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Publications: CV

Publication Summary

  • Journal                      : 137

  • Book chapters      : 16 

  • Patent                        : 1

  • Popular articles   : 12

  • Proceedings           : 11

  • Total                            : 177

Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

2022

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  1. Aravind N.A., Maanya U, Poorna Bhat H. N, Bipin Charles, Uma Shaanker R., Manzoor A. Shah and Ravikanth G. 2022. Niche shift in Invasive species: Is it a case of “home away from home” or finding a “new home”? Biodiversity and Conservation 31, 2625–2638 (2022)

  2.  Anwesha Saha, Sudeshna Chakraborty, G. Ravikanth, Praveen Karanth and Aravind N. A. 2022. Endemicity and radiation in waterfalls of the Western Ghats: the genus Cremnoconchus (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 174: 107547 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107547

  3.  Aravind N. A., Bipin Charles and G. Ravikanth 2022. Will Ethulia gracilis Del become invasive in India? An analysis using ecological niche modelling approach. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 48: 295-301

  4. Kailash B. R, Bipin Charles, G. Ravikanth, Siddappa Setty and K. Kadirvelu 2022. Identifying the potential global distribution and conservation areas for Terminalia chebula, an important medicinal tree species. Tropical Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-022-00237-x

  5. Shannon B. Olsson, Ameen M, Bajpai S, Ravikanth G, Gajjar C, Gupta S, Hvilshøj S, Krishnakumar J, Lobo C, Mukherjee R, Naik A, Raghavan A, Singh H and Subaharan K 2022. Framework For a Collective Definition of Regenerative Agriculture in India. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal 5 (1)

  6. Shivaprakash K; Jagadish R. M; Ravikanth G; Srikanth G; Vasudeva R.; Uma Shaanker R and Dayanandan S 2022. The flooded habitat adaptation, niche differentiation and evolution of Myristicaceae trees in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India. Biotropica https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13078

  7. Pownitha K.V, Poorna Bhat H.N, Bipin Charles, Vasudeva R, Aravind N.A. and Ravikanth G. 2022. Ecological niche modelling to identify suitable sites for the cultivation of two important medicinal lianas of the Western Ghats, India. Tropical Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-021-00207-9

  8. Keshav Kumar Thakur, Poorna Bhat, Amit Kumar, G. Ravikanth, and Purabi Saikia. 2022. Distribution mapping of Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. in India using ecological niche modelling. Tropical Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-021-00197-8

  9. Saurav Chauhan, Shankharoop Ghoshal, Vikas Sharma, K. S. Kanwal and Ravikanth G., 2022. Ecological Niche Modelling for Predicting the Habitat Suitability of Endangered Tree Species Taxus contorta Griff. in Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalayas, India). Tropical Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-021-00200-2

  10. Gaisberger H, Fremout T, Kettle CJ, Vinceti B, Kemalasari D, Kanchanarak T, Thomas E, Serra-Diaz JM, Svenning JC, Slik F, Eiadthong W, Palanisamy K, Ravikanth G, Bodos V, Sang J, Warrier RR, Wee AKS, Elloran C, Ramos LT, Henry M, Hossain MA, Theilade I, Laegaard S, Bandara KMA, Weerasinghe DP, Changtragoon S, Yuskianti V, Wilkie P, Nghia NH, Elliott S, Pakkad G, Tiansawat P, Maycock C, Bounithiphonh C, Mohamed R, Nazre M, Siddiqui BN, Lee SL, Lee CT, Zakaria NF, Hartvig I, Lehmann L, David DBD, Lillesø JB, Phourin C, Yongqi Z, Ping H, Volkaert HA, Graudal L, Hamidi A, Thea S, Sreng S, Boshier D, Tolentino E Jr, Ratnam W, Aung M, Galante M, Isa SFM, Dung NQ, Hoa TT, Le TC, Miah MD, Zuhry ALM, Alawathugoda D, Azman A, Pushpakumara G, Sumedi N, Siregar IZ, Nak HK, Linsky J, Barstow M, Koh LP, Jalonen R. Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat. Conservation Biology 2021 Dec 5. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13873. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34865262.

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2021

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  1. Dubey, A., Kumar, A., Malla, M.A., Chowdhary, K., Singh, G., Ravikanth, G., Sharma, S., Saati-Santamaria, Z., Menéndez, E. and Dames, J.F., 2021. Approaches for the amelioration of adverse effects of drought stress on crop plants. Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark edition), 26(10): 928-947.

  2.  Priya Ranganathan, Ravikanth G and Aravind N. A. 2021. A review of research and conservation of Myristica swamps, a threatened freshwater swamp of the Western Ghats, India. Wetland Ecology and Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09825-5

  3. Guangpeng Ren, Xu Zhang, Ying Li, Kate Ridout, Martha L. Serrano-Serrano, Yongzhi Yang, Ai Liu, Ravikanth G, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Nicolas Salamin and Luca Fumagalli, 2021. Large-scale whole-genome sequencing unravels the domestication history of Cannabis sativa. Science Advances 7 (29): eabg2286

  4. Priti H, Gururaja K. V, Aravind N. A and Ravikanth G. 2021. Microhabitat factors influencing the distribution of tadpoles of three endemic Nyctibatrachus species from the central Western Ghats, India. Biotropica https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12988

  5. Bawa K. S, Sengupta A, Chavan V, Chellam R, Ganesan R, Krishnaswamy J, Mathur V. B, Nandan Nawn N, Shannon B. Olsson, Nitin Pandit, Suhel Quader, Prabhakar Rajagopal, Uma Ramakrishnan, Ravikanth G, Mahesh Sankaran, Darshan Shankar, Reinmar Seidler, Uma Shaanker R., Abi Tamim Vanak, 2021. Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national Mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India. Biological Conservation, 253: 108867, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108867.

  6. Harisha R.P, Siddappa Setty R, Ravikanth G. 2021. Dependency and Economic Benefits of Use of Wild Food Plants use among Tribal Communities in Malai Madeshawara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern India. Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture & Society 9 (1): 1-19 DOI : 10.17170/kobra-202011192211

  7. Avik Ray, Rajasri Ray, Rani M. Saggere and Ravikanth G. 2021. Can species distribution models and molecular tools help unravel disjunct distribution of Rhododendron arboreum? Journal of Genetics 100 (1): 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-021-01270-w

  8. Anneke TM ter Schure, Anusree AS Pillai, Lisbeth Thorbek, M Bhavani Shankar, Rajindra Puri, G Ravikanth, Hugo J de Boer and Sanne Boessenkool 2021.  eDNA metabarcoding reveals dietary niche overlap among herbivores in an Indian wildlife sanctuary. Environmental DNA 3(3): 681-696 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ edn3.168

  9. Arjun Ramachandran, Vasudeva R, Ravikanth G and Uma Shaanker R. 2021.  Variation in seedling vigour and camptothecin content of Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight: insights for domestication.  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 68, 1061–1071 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-01048-


2020

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  1.  Ravikanth G, Vikram Aditya and Uma Shaanker R. 2020. Biodiversity in and around Farmlands: Food and Nutritional Security and Rural Livelihoods. Economic and Political Weekly 55 (49): 34-39

  2.  Nobin Raja and Ravikanth G. 2020. The Enemy of My Enemy is Still My Enemy: The Biological Invasion and Management of Gambusia in Peninsular India. Current Science 119 (11): 1752-1759

