ICAR-NRCB

Division

Crop Production

Specialization / Discipline

Plant Biochemistry

Area of Interest

Biochemistry of fruit ripening, Phytochemicals and nutraceuticals.

Publications

Qualifications

Ph.D.

Mayilvaganan.M@icar.org.in
mmayilv@gmail.com

Current Institute Projects:

Biochemistry of banana fruit ripening and characterization of high value compounds of fruit and flower (PI)
High Temperature and soil moisture deficit stresses in banana: Mechanism of high temperature tolerance and management of high temperature and soil moisture deficit stresses in banana(Co-PI)

Current External Projects:

BIRAC Project: Biofortification and development of disease resistance in banana: Component 2: Biofortification and evaluation of Indian banana with Iron constructs (PI)
BIRAC Project: Biofortification and development of disease resistance in banana: Component 1: Biofortification and evaluation of Indian banana with PVA constructs (Co-PI)

Elucidated quantitatively the phenylpropanoid metabolites conferring resistance of banana cultivars to Pratylenchus coffeae .
Developed an improved protein isolation procedure from banana roots for proteomics analysis and elucidated differentially expressed proteins in banana roots in response to P. coffeae infection .
Unraveled the biochemical mechanism of ‘green ripening’ of Cavendish bananas.
Developed a method for delaying of ripening of pre- and post-harvest bananas using biochemicals.
Macro-encapsulated and characterized the anthocyanin pigments derived from banana flower bracts.
Worked out the glycemic index of commercial varieties of bananas.
Iron biofortified Grand Naine and Rasthali bananas being developed through transgenic approach.

Mayil Vaganan , M. , Ravi, I., Sarumathi, S., Nandakumar, A., Sundararaju, P. and Mustaffa, M. M. (2014). Phenylpropanoid enzymes and phenolic polymers and metabolites as chemical defenses to infection of Pratylenchuscoffeae in roots of resistant and susceptible bananas (Musa spp.). Ind. J. Expt. Biol. 52 : 252-260.
Mayil Vaganan , M . , Sarumathi, S., Nandakumar, A., Ravi, I. and Mustaffa, M. M. (2015). Evaluation of different protein extraction methods for banana (Musa spp.) root proteome analysis by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. 52 : 101-106.
Ravi, I., Uma, S., Mayil Vaganan, M. and Muftaffa, M. M. (2013). Phenotyping of bananas for drought resistance Front. Physiol 4 : 1-15.
Kaliyappan, R., Viswanathan, S., Suthanthiram, B., Subbaraya, U., Somasundram, S. M. and Mayil Vaganan, M. (2016). Evolutionary expansion of WRKY gene family in banana and its significance against root lesion nematode, Pratylenchuscoffeae . PloSONE 11 (9): 1-18. e0162013.DOI:10.137/journal.pone.0162013.
Kumaravel, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M. S., Mayil Vaganan, M. Muthusamy, M. and Sajith, K. P. (2016).Differential proteome analysis during early embryogenesis in Musa spp . (cv. Grand Naine-AAA). Plant Cell Reports, 36(1):163-178. DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2067-y.