Current Areas of research

• Molecular Sugarcane Breeding and Biotechnology
• Sugarcane transgenics for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
• Location Specific Sugarcane Variety Development
• Utilization and Germplasm Maintenance of Saccharum spp and Related genera

1. Received Noel Deerr Gold Medal Award 2023 in 81^st Annual Convention of The Sugar Technologists' Association of India (STAI), New Delhi.
2. Coordinator – BU ERB for Ph.D Doctoral Committee and Thesis evaluation online portal
3. DBT Nominee of IBSC, Rasi Seeds P Ltd., S.F. No. 269/1B, 269/1A3, Cuddalore Main Road, Ammampalayam, Attur, salem, Tamil Nadu 636141 (28^th April 2023 to 27^th April 2026). 
4. Fellow award 2023 by National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai
5. Fellow award 2022 by Bose Science Society, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu 
6. General Secretary, Society for sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), Coimbatore (2021 onwards)
7. Joint Secretary, Society for sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), Coimbatore (2019-2021)
8. Received Noel Deerr Gold Medal Award 2019 in 77^th Annual Convention of The Sugar Technologists' Association of India (STAI), New Delhi.
9. Assistant Public Information Officer, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore since 19.12. 2019
10. Best Biotechnologists Award by National Agriculture Development Co-operative Ltd in International Conference on Innovations in Plant and Animal Sciences for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (IPASSARD 2019) during 07-09 December 2019.
11. Received Best Poster presentation award in National conference of Integrative Biochemistry and Biotechnology organized by IIRR during 08-09 November 2019, Hyderabad.
12. Young Scientist Award by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology in International Conference on GRISAAS-2018 during 28-30 October 2018.
13. Received Best Poster presentation award in National Conference on Basic and Applied Biological Sciences organized during 10 -11 October 2018 by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
14. Received Best Oral presentation award in National Conference on Novel Trends in Bioscience (NCNTB 2018), 3rd February, Hindusthan College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.
15. Received Best Poster presentation award in International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: 100 Years and Beyond (SucroSym-2017) during 18-21^st September, 2017, Coimbatore.
16. Received Noel Deerr Gold Medal Award 2017 in 74th Annual Convention of The Sugar Technologists' Association of India (STAI), New Delhi.
17. Received Best Poster presentation award in InterDrought-V International Conference organized by ICRISAT during 21-25, February 2017 at HICC, Kondapur, Hyderabad, Telangana.
18. Received Best Poster presentation award in International Conference 2016: Sugarcane Value Chain- Vision 2025 at Vasantdada Sugar Institute from October 13-16 at Pune, Maharashtra.
19. Editorial Board Member of Crop Research Journal since 2015 (https://www.cropresearch.org/cr-editorial-board/)
20. Editor of Legume Research Journal (https://arccjournals.com/completeProfile/REV-3805/c.+appunu)
21. Consulting Editor of Sugar Tech Journal (NASS rated journal) since 2016
22. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Sugarcane Research (NASS rated journal) since 2018
23. Received Best paper presentation award in National Seminar on Recent Advances and Challenges in Sugarcane Research, Mandya-UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, 23-24 January, 2014
24. Received Best Poster presentation award In International Symposium on New Paradigms in Sugarcane Research, held at Coimbatore from October 15-18, 2012.
25. Research guide recognition in Anna University, Chennai, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli (Since 2014).
26. External Expert Member of Institute Biosafety Committee (IBSC), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
27. External Expert Member-Doctoral Committee of Ph. D Students, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
28. External Expert Member-Doctoral Committee of Ph. D Students, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
29. External Expert Member-Doctoral Committee of Ph. D Students, Department of Biotechnology, Anna University Campus, Trichy 
30. Young Scientist Award by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi during 2014.
31. Fellow of Society of Applied Biotechnology (2013 onwards) University of Karnatak, Karnataka, India
32. Received Young Doctor Foreign Mobility Award from Ministry of Education and Innovation, Government of Spain from August 2010-January 2012.
33. Postdoctoral Fellow- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India- Fellowship Award, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai from July, 2007- June, 2008
34. Received the Dr. Rana Memorial award for best poster presentation in the 48^th Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, held at IITM, Chennai
35. National Eligibility Test (2007) -Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Eligibility for Lectureship / Assistant Professorship in Indian Universities.
36. European Molecular Biology Organisation fellowship award for the short term research programme on the project of "Molecular Rhizobial ecology project" at Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Dijon, France.
37. National Eligibility Test (2006) -Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Eligibility for Lectureship / Assistant Professorship in Indian Universities.
38. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- University Grant commission’s Senior Research Fellowship from July, 2005 – April, 2007
39. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- University Grant commission’s Junior Research Fellowship during Ph.D-2003 -2004.
40. National Eligibility Test (2002) - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research / University Grant Commission – Eligibility for Lectureship / Assistant Professorship in Indian Universities.
41. BHU Research Scholarship On the basis of first rank secured in Research Entrance Test (National level) during Ph.D-August 2002-July 2003.
42. Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Junior research Fellowship” during M. Sc. (Ag.) –November 2000- August, 2002.
43. TNAU Merit scholarship during B.Sc. (Ag.) - August 1995 - July 1999

2023

1. Murugan N, Kumar R, Pandey SK, Dhansu P, Chennappa M, Nallusamy S, Govindakurup H, Chinnaswamy A*. 2023. In silico dissection of regulatory regions of PHT genes from Saccharum spp. hybrid and Sorghum bicolor and expression analysis of PHT promoters under osmotic stress conditions in Tobacco. Sustainability 15(2):1048 https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021048.
2. Valarmathi R., H. K. Mahadeva Swamy, C. Appunu, G. S. Suresha, K. Mohanraj, G. Hemaprabha, C. Mahadevaiah, V. Ulaganathan. Comparative transcriptome profiling to unravel the key molecular signalling pathways and drought adaptive plasticity in shoot borne root system of sugarcane. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39970-1
3. Krishnagowdu Saravanan, Nandakumar Vidya, Jayachandran Halka, Kumaresan Kowsalya, Chinnaswamy Appunu, Packiaraj Gurusaravanan and Muthukrishnan Arun, 2023. Mitigation of Salt Stress in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) Using Exogenous Application of Onion Extract. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01393-2
4. Krishnagowdu Saravanan, Nandakumar Vidya, Chinnaswamy Appunu, Packiaraj Gurusaravanan, Muthukrishnan Arun. 2023. A simple and efficient genetic transformation system for soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) targeting apical meristem of modified half‑seed explant. 3 Biotech 13:293 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03715-8
5. Raja AK, Vasantha S, Gomathi R, Hemaprabha G, Alarmelu S, Srinivasa V, Vengavasi K, Alagupalamuthirsolai M, Hari K, Palaniswami C, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Geetha P, Tayade AS, Anusha S, Vinu V, Valarmathi R, Dhansu P and Minturam M. 2023. Rapid and Non-Destructive Methodology for Measuring Canopy Coverage at an Early Stage and Its Correlation with Physiological and Morphological Traits and Yield in Sugarcane. Agriculture 2023, 13, 1481. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13081481
6. Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Gauri Nerkar, Chakravarthi M, Dharshini S, Subramonian N, Premachandran MN, Valarmathi R, Arun Kumar R, Gomathi R, Krisha Surendar K, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C. 2023. Transgenic sugarcane with higher levels of BRK1 showed improved drought tolerance. Plant Cell Reports
7. Krishnagowdu Saravanan, Nandakumar Vidya, Jayachandran Halka, Ravichandran Priyanka Preethi, Chinnaswamy Appunu, Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Muthukrishnan Arun, 2023. Exogenous application of stevioside enhances root growth promotion in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill), Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 201: 107881 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107881
8. Manoj Vadakkenchery Mohanan, Anunanthini Pushpanathan, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, Dharshini Selvarajan, Sathishkumar Ramalingam, Hemaprabha Govindkurup, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2023. Isolation of 5’ regulatory region of cold1 gene and its functional characterization through transient expression analysis in tobacco and sugarcane. 3 Biotech
9. Swathik Clarancia P, Naveenarani M, Ashwin Narayan J, Krishna S S, Thirugnanasambandam P P, Valarmathi R, Suresha G S, Gomathi R, Kumar R A, Manickavasagam M, Jegadeesan R, Arun M, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C*. Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization and Expression Analysis of Plant Nuclear Factor (NF-Y) Gene Family Transcription Factors in Saccharum spp. Genes 2023, 14, 1147. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14061147
10. Kumar R, Dhansu P, Kulshreshtha N, Meena MR, Kumaraswamy MH, Appunu C, Chhabra ML, Pandey SK. Identification of salinity tolerant stable sugarcane cultivars using AMMI, GGE and some other stability parameters under multi environments of salinity stress. Sustainability 2023 Jan;15(2):1119 https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021119
11. Surya Krishna S, Harish Chandar SR, Ravi M, Valarmathi R, Lakshmi K, Prathima PT, Manimekalai R, Viswanathan R, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C*. Transgene-free genome editing for biotic and abiotic stress resistance in sugarcane: Prospects and challenges. Agronomy 2023 Mar 29; 13(4):1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041000
12. Surya Krishna S, Viswanathan R, Valarmathi R, Lakshmi K, Appunu C*. CRISPR/Cas-Mediated genome editing approach for improving virus resistance in sugarcane. Sugar Tech 2023 Mar 27:1-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-023-01252-5  
13. Mahadevaiah C, Vignesh P, Appunu C, Valarmathi R, Dhansu P, Kumar A, Dharshini S, Padmanabhan TSS, Narayan JA, Selvamuthu K, et al. 2023. Physiological characterization of Tripidium arundinaceum and sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) germplasm for salinity stress tolerance at the formative stage. Sustainability 15, 6962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su15086962

2022

1. Naveenarani M, Suresha GS, Srikanth J, Hari K, Sankaranarayanan C, Mahesh P, Nirmala R, Swathik CP, Crickmore N, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C, Singaravelu B. 2022. Whole genome analysis and functional characterization of a novel Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt 62) isolate against sugarcane white grub Holotrichia serrata (F). Genomics 114 (2022) 185–195.
2. Murugan, N.; Palanisamy, V.; Channappa, M.; Ramanathan, V.; Ramaswamy, M.; Govindakurup, H.; Chinnaswamy, A*. 2022. Genome-wide in silico identification, structural analysis, promoter analysis, and expression profiling of PHT gene family in sugarcane root under salinity stress. Sustainability 14, 15893. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su142315893
3. Kumar R, Meena MR, Dhansu P, Karuppaiyan R, Appunu C, Kulshreshtha N, Kaushik P, Ram B. 2022. Winter Tolerance Potential of Genetically Diverse Sugarcane Clones under Subtropical Climate of Northern India. Sustainability 14, 11757. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811757
4. Gauri Nerkar, Suman Devarumath, Madhavi Purankar, Atul Kumar, R. Valarmathi, Rachayya Devarumath* and C. Appunu*. 2022. Advances in Crop Breeding Through Precision Genome Editing. Frontiers in Genetics 13:880195. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.880195 (Accepted 17 June 2022).
5. Mintu R. Meena, Appunu Chinnaswamy, Arun Kumar R. Manimekalai R, Vasantha S, Gopal Reddy, Ravinder Kumar, S K. Pandey and G Hemaprabha. 2022. Recent Advances in Sugarcane Genomics, Physiology, and Phenomics for Superior Agronomic Traits. Frontiers in Genetics 13:854936.

