Srini Chaluvadi


Contact Information:


Phone: 706-542-9729
E-mail: src@uga.edu
Address:
Department of Genetics
C424 Life Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-9235

Education:


  • Ph.D. M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
  • M.S. G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India.
  • B.S. G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India

Experience:


  • Assistant Research Scientist, laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, University of Georgia, Department of Genetics. 2012 - Present
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, University of Georgia, Department of Genetics. 2008-2012.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Richard S. Nelson, Plant biology division, Samuel Roberts Noble foundation. 2004- 2007.
  • Project Consultant, Laboratory of Dr. J. K. Ladha, International Rice Research Institute, Los banos, Philippines 2001.
  • Senior Scientist, Laboratory of tissue culture and Bioprospecting, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India 2000 - 2003.
  • Graduate Student of Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, M. S. Swaminathan Research foundation, Chennai, India 1995-1999.
    • Dissertation title: Species differentiation in the mangrove genus Rhizophora. Graduate Student (M.S.), laboratory of Dr. H.S. Chawla, department of Plant Breeding, G. B. Pant University of agriculture and Technology, India, 1991-1993.
    • Thesis title: Influence of genotype and culture medium on the callus induction and plant regeneration of wheat.

Teaching:


  • Guest Faculty: GENE 4240L - Experimental Microbiome Lab - The University of Georgia – 2019
  • Guest Faculty: GENE 8920 – Genomics and molecular genetics - The University of Georgia – Guest teaching 2015, 2016
  • Guest Faculty: Genetics 4950 – The University of Georgia – Guest teaching 2015, 2016
  • Guest Faculty Analysis of plants genomes and transcriptomes - Fort Valley State University – Guest teaching 2012, 2013
  • Core Faculty: Virus-Induced Gene Silencing and Stable RNAi – Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2005
  • Core Faculty: DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics – MSSRF 1999

Consulting:


  • International Rice Research Institute, Biology of Rice-Rhizobium interaction - 2011
  • Fort Valley State University, Plant Genomics - 2011

Event judging:


  • University of Georgia Plant Center Retreat - 2011, 2018
  • Georgia State Science Fair 2013

Reviewing/Refereeing: Grant Proposals


  • Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation, Committee Member Genomics and Proteomics 2013 - 2016
  • National Science Foundation, Project review

Reviewing/Refereeing: Journals


  • Symbiosis (Springer, NY)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers Editorial Office, Switzerland)
  • Archives of Virology (Springer, NY)
  • Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing, UK)
  • 3 Biotech (Springer, NY) – Reviewer
  • Tropical Plant Biology (Springer, NY)
  • BMC Genomics (BioMed Central, London, UK)
  • Plant Cell Reports (Springer, NY)
  • Industrial Crops and Products, (ELSEVIER, MO, USA)
  • Biochemie, (ELSEVIER, MO, USA)
  • Biomass and Bioenergy (ELSEVIER, MO, USA)
  • GENE (ELSEVIER, MO, USA)

Affiliations and Awards:


  • American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) (2008 - Present)
  • American Phytopathology Society - Soil Microbiology and Root Disease Committee (2007-2010)
  • Bioenergy Science Center, Department of Energy, USA (2008- Present)
  • Brandis Prize for most outstanding paper in Silvicuture (2000) by Indian Forester (This paper describes the methods to propagate Rhizophora species, an important viviparous mangrove tree genera).
  • Indo Italian Exchange Fellowship by Dept of Science and Tech, India (1999). (USD 5000) (I used this fellowship to visit University of Bologna, Italy for three months, to identify common areas interests for collaboration between MSSRF and University of Bologna.
  • Dourabji Tata Overseas Travel Fellowship (1998) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR, Govt. of India - Overseas Travel  Fellowship (1998) to present a plenary lecture on the application of classical and biotechnology methods to propagate mangrove tree species. (USD 1000).
  • CSIR, Govt. of India – Senior Research Fellowship (April 1998 to August 1999) to complete my doctoral thesis research)
  • Indian Council for Agri Research (ICAR), Govt. of India - Junior Research Fellowship (1991 – 1993)

Publications:


