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RIJU.M.C

Email:
rcmakkiyil@gmail.com

Address for Communication:
Makkiyil house
Padinharathara P.O
Wayanad, Kerala, India.
Pin: 673 575

Mob :9447333967

PERSONAL DETAILS
Caste,Religion :RCSC
Date of Birth :24-05-1982
Age :29
Sex : Male
Nationality :Indian
Marital Status :Single
Father’s name :M.J. Chacko
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
  • M.Sc.
  • PhD. Thesis submitted on March 2011
CONTRIBUTION & DISCOVERIES


One new genus, 38 new species, 2 new varieties were discovered and 4 fungi reported first time from India.

NEW GENUS IN CREDIT

  • Bheemamyces Hosag., Sabeena & Riju

NEW SPECIES IN CREDIT

  • Asteridiella crotois-caudati Hosag. & Riju
  • A. toddaliae Hosag. & Riju
  • Asterina hugoniae Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • A. micheligena Hosag. & Riju
  • A. kukkalensis Hosag., Dhivaharan & Riju
  • A. michelifolia Hosag. & Riju
  • Bheemamyces argyreicola Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • Irenopsis trichiliae Hosag. & Riju
  • I. loranthicola Hosag. & Riju
  • Meliola abdulkalamii Hosag. & Riju
  • M. abri Hosag. & Riju
  • M. ailanthicola Hosag. & Riju
  • M. canavaliae Hosag. & Riju
  • M. clausenae Hosag. & Riju
  • M. cyperacearum Hosag., Dhivaharan & Riju
  • M. daviesii Hosag., Dhivaharan & Riju
  • M. diospyri-buxifoliae Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • M. dysoxyligena Hosag. & Riju
  • M. hoveniae Hosag., Dhivaharan & Riju
  • M. kamettiae Hosag. & Riju
  • M. luculiae Hosag., Dhivaharan & Riju
  • M. manoharacharyi Hosag. & Riju
  • M. premnigena Hosag. & Riju
  • M. psophocarpi Hosag. & Riju
  • M. rachammae Hosag. & Riju
  • M. vatsavayai Hosag. & Riju
  • Sarcinella gmelinae Hosag., Archana, Harish, Riju & Agarwal
  • S. limoniae Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • S. tamarindi Hosag. & Riju
  • Schiffnerula actinodaphnes Hosag., Archana, Harish, Riju & Agarwal
  • S. celastri Hosag., Riju & Sabeena
  • S. ecliptae Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • S. lagerstroemiae Hosag., Archana, Harish, Riju & Agarwal
  • S. palodensis Hosag. & Riju
  • S. spilanthi Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • S. terminaliae Hosag. & Riju
  • S. vernoniae Hosag., Sabeena & Riju
  • S. wedeliae Hosag., Sabeena & Riju

NEW VARIETIES

  • Asteridiella scolopiae var. indica Hosag. & Riju
  • A. solani Mc Alpine var. kodaikanalensis Hosag., Dhivaharan & Riju

NEW RECORDS TO INDIA/KERALA

  • Asterina dallasica Petrak.
  • Sarcinella allophylli Hosag.
  • Schiffnerula brideliae Hansf.
  • S. ricini Hansf.
ABSTRACTS OF RESEARCH & PUBLICATION WORKS