  3. Sajitha T. P and Ravikanth G. 2020. Capacity building in Biodiversity Science in Northeast India. Current Science 119 (9):1404-1407

  4. Rajani P , Rajasekaran C , Vasanthakumari M.M, Shannon B. Olsson, Ravikanth G and R. Uma Shaanker. 2020. Inhibition of plant pathogenic fungi by endophytic Trichoderma spp. through mycoparasitism and volatile organic compounds. Microbiological Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2020.126595

  5.  Srirama R, Priti H, Aravind N. A and Ravikanth G, 2020. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for an endemic frog Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis and cross amplification with other Nyctibatrachus species from the Western Ghats, India. Current Herpetology 39 (2): 196-201

  6.  Amit Kumar, Anish Kumar, Adhikari Dibyendu, Ravikanth, G, Saikia Purabi and Latif Khan, 2020. Ecological Niche Modelling for Assessing Potential Distribution of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. in Ranchi, Eastern India. Ecological Research. DOI:10.1111/1440-1703.12176

  7. Vikram Aditya, Sumashini P. S, Aravind N. A, Ravikanth G, Chandrashekara K and Uma Shaanker R, 2020. Reconciling biodiversity conservation with agricultural intensification: challenges and opportunities for India. Current Science 118 (12): 1870-1873

  8. Santhosh Kumar J.U, Mani Ramakrishan, Seethapathy G.S., Krishna V., Uma Shaanker R., Ravikanth G, 2020. DNA barcoding of Momordica species and assessment of adulteration in Momordica herbal products, an anti-diabetic drug. Plant Gene https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2020.100227

  9. Sampangi-Ramaiah, M.H., Jagadheesh, Prajjal D, Shridhar J, Vasantha Kumari M. M, Oelmüller R, Nataraja K. N, Ravishankar K. V, Ravikanth G and Uma Shaanker R. 2020. An endophyte from salt-adapted Pokkali rice confers salt-tolerance to a salt-sensitive rice variety and targets a unique pattern of genes in its new host. Scientific Reports 10 (1): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59998-x


2019

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  1. Bhutia, Y., Ravikanth G, Ganesan, R. and Saha, S., 2019. Assessing Forest Structure and Composition along the Altitudinal Gradient in the State of Sikkim, Eastern Himalayas, India. Forests, 10(8), p.633.

  2. Priti H, Ravikanth G and Aravind N. A. 2019. A review on the conservation genetic studies of Indian amphibians and their implications on developing strategies for conservation. Journal of Genetics 98: 114 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12041-019-1159-1

  3. Rajani P, Aiswarya H, Vasanthakumari M. M,  Shreyans K. Jain,  Sandip B. Bharate  Rajasekaran C.,   Ravikanth G and  R. Uma Shaanker. 2019. Inhibition of the collar rot fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. by an endophytic fungus Alternaria sp.: implications for biocontrol. Plant Physiology Reports  24(4), 521-532.DOI: 10.1007/s40502-019-00484-6

  4. Ragupathy S, Faller A, Shanmughanandhan D, Kesanakurti P, Uma Shaanker R, Ravikanth G, Sathishkumar R, Mathivanan N, Song J, Han J and Newmaster S. 2019. Exploring DNA Quantity and Quality from Raw Materials to Botanical Extracts. Heliyon 5:e01935 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01935

  5. Sajitha T. P, Manjunatha B. L, Siva R, Navdeep Gogna, Kavita Dorai, Ravikanth G and Uma Shaanker R. 2019. Sequestration of the plant secondary metabolite, colchicine, by the noctuid moth Polytela gloriosae (Fab.). Chemoecology https: / / doi:10.1007/s00049-019-00283-3

  6. Sandeep Sen, Selvadurai Dayanandan, Thomson D, Ganesan R, Jagadish M.R, Mathew P.J, Ravikanth G, 2019. Origin and evolution of the genus Piper in Peninsular India. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 138: 102-113 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.033

  7. Sachin N, Uma Shaanker R, Ravikanth G and Dayanandan S, 2019. How and why do endophytes produce plant secondary metabolites? Symbiosis 78 (3): 193-201 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-019-00614-6

  8. Basnett, S., Nagaraju S. K., Ravikanth G, and S. M. Devy. 2019. Influence of phylogeny and abiotic factors varies across early and late reproductive phenology of Himalayan Rhododendrons. Ecosphere 10(1): e02581. 10.1002/ecs2.2581

  9. Vasanthakumari M M, Shridhar J, Madhura R J, Nandhitha M, Kasthuri C, Janardhana B, Karaba K N, Ravikanth G, Uma Shaanker R. 2019. Role of endophytes in early seedling growth of plants: a test using systemic fungicide seed treatment. Plant Physiology Reports 24 (1): 86-95 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-018-0404-6


2018

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  1. Barkha Subba, Sandeep Sen, Ravikanth G and Nobis M. P. 2018. Direct modelling of limited migration improves projected distributions of Himalayan amphibians under climate change. Biological Conservation 227: 352-360

  2. Seethapathy G.S, Tadesse M, Santhosh Kumar J. U, Srikanth G, Vasudeva R, Malterud K. M , Uma Shaanker R, Boer H. J, Ravikanth G and Wangensteen H. 2018. Authentication of Garcinia fruits and food supplements using DNA barcoding and NMR spectroscopy. Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-28635-z

  3. Bhavani Shankar M; Srirama R; Ravikanth G; Siddappa Setty; Rajasekaran C. 2018. Development of microsatellite markers for resin yielding non-timber forest produce species Boswellia serrata (Burseraceae). Applications in Plant Sciences 6(9): e1180. doi: 10.1002/aps3.1180

  4. Geethika E, Triveni H.N, Srirama R, Siva R, Siddappa Setty and Ravikanth G. 2018. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Phyllanthus emblica Linn., an important Non-timber Forest Product species. Journal of Genetics https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-018-0979-8

  5. Sajitha T. P, Manjunatha B. L, Siva R,  Navdeep Gogna, Kavita Dorai, Ravikanth G and Uma Shaanker R. 2018. Mechanism of Resistance to Camptothecin, a Cytotoxic Plant Secondary Metabolite, by Lymantria sp. Larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0960-2

  6. Ravikanth G., M. R. Jagadish, R. Vasudeva, R. Uma Shaanker and N. A. Aravind 2018. Recovery of critically endangered plant species in India: need for a comprehensive approach. Current Science 114 (3): 504-511

  7. Santhosh Kumar J. U, Krishna V, Seethapathy G. S,  Ganesan R, Ravikanth G and Uma Shaanker R. 2018. Assessment of adulteration in raw herbal trade of important medicinal plants of India using DNA barcoding. 3Biotech 8:135; DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1169-3

  8. Sangamesh, M.B., Jambagi, S., Vasanthakumari, M.M., Shetty, N.J., Kolte, H., Ravikanth, G., Nataraja, K.N. and Shaanker, R.U., 2018. Thermotolerance of fungal endophytes isolated from plants adapted to the Thar Desert, India. Symbiosis 75(2): 135-147, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-017-0527-y


2017

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  1. Soujanya K.N, Mohana Kumara P, Amitava Srimany, Siva R, Ravikanth G, Pradeep T, Thulasiram H.V and Uma Shaanker R. 2017. Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria isolated from Pyrenacantha volubilis Hook. (Icacinaceae): Role of plasmid in the production of an anticancer indole alkaloid camptothecine. Phytomedicine 36: 160-167

  2. Joshi, M., Charles, B., Ravikanth, G., Aravind, N.A, 2017. Assigning conservation value and identifying hotspots of endemic rattan diversity in the Western Ghats, India.  Plant Diversity 39(5): 263-272,  doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2017.08.002.

