Dr. Akhila Sen joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany on 01/06/2023. She has began her research journey as a scholar in Dr. Jos T Puthur's lab at the University of Calicut in 2017, where she focused on investigating plant responses to various stress factors, particularly drought and salinity, affecting rice farming in Kerala. During her Ph.D. tenure, she employed seed priming techniques to enhance the abiotic stress tolerance of selected rice varieties, resulting in the publication of research articles in reputable journals. As a research associate and guest lecturer at Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha (2021-2023), she expanded her expertise to include developing climate-resistant plants using beneficial microbes and abiotic priming agents, as well as improving post-harvest techniques to enhance fruit shelf life.
Plant functional biology
Abiotic stress tolerance
Fortification of crops
2023
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Aswathi, K. R., Sen, A., & Puthur, J. T. (2023). Comparative Study of Cis-and Trans-Priming Effect of PEG and BABA in Cowpea Seedlings on Exposure to PEG-Induced Osmotic Stress. Seeds, 2(1), 85-100.
2022
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Sen, A., Puthur, J. T., Challabathula, D., & Brestic, M. (2022). Transgenerational effect of UV-B priming on photochemistry and associated metabolism in rice seedlings subjected to PEG-induced osmotic stress. Photosynthetica, 60(2).
2021
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Sen, A., & Puthur, J. T. (2021). Halo-and UV-B priming-mediated drought tolerance and recovery in rice seedlings. Plant Stress, 2, 100011.
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Sen, A., Challabathula, D., & Puthur, J. T. (2021). UV-B priming of Oryza sativa seeds augments the innate tolerance potential in a tolerant variety more effectively toward NaCl and PEG stressors. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 40, 1166-1180.
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Sen, A., & Puthur, J. T. (2021). Halo and UV-B priming influences various physiological and importantly yield parameters of Oryza sativa var. Vyttila 6. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 49(1), 1-16.
2020
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Sen, A., & Puthur, J. T. (2020). Influence of different seed priming techniques on oxidative and antioxidative responses during the germination of Oryza sativa varieties. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 26, 551-565.
Books
- Akhila Sen (2020). Ethanobotanical study of medicinal plants used by Kattunayakan tribes of Nilambur, Kerala, India. Lambert.
Book Chapters
- Janeeshma E, Akhila Sen, Riya Johnson, Aswathi Raj K. P, Jos T Puthur. (2021). Industries in the field of phytoremediation. In: Bioenergy Crops: A sustainable means of phytoremediation. Dr. Jos T. Puthur and Dr. Om Parkash Dhankher (Eds). Science Publishers (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group) pp: 187-203. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003043522-10/reclamation-phytoremediation-heavy-metal-contaminated-land-janeeshma-akhila-sen-raj-aswathi-riya-johnson-om-dhankher-jos-puthur.
- Akhila Sen, Riya Johnson, Jos T Puthur. (2021). Seed priming: A cost effective strategy to impart abiotic stress tolerance. Prof. (Dr.) Azamal Husen. (Eds). In: Plant performance under environmental stress. Springer Nature pp: 459-480. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-78521-5_18.
- Akhila Sen Jos T Puthur. (2019). Seed priming-induced physiochemical and molecular events in plants coupled to abiotic stress tolerance: An overview. In: Priming mediated stress and cross stress tolerance in crop plants. Hossain M A, Fujita M, Burritt D J, Liu F, Huang B (Eds). Elsevier Publishing Groups, Switzerland pp: 3033-316.zhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128178928000180.
Presentations
- Presented a poster entitled “Trans-generational effect of UV-B priming on photochemistry and antioxidation mechanisms in rice seedlings exposed to PEG induced drought stress at Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants" hosted by Department of Botany, University of Calicut on October 26 -28 October, 2022.
- Presented a poster entitled “UV-B priming mediated enhancement of cross tolerance through the up-regulation of mitochondrial, photosynthetic and gene expression events in Oryza sativa L. at the 3rd Network Meeting of the International UV4Plants Association for Plant UV Research held virtually at Kiel University, Germany on 13-16th October 2020.
- Presented a paper entitled “Ameliorative potential of halo priming in enhancing stress tolerance of Oryza sativa L. Vyttila 6 through enhanced gene expression levels of antioxidant enzymes” in three Day International webinar-DOCTRINA -11 on “Plant Functional Biology” organized by Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Botany and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in association with Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) from 05-07 June, 2020.
- Presented a poster entitled “UV-B augmented photosynthetic, respiratory and anti-oxidation efficiency of salinity tolerant variety on exposure to NaCl and PEG stresses” at National conference of plant physiology on 19-21st December 2019.
- Presented a paper entitled “Effect of UV-B priming on the anti-oxidation machinery of rice seedlings on exposure to PEG stress.” at XLII All India Botanical Conference of the Indian Botanical Society and National Symposium on „Innovations and Inventions in Plant Science Research?, organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut, on 06-08th November, 2019.
- Presented a paper entitled “UV-B priming mediated metabolic changes in the seed germination of Oryza sativa (cv. Neeraja) exposed to NaCl and PEG stress” at International Conference on Recent scenario in plant science research – climate change and its associated variations (ICRSPSR 2018) at Dept. of botany Annamalai University march 23 to 25, 2018.
- Qualified CSIR-JRF 2016 June examination conducted by, Human Resource Development Ministry, Government of India (60th rank).
U.G Admission member
Sanitation & Hygiene (Campus & Community)