Detail scientific programme of National seminar

National Seminar on

Fungal Biodiversity & Bioprospecting in the Age of Global Warming

MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA (MSI)
October 29-30, 2009

PROGRAMME

Thursday, October 29, 2009

08.30 - 10.00 a.m. - Reception and Registration

10.15 - 11.45 a.m. - Inaugural Session

11.45 - 12.00 a.m. - Tea Break

12.00 - 12.45 p.m. – MSI Presidential address - Prof. C. Manoharachary
My voyage with fungi.

12.45 - 01.30 p.m. - Dr. V. Agnihotrudu Memorial Lecture
- Prof. T. Satyanarayana
Are Thermophilic Moulds nature-borne biotechnologists?

01.30 – 02.30 p.m. : Lunch Break

02.30 – 03.30 p.m. : Poster Session I

03.30 - 05.30 p.m. : Oral Session I & II (Tea break: 04.30 - 04.45 p.m)

03.30 - 05.30 p.m. : Oral Session I
03.30 - 03.50 p.m. : Invited Lecture – 1 - Prof. Yash Pal Sharma
Wild Edible Fungi (WEF) and Ethnomycology in some regions of North-West Himalaya of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

03.50 - 05.30 p.m. : Oral Presentations (Duration of presentation: 8 minutes)
1. Contribution to the macrolichens of Karnataka.
Archana Dube and Gayatri Chitale

2. Enumeration of Fungal Endophytes from Marine Algae.
K. P. Kannan, C. Srenath Kumar, R. Rengasamy, J. Muthumary and N. K. Udaya Prakash
3. Role of microfungi as endophytes and litter colonizers in different plant species of Western Ghats.
Maria A. D’Souza and D. J. Bhat
4. A comparison of two techniques to study diversity of soil fungi.
J. Pratibha and S. Raghukumar
5. Diversity of microfungi in Deccan Plateau of the Western Ghats, India.
K. C. Rajeshkumar, P.N. Singh, Lal Sahab Yadav and S.K. Singh
6. Genetic diversity among Sclerotium rolfsii isolates of Central India, a bioherbicidal agent against Parthenium.
Rekha Shukla and A. K. Pandey
7. Ecology and diversity of macrofungi in Pune District of Maharashtra.
G. Senthilarasu, Santosh Swami and S.K. Singh
8. Recent approaches to study of freshwater hyphomycetes.
K. R. Sridhar
9. Aquatic hyphomycetes in tree canopies of Kaiga, Western Ghats.
N. M. Sudheep and K. R. Sridhar

03.30 - 05.30 p.m. : Oral Session II
03.30 - 03.50 p.m. : Invited Lecture – 2 - Prof. D. J. Bagyaraj
Ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

03.50 - 05.30 p.m. : Oral Presentations (Duration of presentation: 8 minutes)
1. Ornamentation in ectomycorrhizal fungal spores – is it an adaptation for their dispersal within host range?
Kumaresan V., Ravindran C., Senthilarasu G. and Ganesan T.
2. Stimulation of taxol production by Pestalotiopsis breviseta (Sacc.) Steyaert using the biotic and abiotic elicitors.
G. Kathiravan and J. Muthumary
3. Screening of diverse fungi for Laccases of varying properties.
Pranali Bodke, G. Senthilarasu and S. Raghukumar
4. Purification and characterization of pharmaceutically active compounds from an edible mushroom Calocybe indica P. & C.
S. Rajasekar, P. Selvakumar, K. Periasamy and N. Raaman
5. Assessment of patulin and citrinin contamination in different grades of walnut (Juglans regia L.) kernels.
Rohini Sharma and Geeta Sumbali
6. Variation in production of glucanase by Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) p. Karst.
C. K. Tiwari, Jagrati Parihar and R. K. Verma

05.30 – 06.30 p.m. : Poster Session II

06.30 – 08.00 p.m. : Executive Body & General Body Meeting of MSI
08.00 – 09.00 p.m. : Dinner

Friday, October 30, 2009

09.00 - 10.0 a.m. : Poster Session III & IV

10.00 - 10.30 p.m. - Dr. Shome Memorial Lecture – Dr. M. Sudhakara Reddy
Diversity of Cantharellaceae from western Himalaya region and their associated bacteria.

10.30 – 12.30 a.m. : Oral Session III & IV (Tea break: 11.00 - 11.15 a.m)

10.30 - 12.30 a.m. : Oral Session III
10.30 - 10.50 a.m. : Invited Lecture – 3 - Prof. B. M. Sharma
Mushrooms in Human Health.