  3. Sumangala R. C, Rosario S, Charles, B., Ganesh D and Ravikanth G. 2017. Identifying Conservation priority sites for Saraca asoca: An important medicinal plant using ecological Niche models. Indian Forester 143 (6): 531-536

  4. Srirama R, Santhosh Kumar J. U, Seethapathy G. S, Newmaster S. G, Ragupathy S, Ganeshaiah K. N, Uma Shaanker R, and Ravikanth G, 2017. Species adulteration in herbal trade: causes, consequences and mitigation. Drug Safety DOI: 10.1007/s40264-017-0527-0

  5. Sarang H, Rajani P, Vasanthakumari M M, Mohana Kumara P, Siva R, Ravikanth G and Uma Shaanker R, 2017. An endophytic fungus Gibberella moniliformis from Lawsonia inermis L. produces lawsone, an orange-red pigment. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0858-y

  6. Ravikanth G, Vasantha Kumari  M M, Nataraja Karaba and Uma Shaanker R 2017.  Enhancing Climate Resilience of Crop Plants: An approach using Endophytes. The Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences 51(1): 63-71

  7. Suma H. K., Kumar V., Patel Mohana Kumara, Amitava Srimany, Ravikanth G., Pradeep T., and Uma Shaanker R. 2017. Spatial and temporal distribution pattern of camptothecin in seeds and fruits of Pyrenacantha volubilis Hook. (Icacinaceae) during different fruit developmental stages. Current Science 112(5): 1034-1038

  8. Ismail S; Ghazoul J; Ravikanth, G; Uma Shaanker R; Kushalappa C; Kettle C. 2017. Evaluating realized seed dispersal across fragmented tropical landscapes: a two-fold approach using parentage analysis and the neighbourhood model. New Phytologist 214 (3), 1307-1316DOI: 10.1111/nph.14427


2016

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  1. Lyngdoh N, Ravikanth G, Kumar M, Pandey AK. 2016. Parkia timoriana based agro-forestry system in the North-East India. Environment and Ecology 34 (4A): 1950-1952

  2. Barkha Subba, Aravind N. A and Ravikanth G 2016. Amphibians of the Sikkim Himalaya, India: an annotated checklist. Check List 13(1): 2033, 1-14, doi: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2033

  3. Seshadri KS, Priti H, Ravikanth G, Vidisha MK, Vineeth KK, Singal Ramit, Sarma RR, Aravind NA, and Gururaja KV. 2016. Redescription and Range Extension of Microhyla sholigari Dutta & Ray (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from South West India. Zootaxa 4208 (6): 547–560

  4. Priti H,  Naik C.R, Seshadri KS, Ramit S, Vidisha M.K, Ravikanth G, and Gururaja KV 2016. A New Species of Euphlyctis (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the West Coastal Plains of India. Asian Herpetological Research 7(4): 229–241

  5. Sandeep Sen, Ameya Gode , Srirama Ramanujam, Ravikanth G and NA Aravind 2016. Modeling the impact of climate change on wild Piper nigrum (Black Pepper) in Western Ghats, India using Ecological Niche models. Journal of Plant Research 129 (6), 1033-1040 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-016-0859-3

  6. Santhosh Kumar J. U,  Navdeep Gogna, Newmaster S. G, Krishna V,  Ragupathy S, Seethapathy G. S, Ravikanth G, Kavitha Dorai and Uma Shaanker R, 2016. DNA barcoding and NMR spectroscopy based assessment of species adulteration in the raw herbal trade of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd, an important medicinal plant. International Journal of Legal Medicine 130(6), 1457-1470. DOI 10.1007/s00414-016-1436-y

  7. Mohana  Kumara P; Srimany A;  Arunan S, Ravikanth  G; Uma Shaanker R  and Pradeep T, 2016.  Desorption Electrospray Ionization  (DESI) mass spectrometry imaging of the distribution of rohitukine, in the seedling of Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook.f. PLoS ONE 11 (6): e0158099. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158099

  8. Sandeep Sen, Shivaprakash K. N, Aravind N. A, Ravikanth G and Dayanandan S 2016. Ecological niche modeling for conservation planning of an endemic snail in the verge of becoming a pest in cardamom plantations in the Western Ghats Biodiversity hot-spot. Ecology and Evolution 6(18), 6510-6523, doi: 10.1002/ece3.2368

  9. Bodare S, Ravikanth G, Ismail  S A, Patel M. K, Spanu I, Vasudeva R, Uma Shaanker R, Vendramin G G, Lascoux M, Tsuda Y 2016. Fine- and local- scale genetic structure of Dysoxylum malabaricum, a late-successional canopy tree species in disturbed forest patches in the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Genetics 18(1), 1-15 DOI 10.1007/s10592-016-0877-7

  10. Priti H, Roshmi RS, Ramya B, Sudhira HS, Ravikanth G, Aravind NA, and Gururaja K.V, 2016. Integrative Taxonomic Approach for Describing a New Cryptic Species of Bush Frog (Raorchestes: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India. PLoS ONE 11(3):  e0149382.  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149382

  11. Seshadri KS, Singal R, Priti H, Ravikanth G, Vidisha MK, Saurabh S, Pratik M and Gururaja K.V, 2016. Microhyla laterite sp. nov., A New Species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from a Laterite Rock Formation in South West India. PLoS ONE 11 (3): e0149727. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149727

  12. Priti H, Aravind N. A., Uma Shaanker R and Ravikanth G., 2016. Modeling impacts of future climate on the distribution of Myristicaceae species in the Western Ghats, India. Ecological Engineering 89: 14-23

  13. Manjunatha B L, H R Singh, Ravikanth G, Karaba N Nataraja, Ravi Shankar, Sanjay Kumar  and R. Uma Shaanker, 2016. Transcriptome analysis of stem wood of Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. identifies genes associated with biosynthesis of camptothecine, an anti-carcinogenic molecule. Journal of Bioscience 41(1), 119-131, DOI: 10.1007/s12038-016-9591-3


2015

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  1. Ugraiah A, Vinod G, Ravikanth G, Nataraja N. K and Uma Shaanker R, 2015. Establishment and standardization of in-vitro regeneration protocol in Nothapodytes nimmoniana Graham and evaluation of camptothecine (CPT) in tissue culture plants. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology 11/2015; DOI:10.1007/s40502-015-0182-3

  2. Subba B, Ravikanth G and Aravind N.A, 2015. Reply to Global high-altitude limits for amphibians by Tracie A. Seimon and Anton Seimon (2015). Journal of Threatened Taxa 7 (11): 7851-7852

  3. Subba B, Ravikanth G and Aravind N.A, 2015. Scaling new heights: First record of Boulenger’s Lazy Toad Scutiger boulengeri (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from high altitude lake in Sikkim Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7 (10): 7655-7663