2021

1. Vignesh P, Mahadevaiah C, Parimalan R, Valarmathi R, Dharshini S, Nisha Singh, Suresha GS, Swathi S, Mahadeva Swamy HK, Sreenivasa V, Mohanraj K, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2021. Comparative de novo transcriptome analysis identifies salinity stress responsive genes and metabolic pathways in sugarcane and its wild relative Erianthus arundinaceus [Retzius] Jeswiet. Scientific Reports 11:24514 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03735-5
2. Valarmathi R, H. K. Mahadevaswamy, V. Ulaganathan, C. Appunu, S. Karthigeyan, Adhini S. Pazhany. 2021 Assessing the genetic diversity and population structure of world germplasm collection of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet using sequence-related amplified polymorphic markers. Sugar Tech https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-021-01037-8R.
3. Mahadevaiah C, Appunu C, Aitken K, Suresha GS, Vignesh P, Mahadeva Swamy HK, Valarmathi R, Hemaprabha G, Alagarasan G and Ram B (2021) Genomic Selection in Sugarcane: Current Status and Future Prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:708233.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.708233 
4. Ashwin Narayan J, M. Chakravarthi, Gauri Nerkar, V. M. Manoj, S. Dharshini, N. Subramonian, M. N. Premachandran, R. Arun Kumar, K. Krishna Surendar, G. Hemaprabha, Bakshi Ram, C. Appunu. 2021. Overexpression of expansin EaEXPA1, a cell wall loosening protein enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane. Industrial Crops & Products 159: 113035
5. Valarmathi R, H.K.M. Swamy, K. Preeti, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2021. Comparative profiling of drought induced root metabolic responses in sugarcane wild relative Erianthus arundinaceus (IND 04-1335) and a commercial variety Co 99004. Journal of Environmental Biology 42(3):668-677
6. Valarmathi R, H.K.Mahadevaswamy, V. Ulaganathan, C. Appunu, G. Hemaprabha, R. Sathishraj. 2021. Low cost high throughput image based root phenotyping pipeline for evaluation of sugarcane root system architecture under drought stress. Journal of Sugarcane Research (2021) 11: 24-36 https://doi.org/10.37580/JSR.2021.1.11.24-36
7. Manoj Vadakkenchery Mohanan, Anunanthini Pushpanathan, Sarath Padmanabhan Thelakat Sasikumar, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, Dharshini Selvarajan, Sathishkumar Ramalingam, Bakshi Ram, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2021. Overexpression of Glyoxalase III gene in transgenic sugarcane plays a vital role in enhancing performance under salinity stress. Journal of Plant Research 134(5): 1083-1094 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01300-9
8. Karthik S, Pavan G, Prasanth A, Sathish S, Appunu C, Manickavasagam M. 2021. Improved in planta genetic transformation efficiency in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant 57, 190–201 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-021-10160-w
9. Bakshi Ram, G. Hemaprabha, B. D. Singh, C. Appunu. 2021. History and Current Status of Sugarcane Breeding, Germplasm Development and Molecular Biology in India. Sugar Tech https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-021-01015-0
10. Mahadevaiah C, Hemaprabha G, Ravinder Kumar, Appunu C, Sreenivasa V, Mahadevaswamy H K, Anna Durai A and Adhini S. Pazhani. 2021. Studies on association of coefficient of coancestry with progeny performance in Sugarcane. Journal of Sugarcane Research 11(1): 56-65 https://doi.org/10.37580/JSR.2021.1.11.56-65
11. Swathik Clarancia Peter, Valarmathi Ramanathan, Suresha G. S, Hemaprabha G, Chinnaswamy Appunu. 2021. Isolation and characterization of drought responsive Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) gene from drought tolerant wild relative of sugarcane, Erianthus arundinaceus. Journal of Sugarcane Research 11(2): 180-190 https://doi.org/10.37580/JSR.2021.1.11.56-65

2020

1. Singaravelu B, Suresha GS, Srikanth J, Appunu C, Sankaranarayanan C, Mahesh P, Nirmala R and Rajeshkumar M. 2020. Prospecting in Western Ghats of karnataka for indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis isolates harbouring novel crystal toxin genes for sugarcane pest management. Journal of Sugarcane Research 10(2) : 113-120
2. Appunu C, Ashwin Narayan J, Mahadevaswamy HK, Karthigeyan S, Valarmathi R, Mahadevaiah C, Kumar R, Meena M R, Ram R. 2020. Variability and molecular diversity of wild sugarcane germplasm collected from low temperature regions Lohit and Changlang of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Biotechnology 19(3): 159-168
3. Manoj Vadakkenchery Mohanan, Anunanthini Pushpanathan, Sarath Padmanabhan Thelakat Sasikumar, Dharshini Selvarajan, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, Arun Kumar R, Sathishkumar Ramalingam, Sathyamoorthy Nagaranai Karuppasamy, Ramanathan Subbiah, Bakshi Ram, Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2020. Ectopic expression of DJ‑1/PfpI domain containing Erianthus arundinaceus Glyoxalase III (EaGly III) enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane. Plant Cell Reports 39(11): 1581-1594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-020-02585-1
4. Dharshini S, Nam V. Hoang, C. Mahadevaiah, T.S. Sarath Padmanabhan, G. Alagarasan, G.S. Suresha, Ravinder Kumar, Minturam Meena, Bakshi Ram, C. Appunu. 2020. Root transcriptome analysis of Saccharum spontaneum uncovers key genes and pathways in response to low-temperature stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 171: 103935 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot. 2019.103935) Impact factor: 4.052
5. Mintu Ram Meena, Ravinder Kumar, Appunu Chinnaswamy, Ramaiyan Karuppaiyan, Neeraj Kulshreshtha, Bakshi Ram.2020. Current breeding and genomic approaches to enhance the cane and sugar productivity under abiotic stress conditions. 3 Biotech 10: 440 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02416-w
6. Sathish D, Vasudevan V, Theboral J, Elayaraja D, Appunu C, Siva R, Manickavasagam M. 2020. Exogenous polyamines enhance somatic embryogenesis and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation efficiency in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant 56: 29-40 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-019-10022-6) Impact factor: 1.024
7. Dharshini S, Manoj V M, Suresha G S, Narayan J A., Padmanabhan T S, Kumar R, Appunu C. 2020. Isolation and characterization of nuclear localized abiotic stress responsive cold regulated gene 413 (SsCor413) from Saccharum spontaneum. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 38, 628-640. Impact factor: 1.897.
8. Swathik Clarancia P, Naveenarani M, Manoj VM, Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Dharshini S, Ashwin Narayan J, Suresha GS, Mahadevaiah C, Valarmathi R, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2020. Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of stress responsive plant nuclear transcriptional factor subunit (NF-YB2) from commercial Saccharum hybrid and wild relative Erianthus arundinaceus. 3 Biotech 10 (7):1-14 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02295-1) Impact factor: 1.786
9. Swathik Clarancia P, Naveenarani M, Valarmathi R, Suresha GS, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2020. Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of novel water deficit stress responsive DEEP ROOTING (DRO1) gene from Erianthus arundinaceus. Journal of Sugarcane Research 10(1): 001-011.
10. R.Valarmathi, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy, K. Preethi, J. Ashwin Narayan, C.Appunu and Hifzur Rahman. 2020. Characterization and in silico analyses of RTCS gene from sugarcane encoding LOB protein family of transcription factors: a key regulator of shoot-borne root initiation. Journal of Sugarcane Research 10(1): 012-023

2019

1. Manoj VM, Anunanthini P, Swathik C. Peter, S. Dharshini, Ashwin Narayan J, Manickavasagam M, Sathishkumar R, Sursha GS, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2019. Comparative functional analysis of Glyoxalase pathway genes in Erianthus arundinaceus and commercial sugarcane hybrid under salinity and drought conditions. BMC Genomics 19: 986 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-5349-7) Impact factor: 3.501
2. Anunanthini P, Manoj VM, Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Dhivya S, Ashwin Narayan J, Appunu C and Sathishkumar R. 2019. In silico characterization and functional validation of membrane-bound cell signaling COLD1 gene in monocots during abiotic stress. Functional Plant Biology 46: 524-532 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP18189 Impact factor: 2.491
3. Ashwin Narayan J, Dharshini S, Manoj VM, Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Kadirvelu K, Suresha GS, Subramonian N, Bakshi Ram, Premachandran MN, Appunu C. 2019. Isolation and characterization of water deficit stress responsive α-expansin 1 (EXPA1) gene from Saccharum complex. 3 Biotech 9:186 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-019-1719-3 Impact factor: 1.786
4. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Bakshi Ram. 2019. Promising genetic stocks identified from multilocation varietal evaluation trials of Institute-Industry collaborative programme in Tamil Nadu. Journal of Sugarcane Research 9(2): 184-186
5. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Bakshi Ram et al. 2019. Co 11015 (ATULYA): A new high yielding and high quality short duration sugarcane variety released for commercial cultivation in Tamil Nadu. Journal of Sugarcane Research 9(2): 193-195