  • VanBuren, R, Wai, C.M, Pardo, J, Yocca, A.E, Wang, X, Wang, H, Chaluvadi, S.R, Bryant, D, Edger, P.P, Bennetzen, J.L, Mockler, T.C, Michael, T.P (2019) Exceptional subgenome stability and functional divergence in allotetraploid teff, the primary cereal crop in Ethiopia. BIORXIV doi.org/10.1101/580720
  • Chaluvadi, S.R, Bennetzen JL (2018) Species-Associated differences in the below-Ground Microbiomes of Wild and Domesticated Setaria. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. 9:1183. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01183
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., Bennetzen, J., Young, P., Thompson, K., Barhi, B. A., Gajera, B., . . . Krueger, R. (2018). Phoenix phylogeny, genetic diversity, distribution and population structure characterized in a world collection of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and its wild relatives. Plant Diversity. doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.11.005
  • de Souza, T.B, Chaluvadi, S.R, Johnen, L, Marques, A, Gonzalez-Elizondo, M.S, Bennetzen, J.L, et al. (2018) Analysis of retrotransposon abundance, diversity and distribution in holocentric Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) genomes. Annals of Botany. 122(2):279-90. doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy066
  • Frailey, D.C, Chaluvadi, S.R, Vaughn, J.N, Coatney, C.G, Bennetzen, J.L (2018) Gene loss and genome rearrangement in the plastids of five hemiparasites in the family Orobanchaceae. BMC Plant Biology. 2018;18(1):30. 10.1186/s12870-016-0705-8
  • Rocha, D. M., Marquez, A., Andrade, C.G.T.d.J., Guyot, R., Chaluvadi, S.R., Houben, A., Bennetzen, J.L., Vanzela, A.L.L, (2016) Developmental programmed cell death during asymmetric microsporogenesis in holocentric species of Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae). Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/erw300
  • Lee W.S., Fu, S.F, Li, Z., Murphy, A.M., Dobson, E.A., Garland, L., Chaluvadi, S.R., Lewsey, M.G., Nelson, R.S., Carr, J.P. (2016) The effects of salicylic acid and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase one on tobacco mosaic virus spread and virus-induced symptom development in Nicotiana benthamiana. BMC Plant Biol, 16:15
  • Vaughn, J.N, Chaluvadi, S.R, Tushar, Rangan, L, Bennetzen, J.L (2014) Whole plastome sequences from five ginger species facilitate marker development and define limits to barcode methodology. PloS one.9: e108581
  • Chaluvadi, S.R, Khanam S, Mohammad A.M.A, Bennetzen J.L (2014)  Genetic Diversity and population structure of native and introduced date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) germplasm in United Arab Emirates. Tropical Plant Biology (7) 30-41 (Featured on the cover)
  • Zhu, Q., S.M. Smith, M. Ayele, L. Yang, A. Jogi, Chaluvadi, S. R, Bennetzen J.L (2012) High-throughput discovery of mutations in tef semi-dwarfing genes by next-generation sequencing analysis. Genetics 192: 819-829
  • Al-Dous E, George B, Al-Mahmoud M, Al-Jaber M, Wang H, Salameh Y, Al-Azwani E, Chaluvadi, S. R, Pontaroli A, DeBarry J, Ohlrogge J, Arondel V, Saie I, Suliman-Elmeer K, Bennetzen J,  Kruegger R and Joel A. Malek (2011) De novo genome sequencing and comparative genomics of the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera cv Khalas) using massively parallel sequencing. Nature Biotechnology 29, 521–527 (Featured on the cover)
  • Deshpande, A., Pontaroli, A. C., Chaluvadi, S. R., Lu, F., and Bennetzen, J. L. (2011) Plant Genetics for Study of the Roles of Root Exudates and Microbes in the Soil, In Root Genomics (Costa de Oliveira, A., and Varshney, R. K., Eds.), pp 99-111, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Ding, X. S., Chaluvadi, S. R., and Nelson, R. S. (2007) Analysis of Gene Function in Rice Through Virus-Induced Gene Silencing , In Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology, (Pamela C. Ronald., Ed), Volume 354, 145-160.
  • Ding, X. S., Schneider, W. L., Chaluvadi, S. R., Mian, M. A. R., and Nelson, R. S. (2006) Characterization of a Brome mosaic virus strain and its use as a vector for gene silencing in monocotyledonous hosts, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions19, 1229-1239.
  • Sreevidya, V. S*., Chaluvadi, S. R*., Sullia, S. B., Ladha, J.K., and Reddy, P. M. (2006) Metabolic engineering of rice with soybean isoflavone synthase for promoting nodulation gene expression in rhizobia, Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 1957-1969 (*Equal First Author).
  • Eganathan, P., Subramanian, H., Latha, R., and Chaluvadi, S. R. (2006) Oil analysis in seeds of Salicornia brachiata, Industrial Crops and Products23, 177-179.
  • Latha, R., Chaluvadi, S. R., Subramaniam, H. M. S., Eganathan, P., and Swaminathan, M. S.(2004) Approaches to breeding for salinity tolerance - a case study on Porteresia coarctata, Annals of Applied Biology 144, 177-184.
  • Anand, A., Chaluvadi, S. R., Eganathan, P., Kumar, N. A., and Swaminathan, M. S. (2004)Saving an endemic and endangered taxon : Syzygium travancoricum Gamble (Myrtacae) : A case study focussing on its genetic diversity, and reintroduction, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 10, 233-242.
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., Eganathan, P., Anand, A., Latha, R. and Balakrishna, P. (2001) Application of biotechnology and classical breeding methods in the genetic enhancement of mangroves, In Mangrove Ecosystems: Natural Distribution, Biology and Management (Narayan R. Bhat, Faisal k. taha and Afaf Y. Al-Nasser Eds.).Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
  • Eganathan, P., and Chaluvadi, S. R. (2001) Manual on vegetative and micropropagation of mangroves / P. Eganathan and C. Srinivasa Rao, Chennai : M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2001.
  • Eganathan, P., Chaluvadi, S. R., and Anand, A. (2000) Vegetative propagation of three mangrove tree species by cuttings and air layering, Wetlands Ecology and Management 8, 281-286.
  • Eganathan, P., Chaluvadi, S. R., Anand, A., and Balakrishna, P. (2000) Propagation of Rhizophora species through viviparous hypocotyl cuttings and air layering, Indian Forester 126, 1222-1230.
  • Anand, A., and Chaluvadi, S. R. (2000) A rapid in vitro propagation protocol for Piper barberi Gamble, a critically endangered plant, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant 36, 61-64.
  • Anand, A., Chaluvadi, S. R., and Balakrishna, P. (1999) In vitro propagation of Syzygium travancoricum Gamble - an endangered tree species, Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 56, 59-63.
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., Eganathan, P., Anand, A., Balakrishna, P., and Reddy, T. P. (1998) Protocol for in vitro propagation of Excoecaria agallocha L., a medicinally important mangrove species, Plant Cell Reports17, 861-865.
  • Latha, R., Ajith, A., Chaluvadi, S. R., Eganathan, P., and Balakrishna, P. (1998) In vitro propagation of salt-tolerant wild rice relative, Porteresia coarctata Tateoka, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 17, 231-235.
  • Anand, A., Chaluvadi, S. R., Latha, R., Josekutty, P. C., and Balakrishna, P. (1998) Micropropagation of Uraria picta, a medicinal plant, through axillary bud culture and callus regeneration, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant 34, 136-140.
  • Parani, M., Chaluvadi, S. R., Mathan, N., Anuratha, C. S., Narayanan, K. K., and Parida, A. (1997) Molecular Phylogeny of mangroves III Parentage analysis of a Rhizophora hybrid using random amplified polymorphic DNA and restriction fragment length polymorphism markers, Aquatic Botany 58, 165-172.