  4. Vasanthakumari M M, Jadhav S S, Sachin  Naik, Vinod G, Shweta  Singh, Manjunatha B L, Mohana  Kumara P, Ravikanth  G, Nataraja N K, Uma Shaanker R 2015. Restoration of camptothecine production in attenuated endophytic fungus on re-inoculation into host plant and treatment with DNA methyltransferase inhibitor. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 31(10), 1629-1639, DOI 10.1007/s11274-015-1916-0

  5. Manasa K.M, Ravikanth G, Nataraja N K and Uma Shaanker R, 2015. Isolation and Characterisation of endophytic fungi from saline habitat adapted plants. The Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences 49(2): 299-301

  6. Mohana  Kumara P; Amitava Srimany;  Ravikanth  G; Uma Shaanker R  and Pradeep T, 2015. Ambient ionization mass spectrometry imaging of rohitukine, a chromone anti-cancer alkaloid, during seed development in Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook.f (Meliaceae). Phytochemistry 116 (1): 104-110

  7. Santhosh Kumar J. U, Krishna V, Seethapathy G. S, Senthilkumar U, Ragupathy S, Ganeshaiah K. N, Ganesan R, Steven G Newmaster, Ravikanth, G and Uma Shaanker R, 2015. DNA barcoding to assess species adulteration in raw drug trade of "Bala" (Genus: Sida L.) herbal products, South India. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 61: 501-509

  8. Shweta, S., Gurumurthy, B. R., Vasanthakumari, M.M., Ravikanth, G., Dayanandan, R., Shivanna, M. B. and Uma Shaanker, R. 2015. Endophytic fungal diversity in the anticancer alkaloid, camptothecine, producing plant Nothapodytes nimmoniana along its distributional gradient in the Western Ghats, India: Are CPT producing endophytes restricted to specific clades? Current Science 109 (1): 127-138

  9. Thriveni H N, Ravikanth G, Vasudeva R, Ganeshaiah K N and Uma Shaanker R. 2015. Camptothecine and methoxy camptothecine from callus cultures of Miquelia dentata Bedd.— A rare plant of the Western Ghats of India. Indian Journal of Biotechnology 14: 123-126

  10. Priti Hebbar, Gururaja K.V. and Ravikanth G. 2015. Morphology, natural history and molecular identification of tadpoles of three endemic frog species of Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from Central Western Ghats, India, Journal of Natural History 49: (43-44), 2667-2681 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1034212

  11. Senthilkumar U, Narasimhan D, Sanjappa M, Uma Shaanker R, and Ravikanth G. 2015. Species delimitation in congenerics of Genus Daemonorops from India using DNA barcodes.  Communications in Plant Sciences 5 (1-2): 1-8


2014

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  1. Shivaprakash K. N, Ramesha B. T, Uma Shaanker R, Dayanandan S and  Ravikanth G. 2014. Genetic Structure, diversity and long-term viability of a medicinal plant, Nothapodytes nimmoniana Graham. (Icacinaceae), in protected and non- protected areas in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. PLoS ONE 9(12): e112769. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112769

  2. Seethapathy G. S,  Ganesh D,  Santhosh Kumar J. U,  Senthilkumar U,  Newmaster S. G, Ragupathy S,  Uma Shaanker R and  Ravikanth G. 2014. Assessing product adulteration in natural health products for laxative yielding plants, Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista, in Southern India using DNA barcoding. International Journal of Legal Medicine 129:693-700

  3. Shweta S,  Shivanna M B, Gurumurthy B R, Uma Shaanker R, Santhosh Kumar T R and Ravikanth G. 2014. Inhibition of fungal endophytes by camptothecine produced by their host plant, Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Grahm) Mabb., (Icacinaceae)". Current Science 107 (6):994-1000

  4. Suma H. K, Kumar V, Senthilkumar U,  Mohana Kumara P, Ravikanth G, Santhoshkumar T. R, Uma Shaanker R, 2014.  Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight, (Icacinaceae) a rich source of camptothecine and its derivatives, from the Coromandel Coast forests of India. Fitoterapia doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2014.05.017. Fitoterapia 97 (2014) 105–110

  5. Srirama R, Gurumurthy B.R, Senthilkumar U, Ravikanth G, Uma Shaanker R,  Shivanna M.B 2014. Are mini DNA-Barcodes sufficiently informative to resolve species identities? An in-silico analysis using Phyllanthus. Journal of Genetics 93 (3): 823-929

  6. Gururaja K. V, Dinesh K. P , Priti H & Ravikanth G. 2014.  Mud-packing frog: A novel breeding behaviour and parental care in a stream dwelling new species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Nyctibatrachidae).  Zootaxa 3796 (1): 033–061

  7. Senthilkumar U., Choudhary R.K., Sanjappa M., Narasimhan D., Uma Shaanker R., and Ravikanth G. 2014. Livelihood and Revenue: Role of rattans among Mongoloid tribes and settlers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 12:141-154

  8. Ismail S. A., Ghazoul J.,  Ravikanth G.,  Kushalappa C. G.,  Uma Shaanker R.,  and Kettle. C. J. 2014. Fragmentation Genetics of Vateria indica: implications for management of forest genetic resources of an endemic dipterocarp. Conservation Genetics 15(3), 533-545, DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0559-7

  9. Ismail SA, Ghazoul J, Ravikanth G, Kushalappa CG, Uma Shaanker R and Kettle. C. J. 2014. Forest Trees in Human Modified Landscapes: Ecological and Genetic Drivers of Recruitment Failure in Dysoxylum malabaricum (Meliaceae). PLoS ONE 9(2): e89437 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089437

  10. Mohana Kumara P., Soujanya K.N., Ravikanth G., Vasudeva R., Ganeshaiah K.N., Uma Shaanker R. 2014. Production of the chromane alkaloid, rohitukine and its attenuation in endophytic fungi isolated from Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook.f and Amoora rohituka (Roxb).Wight & Arn. Phytomedicine 21(4): 541-546

  11. Thriveni H.N, Sumangala R.C, Shivaprakash K. N, Ravikanth G, Vasudeva R and Ramesh Babu H.N 2014. Genetic structure and diversity of Coscinium fenestratum: A critically endangered liana of Western Ghats, India. Plant Systematics and Evolution  300(3): 403-413 DOI: 10.1007/s00606-013-0890-y


2013

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  1. Shivaprakash K N, Ravikanth G, Narayani Barve, Jaboury Ghazoul, Ganeshaiah K N, Uma Shaanker R 2013. Do ecological niche model predictions reflect the adaptive landscape of species? : A test using Myristica malabarica Lam., an endemic tree in the Western Ghats, India. PLoS ONE 8(11): e82066. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082066

  2. Sumangala R. C., Uma Shaanker R, Dayanandhan S,  Vasudeva R,  and Ravikanth G. 2013. Identification of novel microsatellite markers for Saraca asoca, a medicinally important tree species in India. Journal of Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s12041-013-0277-4

  3. Sumangala R. C., Mohana Kumara P, Uma Shaanker R, Vasudeva R, and Ravikanth G. 2013. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Dysoxylum binectariferum, a medicinally important tree species in Western Ghats, India. Journal of Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s12041-013-0274-7

  4. Sofia Bodare, Yoshiaki Tsuda, Ravikanth G, R Uma Shaanker & Martin Lascoux. 2013. Genetic structure and demographic history of the endangered tree species Dysoxylum malabaricum (Meliaceae) in Western Ghats, India: implications for conservation in a biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Evolution 3 (10): 3233-3248

  5. Sachin N, Manjunatha B. L, Mohana Kumara P, Ravikanth G., Shweta Singh, Suryanarayanan T. S, Ganeshaiah K. N.,  and Uma Shaanker R. 2013. Do endophytic fungi possess pathway genes for plant secondary metabolites? Current Science, 104 (2): 178-182.

