Dr. Surekha Kundu

Assistant Professor
Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India


Highest Degree
PostDoc. in Molecular Cell Biology from University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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Area of Interest:

Biological Sciences
Pathogen Research
Plant Pathology
Molecular Biology
Plant Protection

Selected Publications

  1. Bhattacharya, S., M. Halder, A. Sarkar, P. Pal and A. Das et al., 2022. Investigating in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor activity of curvularia-based platinum nanoparticles. J. Environ. Pathol. Toxicol. Oncol., 41: 13-32.
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  2. Roychoudhury, S., B. Sinha, B.P. Choudhury, N.K. Jha and P. Palit et al., 2021. Scavenging properties of plant-derived natural biomolecule para-coumaric acid in the prevention of oxidative stress-induced diseases. Antioxidants, Vol. 10. 10.3390/antiox10081205.
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  3. Koley, P., S. Brahmachari, A. Saha, C. Deb and M. Mondal et al., 2021. Phytohormone priming of tomato plants evoke differential behavior in Rhizoctonia solani during infection, with salicylate priming imparting greater tolerance than Jasmonate. Front. Plant Sci., Vol. 12. 10.3389/fpls.2021.766095.
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  4. Basu, A., S. Ray, S. Chowdhury, A. Sarkar, D.P. Mandal, S. Bhattacharjee and S. Kundu, 2018. Evaluating the antimicrobial, apoptotic, and cancer cell gene delivery properties of protein-capped gold nanoparticles synthesized from the edible mycorrhizal fungus Tricholoma crassum. Nanoscale Res. Lett., Vol. 13. 10.1186/s11671-018-2561-y.
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  5. Chowdhury, S., A. Basu and S. Kundu, 2017. Overexpression of a new osmotin-like protein gene (SindOLP) confers tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses in sesame. Front. Plant Sci., Vol. 8. 10.3389/fpls.2017.00410.
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  6. Chowdhury, S., A. Basu and S. Kundu, 2017. Biotrophy-necrotrophy switch in pathogen evoke differential response in resistant and susceptible sesame involving multiple signaling pathways at different phases. Sci. Rep., Vol. 7. 10.1038/s41598-017-17248-7.
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  7. Basu, A., S. Chowdhury, T.R. Chaudhuri and S. Kundu, 2016. Differential behaviour of sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in tolerant and susceptible rice varieties before and during infection. Plant Pathol., 65: 1333-1346.
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  8. Ray, S., S. Mondal, S. Chowdhury and S. Kundu, 2015. Differential responses of resistant and susceptible tomato varieties to inoculation with Alternaria solani. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol., 90: 78-88.
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  9. Mandal, A., D. Sarkar, S. Kundu and P. Kundu, 2015. Mechanism of regulation of tomato TRN1 gene expression in late infection with tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV). Plant Sci., 241: 221-237.
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  10. Chowdhury, S., A. Basu and S. Kundu, 2015. Cloning, characterization, and bacterial over-expression of an osmotin-like protein gene from Solanum nigrum L. with antifungal activity against three necrotrophic fungi. Mol. Biotechnol., 57: 371-381.
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