10.30 - 12.30 a.m. : Oral Presentations (Duration of presentation: 8 minutes)
1. Growth Response of Solanum nigrum L. to Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Plant growth promoting microorganisms.
K. V. Chethan Kumar, Sukesh and Chandrashekar K.R
2. Production, purification and characterization of an extracellular lipase from Aspergillus japonicus isolated from Ropalidia marginata paper nest.
A. Jayaprakash and P. Ebenezer
3. Yeast Killer toxins elaborated by the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus neoformans towards various ascomycetous yeast genera.
Peralam Yegneswaran Prakash, Taronish Dubash, Sugandhi Rao
4. Mycoparasitic Penicillium on Aspergillus niger causing pomegranate fruit rot.
Rahul Sharma and S.K. Singh
5. Fungal Endophytes: A Potential Source of Anticancer Compounds.
S.K. Deshmukh

10.30 - 12.30 a.m. : Oral Session IV
10.30 - 10.50 a.m. : Invited Lecture – 4 - Prof. P. Mehta
Biotechnology of Claviceps.

10.30 - 12.30 a.m. : Oral Presentations (Duration of presentation: 8 minutes)
1. Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Fungi.
Anima Nanda, Bijaya Kumar Nayak
2. Production, Purification, Characterization and Biodiesel production by Extracellular lipases from oil seed-associated-fungi using Solid State Fermentation.
V. Balaji and P. Ebenezer
3. Cardiovascular- protective and antimicrobial activity of a lichen species Usnea complanata.
N. D. Mahadik, M. V. Morey and B.C. Behera
4. Lichen metabolites developed in vitro and their antioxidative properties.
Neeraj Verma and B.C. Behera
5. Bioactive polysaccharide isolated from pink oyster mushroom Pleurotus djamor var. roseus.
N. Raaman, R. Jegadeesh, L. Hariprasath, G. Rajasekhar Reddy, S. Archana and K.
Balasubramanian
6. Optimization of medium and process parameters for the production of lipase from a newly isolated Aspergillus sp (RBD-01).
Satnam Singh Aulakh, N.Tejo Prakash, Ranjana Prakash
7. Evaluation the Probable mechanism of action of fungal bioactive compounds through Bioinformatics.
Shyamji Shukla and A.K. Pandey
8. Selection of potential isolates of Laccaria fraterna and Pisolithus albus on growth improvement of Acacia auriculiformis and A. mangium.
V. Mohan and P. Manokaran

12.30 - 01.30 p.m. : Poster Session V

01.30 – 02.30 p.m. : Lunch Break

02.30 – 03.30 p.m. : Oral Session V
02.30 - 02.50 p.m. : Invited Lecture – 5 - Dr. D. Ananthapadmanaban
Conservation of fungal resources by the MTCC, IMTECH
02.50 – 03.10 p.m. : Invited Lecture – 6 - Dr. Absar Ahmad
Biological synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials using fungi.

03.10 – 03.45 p.m. : Oral Presentations (Duration of presentation: 8 minutes)
1. Biodegradation of Pentachlorophenol by white rot fungi isolated from forests of Western Ghats of Karnataka India.
Ch. Ramesh and Manohar G. Pattar
2. L-asparaginase from fungi.
T. S. Murali, Geetha Suvarna, P. M. Gopinath and K. Satyamoorthy
3. Marine derived fungi and their potential in metal bioremediation.
Sarita Nazareth
4. Onychomycosis - a potential threat to gardeners.
Shaveta Jandial and Geeta Sumbali

03.45 – 04.00 p.m. : Tea Break

04.00 – 04.45 p.m. : Valedictory Session
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

28.10.2009 02.30 – 03.30 p.m. Poster Session I
1. Fungal interactions with plants - A Pandorabox with chemicals.
Ashwani Sharma and Pushpa Agrawal
2. Diversity of marine fungi from Mandovi Estuary.
A. Bicholkar, M. Gazem and S. Nazareth
3. Microfungi from saline soils of Tamil Nadu coast and their potential applications.
K. P. Girivasan and P. T. Devarajan
4. Endophytic coelomycetes from medicinal plants.
G. Jayanthi and J. Muthumary
5. Biodiversity of mesophilic and halotolerant microfungi in waters of mangrove in
Pitchavaram, Tamil Nadu.
K. P. Kannan, K. Srilekha, S. Bhuvaneswari, and N.K. Udaya Prakash
6. Diversity of white-spored agarics in Puducherry.
V. Kumaresan, D. Rajarajan and T. Ganesan
7. Studies on the indigenous Lentinus spp. of Eastern Ghats, India.
M. Kumar, D. Sundaralingam and V. Kaviyarasan
8. Diversity of fungi in salterns and mangroves situated at two different sites in Goa.
V. Gonsalves , S. Nayak and S. Nazareth
9. Isolation, Identification and Molecular analysis of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by 18S
rRNA sequencing.
K. Priadharsini, and J. Muthumary
10. Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on andrographolide concentration in Andrographis paniculata.
Nair Radhika and B. F. Rodrigues
11. Diversity, identification and documentation of black Aspergilli from India.
Rahul Hepat, Subhash Gaikwad and S. K. Singh
12. Fungal diversity associated with decomposing leaf litter of some ornamental palms of South India.
B. Sampath Kumar and Vittal, B. P. R.
13. Genus Russula and Lactarius from Jammu and Kashmir.
Sanjeev Kumar and Y.P. Sharma
14. Biodiversity of coprophilous fungi from Goa and neighbouring regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Sarita K. Yadav and D. J. Bhat
15. Some lignicolous macromycetes from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sonia Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar and Y.P. Sharma
16. Biodiversity of wood decaying fungi in forest wood depots of Chhattisgarh.
C. K. Tiwari, Jagrati Parihar and R. K. Verma
17. A study on diversity of mycoflora over teak plantation.
N.K. Udaya Prakash and P. Jayaraman
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