  6. Ramesha B.T., Suma H.K., Senthilkumar U., Priti V., Ravikanth G., Vasudeva R., Santhosh Kumar T.R., Ganeshaiah K.N.,  Uma Shaanker R. 2013. New plant sources of the anti-cancer alkaloid, camptothecine from the Icacinaceae taxa, India. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2012.12.003. Phytomedicine 20: 521– 527

  7. Shweta S., Hima Bindu J., Raghu J., Suma H.K., Manjunatha B.L., Mohana Kumara P., Ravikanth G., Nataraj K.N., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Uma Shaanker R. 2013. Isolation of endophytic bacteria producing the anti-cancer alkaloid camptothecine from Miquelia dentata Bedd. (Icacinaceae). Phytomedicine 20 : 913– 917

  8. Shweta Singh, Gurumurthy B. R, Ravikanth G, Uma Shaanker R and Shivanna M. B. 2013. Endophytic fungi from Miquelia dentata Bedd., produce the anti-cancer alkaloid, Camptothecin. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2012.11.015. Phytomedicine 20: 337– 342.

  9. Lyngdoh, N; Geeta Joshi; Ravikanth G., Vasudeva, R; and Uma Shaanker R. 2013. Changes in genetic diversity parameters in unimproved and improved populations of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) in Karnataka state, India. Journal of Genetics 92 (1):141-145

  10. Ismail S, Buser A, Uma Shaankar R, Ravikanth G.,  Ghazoul J and Kettle C. J. 2013. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the critically endangered and endemic Indian dipterocarp, Vateria indica L. (Dipterocarpaceae). Conservation Genetic Resources 5 (2): 465-467

  11. Lyngdoh, N; Gunaga R P; Geeta Joshi; Vasudeva, R; Ravikanth, G and Uma Shaanker R. 2013. Morphological parameters and genetic diversity of progenies from seed production areas and unimproved stands of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) in India. Journal of Forestry Research 24 (4): 653-658


2012

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  1. Ismail S. A., Ghazoul J., Ravikanth G., Uma Shaanker R., Kushalappa C.G.,. Kettle C.J. 2012. Does long distance pollen dispersal preclude inbreeding in tropical trees? Fragmentation genetics of Dysoxylum malabaricum in an agro-forest landscape. Molecular Ecology 21(22):5484-96 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12054

  2. Lyngdoh, N; Gunaga R P; Geeta Joshi; Vasudeva, R; Ravikanth, G  and Uma Shaanker R. 2012 Influence of geographic distance and genetic dissimilarity among clones on flowering synchrony in a Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f) clonal seed orchard.  Silvae Genetica 61 (1-2): 10-17

  3. Sandeep Sen, Ravikanth G. and Aravind N.A., 2012. Land Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of India: Status, Threats and Conservation Strategies Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(11): 3029–3037

  4. Srirama R., Deepak H.B, Senthilkumar U., Ravikanth G., Gurumurthy B.R., Shivanna M.B., Chandrasekaran C.V., Amit Agarwal, Uma Shaanker R., 2012. Hepatoprotective activity of Indian Phyllanthus . L. Pharmaceutical Biology,  50(8): 948–953

  5. Avik Ray, Sumangala R. C, Ravikanth G., Uma Shaanker R and Suhel Quader. 2012 Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from invasive plant Lantana camara. L. Conservation Genetic Resources 4 (1): 171-173. DOI 10.1007/s12686-011-9501-9

  6. Mohana Kumara P, Zuehlke S, Priti V, Ramesha B. T, Shweta S , Ravikanth G, Vasudeva R, Santhoshkumar, T.R,  Spiteller M,  Uma Shaanker R  2012. Fusarium proliferatum, an endophytic fungus from Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook.f, produces rohitukine, a chromane alkaloid possessing anti-cancer activity Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology 101(2):323-9. DOI 10.1007/s10482-011-9638-2


2011

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  1. Ravikanth G.,  Srirama R., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Uma Shaanker R. 2011 In pursuit of a universal barcode of plants: peril of followers? Current Science 101(3):269-271

  2. Ramesha BT,  Gertsch J,  Ravikanth G,  Priti V,  Ganeshaiah KN,  Uma Shaanker R. 2011. Biodiversity and Chemodiversity: Future Perspectives in Bioprospecting. Current Drug Targets  12(11):1515-30

  3. Ramesha B T, Yetish, M. D, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah, K.N, Gazoul J and Uma Shaanker R. 2011. Stylish lengths: Mate choice in flowers. Journal of Bioscience 36(2), 229-234

  4. Ramesha B T, Zuehlke S, Vijay R.C , Priti V, Ravikanth G,  Ganeshaiah, K.N, Spiteller M and Uma Shaanker R. 2011. Sequestration of camptothecin, an anticancer alkaloid, by chrysomelid beetles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37(5): 533-536


2010

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  1. Lyngdoh, N, Geeta Joshi, Ravikanth G, R. Uma Shaanker and Vasudeva R 2010. Influence of levels of genetic diversity on fruit quality in teak (Tectona grandis L.f.). Current Science 99(5):639-644

  2. Ravikanth G, Nageswara Rao, M, Ganeshaiah K.N and Uma Shaanker R, 2010. Do endemic rattans have lower genetic variability than their con-generic and con-specific non-endemic rattans? Genes, Genomes and Genomics 4 (1), 22-27

  3. Nageswara Rao, M, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah K.N and Uma Shaanker R, 2010. Role of protected area in conserving the population and genetic structure of economically important bamboo species. Bioremediation, Biodiversity and Bioavailability 4 (1), 69-76

  4. Ravikanth G; Sumangala R. C; Naveen Kumar L; Ramesha BT; Vasudeva R; Ganeshaiah K N; Uma Shaanker R. 2010. Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellite markers in Semecarpus kathalekanensis, an endangered tree species in the Western Ghats, India'. Molecular Ecology Resources 10 (6):1098-1105, DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02898.x

  5. Srirama R, Senthilkumar U, Ravikanth G, Sreejayan N, Gurumurthy B. R, Shivanna, M.B, Sanjappa, M, Ganeshaiah K.N and Uma Shaanker R 2010. Assessing species admixtures in raw drug trade of Phyllanthus, a hepato-protective plant using molecular tools. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 130:208-215 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.042)

  6. Gurudatt P. S., Priti V., Shweta S., Ramesha B. T., Ravikanth G., Vasudeva R., Amna T., Deepika S., Ganeshaiah K. N., Uma Shaanker R., Puri S and Qazi N. 2010. Attenuation of camptothecin production and negative relation between hyphal biomass and camptothecin content in endophytic fungal strains isolated from Nothapodytes nimmoniana Grahm (Icacinaceae). Current Science 98 (8): 1006-1009

