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EDNA ANTONY

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Bio

Name : Dr EDNA ANTONY

Father’s Name : Late Prof ANTONY GEORGE

Permanent address : #3 Sangolli Rayanna Nagar,

Bharidevarkoppa, Hubli

Karnataka-580025

Office address : Senior Scientist

Indian Grass land and Fodder Research Institute

Southern Regional Research Station

P.B Road

Dharwad-580005

Karnataka

Phone:+91-836-2447150,Fax:+91 8362743459

e-mail:edna.antony@gmail.com +919620381924(Mobile)

Awards/Scholarships :

Commonwealth Academic fellowship

Commonwealth fellowship for Ph.D

UAS Dharwad Gold Medal for MSc.

ICAR Junior Research Fellowship during M.Sc

Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D.(but discontinued)

Qualified National Eligibility Test by ICAR, New Delhi.

National scholarship during Pre-degree.

Professional experience

Name of the post	Employee		Nature of Job	Reason for leaving
Senior Scientist	Indian Council Of Agricultural research	15-06-2009-till date	Contemplating research projects, its formulation and execution both at field and laboratory level with emphasis on abiotic stress tolerance in fodder crops	Continuing
Scientist	Indian Council Of Agricultural research	26.12.1997 14-06-2009	Contemplating research projects, its formulation and execution both at field and laboratory level with emphasis on soil plant water relationship	Moved to next level through selection
Graduate student	Tamil Nadu Agricultural university	August 1996 to December 1997	Discontinued	Completed 1 year of PhD course work with ICAR senior research fellowship	Discontinued to join ICAR as scientist
Assistant Project manager	Kerala Horticultural Developmental project	06-06-1996 to 01-08-1996	Seed physiological studies for seed processing units	Discontinued the job for higher studies.
Junior merit Associate	UAS Dharwad	27.04.1995 to 26.04.1996	Teaching Plant Physiology at Under graduate level in Agricultural University	Contract ended
MS.c(Plant Physiology)	UAS Dharwad	December 1992 to March 1995	Completed MSc. in Plant Physiology with ICAR Junior Research fellowship	Completed the course
Junior soil conservation officer	Soil and water conservation department, Govt of Kerala	1.06.1992 to 26.11.1992	Conducting primary level research work on soil plant interaction with emphasis on impact of plants on soil conservation.	Contract ended

Research Areas:
Abiotic Interactions, Ecophysiology, Gene Regulation, Physiology, Signals and Responses

Publications

Antony, E., Sridhar, K. and Kumar, V., 2017. Effect of chemical sprays and management practices on Brachiaria ruziziensis seed production. Field Crops Research, 211, pp.19-26.
Tzortzakis, N., Taybi, T., Antony, E., Singleton, I., Borland, A. and Barnes, J., 2013. Profiling shifts in protein complement in tomato fruit induced by atmospheric ozone-enrichment and/or wound-inoculation with Botrytis cinerea. Postharvest biology and technology, 78, pp.67-75.
Antony, E., Sridar, K., Pal, D.T. and Kumar, V., 2015, November. Seed production of Brachiaria ruziziensis in India-seed collection methods and feed opportunities. In 23^rd International Grassland Congress on ‘Sustainable Use of Grassland Resources for Forage Production, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection, Delhi NCR (p. 101).
Karthigeyan, S., Sridhar, K., Kulkarni, N.S. and Antony, E., 2014. Pollen-pistil interaction study in interspecific crosses of Medicago sativa x Medicago scutellata for stem weevil resistance. Range Management and Agroforestry, 35(2), pp.198-203.
Thakur, A.K., Uphoff, N. and Antony, E., 2010. An assessment of physiological effects of system of rice intensification (SRI) practices compared with recommended rice cultivation practices in India. Experimental Agriculture, 46(1), pp.77-98.
Antony, E. and Borland, A.M., 2009. The role and regulation of sugar transporters in plants with crassulacean acid metabolism. Progress in Botany, pp.127-143.
Antony, E., Taybi, T., Courbot, M., Mugford, S.T., Smith, J.A.C. and Borland, A.M., 2008. Cloning, localization and expression analysis of vacuolar sugar transporters in the CAM plant Ananas comosus (pineapple). Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(7), pp.1895-1908.
Antony, E. and Singandhupe, R.B., 2004. Impact of drip and surface irrigation on growth, yield and WUE of capsicum (Capsicum annum L.). Agricultural water management, 65(2), pp.121-132.
Chowdhury, S.R., Singh, R., Kundu, D.K., Antony, E., Thakur, A.K. and Verma, H.N., 2002. Growth, dry-matter partitioning and yield of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) as influenced by soil mechanical impedance and mineral nutrition under different irrigation regimes. Advances in horticultural science, pp.25-29.
Singandhupe, R.B., Antony, E., James, B.K., Nanda, P. and Behra, M.S., 2006. Physiological Studies of Drip Irrigated Pointed Gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.). Journal of Plant Sciences, 1(1), pp.22-30.