Dr. Sabeena A , Technical Officer(MB) – Home – Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute

Microbiology

Dr. Sabeena A

Qualification:

PhD: (Microbiology) from Bharathidasan University (2019).

Specialization : Systematics of Foliicolous fungi (Leaf Infecting Micro fungi)

Personal Biography

Received doctoral degree from Bharathidasan University on a topic “Fungal parasites on Medicinal Plants in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala State” in the year 2019. Authored one book, 5 book chapters and more than 40 research publications in peer reviewed national and international journals. Described 65 species, 7 varieties of leaf infecting microfungi and one angiosperm species, new to Science. Life member of Mycological Society of India, Association of Fungal Biologists and Kerala Academy of Sciences.

Projects & Selected Publications

Ongoing Projects

2017-Continuing: “Survey, Inventory, Bioprospecting and Sustainable Utilization of Microbial and Lichen Diversity of Western Ghats” (Co-Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.
2012-2015: “Database on Foliicolous fungal flora of Andaman Islands”. (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. (Completed).
2010-2015: “Diversity of Foliar Mycobionts in the selected Botanic Gardens of Kerala.” (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. (Completed).
2002-2007: “Survey and Inventory of Micro fungi in Western Ghats.” (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. (Completed).

Publications

Aliyarukunju Sabeena, Haridas Biju (2022). A new species and a new variety of Meliolaceae fungi from India. Phytotaxa, 541 (1): 057–065 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.541.1.5
Aliyarukunju Sabeena, Haridas Biju, Sudhakaran Sujatha Dhanusha (2021). A new species of asterinaceous fungi, Asterina imbertiae sp. nov. from Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 505(1): 114-119. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.505.1.9
Aliyarukunju Sabeena, Haridas Biju, Sudhakaran Sujatha Dhanusha, Sugathan Shiburaj (2020). Asterina gordoniae sp. nov. (Asterinaceae), a new foliar mycobiont from Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 441(2): 211-216. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.441.2.8
Hosagoudar, V.B., Sabeena, A., Kamarudeen, M. (2011). A new species of the genus Englerula from India. Mycosphere 2(3): 215-217.
Hosagoudar, V.B., Sabeena, A., Agarwal, D.K. (2009). Two new species and a new generic record of Asterinaceae on Mimusops elengi from Kerala. Indian Phytopath. 62: 229-232.