  7. Hemmilä S, Mohana Kumara P, Ravikanth G, S. Gustafsson, R. Vasudeva, Ganeshaiah K.N, Uma Shaanker, R and Lascoux M 2010. Development of eleven microsatellite markers in the red-listed tree species Myristica malabarica. Conservation Genetic Resources 2(1): 305-307 (DOI 10.1007/s12686-010-9212-7)

  8. Hemmilä S, Lascoux M, Mohana Kumara P,  Sreejayan N, R. Vasudeva, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah K.N and Uma Shaanker, R . 2010. Development of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered tree species Dysoxylum malabaricum. Molecular Ecology Resources (2010) 10(2): 404-408

  9. Shweta Singh, Sebastian Zuehlke, Ramesha B T, Priti V, Mohana Kumar P, Ravikanth G, Michael Spiteller, Vasudeva R, Uma Shaanker R. 2010. Endophytic fungal strains of Fusarium solani, from Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey. ex Arn (Icacinaceae) produce camptothecin, 10-hydroxycamptothecin and 9-methoxycamptothecin. Phytochemistry 71: 117–122


2009

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  1. Mohana Kumara P, Sreejayan N, Priti V, Ramesha B T, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah K. N, Vasudeva R, Mohan J, Santhoshkumar T, Dutt M P, Viswakarma R, Uma Shaanker R. 2009 Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook.f (Meliaceae), a rich source of rohitukine. Fitoterapia 81(2):145-148.

  2. Priti V., Ramesha B. T., Shweta Singh, Ravikanth G., Ganeshaiah K. N., Suryanarayanan T. S. and Uma Shaanker R. 2009. How promising are endophytic fungi as alternative sources of plant secondary metabolites? Current Science Vol 97 (4): 477-478

  3. Raghavendra R., Priti Vaidyanathan, Swathi H. K., Ramesha B. T., Ravikanth G., Ganeshaiah K. N., Srikrishna A. and Uma Shaanker R. 2009. Prospecting for alternate sources of shikimic acid, a precursor of Tamiflu, a bird-flu drug. Current Science, Vol 96 (6): 771-772

  4. Sumangala R. C., Naveen Kumar L., Ramesha B. T, Uma Shaanker R, Ganeshaiah K. N and Ravikanth G. 2009. Development of micro satellite markers for a critically endangered species, Ceropegia fantastica from the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Genetics 10(6): 1825-1827

  5. Ramesha, B.T., Srirama, R., Ravikanth, G., Ravishankar, K.V., Dayanandan, S., Sreejayan, N., Vasudeva, R., Ganeshaiah, K.N. and Shaanker, R.U. 2009. Development of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Nothapodytes nimmoniana, a medicinally important tree from the Western Ghats, India. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(1):365-367.


2008

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  1. Srirama R, Ramesha B. T, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah K. N   and Uma Shaanker R, 2008. Are plants with anti-cancer activity resistant to crown gall?: a test of hypothesis. Current Science, 95 (10): 1407-1408

  2. Ravikanth G., Nageswara Rao M., Deepali Singh B. S., Chaluvaraju, Ganeshaiah K. N. and Uma Shaanker R. 2008. Contrasting spatial patterns of distribution of genetic diversity in two important bamboo species in the central Western Ghats, India. Journal of Bamboo and Rattan Vol.7 (1&2) : 41-52

  3. Ramesha B.T., Amna T., Ravikanth G., Rajesh P. Gunaga, Vasudeva R.,. Ganeshaiah K.N, Uma Shaanker R., Khajuria K., Puri S.C. and Qazi G.N., 2008. Prospecting for Camptothecines from Nothapodytes nimmoniana in theWestern Ghats, South India: Identification of High-Yielding Sources of Camptothecin and New Families of Camptothecines. Journal of Chromatographic Science,46:362-368


2007

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  1. Nageswara Rao. M, Ramesha. B.T, Ravikanth G,  Ganeshaiah, K.N and Uma Shaanker, R. 2007. Cross- Species amplification of coconut microsatellite markers in rattans. Silvae Genetica 56,6,282-286

  2. Aravind K, Ravikanth G, Uma Shaanker R, Chandrashekara, K,  Kumar, A.R.V and Ganeshaiah, K.N. 2007. DNA Barcoding: An Exercise in Futility or Utility? Current Science 92(9): 1213-1216

  3. Suhas S, Ramesha B. T, Ravikanth G, Rajesh P. Gunaga, Vasudeva R,  Ganeshaiah K. N and, Uma Shaanker R. 2007. Chemical profiling of Nothapodytes nimmoniana populations in the Western Ghats, India for anti-cancer compound, camptothecin ?Current Science 92 (8): 1142-1148

  4. Ramesha B.T, Ravikanth G, Nageswara Rao. M, Ganeshaiah, K.N and Uma Shaanker, R. 2007. Genetic structure of rattan, Calamus thwaitesii in core, and buffer and peripheral regions of three protected areas at central Western Ghats, India: Do protected areas serve as refugia for genetic resources of economically important plants? Journal of Genetics 86 (1): 9–18

  5. Aravind N.A, Bhausaheb Tambat, Ravikanth G, Uma Shaanker. R and Ganeshaiah K.N. 2007 Patterns of species discovery in Western Ghats. Journal of Biosciences 32(4):781-790


2005

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  1. Lyngdoh. N, Santosh S. H, Ramesha B.T, Nageswara Rao. M, Ravikanth G, Narayani Barve, Ganeshaiah K.N and Uma Shaanker R. 2005 Rattan species richness and population genetic structure of Calamus flagellum in North-Eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Bamboo and Rattans 4(3):293-307

  2. Bhausaheb Tambat., Rajanikanth. G, Ravikanth G, Uma Shaanker. R., Ganeshaiah K. N and Kushallappa C .G. 2005. Seedling mortality in two Vulnerable tree species in the sacred groves of Western Ghats, south India. Current Science 88 (3): 350-352


2004

  1. Ravikanth G., Vasudeva R., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Uma Shaanker R. 2004. Molecular analysis of Semecarpus kathalekanensis (Anacardiaceae) – a newly described species from the Myristica swamps of Western Ghats, India. The Indian Forester 130 (1): 101-104.


2002

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  1. Ravikanth G., Ganeshaiah K. N and Uma Shaanker R. 2002. Identification of hot spots of species richness and genetic variability in rattans: an approach using geographical information systems (GIS) and molecular tools. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 132: 17:21


2001

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  1. Ravikanth G. 2001. IF- A case of richness in poverty. Current Science, Vol 80 (2): 116

2000

  1. Ravikanth G., Uma Shaanker R and Ganeshaiah K.N. 2000. Conservation Status of forests in  India: a cause for worry? Journal of Indian Institute Science 80(6): 591-600.

