KEERTHI MANDYAM
Education:
2005 – till date, Ph.D candidate, Biology, KSU
2004, MS, Biology, KSU
1999, MSc, Microbiology, Bangalore University, India
1997, BSc, Microbiology, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, India
Research Interests:
I am currently studying the diversity and functions of root colonizing, non-mycorrhizal, septate endophytic fungi at Konza Prairie LTER. Periconia spp. seem to be the most commonly occurring root endophytes. Some of the hypothesized functions of the endophytic fungi are currently being tested using leek and native grass resynthesis systems.
Publications:
Mandyam K, Jumpponen A (2006) Seasonal and temporal variation of arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate endophytic fungi in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Mycorrhiza (Submitted)
Mandyam K, Jumpponen A (2005) Seeking the elusive functions of dark septate endopytes. Studies in Mycology 53: 173-189
Jumpponen A, Trowbridge JL, Mandyam K, Johnson LC (2005) Nitrogen enrichment causes minimal changes in AM colonized plants but shifts community composition: evidence from rDNA data. Biology and Fertility of soils 41(4): 217-224
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