2018

1. Appunu Chinnaswamy, Teodoro Coba de la Peña, Alexandra Stoll, Daniel de la Peña Rojo, Jaime Bravo, Ana Rincón, M. Mercedes Lucas, and José J. Pueyo. 2018. A nodule endophytic Bacillus megaterium strain isolated from Medicago polymorpha enhances growth, promotes nodulation by Ensifer medicae and alleviates salt stress in alfalfa plants. Annals of Applied Biology 172: 295-308 doi:10.1111/aab.12420 Impact factor: 2.046
2. Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Dharshini S, Manoj VM, Ashwin Narayan J, Appunu C, Hemaprabha G. 2018. Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of Hordeum vulgare 22 (HVA 22) gene from drought tolerant sugarcane variety. Journal of Sugarcane Research 8(2) : 114 -126 Impact factor:
3. Dharshini S, Chakravarthi M, Vignesh D, Gauri Nerkar,  Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Naveenarani M, Lovejot Kaur, Mahadevaiah C, Ravinder Kumar, Minturam Meena, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2018. Differential gene expression profiling through transcriptome approach of Saccharum spontaneum L. under low temperature stress reveals genes potentially involved in cold acclimation. 3 Biotech 8: 195 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-018-1194-2 Impact factor: 1.786
4. Manjunatha T, Chandran K, Mahesh P, Mohanraj K, Appunu C. 2018. Characterization of Saccharum spontaneum accessions from North - Eastern India. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 9(1): 38-50. DOI: 10.5958/0975928X.2018.00005.4. NAAS Rating (2017): 4.97
5. Appunu C and Ram B. 2018. Over expression of EaDREB2 in sugarcane confers tolerance to water deficit stress. South Asia Biosafety Programme Newsletter 15(4): 5
6. Sathish D, Vasudevan V, Theboral J, Elayaraja D, Appunu C, Siva R, Manickavasagam M. 2018. Efficient direct plant regeneration from immature leaf roll explants of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) using polyamines and assessment of genetic fidelity by SCoT markers. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant 54(4): 399-412 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-018-9910-5) Impact factor: 1.024

2017

1. Nair NV, Mohanraj K, Sundaravelpandian K, Selvi A, Suganya A, Appunu C. 2017. Characterization of an intergeneric hybrid of Erianthus procerus x Saccharum officinarum and its backcross progenies. Euphytica 213:267-277 DOI 10.1007/s10681-017-2053-7 Impact factor: 1.527
2. Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Hemaprabha G, Anna Durai A, Mahadevaiah C, Vijayan Nair, Bakshi Ram. 2017. Co 06022 - A sugarcane early maturing and drought tolerant variety suitable for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Journal of Sugarcane Research 7(2) : 83 – 92
3. Suresha GS, Prasath J, Naveenarani M, Appunu C, Vasantha V, Hari K. 2017. Assessing the effect of soluble acid invertase activity in post-harvest sugarcane under tropical conditions. Journal of Sugarcane Research 7(2) : 93 – 99
4. Singaravelu B, Appunu C, Suresha GS, Srikanth J, Sankaranarayanan C, Mahesh P, Nirmala R, Rajeshkumar M, Naveenarani M. 2017. Screening of indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis isolates for novel cryI crystal toxin gene for use against lepidopteran sugarcane borers. Journal of Sugarcane Research 7(2) : 121 – 125

2016

1. Dharshini S, Chakravarthi M, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Naveena Rani M, Ravinder Kumar, Meena MR, Bakshi Ram, Appunu C. 2016. De novo sequencing and transcriptome analysis of a low temperature tolerant Saccharum spontaneum clone IND 00-1037. Journal of Biotechnology 231: 280–294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.05.036Impact factor: 3.163

2015

1. Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Divya PS, Appunu C, Chakravarthi M, Ravichandran V, Tuteja N, Subramonian N. 2015. Overexpression of EaDREB2 and pyramiding of EaDREB2 with the pea DNA helicase gene (PDH45) enhance drought and salinity tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid). Plant Cell Reports 34:247–263 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-014-1704-6 Impact factor: 3.499
2. Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Divya PS, Appunu C, Chakravarthi M, Ravichandran V, Tuteja N, Subramonian N. 2015. Erianthus arundinaceus HSP70 (EaHSP70) overexpression increases drought and salinity tolerance in sugarcane. Plant Science 232: 23-34 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci. 2014.12.012 Impact factor: 3.785
3. Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Divya PS, Appunu C, Chakravarthi M, Ravichandran V, Narendra Tuteja, Subramonian N. 2015. Introduction of Pea DNA Helicase 45 into sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) enhances cell membrane thermostability and abiotic stress tolerance. Molecular Biotechnology 57:475–488 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-015-9841-x Impact factor 1.712
4. Chakravarthi M, Ashwin Narayan J, Subramonian N, Appunu C. 2015. Development of novel synthetic promoters for gene expression in transgenic sugarcane. Journal of Sugarcane Research 5 (2) : 42 - 52
5. Appunu C, Ravinder Kumar, V. Sreenivasa, T. Manjunatha, C. Mahadevaiah, N. Sasirekha, V. R. Prabavathy and Sudha Nair. 2015. Symbiotic effect of Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense isolates over Bradyrhizobium japonicum with soybean. Legume Research 38 (2): 268-270 DOI : 10.5958/0976-0571.2015.00084.3
6. Appunu C, Kumar Ravinder, Mahadevaiah C, Sreenivasa V, Manjunatha T. 2015. nifH gene diversity and symbiotic effectiveness of Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense strains obtained from nodules of soybean cultivated in India. Legume Research 38 (2): 271-275 DOI:10.5958/0976-0571.2015.00085.5
7. Senthil Kumar S, Govindaraj P, Appunu C. 2015. Morphological and Molecular Characterization of High Biomass IGH, ISH and Saccharum Hybrids. Sugar Tech 17 (3): 243-251 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-014-0327-0 Impact factor: 1.024
8. Kumar R, Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Premachandran M.N, Raffee Viola V, Bakshi Ram, Mahadevaiah C, Mintu Ram Meena, Manjunatha T. 2015. Genetic confirmation and field performance comparison for yield and quality among advanced generations of Erianthus arundinaceus, E. bengalense and Saccharum spontaneum cyto-nuclear genome introgressed sugarcane intergeneric hybrids. Sugar Tech 17(4):379–385 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-014-0333-2 Impact factor: 1.024
9. Kumar R, Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Mohanraj K, Premachandran M.N, Bakshi Ram, Mahadevaiah C. 2015. Molecular Identification and Genetic Improvement vis-à-vis Comparison of Yield and Quality in Different Generations of Erianthus arundinaceus, E. bengalense and Saccharum spontaneum Cyto-Nuclear Genome Introgressed Sugarcane. Indian Journal of Biotechnology 14: 249-255 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/31817 Impact factor: 0.343

2014

1. Appunu C, Ravinder Kumar, Mahadevaiah C, Sen D and Dhar B. 2014. Superior symbiotic performance of native bradyrhizobia isolates over foreign inoculants with cowpea cultivars in India. Legume Research 38 (2) : 271-275 DOI : 10.5958/j.0976-0571.37.2.026 Impact factor: 0.230
2. Saravanakumar K, Govindaraj P, Appunu C, Senthilkumar S and Ravinder Kumar. 2014. Analysis of genetic diversity in the high biomass producing sugarcane hybrids (Saccharum spp complex) using RAPD and STMS markers. Indian Journal of Biotechnology 13(2): 214-220 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/29143 Impact factor: 0.343
3. Alarmelu S, Nagarajan R, Shanthi RM, Hemaprabha G, Somarajan KG, Premachandran MN, Bhagyalakshmi KV, Padmanabhan P, Gomathi R, Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Ravinder Kumar, Mahadevaiah C. 2014. Co 0212: A promising midlate clones for tropics. SBI NEWS 35(1): 1-3
4. Appunu C,  Anna Durai A, Ravinder Kumar, Hemaprabha G,  Alarmelu S, Premachandran MN, Mahadevaiah C, Parasuraman P, Jayachandran M, Pannerselvam S, Rajendran B. 2014. Co 0212-A promising midlate maturing sugarcane clone suitable for different agro-climatic regions of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Sugarcane Research 7: 87-90
5. Parasuraman P, Jayachandran S, Appunu C et al. 2013. Co 99006-An early season sugarcane variety for North Western Tamil Nadu. Journal of Sugarcane Research 3: 172-175

2013

1. Kumar Ravinder, Appunu C, Mahadeviah C, Sreenivasa V, Waldia RS, Meena MR, Chhabra ML. 2013. Impact of Ascochyta blight disease on the expression of biochemical compoundsin chickpea. Legume Research 36 (3): 268-270
2. Ravinder Kumar, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Anna Durai A, Mahadevaiah C, Sreenivasa V, Premachandran MN. 2013. Pedigree based assessment of genomic contribution of Saccharum species in the evolution and genetic diversity of elite sugarcane breeding stocks of India. Int J Agri Sci Stat 9(2): 627-638
3. Ravinder Kumar, Waldia RS, Sangwan MS, Yadav DK, Appunu C, Joshi UN. 2013. Genetic studies of some biochemical compounds involved in Ascochyta blight resistance of Chickpea. Research on Crops 14(2): 483-488 Impact factor: 0.15
4. Govindaraj P, Sindhu P, Appunu C, Parthiban S, Senthilkumar S. 2013. Genetic diversity analysis among interspecific and intergeneric hybrids of Saccharum spp using STMS markers. Research on Crops 14(3): 915-920 Impact factor: 0.15
5. Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Ravinder Kumar and Premachandran M.N. 2013. Co 99006 – An early maturing sugarcane variety suitable for Tamil Nadu. SBI News 33(2):1-2
6. Parasuraman P, Jayachandran M, Appunu C, Anna Durai A. 2013. Co 99006 - An early season sugarcane variety for north western Tamil Nadu. Journal of Sugarcane Research 3(2): 172-175