Book Chapters and Books:


  • Deshpande, A., Pontaroli, A. C., Chaluvadi, S. R., Lu, F., & Bennetzen, J. L. (2011). Plant genetics for the study of the roles of root exudates and microbes in the soil. In A. C. D. Oliveira, & R. K. Varshney (Eds.), Root Genomics (pp. 99-112). Springer.
  • Ding, X. S., Rao, C. S., & Nelson, R. S. (2007). Analysis of gene function in rice through virus-induced gene silencing.Plant-Pathogen Interactions (Vol. 354, pp. 145-160).
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., Egananthan, P., Anand, A., Latha, R., & Balakrishna, P. (2001). Application of Biotechnology and classical breeding methods in the genetic enhancement of mangroves. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mangrove Ecology and Biology (pp. 83-95).
  • Eganathan, P., & Chaluvadi, S. R. (2001). Manual on vegetative and micropropagation of mangroves. MS Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai, India.
  • Ajith, A., Parani, M., Rao, C. S., Latha, R., & Balakrishna, P. (1997). Micropropagation and genetic fidelity studies in Piper longum L. In Biotechnology of Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Indian Society for Spices, Calicut, India (pp. 94-97).
  • Chaluvadi, S. R. (2000). Micropropagation of some Indian mangroves and species differentiation in the genus Rhizophora. (PhD Thesis).

