Dr. G. Kranthi Kumar
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Dr. G. Kranthi Kumar

Head
Department of Botany, Maris Stella College, Benz Circle, Vijayawada, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Botany from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India

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Biography

Dr. G. Kranthi Kumar is currently working as Head, Department of Botany, Kakaraparti Bhavanarayana College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Botany from Acharya Nagarjuna University. He has completed his Ph.D. in 2018 in Botany from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India. He got a gold medal on his post-graduation. He started his research work under the guidance of Dr. M. Raghu ram, at Acharya Nagarjuna University in the year of 2009. His dissertation entitled Preliminary biochemical and molecular characterization of rhizobial strains isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata. His current area of research focuses on microbial enzymes like Amylase, Chitinase, polygalacturonase and proteases. He has completed one UGC- Major Research project during the year of 2010-2013. A total of 21 local rhizobacterial strains were identified as the best nitrogen fixers. Among them, 5 Agrobacterium, 8 Ensifer sp., 4 Rhizobium and 4 Non-rhizobium species were also identified as the best plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria.

Dr. G. Kranthi Kumar has got sound knowledge on medicinal plants, i.e. phytochemical screening and isolation of bioactive compounds which are used for anti-cancer, Antidiabetic and Anti-inflammatory activity. He got sound knowledge on legume research and also the area of plant growth-promoting characteristics such as Indole acetic acid, Gibberellic acid, Phosphate solubilization, Siderophore and HCN production. Major contribution of the research is on biofilms and compound characterization from rhizobacteria. He has got a best paper award in the year 2016, for his research paper ‘Bioproduction of Indole Acetic acid from the root nodules of Vigna trilobata’ from International journal of Biotechnology and research. He was the Editorial board member of world journal of pharmaceutical research, Asian journal of Agricultural Research, International Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, International journal of pharmaceutical science and research. He has published 25 research articles in various national and international scientific journals and 2 books to his credit.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Plant Biochemistry
62%
Plant Cytology
90%
Botany
75%
Plant Molecular Biology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
3
Chapters
0
Articles
37
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Gueye, N., G.K. Kumar, M. Ndiaye, S.Y.D. Sall and M.A.F. Ndiaye et al., 2020. Factors affecting the chitinase activity of trichoderma asperellum isolated from agriculture field soils. J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol., 8: 41-44.
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  2. Ketipally, R., G.K. Kumar and M.R. Ram, 2019. Polygalacturonase production by Aspergillus nomius MR103 in solid state fermentation using agro-industrial wastes. J. Applied Nat. Sci., 11: 305-310.
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  3. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao, G.K. Kumar and M.R. Ram, 2018. Studies on gibberellic acid production by Bacillus licheniformis DS3 isolated from banana field soils. Int. J. Scient. Res. Sci. Technol., 4: 1106-1112.
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  4. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao, G.K. Kumar and M.R. Ram, 2018. Screening of amylase producing Bacillus sp. isolated from banana rhizosphere. Int. J. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Res., 11: 133-142.
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  5. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao, G.K. Kumar and M.R. Ram, 2018. Plant growth promoting characteristics of Bacillus licheniformis DS3 isolated from agriculture field soil. Int. J. Scient. Res. Sci. Technol., 4: 1479-1484.
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  6. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao and G.K. Kumar, 2018. Production and optimization of alpha amylases using banana waste by Bacillus licheniformis DS3 under solid state fermentation. Int. J. Res. BioSci., 7: 18-25.
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  7. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao and G.K. Kumar, 2018. Optimization studies on alpha amylase production by Bacillus licheniformis DS3 and Bacillus subtilis DS7 using submerged fermentation. World J. Pharmaceut. Res., 7: 2061-2072.
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  8. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao and G.K. Kumar, 2018. Effect of different concentrations of metal ions on α-amylase production by Bacillus licheniformis DS3. World J. Pharmaceut. Res., 7: 1231-1239.
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  9. Silpa, D., P.B. Rao and G.K. Kumar, 2018. Biocontrol activity of Siderophores producing Bacillus licheniformis DS3 against several pathogenic fungi in black gram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]. Int. J. Curr. Res., 10: 71590-71594.
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  10. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2018. Preliminary characterization of rhizobacterial strains isolated from legume [Vigna trilobata (L.) verdc.] root nodules. Int. J. Scient. Res. Sci. Technol., 4: 279-284.
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  11. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2018. Characterization of exopolysaccharide producing Sinorhizobium kostisense isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata. Int. J. Pharma Bio Sci., 9: 160-165.
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  12. Gueye, N., G.K. Kumar, A. Dangue, M.A. Falndiaye, T.A. Diop and M.R. Ram, 2018. Bioproduction of indole 3-acetic acid by Trichoderma strains isolated from agriculture field soils in Senegal. World J. Pharmaceut. Res., 7: 817-825.
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  13. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2017. Plant growth promoting characteristics of non-rhizobial strains isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata cultivars. Int. J. Agric. Sci. Res., 7: 273-278.
  14. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2016. Plant growth promoting characteristics of rhizobial strains isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata cultivars. Int. J. Microbiol. Res., 8: 781-784.
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  15. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2016. Chitinase production by rhizobacterial strains isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata cultivars. Int. J. Agric. Sci. Res., 6: 85-92.
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  16. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2016. Characterization of Sinorhizobium and Ensifer species isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata cultivars. Int. J. Curr. Res., 8: 40917-40922.
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  17. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2016. Characterization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains isolated from root nodules of Vigna trilobata (L) Verdc. cultivars. Int. J. Pharma Bio Sci., 7: 532-539.
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  18. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2014. Phosphate solubilizing rhizobia isolated from Vigna trilobata. Am. J. Microbiol. Res., 2: 105-109.
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  19. Kumar, G.K. and M.R. Ram, 2014. Effect of carbon and nitrogen sources on exopolysacharide production by rhizobial isolates from root nodules of Vigna trilobata. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 8: 2255-2260.
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  20. Mutluru, S. and K.V. Mallaiah, 2007. Bioproduction of indole acetic acid by rhizobium strains isolated from root nodules of green manure crop, Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. Iran. J. Biotechnol., 5: 178-182.
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