2012

1. Francesca Nonnoi, Appunu C, Vanesa S. Garcia de la Torre, Teodoro Coba de la Pena, Lucas MM, Pueyo JJ. 2012. Metal tolerance of rhizobial strains isolated from nodules of herbaceous legumes (Medicago spp. and Trifolium spp.) growing in mercury-contaminated soils. Applied Soil Ecology 61: 49-59 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.06.004 Impact factor: 3.455
2. Govindaraj P, Ramesh R, Appunu C, Swapna S, Priji P J. 2012. DNA fingerprinting of subtropical sugarcane (Saccahrum spp) genotypes using sequence tagged  microsatellites sites (STMS) markers. Plant Archives 12(1): 347-352

2011

1. Govindaraj P, Sindhu R, Balamurugan A, Appunu C. 2011. Molecular diversity in sugarcane hybrids (Saccharum spp. complex) grown in Peninsular and East Coast Zones of Tropical India. Sugar Tech 13(3): 206-213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-011-0095-z Impact factor: 1.024
2. Sindhu R, Govindaraj P, Balamurugan A, Appunu C. 2011. Genetic diversity in sugarcane hybrids (Saccharum spp complex) grown in tropical India based on STMS markers. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 20(1):118-124 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-011-0036-7 Impact factor: 1.038
3. Appunu C, Ganeshan G, Kalita M, Kaushik R, Saranya B, Prabavathy VR, Nair S. 2011. Phylogenetic diversity of rhizobia associated with horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.] grown in South India based on glnII, recA and 16S–23S intergenic sequence analyses. Current Microbiology 62: 1230-1238 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-010-9823-y Impact factor: 1.595

2009

1. Appunu C, Sasi Rekha N, Prabavathy V R, Sudha Nair. 2009. A significant proportion of indigenous rhizobia from India associated with soybean [Glycine max (L.)] are distinctly belong to Bradyrhizobium and Ensifer genera. Biology and Fertility of Soils 46(1): 57-63 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-009-0405-8 Impact factor: 4.829
2. Appunu C, N’Zoue A, Moulin L, Depret G, Laguerre G. 2009. Vigna mungo, V. radiata and V. unguiculata plants sampled in different agronomical-ecological-climatic regions of India are nodulated by Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 32: 460–470 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2009.05.005 Impact factor: 2.808
3. Appunu C, Reddy LML, Reddy CVCM, Sen D, Dhar B. 2009. Symbiotic diversity among acid-tolerant bradyrhizobial isolates with cowpea. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 40(3):126-131 Impact factor: 0.78

2008

1. Appunu C, N’Zoue A, Laguerre G. 2008. Genetic diversity of native bradyrhizobia isolated from soybeans (Glycine max L.) in different agricultural-ecological-climatic regions of India. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (19): 5991–5996 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01320-08 Impact factor: 4.077
2. Appunu C, Dhar B. 2008. Morphology and general characteristics of lytic phages infective on strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Current Microbiology 56: 21-27 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-007-9031-6 Impact factor: 1.595
3. Appunu C, Dhar B. 2008. Isolation and symbiotic characteristics of two Tn5-derived phage-resistant  Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains that nodulate soybean. Current Microbiology 57:212–217 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-008-9176-y Impact factor: 1.595
4. N’Zoue A, Laguerre G, Boulila F, Appunu C, Sebbane N, Rivas R, Willems A, Moulin L, de Lajudie P. 2008. Multilocus sequence analysis in Bradyrhizobium. Les Actes du BRG (in English “Bureau of Genetic Resources”) 7: 319-334
5. Appunu C, Sen D, Singh MK and Dhar B. 2008. Variation in symbiotic performance of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains and soybean cultivars under field conditions. Journal of Central European Agriculture 9(1): 185-190 https://hrcak.srce.hr/24914 Impact factor: 0.213
6. Nair S, Sasirekha N, Appunu C, Bharathkumar S, Loganathan P, Rameshkumar N, Sridhar R, Subathra G and Prabavathy V R. 2008. Microbial diversity in Mangrove ecosystem. Biobytes 3: 1-6
7. Sen D, Appunu C and Singh R. K. 2008. Regulation of urease in Bradyrhizobium colonizing green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 46: 846-851 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4659 Impact factor: 0.934

2007

1. Appunu C, Satyanarayana E and Nageshwar Rao T. 2007. Heterosis for grain yield and its components in maize (Zea mays L.). The Journal of Research ANGRAU 35(3): 124-126
2. Appunu C and Satyanarayana E. 2007. Heterosis for grain yield and its components in maize (Zea mays L.). The Journal of Research ANGRAU 35(3): 27-30

2006

1. Appunu C and Dhar B. 2006. Symbiotic effectiveness of acid-tolerant Bradyrhizobium strains with soybean in low pH soil. African Journal of Biotechnology 5(10): 842-845 eISSN: 1684-5315 Impact factor: 0.440
2. Appunu C and Dhar B. 2006. Differential Symbiotic Response of Phage-typed Strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum with Soybean Cultivars. The Microbiology Journal 44(3): 363-368 Impact factor: 0.231
3. Appunu C and Dhar B. 2006. Existence and characteristics of rhizobiophages in soybean grown fields in India. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 5(5): 818-821 Impact factor: 0.18
4. Appunu C, Satyanarayana E and Nageshwar Rao T. 2006. Genetic architecture of grain yield and physiological characters in maize (Zea mays). Research on Crops 7(1): 181-186 Impact factor: 0.15
5. Appunu C, Satyanarayana E and Nageshwar Rao T. 2006. Correlation and path analysis in maize. The Andhra Agricultural Journal 53(1&2): 29-32
6. Appunu C and Dhar B. 2006. Rhizobium-Legume symbioses and nitrogen fixation under severe soil acidity and alkalinity conditions. Journal of Natural Resource and Development 1(1): 46-52

2005

1. Appunu C and Satyanarayana E. 2005. Per Se performance of parents and hybrids in maize for grain yield characters. The Andhra Agricultural Journal 52 (3&4): 369-372
2. Appunu C, Sen D, Dhar B. 2005. Acid and aluminium tolerance of Bradyrhizobium isolates from traditional soybean (Glycine max) growing areas of India. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 75 (12): 69-71 Impact factor: 0.240

