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 |
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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 23rd 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.
Volunteer Activities
- volunteering for teaching graduate students at UAS Dharwad