Botany Department
OUR DEPARTMENTS

Dr. Ponni T.G
[email protected]
+91 8921242036
Designation
- Assistant professor
Department
- Botany
Edu. Qualifications
- M.Sc
- M.Phil
- Ph.D.
Areas of Interest/Specialisation
- Plant tissue culture
- plant physiology and biochemistry
Courses/subject Taught
- B.Sc Biotechnology – Plant physiology
- B.Sc Botany – Mycology
- M.Sc Botany – Biochemistry
Field of Research
- Tissue culture
- Molecular biology
Experience
- 4 years and 9 months of Research Experiences
- Scholarships/Fellowships Obtained
- Kerala University JRF
Papers Presented
- PonniT.G.andAshalathaS.Nair.2019.“Invitrogeneticfidelityassessmentand Identificationofdroughtresponsivegenesinwildbanana-Ensetesuperbum(Roxb.)Cheesman”.Internationalconference”ProvectusPlantae’19–ExploringTheScopeofPlantGeneticResources”.22-24May.Departmentof Botany, UniversityofKerala.
- PonniT.G. and Ashalatha S. Nair. 2016. “Transcriptionaldownregulation of MaRAV geneinbananaunderdroughtstress”.InternationalSeminaron New Frontiers in Cytogenetics,XIIIconference ofthe society of cytologists &geneticists.15-17 December.Departmentof Botany, UniversityofKerala.
- ResmiL.,PonniT.G.andAshalathaS.Nair.2016.“Sequencingand expression analysis ofDroughtresponsive genes in banana“.National Conference on Genomicsand Society Prospects,ChallengesandConcerns.February 17-19.IU -CGGT,DepartmentofBiotechnology,UniversityofKerala.
- PonniT.G.andAshalathaS.Nair.2015.“CormletproductioninEnsetesuperbum(Roxb.) cheesman- an efficient means for conservation”.National Multi- Disciplinary AnnualResearch Conference (MARC).15th to 18th December. DepartmentofBotany,UniversityofKerala,Karyavattom,Thiruvananthapuram.
- PonniT.G.andAshalathaS.Nair.2014.“SomaticembryogenesisinEnsete superbum (Roxb.)cheesman-Awildmedicinalplant”.Nationalsymposium onunderutilized and wild edible plants ofIndia-Future crops”organizedbyDepartmentofBotany,UniversityofKerala,Karyavottom onDecember10thto12th.
- PonniT.G.andAshalathaS.Nair.2014.“ConservationofEnsetesuperbum(Roxb.) CheesmanthroughMicropropagation”.NationalSeminar‘RoleofPlant
- SystematicsinBiodiversityanditsConservation’4-5thMarch.Department of Botany,SNCollege,Cherthala.
- ResmiL.,PonniT.G.andAshalathaS.Nair.2016.“Differentialexpression analysis ofExpansingeneindroughttolerantandsusceptiblebananacultivars“. National ConferenceonGenomicsandSociety– Prospects,Challengesand Concerns. February17-19.IU-CGGT,DepartmentofBiotechnology,UniversityofKerala.
Seminars/Conferences Attended
- GNF National Seminaron ‘Modern Trends in Conservation, Utilisation and Improvement of Plant Genetic Resources’ held at the Department of Botany,
- University of Kerala on 23-24 November2017.
- National Symposium on‘Biological Applications of Confocal Microscopy’,held at theDepartmentofBotany,UniversityofKeralaon9thMarch 2016.
- International Symposium on ‘Science Education and Sustainable Development’ heldattheDepartmentofBotany,UniversityofKeralaon22-23January2016.
- National Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Plant Science’ held at the Department of Botany,UniversityofKeralaon27February2016.
- National Seminar on ‘New Perspectives in proteomics’ held at Inter University Centre for Genomics and GeneTechnology, Karyavattom on 27 th March 2015.
- National Seminars on ‘Current Vistas In Cell and Molecular Biology’ held at the Department of Botany, University of Kerala on 26th March 2015.
- National Symposium on ‘Plant Diversity, Utilization and Management’ held at the Department of Botany,University of Keralaon27-29May2010.
- 97thIndian Science Congress Held at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram on 3rd to 7th January 2010.
Workshops/Trainings Attended
- ‘Transcriptom eAnalysis in Plants’ held at the Department of Botany, University of Kerala on 14th to 16th February 2018.
- ‘RNAiandmiRNA in Crops’ held at the Department of Botany, University of Kerala on 16th to 18th January 2018.
- ‘RealTimePCRandits Applications’ held at the Department of Botany, University of Keralaon 17th to 18th August 2015.
- ‘Research Methodology’ held at the Department of Botany, University of Kerala on 29th to 30thMay 2015.
- ‘Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis’ held at Dept.of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of kerala on 16th to 19th March 2015