1. S R Harish Chandar, Surya Krishna Sakthivel, Mahalakshmi Subramanian and Appunu Chinnaswamy. 2023. DST gene specific targeted editing for drought and salinity tolerance in sugarcane. In International Conference on Recent Innovations in Health and Biological Sciences during 14-15 July 2023, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore (Oral Presentation).
2. Swathik T Avinasilingam University
3. C. Appunu, P. Swathik Clarancia, R .Valarmathi, R. Arun Kumar, R. Gomathi, G. S. Suresha and G. Hemaprabha. 2023. Over expression of Aldehyde dehydrogenase enhances drought tolerance in transgenic sugarcane. In 13^th NABS National Conference on Current Perspectives for Sustainable Development in Life Sciences, Environment and Agriculture during 23-25 January 2023, Periyar University, Salem (Best oral presentation).
4. B. Singaravelu, P. Mahesh, Srikanth J, K. Hari, K.P. Salin, C. Appunu, Suresha G.S., C. Sankaranarayanan. 2023. A low-cost technology for mass production of Bacillus thuringiensis on agro-industry by-products against white grub Holotrichia serrata. In 13^th NABS National Conference on Current Perspectives for Sustainable Development in Life Sciences, Environment and Agriculture during 23-25 January 2023, Periyar University, Salem (Best oral presentation). NABS, 239.
5. C. Appunu, P. Swathik Clarancia, R. Valarmathi, G.S. Suresha, G. Hemaprabha. 2022. Over expression of EaNF- Y transcriptional factor in sugarcane enhanced the tolerance to low moisture stress. In the International Conference on Biotechnological Initiatives for Climate Resilient Agriculture-2022 (BICRA-2022) (In hybrid mode) during January 07-09, 2022) at Samastipur, Pusa, Bihar (Best oral presentation award).
6. P. Swathik Clarancia, R .Valarmathi, R. Arun Kumar, R. Gomathi, G. S. Suresha, Ravindar Kumar, Mintu Ram Meena, Pooja Dhansu, G. Hemaprabha, C. Appunu. EaALDH, over expression enhances salt and drought tolerance in transgenic sugarcane. In International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants at University of Calicut, Kerala (Oct 26-28, 2022), pp. 113 (Best oral presentation award).
7. Swathik Clarancia P, M. Naveenarani, R. Gomathi, V. M. Manoj, S. Dharshini, J. Ashwin Narayan, G. S. Suresha, C. Mahadevaiah, R. Valarmathi, R. Arun Kumar, Ravindar Kumar, Mintu Ram Meena, Pooja Dhansu, G. Hemaprabha, C. Appunu. Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of NF-Y gene family transcriptional factors in Saccharum complex and analysing NF-YB2 role in improved drought tolerance in transgenic sugarcane. In International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants at Calicut, Kerala (Oct 26-28, 2022), pp. 71.
8. C. Appunu and N. Subramonian. Sugarcane as a potential platform for production of high value biomolecules. In: National Symposium on Emerging Innovations in Plant Molecules for Achieving Food and Nutritional Security Organized by Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ACHF, NAU, Navsari & Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi during September 22nd - 23rd, 2022 at NAU, Navsari, pp. 117 (e-proceedings).
9. C. Appunu and S. Dharshini.  Deciphering the low temperature stress tolerance mechanism in Saccharum spontaneum through transcriptomic approach. International Conference on Sustainability of the Sugar and Integrated Industries: Issues and Initiatives (7th IAPSIT & SUGARCON-2022)" 16-19, October 2022 organized jointly by ICAR-IISR and Society for Sugarcane Research and Promotion, Lucknow, pp. 131.
10. C. Appunu, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. Accelerated identification of sugarcane varieties in collaboration with sugar industry in Tamil Nadu. In 80 STAI Annual Convention, Goa, 28 – 29 July 2022. e-Proceedings of 80th Annual Convention of STAI: 78 – 85
11. B. Singaravelu, G. S. Suresha, M. Naveenarani, K. M. Athira, M. Om Prakash, C. P. Swathik, J. Srikanth, P. Mahesh, C. Sankaranarayanan, K. Hari, R. Nirmala, C. Appunu. Genome sequencing, cloning and functional evaluation of novel cry8 genes against sugarcane whitegrub Holotrichia serrata. In 4th National Conference on “Recent Advances in Agriculture and allied Sciences, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences” organized by Dr. B. VASANTHARAJ DAVID FOUNDATION, Chennai on 1st October 2022, pp. 7.  
12. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2021. Potential early and midlate maturing sugarcane varieties for Tamil Nadu identified through collaboration with sugar industry. In: 79^th STAI Annual Convention & International Sugar Expo Virtual, 04-05^th October 2021 by Sugar Technologists Association of India (STAI), New Delhi and NSI, Kanpur, e-Proceedings pp. 32-38
13. Appunu C, Kavya J, Valarmathi R, R. Viswanathan. 2021. CRISPR/Cas based gene editing for inducing resistance in sugarcane against yellow leaf viral disease. In: National Conference on “CRISPR/Cas: From Biology to Technology (CRiSPR - 2021)” Nov 25-27, 2021 (In Virtual Mode) organized jointly by SRM University AP & IBAP, Bengaluru,p. 72 (E.poster)
14. Appunu C and G. Hemaprabha. 2021. Enhancing sugarcane productivity in Tamil Nadu through Institute-Industry participatory approach. In: International conference on Future Challenges and Prospects in Plant Breeding, organized by Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics (TNAU) & Indian Society of Plant Breeders (ISPB), 6 to 7 , October 2021 (Invited lecture)
15. Appunu C, Kavya J, Valarmathi R, Viswanathan R. 2021. Targeted editing in host factor gene for inducing yellow leaf virus resistance in sugarcane. In Session II: Applications of Genome Engineering in Agriculture Ag'Omics 2021: A Global Conference on "Agricultural Genomics - Progress and Prospects", October 21 - 23, 2021, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore, India, p.61 (E-Poster).
16. Appunu C, S. Dharshini, M. Naveenarani, R. Valarmathi, J. Ashwin Narayan, V.M. Manoj, G.S. Suresha, C. Mahadevaiah, K. Mohanraj, Ravinder Kumar, Mintu Ram Meena, Bakshi Ram. 2021. Transcriptome profiling and expression analysis reveals alternate route of respiration followed in Saccharum spontaneum under low temperature stress condition in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Best Oral presentation).
17. Appunu, P. Swathik Clarancia, G.S. Suresha, G. Hemaprabha, R. Valarmathi, J. Ashwin Narayan, S. Dharshini, M. Naveenarani, M. Sundar, K. Bharathi and Bakshi Ram. 2021. Erianthus arundinaceus plant nuclear factor NF-YB2 over expression in sugarcane enhanced the water deficit stress tolerance. In: International Conference on Sugarcane Research: Sugarcane for Sugar and Beyond (CANECON2021)" 19-22, June 2021, Coimbatore (Oral presentation).
18. C. Appunu, P. Swathik Clarancia, G.S. Suresha, C. Mahadevaiah, R. Valarmathi and G. Hemaprabha. 2021. Differential functional analysis of the plant nuclear factor genes in Saccharum species under abiotic stresses. In: International web conference on Innovative and Current Advances in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (ICAAAS 2021), July 19-21, 2021, Meerut (Best Oral Presentation).
19. S. Dharshini, T.S. Sarath Padmanabhan, G.S Suresha, J. Ashwin Narayan, V. M Manoj, M. Sundar,T. Swathi, R. Arun Kumar, C. Appunu*In silico characterization and overexpression of Histidine containing Phosphotransfer 4 (SsHP4) gene from Saccharum spontaneum improves tolerance to abiotic stress in sugarcane. In: International Conference on Sugarcane Research: Sugarcane for Sugar and Beyond (CANECON2021)" 19-22, June 2021, Coimbatore (Short oral/poster presentation).
20. C. Appunu, J. Kavya, P. Vignesh, M. Vijaylakshmi, R. Valarmathi, R. Viswanathan. 2021. Targeted genome editing for virus resistance in sugarcane. In: International Conference on Sugarcane Research: Sugarcane for Sugar and Beyond (CANECON2021)" 19-22, June 2021, Coimbatore (Short oral/poster presentation).
21. Bharathi K., D. Bhavadharani, S. R. Vishnu, J. Ashwin Narayan, V.M. Manoj, S. Dharshini, R. Valarmathi, N. Dharani Shri, M. Sundar, M. Naveenarani and C. Appunu. 2021. Choline oxidase (codA) overexpressing sugarcane lines shows unaltered root anatomical parameters under drought stress. in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
22. Dharani Shri N, P. Swathik Clarencia, S. Dharshini, M. Naveenarani, K. Bharathi, T. Swathi, Suresha G. S., R. Valarmathi, G. Hemaprabha and C. Appunu. 2021. Overexpression of drought responsive Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) in sugarcane for improved tolerance to drought stress in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
23. Dharshini S, C. Mahadevaiah, T.S. Sarath Padmanabhan, G. Alagarasan, G.S. Suresha, J. Ashwin Narayan, V.M. Manoj, M. Naveena Rani, Ravinder Kumar, Mintu Ram Meena, Bakshi Ram and C. Appunu. 2021. A study on physiological, biochemical and transcriptome of S. spontaneum roots under low temperature stress conditions in sugarcane for improved tolerance to drought stress in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation). 
24. Mahadevaiah C, R. Valarmathi, P. Vignesh, S. Dharshini, C. Appunu, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2021. Screening of Erianthus arundinceus genotypes for salinity stress tolerance at germination and formative phase in sugarcane for improved tolerance to drought stress in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
25. Vignesh P., C. Mahadevaiah, C. Appunu , S. Dharshini, S. Swathi, G. S. Suresha, R. Valarmathi, H. K. Mahadevaswamy, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2021. Comparative transcriptome and KEGG enrichment analysis reveals oxidative phosphorylation pathway associated with salinity tolerance in sugarcane in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
26. Swathik Clarancia P., J. Ashwin Narayan, C. Appunu. 2021. In silico characterization and mining of Aldehyde dehydrogenase gene from Erianthus species in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
27. Valarmathi R, Appunu C and K. Mohanraj. Exploring the functional role of strigolactone biosynthesis gene (MAX 4-1) in regulating tillering in sugarcane in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation) Best poster award.
28. Sarath Padmanabhan T. S., K. Mohanraj, C. Appunu, S. Vasantha and G. Hemaprabha Peroxidase activity and lipid peroxidation as a combination of two physiological parameters for adopting indirect selection in breeding for drought tolerance in sugarcane in “International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
29. Hemaprabha G., K. Mohanraj, C. Appunu, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy and Bakshi Ram.2021. Recent accomplishments in genetic improvement of sugarcane for climate resilience. In: International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Short Oral/Poster presentation).
30. Swathi S, G S Suresha, S Dharshini, J Ashwin Narayan, C Mahadevaiah, C Appunu and K Hari. 2021. Sub-cellular targeting of invertase inhibitor proteins: A novel approach to increase sucrose yield and to test physiological threshold of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane. In: International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture 11-12, March 2021, Coimbatore (Best poster award).
31. Appunu C, R. Valarmathi, R. Viswanathan, P. Vignesh, M. Vijayalakshmi. 2021. Isolation and sequence analysis of host translation initiation factor from sugarcane for targeted gene editing. In the “International Symposium on Advances in Plant Biotechnology and Genome Editing (APBGR-2021) April 8-10, 2021 organized jointly by ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi and Plant Tissue Culture Association-India (Poster presentation).
32. Appunu C, P. Swathik Clarancia, G.S. Suresha, G. Hemaprabha and R. Valarmathi. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the NF-Y gene family in sugarcane. In: International Plant Physiology Virtual Conference on Prospects of Plant Physiology for Climate Proofing Agriculture during 6-7 December, 2020 organized jointly by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu & Indian Society for Plant Physiology (ISPP), New Delhi (Oral presentation) p.6 (SS-06)
33. Appunu C, S. Dharshini, M. Naveenarani, R. Valarmathi, J. Ashwin Narayan, V.M. Manoj, G.S. Suresha, C. Mahadevaiah, K. Mohanraj, Ravinder Kumar, Mintu Ram Meena, Bakshi Ram. 2021. Transcriptome profiling and expression analysis reveals alternate route of respiration followed in Saccharum spontaneum under low temperature stress condition. In: International Plant Physiology Virtual Symposium on Physiological Interventions for Climate Smart Agriculture, 11-12 March 2021 organized jointly by ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute(SBI), Coimbatore, TN, Indian Society for Plant Physiology (ISPP), New Delhi, NAAS - Coimbatore Chapter & Society for Sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), pp. 141. (Best oral presentation)
34. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2020. Sugarcane varieties suitable for five agroclimatic zones of tamil nadu identified through institute-industry collaborative programme. In: 78 STAI Annual Convention & International Sugar Expo Virtual, 20 - 21 October 2020 by Sugar Technologists Association of India (STAI), New Delhi, e-Proceedings pp. 193-200
35. Attended webinar on Combating Post COVID19 Challenges in Sugarcane Sector through Appropriate Technologies and Approaches organized by ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore on 25^th June 2020.
36. Attended webinar series on Gene Editing for Agriculture, Society & Sustainable Development: Prospects and Perspectives organized by TIGS on 16.12.2020
37. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2019. Sugarcane varieties suitable for five agroclimatic zones of tamil nadu identified through institute-industry collaborative programme. In: 77 STAI Annual Convention & International Sugar Expo Virtual, 20 - 21 October 2020 by Sugar Technologists Association of India (STAI), New Delhi, e-Proceedings pp. 193-200
38. Appunu C, Dharshini S, C. Mahadevaiah. 2019. Transcriptome analysis of cold tolerant Saccharum spontaneum reveals the genes that stabilize cell membrane and photosynthesis during cold acclimation. In: International Conference on Innovations in Plant and Animal Sciences for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (IPASSARD 2019), 7- 9th Dec 2019 at Jaipur (Oral presentation) pp. 274 Best oral award
39. Mahadevaiah C, Appunu C., Valaramathi R., Selvamuthu K., 2019. Identification of salt tolerant genes through comparative transcriptome analysis in Erianthus aruindinaceus and sugarcane. International Conference on Innovations in Plant and Animal Sciences for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (IPASSARD-2019), 7- 9th Dec 2019 at Jaipur. pp-370. Best oral award
40. Appunu C. 2019. Unraveling low temperature tolerance mechanisms in wild sugarcane. In: International Conference on Genomics & Breeding for Crop Improvement, 04-06 December, 2019 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (Oral presentation), pp. 65-66
41. Swathik Clarancia P, Suresha GS, Hemaprabha G and Appunu C. 2019. Genome wide identification and characterization of NF-Y gene family in sugarcane (Saccharum sp.). In National Conference of Plant Physiology-2019 (NCPP-2019) at the Department of Plant Physiology, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur from 19-21 December, 2019.
42. Dharshini S, T. S. Sarath Padmanabhan, Mahadevaiah C, Appunu C. Root anatomical, biochemical and physiological regulations in S. spontaneum roots under low temperature stress acclimation. In National conference of Integrative Biochemistry and Biotechnology at IIRR, Hyderabad, 08-09 November 2019 (Won the best poster award).
43. Appunu C, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram. Potential early maturing sugarcane varieties suitable for adaptive trials in Deccan region. In Proceedings of 65^th Annual Convention on Deccan Sugars Technologists Association at Pune, 01-02 Oct 2019 (Oral presentation).
44. Swathik P, Naveenarani M, Ashwin Narayan J, Dharshini S, Manoj VM, Appunu C. “Isolation and characterization of drought responsive NFYB2 gene from Erianthus arundinaceus, in Indian Plant Science Congress at SRM University, Chennai. January 23rd to 25th 2019
45. Suresha GS, Swetha S, Ashwin Narayan J, Dharshini S, Raveendra A, Sundaravelpandiyan K, Donna G, Gleen F King, Anne Rae, Appunu C. “Understanding the role of invertase inhibitors (INVINH) in regulation of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane” in Indian Plant Science Congress at SRM University, Chennai. January 23rd to 25th 2019
46. Manoj V M, Anunanthini P, Dharshini S and Appunu C. 2019. Genetic transformation aimed at overexpressing Glyoxalase III has enhanced salinity stress tolerance in sugarcane. 7^th Annual South Asia Biosafety Conference (SABC-2018), 14-16 September, 2019 at Westin Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Oral lightening round).
47. Valarmathi R, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy, K.Preeti, C. Mahadevaiah and C. Appunu. 2019. Drought adaptive root anatomical phenes in sugarcane germplasm: Targets for crop improvement. In: Proceedings of Indian Plant Science Congress, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (IPSC), January 23-25, 2019, Chennai. Pp. 126
48. Bhavadharani D, Ashwin Narayan J, Valarmathi R, Appunu C. 2018. Ectopic expression of choline oxidase (codA) gene through genetic engineering to develop drought tolerant Sugarcane. In: National Conference on Basic and Applied Biological Sciences organized during 10 -11 October 2018 by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
49. Ashwin Narayan J, Dharshini S, Manoj VM, Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Subramonian N, Premachandran MN and Appunu C. 2018. Isolation and characterization of cell wall loosening gene from Saccharum complex during water deficit stress. In: National Conference on Basic and Applied Biological Sciences organized during 10 -11 October 2018 by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. (Oral presentation).
50. Dharshini S, Manoj VM, Ashwin Narayan J, Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Appunu C. 2018. Histidine containing Phospho transfer 4 (HPT4) gene isolated from Saccharum spontaneum acts as a key signaling molecule in response to multiple stress conditions. In: National Conference on Basic and Applied Biological Sciences organized during 10 -11 October 2018 by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. (won the best poster award).
51. Valarmathi R, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy, V. Ulaganathan, C. Mahadevaiah and C. Appunu. 2018. Unravelling drought adaptive root plasticity in sugarcane germplasm. In: Jeyakumar et al. (Eds.). Abstracts of National Seminar on Abiotic stress management (NSASM, 2018), Department of Crop Physiology, TNAU, October 25-26, 2018. Pp. 38
52. Dharshini S, Naveenarani M, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Mahadevaiah C, Suresha GS, Appunu C. 2018. Exploring transcriptional regulatory network determining low temperature stress tolerance in Saccharum spontaneum. In: Next Gen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference held from 30 September-2nd October 2018 at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
53. Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj V M, Dharshini S, Sarath Padmanabhan T S, Premachandran M N,  Appunu C. 2018. Genetic engineering of sugarcane with EXPA1 and BRK genes increases water deficit stress tolerance and its biosafety concern. 6^th Annual South Asia Biosafety Conference, September 15-17, 2018 at The Westin, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Oral lightening round)
54. Appunu C. 2018. Functional characterization of Expansin and BRICK genes from wild relatives of sugarcane. State Level Biosafety Capacity Building Workshop organized by MoEFCC, TNAU and BCIL on March 23, 2018 at Coimbatore (Oral presentation).
55. Appunu C, Dharshini S, Naveenarani M, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM and Sarath Padmanabhan TS. 2018. Leaf transcriptome profiling and analysis of Saccharum spontaneum exposed to low temperature stress. In: the International Conference on Emerging Synergies In Agriculture, Food Processing Engineering and Biotechnology during February 21-23, 2018 at Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
56. Naveenarani M and Appunu C. 2018. CRISPR/Cas9 mediated targeted genome editing in sugarcane. National conference on Novel trends in Bioscience (NCNTB 2018), 3rd February, Hindusthan College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore (won best oral presentation).
57. Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Dharshini S, Naveena Rani M, Appunu C. 2017. Enhanced performance of sugarcane transgenics under water limited conditions and its biosafety considerations. 5^th Annual South Asia Biosafety Conference during September 11-13, 2017 at Bengalore (Oral presentation)
58. Singaravelu B, Appunu C, Suresha GS, Srikanth J, Sankaranarayanan C, Mahesh P, Nirmala R, Rajeshkumar M, Naveenarani M. 2017. Discovery of the first cry1 holotype gene harbouring indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis isolate from India. In: Proceedings of International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: 100 Years and Beyond (SucroSym-2017), Hemaprabha G, Viswanathan R, Ramasubramanian T, Bhaskaran A, Mohanraj K and Bakshi Ram (eds) during 18-21^st September, 2017, Coimbatore, p. 303-304
59. Sivaji M, Dharshini S, Ashwin Narayan, Gauri Nerkar, Appunu C, Subramonian N. 2017. Expression of the recombinant human growth hormone (Somatotropin) in transgenic sugarcane for molecular farming. In: International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: 100 Years and Beyond (SucroSym-2017) during 18-21^st September, 2017, Coimbatore, p. 253 (won the best poster award).
60. Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Mohanraj K, Hemaprabha G, Bakshi Ram, Jeyachandran M, Ganapathy S, Shanmuganathan M, Thirumurugan A, Saravanan NA. 2017. Co 06022: A promising high yielding and high quality early maturing sugarcane variety for Tamil Nadu. In: International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: 100 Years and Beyond (SucroSym-2017) during 18-21^st September, 2017, Coimbatore, p. 142.
61. Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Dharshini S, Sarath Padmanabhan TS, Subramonian N, Premachandran MN, Appunu C. 2017. Isolation and in silico analysis of expansin genes and functional characterization of EXPA1 in sugarcane through genetic engineering. In: International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: 100 Years and Beyond (SucroSym-2017) during 18-21^st September, 2017, Coimbatore, p. 247 (won the best poster award).
62. Dharshini S, Naveenarani M, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Appunu C. 2017. Leaf transcriptome of cold tolerant Saccharum spontaneum reveals low temperature responsive genes prevents cell injury and photosynthetic inhibition. In: International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: 100 Years and Beyond (SucroSym-2017) during 18-21^st September, 2017, Coimbatore, p. 234.
63. Dharshini S and Appunu C. 2017. Leaf transcriptome analysis of Saccharum spontaneum upon chilling stress using Mapman analysis. In: Section of Agriculture and Forestry Science (page no-158) at Indian Science Congress 3-7 January 2017, Tirupathi, p. 100.
64. Augustine SM, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Subramonian N, Appunu C. 2017. Engineering of Sugarcane for enhanced water deficit stress tolerance. InterDrought-V conference (21-25 February 2017), Hyderabad (won the best poster award).
65. Mohanraj K, Suganya A, Nair NV, Appunu C. 2017. Screening of Saccharum x Erianthus procerus intergeneric hybrids for drought tolerance. InterDrought-V conference (21-25 February 2017), Hyderabad.
66. Appunu C, Subramonian N and Premachandran MN. 2016. Development of sugarcane transgenics for improved water deficit stress tolerance and biosafety related to sugarcane transgenics. 4th Annual South Asia Biosafety Conference, 19-21 September 2016 at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, p. 57-58.
67. Subramonian N and Appunu C. 2016. Sugarcane as a potential platform for molecular farming and its biosafety considerations. 4th Annual South Asia Biosafety Conference, 19-21 September 2016 at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, p. 70.
68. Alarmelu S, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Annadurai A and Bakshi Ram. 2016. Co 0212 - A high yielding, high sugar midlate variety for Tamil Nadu in Sugarcane Agriculture Section. 74th Annual Convention of The Sugar Technologists' Association of India (STAI), New Delhi (Noel Deerr Gold Medal Award)
69. Hemaprabha G, K. Mohanraj, Sarath Padmanbhan, S. Vasantha, C. Appunu  and Bakshi Ram. 2016. Genetic improvement for drought tolerance in sugarcane through breeding and gene identification. International Conference 2016: Sugarcane Value Chain- Vision 2025 at Vasantdada Sugar Institute from October 13-16 at Pune (won the best poster award).
70. Appunu C. and M. N. Premachandran. 2012. Choice of parental clones in sugarcane breeding programme at Coimbatore for evolving ‘Co’ canes - a retrospection. In International Symposium on New Paradigms of Sugarcane Research organized by Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 15-18 October 2012, 125-126.
71. Appunu C. 2012. Engineering of sugarcane for osmolytes accumulation to impart drought stress tolerance. In International Symposium on New Paradigms of Sugarcane Research organized by Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 15-18 October 2012, 352-353.
72. Hemaprabha G, T. S. Sarath, S. Alarmelu, Adhini S. Pazhany, R. M. Shanthi and C. Appunu. 2012. An assessment of high temperature tolerance potential of elite genotypes of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) evaluated in the peninsular zone of India. In International Symposium on New Paradigms of Sugarcane Research organized by Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 15-18 October 2012, 11-12 (own best paper award).
73. Anna Durai A, Adhini S. Pazhany, K Mohanraj and C. Appunu. 2013. Role of National Sugarcane Hybridization Garden (in Tamil). In 21st National Scientific Tamil Congress organized by Santhalinga Adigalar Arts and Science Tamil College, Perur, Coimbatore, 9-10 February 2013, 293-294.
74. Nonnoi F, Appunu C, Vanesa S. Garcia de la Torre, Teodoro Coba de la Pena, M M Lucas, JJ Pueyo. 2011. Tolerancia a metales de rhizobios aislados de nodulos de leguminosas herbaceas de suelos contaminados con mercurio. XXIII Congreso Nacional de Microbiologia, 11-14 Julio 2011, Salamanca, Spain. Pp.75
75. Alarmelu S, Nagarajan R, Appunu C, Hemaprabha G, Shanthi RM, Govindaraj P, Anna Durai A, Mohanraj K, Ravinder Kumar, Vijayan Nair N. 2010. Promising Sugarcane Clones for Peninsular Zone, India. Coimbatore. Third National Congress on Plant Breeding and Genomics, 7-9 July 2010, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
76. Appunu C, Govindaraj P. 2010. Evaluation of genetic potential of sugarcane interspecific hybrids (ISH) constituted from Saccharum complex. Third National Congress on Plant Breeding and Genomics, 7-9 July 2010, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
77. Appunu C, Govindaraj P, Premachandran MN, Nagarajan R, Hemaprabha G, Shanthi RM, Alarmelu S, Vijayan Nair N. Studies on cross zonal adaptation of elite clones of sugarcane from Peninsular Zone at East Coast Zone. Third National Congress on Plant Breeding and Genomics, 7-9 July 2010, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
78. Appunu C, Sasi Rekha N, Prabavathy V R, Sudha Nair. 2009. Restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequences analyses of rDNA spacer region reveals the indigenous rhizobia associated with soybean [Glycine Max L.] are distinctly belong to Bradyrhizobium and Ensifer. National Seminar on Frontiers of Biotechnology, 22-24 July, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
79. Appunu C, Sasi Rekha N, Prabavathy V R, Sudha Nair. 2008. Genetic characteristics of rhizobia isolated from nodules of soybean (Glycine max) in India. 49^th Association of Microbiologists of India, 19-22 November, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
80. Bharathkumar S, Rameshkumar N, Appunu C, Prabavathy V R, Sudha Nair. 2007. Diversity Analysis of rhizosphere associated culturable and unculturable bacteria from Mangrove species. 48th Association of Microbiologists of India, 18-22 December, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. Received the Dr. Rana Memorial award for best poster presentation
81. Appunu C, Ramesh Kumar N, Prabavathy V R, Sudha Nair. 2007. Genetic diversity study of soybean rhizobia from India. 48th Association of Microbiologists of India, 18-22 December, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
82. Appunu C, Dhar B. 2006. Low pH and thermal sensitivity of host specific rhizobiophages infective against Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains of soybean. 8th Indian Agricultural Scientists and farmer’s congress, 21-22 February, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
83. Appunu C, Dhar B. 2006. Manipulation of undesirable ineffective bradyrhizobia in the rhizosphere of the soybean to enhance nitrogen fixation. 8th Indian Agricultural Scientists and farmer’s congress, 21-22 February, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
84. Appunu C, Mishra R P N, Kumar V, Singh R K, Dhar B. 2005. Rhizobial synergistic symbiotic effect on Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max with Piriformosa indica. International symposium and Conference – Fungal Technology. Advanced Centre for Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
85. Appunu C, Dhar B. 2005. Enhanced nodulation and nitrogen fixation in soybean by co-inoculation of strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and PGPR. International conference on Sustainable Crop Production In Stress Environments: Management and Genetic Options, 9-12 February, JNKVV, Jabalpur, India
86. Appunu C, Dhar B. 2004. Occurrence of bacteriophages infective on Bradyrhizobium japonicum in soybean grown fields of Madhya Pradesh, India. XXVII All India Cell Biology Conference and International Symposium, Department of Zoology, University of Pune, Pune
87. Mishra R P N, Singh R K, Jaiswal H K, Sen D, Appunu C, Sharma A K 2003. Biological Nitrogen Fixation: An appraisal of current contribution and future perspectives. National Symposium on Biodiversity Management for the 21st Century, BMT-35, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. BMT35.