28.10.2009 05.30 – 06.30 p.m. Poster Session II
1. Isolation, identification and purification of endophytic fungi from medicinal plants for the enumeration of extracellular enzymes.
A. Amrita, J. Swetha, P. Sindhu, and K. P. Kannan
2. Screening of endophytic fungi from the medicinal plants for the production of Chitoson.
A. Amrita, P. Sindhu, J. Swetha, and K. P. Kannan
3. Partial purification of exracellular enzyme cellulase from Trichoderma viride and T. reesei isolated from cotton seeds.
N. Kavitha, C. Sivaranjani and K.P. Kannan
4. Growth responses of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal bajra plants under salinity conditions.
Mahesh Borde, Mayura Dudhane and Paramjit Jite
5. Effect of manganese concentration on growth responses of Gmelina arborea inoculated with Gigaspora margarita.
Mayura Dudhane, Mahesh Borde, and Paramjit Jite
6. Penicillium funiculosum rot of amla (Phyllanthus emblica L.) and its management with hot water dip treatment.
Nisha Goswami and Geeta Sumbali
7. Studies on the antagonistic effect of Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. against soil borne plant pathogenic fungi.
P. Rajapriya, M.Pandi and J. Muthumary
8. Biochemical changes in Sweet Potato infected with Charcoal Rot.
V. B. Patil, A. R. Apte and S. S. Kamble
9. Production of chitinase enzyme by Aspergillus species.
Sandhya Ravishankar, C. V. Sushma, J. Sandhya, Pushpa Agrawal and Ashwani Sharma
10. Ergosterol in Mucoraceous fungi
R. Rajeshwari, M. Rajeshwari, Preeti Garai, S. K. Sukrutha and J. Savitha
11. Exploring hidden dimension of soil fungal biodiversity: A simple technique to detect soil fungi resistant to antifungal compounds.
Sonashia Velho-Pereira and Nandkumar Kamat
12. Biochemical investigations of fungal laccase from Pleurotus sp.
Sunil S. More and Renuka Sudarshan
13. Studies on Coelomycetous fungi with special reference to taxol production.
S. Yogeswari, M. Pandi, S. Kamalraj and J. Muthumary
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

30.10.2009 09.00 - 10.0 a.m. Poster Session III
1. Exploration of starch loaded habitats & samples for isolation of industrially useful amylolytic yeasts.
M. Albuquerque and Nandkumar Kamat
2. Bioefficacy of Lactic acid bacteria in the management of Aspergillus japonicus and Rhizopus stolonifer rot of Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.).
J. Bhadwal and Y.P. Sharma
3. Phytochemical composition and in vitro antifungal activity of Citrus limon.
Mala Majumdar, C. G. Sangeetha, S. Karthik, B. Seema Pai , Krupa B. Paleja and
Shwetha H. Gowda
4. Evaluation of phytochemical composition and antifungal activity of Aegle marmelos.
Mala Majumdar, C. G. Sangeetha, Krupa B. Paleja, Shwetha H. Gowda, S. Karthik and B. Seema Pai
5. Biological control of post harvest diseases of brinjal.
Reeny Mary Zacharia
6. Occurrence and distribution of keratinophilic fungi in soils of Khardung La, Ladakh (India).
Sandeep Kotwal and Geeta Sumbali
7. Study on the efficacy of the vegetative and spore inoculum of Pisolithus albus on the Casurina junghiniana.
R. Shenbhagaraman and V.Kaviyarasan
8. Studies on characterisation of mycotoxigenic fungi from oil seed cakes and animal feeds.
G.L Sujatha and Ramalingappa
9. Laboratory Evaluation of the Entomopathogenic fungi, Aspergillus niger and Metarrhizium anisopliae for Controlling Selected pests.
K. N. Varalakshmi and B. S. Kumudini
10. Keratinophilic fungi of domestic animals at Gulbarga Region.
G. M. Vidyasagar and Narayan Hosmani
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

