossambicus. IJSR-Int. J. Sci. Res., 3: 468-470.

  5. Munirasu, S., V. Uthayakumar, V. Ramasubramanian and A. Kiruba, 2014. Effect of live feed mesocyclops aspercornis surival, growth, biochemical constituents and energy utilization of the freshwater fish Catla catla. J. Aquaculture Feed Sci. Nutr., 6: 23-31.

  6. Mohan, K., A.M. Padmanaban and V. Uthayakumar, 2014. Influence of temperature on distributions of lepidopteron insects around Bhavani, Tamil Nadu. SIRJ-BES, 1: 7-20.

  7. Kumar, D.S., P.S. Kumar, V.U. Kumar and G. Anbuganapathi, 2014. Influence of biofertilizer mixed flower waste vermicompost on the growth, yield and quality of groundnut (Arachis hypogea). World Applied Sci. J., 31: 1715-1721.

  8. Kumar, D.S., P.S. Kumar, N.M. Rajendran, V.U. Kumar and G. Anbuganapathi, 2014. Evaluation of vermicompost maturity using scanning electron microscopy and paper chromatography analysis. J. Agric. Food Chem., 62: 2738-2741.
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  9. Uthayakumar, V., V. Ramasubramanian, P.R. Sreedevi, S. Munirasu, A. Kiruba and D. Senthilkumar, 2013. Effects of Clitoria ternatea plant parts on growth performance, biochemical and enzymatic activities of pearl spot (Etroplus Suratensis). Biotechnology, 2: 37-39.

  10. Uthayakumar, V., P.R. Sreedevi, D. Senthilkumar, S. Munirasu, A. Kiruba and V. Ramasubramanian, 2013. Impact of seasonal variation and feeding on reproductive behavior of fresh water spiny eel Mastacembelus armatus from Cauvery River. Asian Pacific J. Reprod., 2: 189-195.
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  11. Munirasu, S., V. Ramasubramanian, V. Uthayakumar and S. Muthukumar, 2013. Bioenrichment of live feed Daphnia magna for the survival and growth of freshwater fish Catla catla. Int. J. Curr. Res. Rev., 5: 20-31.
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  12. Kumar, D.S., P.S. Kumar, V. Uthayakumar and G. Anbuganapathi, 2013. Impact of biofertilizers on growth and reproductive performance of Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1926) during flower waste vermicomposting process. Annu. Rev. Res. Biol., 3: 574-583.
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  13. Kiruba, A., V. Uthayakumar, S. Munirasu and V. Ramasubramanian, 2013. Extraction, characterization and physico chemical properties of chitin and chitosan from mud crab shell (Scylla serrata) Indian. J. Applied Res., 3: 44-46.

  14. Kiruba, A., V. Ramasubramanian, V. Uthayakumar and S. Munirasu, 2013. Effect of chitosan supplemented diet on survival, growth, haematological, biochemical and immunological response of Indian major carp Labeo rohita. Int. Res. J. Pharm., 4: 141-147.
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  15. Kannan, M., P. Muthusamy and U. Venkatachalam, 2013. Response of synthetic pyrethroid cypermethrin (10%Ec) induced stress in biochemical and hematological parameters of Indian major carp Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822). World J. Pharm. Res., 3: 1976-1996.

  16. Venkatachalam, U., R. Venkatachalam, K. Ganesh and K. Aathi, 2012. Induction of triploidy catfish through cold shock and heat shock in Clarias batrachus species. Int. J. Fish. Aquaculture Sci., 2: 63-72.

  17. Uthayakumar, V., V. Ramasubramanian, D. Senthilkumar, V.B. Priyadarisini and R. Harikrishnan, 2012. Biochemical characterization, antimicrobial and hemolytic studies on skin mucus of fresh water spiny eel Mastacembelus armatus. Asian Pacific J. Trop. Biomed., 2: S863-S869.
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  18. Uthayakumar, V., V. Ramasubramanian, D. Senthilkumar, P.R. Sreedevi and S. Munirasu, 2012. Specific and non-specific immune response and disease resistance of Solanum torvum leaf soluble fractions in freshwater carp Cyprinus carpio. Int. Res. J. Pharm., 3: 165-170.

  19. Pandiyaraj, K.N., J. Heeg, C. Mewes, M. Wienecke, T. Barfels, V. Uthayakumar and P.G. Su, 2012. Investigation on surface and biological properties of silver containing diamond like carbon films on polyethylene terephthalate film surface by hybrid reactive sputtering method. Key Eng. Mater., 521: 191-205.
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  20. Uthayakumar, V., V. Ramasubramanian and K. Ganesh, 2011. Captive breeding of Oncorhynchus myskiss, a threatened and endemic species to the Western Ghats, India-A conservatory aspect. Int. Multidisciplinary Res. J., 1: 31-35.
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  21. Ganesh, K., I. Elayaraja, S. Mohandas, U. Venkatachalam and C. Ramachandran, 2011. A insilco study on human mitochondrial DNA of different ethnic population identifying the polymorphisms, haplogroup and evolutionary relationship. J. Comput. Intell. Bioinformatics, 4: 107-114.