Chapters in Books

  1. Sen S., and Ravikanth G. 2022. Genetic Consequences of Fragmentation in Tropical Forests: Novel Approaches to Assess and Monitor Critically Endangered Species. In: Kumar A., Choudhury B., Dayanandan S., Khan M.L. (eds) Molecular Genetics and Genomics Tools in Biodiversity Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6005-4_5

  2.  Mohana Kumara P., Dayanandan S., Vasudeva R., Ravikanth G., and Uma Shaanker R. 2022. Population Genetic Diversity of Dysoxylum Binectariferum, an Economically Important Tree Species of the Western Ghats, India. In: Kumar A., Choudhury B., Dayanandan S., Khan M.L. (eds) Molecular Genetics and Genomics Tools in Biodiversity Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6005-4_12

  3. Swapna M, Deeke D. T, Arunima S, Ravikanth G, Mariappan M and Rengaian G. 2020. Ecological Determinants of Woody Plant Species Richness in the Indian Himalayan Forest. In: Spatial Modeling in Forest Resources Management:  Rural Livelihood and Sustainable Development. Edited by: Pravat Kumar Shit, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Pulakesh Das, Gouri Sankar Bhunia. Published by Springer-Nature.

  4. Ravikanth G, Siddappa S, Harisha, R. P, Madegowda C and Venkata Naidu. 2019. Honey and Gooseberry-Non-timber forest products: economic valuation and conservation challenges. In Economic valuation of potential Bioresources for Access and Benefit Sharing. Edited by Vidya Pradeep Kumar. Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board. Pp. 95-110 

  5. Sharath, S. P., Prabhugoud I Biradar, Jagadish, M.R., Shrikant Gunaga, Shiva Prakash K. N., Vasudeva, R and Ravikanth, G., 2017. Floristic diversity, threats and restoration of Myristica swamps in Central Western Ghats, Karnataka, Mainstreaming biodiversity for sustainable development, Kerala State Biodiversity Board. Pp. 142-149. ISBN No. 978-81-934231-1-0

  6.  Suryanarayanan T. S.  , Venkat Gopalan, Uma Shaanker R., Anindita Sengupta and Ravikanth G. 2017. Translating endophyte research to applications: prospects and challenges. In: Diversity and Benefits of Microorganisms from the Tropics. Edited by de Azevedo, João Lúcio, Quecine and Maria Carolina Quecine. Pp. 343-365 Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55804-2_15

  7.  Ganesan R, Aravind N.A, Priyadarsanan D. R and Ravikanth G. 2017. The nitty gritty of a name: Systematic Biology and Conservation. In: Transcending boundaries: Reflecting on twenty years of action and research at ATREE. Edited by Ankila J. Hiremath, Nitin D. Rai and Ananda Siddhartha. Bangalore: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment.

  8.  Ravikanth G and Siddappa Setty. 2017. Shrinking harvest: Genetic consequences and challenges for sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products. In: Transcending boundaries: Reflecting on twenty years of action and research at ATREE. Edited by Ankila J. Hiremath, Nitin D. Rai and Ananda Siddhartha. Bangalore: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment.

  9.  Mohana Kumara P, Shweta S, Vasanth Kumari MM, Sachin N, Manjunath BL, Sagar Jadav S, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah KN, Uma Shaanker R. 2013 Endophytes and plant secondary metabolite synthesis: molecular and evolutionary perspectives. In:  Advances in Endophytic Research. Editors Verma, Vijay and Gange, Alan C. Springer. Pp. 177-190. DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1575-2_9

  10.  Ravikanth. G, Srirama R, Senthilkumar U, Ganeshaiah K.N and Uma Shaanker R. 2011. Genetic resources of Phyllanthus in Southern India-Identification of Geographic and Genetic hot-spots and its implication for conservation In: Phyllanthus species: scientific evaluation and medicinal applications. Editors: Ramadasan Kuttan and K.B. Harikumar. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Florida. Pp: 97-118

  11.  Ravikanth.G, Nageswara Rao.M., Ganeshaiah K.N.,. and Uma Shaanker.R., 2009. Genetic diversity of NTFP species: issues and implications. Pp.53-64 In: Non-Timber Forest Products Conservation, Management and Policies. R. Uma Shaanker, Ankila J. Hiremath, Gladwin C. Joseph and  Nitin Rai(Eds). Published by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore and Forestry Research Support Program for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Bangkok.

  12.  Uma Shaanker R., Ramesha B.T., Ravikanth G., Gunaga R., Vasudeva R. and Ganeshaiah K.N., 2008. Chemical Profiling of Nothapodytes nimmoniana for Camptothecin, an Important Anticancer Alkaloid: Toward the Development of a Sustainable Production System. Pp 197-213.  In Bioactive Molecules and Medicinal Plants.  Ramawat KG, Merillon JM (eds.) Springer Publishing, UK

  13.  Uma Shaanker.R., Ganeshaiah K.N., Nageswara Rao.M. and Ravikanth.G., 2002, Forest gene banks – a new integrated approach for the conservation of forest tree genetic resources, pp 229-235, In: Managing Plant Genetic Resources, Engels, J.M.M., Brown, A.H.D. and Jackson, M.T. (eds), CABI Publishing, Nosworthy. Wallingford. Oxon. UK

  14.  Ravikanth, G., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Uma Shaanker.R. 2001, Mapping genetic diversity of rattans in Central Western Ghats: Identification of hot-spots of variability for in situ conservation.  pp 69-83, In: Forest genetic resources: Status, threats and conservation strategies, Uma Shaanker R., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Bawa K.S. (eds),  Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.

  15.  Cheluvaraju, Deepali Singh B.S., Nageswara Rao. M., Ravikanth G., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Uma Shaanker R., 2001 Conservation of Bamboo Genetic Resources in Western Ghats: Status, Threats and Strategies, pp 99-113, In: Forest genetic resources: Status, threats and conservation strategies, Uma Shaanker R., Ganeshaiah K.N. and Bawa, K.S. (eds), Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd

  16.  Uma Shaanker R., Ganeshaiah K.N, Nageswara Rao.M. and Ravikanth.G., 2001,  A new approach to conservation of genetic resources of forest trees: promise and processes. pp 263-271.  In: Forest genetic resources: Status, threats and conservation strategies, Uma Shaanker, R., Ganeshaiah, K.N. and Bawa, K.S. (eds), Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd

Patent

R.A. Vishwakarma, S.K. Jain, S.B. Bharate, A.H. Dar, A. Khajuria, M. Samdarshi, S.K. Bhola, Qazi AK, A. Hussain, T. Sidiq, R. Uma Shaanker, G. Ravikanth, R. Vasudeva, M.K. Patel, K.N. Ganeshaiah. 2014.  New chromone alkaloid dysoline for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disorders. Patent Number: WO2014167580A1 Publication Date: October 16, 2014. US grant No: US9776989B2, Publication Date:  03 Oct 2017

Popular articles

  1. Ravikanth G. 2010. Kathala Kupadelli iruwa sasyake belakina bedagu. Vijaya Karnataka (Vigana Lavalavike) 16th Feb 2010, Page 3.