1. C. Appunu, S. Surya Krishna, S. R. Harish Chandar, R. Valarmathi, R. Viswanathan, G. Hemaprabha. 2023. Recent Molecular Techniques for Targeted Genome Editing and Genetic Engineering in Sugarcane, P 1-117, ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India (Book, ISBN: 978-93-85267-36-9).
2. Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Mahadevaiah C, Bakshi Ram (Eds). 2018. A guide to identification of elite sugarcane clones under testing in Tamil Nadu, p.1-48. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
3. Ramasubramaniam T, Singaravelu B and Appunu C (Eds). 2016. Techniques in insect molecular biology and toxicology, ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p.1-100 (Training manual)
4. Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Bakshi Ram (Eds). 2016. Hand Book on Identification of Promising Sugarcane Clones, p.1-26. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
5. Govindaraj P, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Anna Durai A and Vijayan Nair N. 2013. Manual on Breeding Climate Resilient Sugarcane Varieties p.1-278. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India
6. Govindaraj P, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Ravinder Kumar, Manjunatha T and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Hundred years of research in sugarcane, p.1-317. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
7. Appunu C, Hari K, Jayakumar V, Mohanraj K and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on sugarcane – C A Barber – Volume I, p. 1-563, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
8. Appunu C, Hari K, Jayakumar V, Govindaraj P, Puthira Prathap D, Mohanraj K, Karpagam C, Murali P and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on sugarcane – C A Barber -Volume II, P. 1-175, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
9. Karpagam C, Shanthi RM, Anna Duar A, Appunu C and Viswanathan R (Eds). 2012. Exhibitors catalogue of International Symposium on New Paradigms of Sugarcane Research organized by ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 15-18 October 2012, p. 1-16.
10. Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Puthiraprathap D, Hari K, Govindaraj P and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic Papers on Sugarcane – Sir T S Venkatraman, p.1-397. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.     
11. Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Govindaraj P, Puthiraprathap D, Karpagam C, Murali P, Hari K and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on Sugarcane – Nand Lal Dutt, p.1-151, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
12. Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Govindaraj P, Puthiraprathap D, Murali P, Karpagam C, Mohanraj K, Hari K and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on Sugarcane – T S Raghavan, p.1-124, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
13. Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Hari K, Govindaraj P, Puthiraprathap D, Mohanraj K, Karpagam C, Murali P and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on Sugarcane – E K Janaki Ammal, p.1- 91, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
14. Appunu C, Jayakumar V, Hari K, Govindaraj P, Puthiraprathap D, Mohanraj K and Sivaraman K (Eds). 2012. Classic papers on Sugarcane – N Parthasarathy, p.1-31, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
15. Appunu C, Mohanraj K, RavinderKumar, Manjunatha T, Jayakumar V, Hari K, Puthiraprathap D, Sivaraman K and Manivannan B (Eds). 2012. Abstracts of Research Publications (1987-2012), p.1-332. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.