30.10.2009 09.00 - 10.0 a.m. Poster Session IV
1. Anti-Staphylococcus aureus Activity of Phellinus merrillii.
Abdulghani Ameri, Jitendra G. Vaidya and S.S.Deokule
2. Antifungal potentiality of essential oil from discarded leaves.
Ahsan Kamran, Piyush Mishra, Rohit Mishra, Amit Tiwari and Anupam Dikshit
3. Mushroom Cultivation and processing for the empowerment of tribal women in Madhya
Pradesh.
Jaya Singh, Divya Bajpai and A. K. Pandey
4. Biosynthesis of Au and Ag nanoparticles using edible mushroom extract.
N. Raaman, R. Jegadeesh, L. Hariprasath, G. Rajasekhar reddy and S. Archana
5. Bioassay-guided fractions of novel sesquiterpene (3-(4’-hydroxyphenyl-2, 4, 7-trioxa- bicyclo [4, 1, 0] heptane) from Pestalotiopsis microspora Jeon. in Modified PDB culture.
S. Kamalraj, M. Murugan and J. Muthumary
6. Isolation, Identification and Molecular analysis by 18S rRNA sequence of Taxol producing fungus Pestalotiopsis guepinii (Desm.,).
S. Malathi, S. Visalakchi and J. Muthumary
7. In-vivo and in-vitro studies on anticancer activity of fungal taxol isolated from an endophytic fungus Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.
M. Pandi, P. Rajapriya and J. Muthumary
8. Molecular characterization and antimicrobial properties of hybrid from interspecific hybridization between Pleurotus ostreatus var. florida and P. djamor var. roseus.
P. Selvakumar, S. Rajasekar, A. Giridhar Babu, K. Periasamy, N. Raaman and M.
Sudhakar Reddy
9. Fungi: an importunate source of novel antifungal agents.
Shilpa Verekar and S. K. Deshmukh
10. Taxol producing a novel endophytic fungus pestalotiopsis funerea from Araucaria bidwilli.
K. Srinivasan, S. Visalakchi and J. Muthumary
11. Screening for extracellular enzymes from endophytic fungal strains isolated from
medicinal plants.
S. Sunitha, D. Nirmala Devi. and C. Srinivas
12. Screening of endophytic fungi for the production of Camptothecin an novel anticancer drug
J. Swetha, R. D. Varuni, P. Sindhu and K. P. Kannan
13. Comparative antimicrobial activity of herbal extracts and cough syrups on upper
respiratory tract microbes.
K. N. Varalakshmi, C. G. Sangeetha
14. A novel endophytic anticancer compound producing fungus Alternaria sp. SVJM05
isolated from a medicinal plant, Indigofera enneaphylla Linn.
S. Visalakchi, K. Srinivasan and J. Muthumary
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

30.10.2009 12.30 - 01.30 p.m. Poster Session V
1. Herbal antimicrobials: A biological approach for purification of water.
Awadhesh Kumar, Rohit K. Mishra, Shalu Srivastava, Amit Kumar Tiwari, Kumar Pankaj Pandey, Ahsan Kamran, Rita Gupta*, Ameritesh Chandra Shukla* and Anupam Dikshit
2. Aeromycometric investigation in industrially polluted environment (ambattur) in Chennai.
S. Bhuvaneswari, N. Jawahar, S. Vinodh, S. Hariharan, Ashok Livingstone Alex and N. K. Udaya Prakash
3. Prevalence and seasonal periodicity of airborne fungal spores in indoors and outdoors of a coastal village in Pondicherry region.
B. K. Nayak, R. Anandu, K. Usha and Anima Nanda
4. Photodynamic control of Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes by acriflavin, an acridine dye.
S. Jenefar, V. Balaji and P. Ebenezer
5. Extraction, estimation and detoxification of aflatoxins present in storage mycoflora of animal feeds.
K. P. Kannan
6. Bioadsorption of heavy metals by metal tolerant filamentous fungi.
Peralam Yegneswaran Prakash, Vaibhav Gupta and Indira Bairy
7. Growth control of the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes by a
dual mode of action with Griseofulvin.
D. Raynukaa, V. Balaji V. and P. Ebenezer
8. X-ray induced mutation in Ganoderma species for higher anti thrombotic activity.
P. Samuel Naveen and M. Eyini
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