· Research Articles : 20

  • Hosagoudar, V.B & M.C. Riju, 2011. Some interesting Meliolaceae members from Western Ghats Region of Kerala State. Plant Pathology & Quarantine 1(2), 121–129.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B. & M.C. Riju, 2011. Two new Asterina species on Michelia chempaka from Kerala, India, J. Threatened Taxa 3(7): 1942–1946.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B. & M.C. Riju, 2011. Schiffnerula palodensis sp. Nov. from Kerala, India. Bioscience Discovery.2 (2):272-274.
  • Nithyatharani, R., Hosagoudar, V.B., Dhivaharan, V. and M.C. Riju, 2011. Novel fungi from kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. J.Sci.Trans.Environ.Technov.4(4):
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., A. Sabeena & M.C. Riju, 2011. Asterina hugoniae sp.nov. (Dothideomycetes: Asterinaceae) from Kerala, India. J. Threatened Taxa 3(6):1880-1881.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., and M.C. Riju, 2011. Sarcinella tamarindi sp. nov. from Kerala, India. Mycosphere 2(2):157-160.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B. & M.C. Riju, 2011. Three new fungi from Silent Valley National Park, Kerala India. J. Threatened Taxa 3(3): 1615-1619.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., A. Sabeena & M.C. Riju, 2011. Meliola diospyri-buxifoliae V.B. Hosagoudar, A. Sabeena & M.C. Riju, sp.nov. In Five new meliolaceae members from Kerala, India. Bioscience Discovery 2(1):120-121.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., A. Sabeena & M.C. Riju, 2010. The genus Schiffnerula on Asteraceae in Kerala, India. J. Ind. Phytopath. 63(3):321-325.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., A. Sabeena & M.C. Riju, 2010. Bheemamyces, a new genus of the family Asterinaceae. (Ascomycetes). 2(2):1323-1324.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., A. Sabeena & M.C. Riju, 2010. Sarcinella limoniae sp.nov. from Kerala, India. Ind. Phytopath. 63(2):236-237.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B. & M.C. Riju, 2010. Meliolaceae of Kerala, India – XXX. New species and new records, J. Threatened Taxa 2(4): 824-826.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., M.C. Riju & D.K. Agarwal, 2010. Three new Meliolaceae members from Silent Valley National Park, Ind. Phytopath. 63(1):76-78.
  • Riju, M.C. & V.B. Hosagoudar, 2010. A comparative account of infection and production of infective propagules of selected species of AM fungi on Sorghum and Maize, National seminar on ‘Biodiversity: for human Welfare, Dept. of Studies & Research in Microbiology, Mangalore University. Pp.98
  • Hosagoudar, V.B. & M.C. Riju, 2009. Meliola vatsavayai, a new species from Wayanad, Kerala, India, Ind. J. Scie. Tech. II. (6) 25.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B. & M.C. Riju, 2009. Studies on foliicolous fungi-XXXI: the genus Schiffnerula and Sarcinella Ind. J. Scie. Tech. II. (6) 7-8.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., M.C. Riju & A. Sabeena, 2008. Schiffnerula celastri sp. nov. from Kerala, India, , Ind. J. Scie. Tech. I.(3) 1-2
  • Hosagoudar V.B., G.R. Archana, M. Harish, M.C. Riju & D.K. Agarwal, 2008. Some novel additions to Schiffnerulaceous fungi from Kerala, India, J. Ind. Phytopath. 61(2): 247-251.
  • Hosagoudar, V.B., M.C. Riju & C. Uma Maheswari, 2008. Asterina dallasica, a new record from India, Ind. J. Scie. Tech. I. (5) 1-2.
  • Riju, M.C., K. Vijayakumar & V.B. Hosagoudar, 2006. Mycorrhizal association of some medicinal plants of Western Ghats, 33rd Annual Meeting of Mycological Society of India, pp.49.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • More than 6 years research experience in the field of microbiology from Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

1 Project Handled

  • Infectivity and effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi on some medicinal plants of Western Ghats
  • Studies on Fungal diseases of Vanilla and development of Effective Bio-control Agents.


ACADEMIC PROJECTS, ACHIEVEMENTS

  • M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal, Kalpatta, Wayanad, Kerala, India. 673 121.
  • One week Refresher course in Plant Taxonomy organizedby Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram during 9-14November 2009.
  • One day National Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge Economy” jointly organized by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram and Technology Information Forecasting, New Delhi held at Thiruvananthapuram on 12 June 2009.
  • A two month Botanical Latin Course organized by Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on August–September, 2008.

 

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