1. Meena, M.R, Akhtar T, Appunu C, Kumar Raja A, Vasantha S, Kumar R, Pandey SK. (2023). Impact of Salinity Stress on Sugarcane Yield and Quality: Management Approaches for Higher Cane Sugar Productivity. In: Verma, K.K., Song, XP., Rajput, V.D., Solomon, S., Li, YR., Rao, G.P. (eds) Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3955-6_3
2. Valarmathi, R., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Appunu, C., Kambale, R., Sudhagar, R. (2023). Anatomy of Tolerance Mechanisms in Sugarcane Crop to Abiotic Stresses. In: Verma, K.K., Song, XP., Rajput, V.D., Solomon, S., Li, YR., Rao, G.P. (eds) Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3955-6_6
3. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2022. Performance of new varieties suitable for Tamil Nadu and results of research trials. All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Sugarcane, Co-ordinated agronomic experiments/Adaptive Research Trial and SBI-SISMA/SBI-TNCSF Varietal trials. In 51st Meeting of Sugarcane Research & Development Workers of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Tiruchenkode, Tamil Nadu, 241-248.
4. C. Appunu, M. Naveenarani and M. R. Meena. 2022. Gene isolation, cloning and sequencing. In Training manual on Transcriptome analysis in crop plants: Methods and Applications (Eds. Dr. M.R.Meena, Dr S.K.Pandey, Md. Tabish Akhtar). ICAR Sugarcane Breeding Institute Regional Centre, Karnal, Haryana pp. 36-54.
5. Lovejot Kaur, M.R. Meena, Sangram K. Lenka, C. Appunu, Ravinder Kumar, Neeraj Kulshreshtha. 2022. Molecular approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane, Editor(s): Arun K. Shanker, Chitra Shanker, Anjali Anand, M. Maheswari,  Climate Change and Crop Stress, Academic Press, Pages 465-492, ISBN 9780128160916,https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816091-6.00007-9
6. Viswanathan, R, N. Geetha, A. Anna Durai, P. T. Prathima, C. Appunu, B. Parameswari, K. Nithya, T. Ramasubramanian & A. Selvi et al. (2022). Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistance in Sugarcane. In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Technical Crops. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09293-0_9
7. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2021. Performance of new varieties suitable for Tamil Nadu and results of research trials. All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Sugarcane, Co-ordinated agronomic experiments/Adaptive Research Trial and SBI-SISMA/SBI-TNCSF Varietal trials. In 51st Meeting of Sugarcane Research & Development Workers of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Tiruchenkode, Tamil Nadu, 241-248.
8. Appunu C. Genetic transformation and genome editing for improved agronomic performance of sugarcane varieties. 2020. In: Recent Scientific Advances in Sugarcane Cultivation for Doubling Farmer’s Income (Eds Bakshi Ram et al.), Dilpreet Publishing House, Srinagar, J&K, pp. 134-140.
9. Harinath Babu K., R. M. Devarumath, A. S. Thorat, V. M. Nalavade, Mayur Saindane, C. Appunu and P. Suprasanna. 2020. Sugarcane Transgenics: Developments and Opportunities. In Genetically Modified Crops (P. B. Kavi Kishor et al. (eds.), Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
10. Arun Kumar. R, Vasantha. S, Pooja. D, C.Appunu and V. Krishnapriya Arunkumar. 2020. Temperature Extremes in Sugarcane- An Overview. In Management of Abiotic stress in Crop Plants (Gurumurthy S and Senjam Jinus S). Innovative Publication 127-138
11. Gauri Nerkar, G. S. Suresha, Bakshi Ram, C. Appunu. 2019. Key challenges in developing products from transgenic plants. In Advances in Plant Transgenics: Methods and Applications (Eds: Sathishkumar R, Kumar SR, Hema J, Baskar V). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 315-331.
12. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2019. Enhancing sugarcane productivity in Tamil Nadu through institute-industry participatory approach. Technical Session – IV: All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Sugarcane, Co-ordinated agronomic experiments and SBI-SISMA trials. 50th Meeting of Sugarcane Research & Development Workers of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai 355-363.
13. Lovejot Kaur and Appunu C. 2018. Role of biotechnology for enhancing yield under water deficit Stress conditions. In: Crop Improvement for Sustainability (Eds. PK Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Sandeep Kumar and RC Yadav) Daya Publishing House, Astral International Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi – 110 002. p. 1-547.
14. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. 2018. Enhancing sugarcane productivity in Tamil Nadu through institute-industry participatory approach. Technical Session – IV: All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Sugarcane, Co-ordinated agronomic experiments and SBI-SISMA trials. 49th Meeting of Sugarcane Research & Development Workers of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Erode, 355-363.
15. Valarmathi R, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy, V. Ulaganathan and C. Appunu. Evaluation of Erianthus germplasm for drought tolerance related traits. In Payir Marabiyal. Eds. R.Vinoth, V.Ulaganathan, R. Muthu Vijaya Raghavan. ISBN978-81-939394-8-2
16. Ulaganathan V, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy, R. Valarmathi, Muthukumar and C. Appunu. Principal component analysis of drought tolerance traitsin Erianthus germplasm. In Payir Marabiyal. Eds. R.Vinoth, V.Ulaganathan, R. Muthu Vijaya Raghavan. ISBN978-81-939394-8-2
17. Lovejot Kaur, Dharshini S, Bakshi Ram and Appunu C. 2017. Sugarcane genomics and transcriptomics. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 13-32.
18. Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM, Lovejot Kaur and Appunu C. 2017. Unraveling the sugarcane genome: Progress made so far and challenges ahead. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 33-50.
19. Appunu C, Bakshi Ram and Subramonian N. 2017. Sugarcane: An efficient platform for molecular farming. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 87-110.
20. Suresha GS, Mahadevaiah C and Appunu C. 2017. Biotechnological interventions for improving sucrose accumulation in sugarcane. In: Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects (Mohan ed.). Springer Nature, Switzerland, p. 111-122.
21. Appunu C., G. Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram. AICRP (S) and SBI-SISMA TRIALS. 2017. Technical Session – IV: All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Sugarcane, Co-ordinated agronomic experiments and SBI-SISMA trials. 48th Meeting of Sugarcane Research & Development Workers of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Salem, 269-278
22. Lakshmi K, C. Appunu, Ravinder Kumar, M.R. Meena and Deepak Kumar Yadav. 2016. Transgenic Approaches for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. In: Recent Advances in Plant Stress Physiology (eds Dr. Praduman Yadav, Dr. Sunil Kumar, Dr. Veena Jain). Astral International Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi – 110 002. Pp. 1-539.
23. Ganapathy S, Jeyachandran M, Shanmuganathan M, Saravanan NA, Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Chandrasekaran R and Thirumurugan A. 2016. Performance of early and midlate sugarcane clones in adaptive research trial (ART/CAE) across Tamil Nadu. 47th Meeting of Sugarcane Research & Development Workers of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry 230-234.
24. Appunu C, Ashwin Narayan J and Lovejot Kaur. 2016. Transgenic approaches for developing stress tolerant cultivars. In: ICAR sponsored winter school on Biotechnological and conventional tools for biotic and abiotic stress management in sugarcane, ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p.277-284 (Winter school manual).
25. Appunu C, G. Hemaprabha, A. Annadurai. 2016. Karimbu makasoolil pinnokiya maavattathuketra adhika mahasool tharum karimbu ragangal. In: Karumbu Urpathiyil  Naveena thozilnutpangal (eds P. Murali, T. Puthira Prathap, V. Venkatasubramanian & T. Rajula Shanthy) Published by ICAR - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore - 641 007. SBI/NABARD/2016/TA/01. pp 5-8.
26. Naveena Rani M, Appunu C and Lovejot. 2016. Confirmation of recombinant clones by colony PCR and restriction digestion In: Techniques in insect molecular biology and toxicology, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p.74-89.
27. Naveena Rani M, Appunu C, Love jot, Dharshini S. 2016.  Preparation of E. coli competent cells. In: Techniques in insect molecular biology and toxicology, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p. 59-64
28. Appunu C, Naveena Rani M, Dharshini S, Ashwin Narayan J, Manoj VM. 2016. Cloning of mtCOI and cry gene fragments. In: Techniques in insect molecular biology and toxicology, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p. 65-73
29. Appunu C, Naveena Rani M, Ashwin Narayan J and Manoj VM. 2016. Plasmid isolation and confirmation of insert. In: Techniques in insect molecular biology and toxicology, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, p. 90-96.
30. Appunu C, T. Manjunatha, A. Anna Durai, K. Mohanraj, G. Suresha and R. Arun Kumar. 2015. Bio-engineering of osmolytes production in plants: a novel approach to counter abiotic stress. In: Challenges and Prospective of Plant Abiotic Stress -Volume 1 (Ratna Kumar Pasala, Kiran Bhagat, Yogeshwar Singh eds), Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi
31. Nair NV and Appunu C. 2008.  Application of Biotechnology in Agricultural Research. In short course: Application of molecular tools in identifying disease resistance genes/ mechanisms in crop plants, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore pp. 1-8
32. Reddy AVV, Reddy CVCM, Rajeshwari U, Sinha B, Appunu C. Screening of sunflower genotypes for resistance or tolerance against Alternaria blight. In Microbial Diversity: Modern Trends (R C Ram and A Sinha Eds.), Daya Publishing House, New Delhi 213-223

1. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, S. Alarmelu. 2022. Sugarcane variety Co 18009 (Punnakai). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 317
2. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, A. Anna Durai. 2022. Sugarcane variety Co 14012 (Avani). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 316
3. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, S. Alarmelu. 2022. Sugarcane variety Co 11015 (Atulya). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 315
4. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Bakshi Ram. 2019. Sugarcane Co 11015 (Atulya) - Package of Practices (in English). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 278.
5. Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Mohanraj K, Bakshi Ram. 2019. Sugarcane Co 11015 (Atulya) - Package of Practices (in Tamil). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 279.
6. Valarmathi R, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy and C. Appunu. 2018. Sugarcane root phenotyping for drought tolerance using customized PVC platforms. SBI NEWS 38(2): 1-3.
7. Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Hemaprabha G, Anna Durai A, Mahadevaiah C, Gomathi R, Rajula Shanthy T, Bakshi Ram. 2018. Sugarcane Co 06022- Package of Practices (in English). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 251.
8. Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Hemaprabha G, Anna Durai A, Mahadevaiah C, Gomathi R, Rajula Shanthy T, Bakshi Ram. 2018. Sugarcane Co 06022- Package of Practices (in Tamil). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 252.
9. Appunu C, A. Annadurai, S. Alarmelu, G. Hemaprabha, M. N. Premachandran, T. Rajula Shanthy, Bakshi Ram. 2016. Sugarcane Co 0212- Package of Cultivation Practices (in Tamil). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 244.
10. Annadurai A, Appunu C, S. Alarmelu, G. Hemaprabha, M. N. Premachandran, T. Rajula Shanthy, Bakshi Ram. 2016. Sugarcane Co 0212- Package of Cultivation Practices (in English). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 243.
11. Appunu C, Annadurai A, M. N. Premachandran, T. Rajula Shanthy, Vijayan Nair. 2013. Sugarcane variety Co 99006 (In Tamil). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007. Extension publication number 218.
12. Alarmelu S, Hemaprabha G, Appunu C, Anna Durai A, Premachandran MN and Bakshi Ram. 2016. Karumbu Co 0212. Uzhavarin Valarum Velanmai Malar 7(7):26-28
13. C. Mahadevaiah, V. Sreenivasa, Ravinder Kumar, C. Appunu, S. Alarmelu. Sugarcane varieties suitable for growing in Karnataka state. Krishi Kayaka (in Kannada-Quarterly), 2012, p. 13-14