  2. Priti H,  Gururaja K.V. &  Ravikanth G. 2015. Identification of Tadpoles of an Endemic Genus Nyctibatrachus from Central Western Ghats India. Frog Log, 23 (4): 44-45

  3. Uma Shaanker and Ravikanth. 2016. Raw herbal drugs: How safe are they? The Dialogue. Wednesday, 5th October, 2016 http://www.thedialogue.co/raw-herbal-drugs-safe/

  4. Ravikanth G. and Aravind N. A. 2017. Need for national policy to recover endangered species. The Dialogue. Sunday, 5th March 2017. nth G, 2020. Pastoral communities of Tamil Nadu in peril. Mongabay, 30th April 2020. https://india.mongabay.com/2020/04/commentary-pastoral-communities-of-tamil-nadu-in-peril/

  5. Vikram Aditya and Ravikanth G, 2020. How the Pandemic Has Affected India’s Forest-Dwelling Communities. 6th May, 2020. https://science.thewire.in/environment/how-the-pandemic-has-affected-indias-forest-dwelling-communities/

  6. Aravind. N.A and Ravikanth G. 2020.  IN CONVERSATION: Reconciling biodiversity conservation with agricultural intensification. Current Science 119(1): 14

  7.  Ravikanth G. 2020. Harvests shrinking? Challenges for sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products. CEiBa Newsletter 3 (2): 11-17

  8.  Uma Shaanker R and Ravikanth G, 2020. On the other side of herbal remedies lie quality and conservation problems. The Wire, 26th August 2020. https://science.thewire.in/environment/covid-19-herbal-products-admixtures-adulteration-conservation-endangered-plant-species

  9. Ravikanth, G. 2021. Don’t just ignore plant pathogens. In: State of India’s Environment, 2021. Down to Earth. Published by: Centre for Science and Environment. Pp. 311-312

  10.  Shruti Hegde and Ravikanth G, 2021. ON THE ROCKS: Udupi turmeric is just 500 individuals away from extinction. Down to Earth, Feb 1-15, 2021, Page 48-51

  11. Deepu, S. and Ravikanth, G. 2021. Semecarpus kathalekanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T175212A1419302. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T175212A1419302.en

  12.  Ravikanth G, P. Srinivas Vasu and Veena Srinivasan. 2022. To address climate change, grow and restore soil, not trees. Mongabay 7 Jan 2022. https://india.mongabay.com/2022/01/commentary-to-address-climate-change-grow-and-restore-soil-not-trees/

Papers in Conference Proceedings

  1. Siddappa Setty R, Harisha R.P, Ravikanth G, Madegowda C and Venkata Naidu. 2017. Enterprise based sustainable management of non-timber forest products and livelihood security in Western Ghats, Karnataka. Pp. In: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Bioresource Conservation and Utilization, May 13-14, 2017.  Vasudeva R, Santhosh Sutar and Basappa H (Eds). Published by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Pp 193-197

  2.  Santhosh Kumar J. U, Krishna V, Srirama R, Uma Shaanker R and Ravikanth G. 2017. DNA barcoding for assessing adulteration and for detecting illegal trade of economically important trees species of India. Pp. In: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Bioresource Conservation and Utilization, May 13-14, 2017.  Vasudeva R, Santhosh Sutar and Basappa H (Eds). Published by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Pp 154-160

  3.  Thriveni H.N, Ravikanth G and Vasudeva R, 2017. Status, Threats and Conservation of a critically endangered liana, Coscinium fenestratum in the Western Ghats, India. In: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Bioresource Conservation and Utilization, May 13-14, 2017.  Vasudeva R, Santhosh Sutar and Basappa H (Eds). Published by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Pp 76-80.

  4.  Jagadish, M. R, Prabhugoud Biradar, Shiva Prakash K. N, Shrikanth Gunaga, Ravikanth G and Syam Viswanath, 2017. Use of Ecological Niche Modelling (ENM) as a novel tool for prioritizing the potential areas for cultivation: A study and empirical evidence using Guadua augustifolia kunth., an economically important bamboo species. In: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Bioresource Conservation and Utilization, May 13-14, 2017.  Vasudeva R, Santhosh Sutar and Basappa H (Eds). Published by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Pp 135-138

  5.  Nyree J.C. Zerega,  G. Ravikanth, Elliot M. Gardner, Kristen Laricchia, Theresa Melhem, Maria Wang Colby E. Witherup, Siddappa Setty, M.I. Zuberi, and M.R. Jagdish. 2014. New genomic resources to understand genetic diversity and promote crop improvement of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), breadfruit (A. altilis), and other under-utilized Artocarpus crops. Pp. 44-60. In: Proceedings of the International symposium on Jackfruit and Breadfruit of the Tropics. Shyamalamma S, Ranganna B, Munishamanna K.B and Priyanka S (eds). Published by University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore and Department of Biotechnology, GOI, New Delhi.

  6.   Ravikanth G, Vasudeva R, Ganeshaiah K. N and Uma Shaanker R, 2010. Garcinia Forest Gene Banks: an alternative approach for the conservation of Garcinia Genetic Resources of the Western Ghats. Pp. 80-86. In: Proceedings of the National Symposium on Garcinia Genetic Resources: Linking Diversity, Livelihood and Management. Vasudeva R, Janagoudar B.S, Reddy B.M.C, Sthapit Bhuwon and Singh H.P (eds), Published by College of Forestry , Sirsi, India.

  7.  M. Nageswara Rao, G. Ravikanth, K. N. Ganeshaiah, T.S. Rathore and R. Uma Shaanker. 2007 Assessing threats and identifying the ecological niche of sandal resources to identify ‘hot-spots’ for in-situ conservation in Southern India Pp 23-31. In: Proceedings of National Seminar on Conservation, Improvement, Cultivation and Management of Sandal. Suresh Gairola, T.S Rathore, Geetha Joshi, A.N. Arun Kumar and Pankaj K. Aggarwal (eds.)Published by Wood Science and Technology Institute, Bangalore, India

  8.  Uma Shaanker.R., Ganeshaiah K.N., Nageswara Rao.M. and Ravikanth.G. 2003. Genetic diversity of NTFP species: issues and implications. In: Proceedings of the conference on “Policies, Management, Utilization and Conservation of Non-Timber Forest Producta(NTFP’s) in the south Asia Region. Ankila J. Hiremath, Gladwin C. Joseph and R. Uma Shaanker (Eds). Published by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore and Forestry Research Support Program for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Bangkok.

  9. Vasudeva R., Raghu H. B., Suraj P. G., Ravikanth. G, Uma Shaanker  R. and Ganeshaiah K. N., 2003, Can we restore critically endangered tree species of the Western Ghats through recovery plans? In:  Proceedings of the workshop on Conservation and Research needs of the Rare, Endangered and Threathened (RET) tree species in Kerala part of the Western Ghats.  Jose Kallarackal, K. Swarupanandan and J.K. Sharma (Eds). Published by Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala.

  10. Tambat. B.S, Channamallikarjuna, Rajanikanth.G, Ravikanth.G Uma Shaanker.R. and Ganeshaiah K.N., 2001,  Biological Diversity and Invasion: Testing the invasion theory, pp 121-124 (Supplement -1),  In: Proceedings of International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity, and Human Welfare. Ganeshaiah, K.N., Uma Shaanker, R. and Bawa, K.S. (eds), Oxford and IBH Publications, New Delhi

  11. Tambat. B.S, Channamallikarjuna, Rajanikanth.G, Ravikanth. G, C.G Kushallappa, Uma Shaanker.R. and Ganeshaiah K.N., 2001, Fragment sizes and diversity of species assemblages in sholas and sacred groves: are small fragments any worth pp 314--316, In: Proceedings of International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity, and Human Welfare. Ganeshaiah, K.N., Uma Shaanker, R. and Bawa, K.S. (eds), Oxford and IBH Publications, New Delhi.

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