Workshops and Symposia:


  • iPlant Faculty Workshop on genome assembly sponsored by National Science Foundation, USA at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia on  April 23-24, 2010
  • Rice Gene Annotation Workshop at TIGR, Rockville, Maryland, USA , July 2007
  • Core Faculty in the RiceCAP sponsored Virus-Induced Gene Silencing and Stable RNAi Workshop.  The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, OK, October 31-Nov 05, 2005 
  • Course Director, Biodiversity conservation and prospecting" M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India, March 26th April 2nd, 2003
  • Core Faculty in the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) sponsored training program on Biodiversity, Conservation and Molecular Markers. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India December 7-23, 1997
  • Created self Help Groups (SHGs) in Coastal Taminadu and trained them in vegetative propagation techniques, mist propagation and afforestation, 1999-2003

Selected Presentations at Conferences:


  • Chaluvadi, S. R, Park, M., Frailey, D., Bennetzen, J. L. (2019). Vertically and horizontally transmitted genetic information in the plant:: plant and plant:: microbe interaction. Keynote presentation at 3rd Global Congress on Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Match 11-13, Singapore
  • Chaluvadi, S. R (2019) Plant genetic contributions to plant: microbiome interactions. Plenary Speaker. Indian Plant Science Congress, January 23 - 25, 2019, SRMIST, Kattankulathur
  • Johnson, A., Qi, P., Chaluvadi, S. R., Pendergast IV, T., Bennetzen, J., & Devos, K. (2017). MicroRNA expression profiling in AMF inoculated upland and lowland switchgrass. UGA Plant Center Retreat, Helen, GA.
  • Bahri, B., Pendergast, T., Johnson, A., Chaluvadi, S. R., Qi, P., Missaoui, A., . . . Devos, K. (2017). QTL mapping of switchgrass biomass traits using a GBS-SNP based linkage map. Poster session presented at the meeting of Plant Center Retreat.
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., Basu, P., Maddox, A., Rutledge, S., & Bennetzen, J. (2017). Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria – Isolation, identification, and greenhouse tests for positive interactions with the host plant. UGA Plant Center Retreat, Helen, GA.
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., & Bennetzen, J. L. (2017). The diversity of total and active nitrogen-fixing microbiome in the roots of selected grass species. 59th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, St Louis, MO.
  • Devos, K. M., Chaluvadi, S., Qi, P., Schwoyer, C., Young, J., Missaoui, A., . . . Bennetzen, J. L. (2015). Improving Cold Tolerance in Lowland Switchgrass. Poster session presented at the meeting of Genomic Science Contractors– Grantees Meeting XIII and USDA-DOE Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy Meeting, February 23-25, 2015, Tyson's Corner, VA.
  • Qi, P., Chaluvadi, S., Johnson, A., Schwoyer, C., Pendergast, T. H., Missaoui, A., . . . Devos, K. M. (2015). Understanding the genetic relationship between cold-tolerance and colonization by mycorrhizal fungi to improve the cultivation range of switchgrass. Plant Center Retreat, UGA, Oct 29-30, 2015.
  • Chaluvadi, S. R., Young, P. F., Tompson, K. P., Thomas, T., Saha, M. C., Brummer, C. E., . . . Bennetzen, J. L. (2012.). Plant genetic contributions to microbial colonization in the rhizosphere and roots of switchgrass and Setaria. Bioenergy Science Center Retreat, Chattanooga, TN.
  • Ghimire, S., Craven, K., Chaluvadi, S., Bennetzen, J., Worley, E., Yang, J., . . . Keller, M. (2010). Enhanced quality, value, yield, carbon capture and sustainability of switchgrass biomass by the improvement of root, microbe and soil interactions. Poster session presented at the meeting of Annual Meeting of the American-Phytopathological-Society (APS).