Adjunct Professor Area or Subject: Genetic Counselor Affiliation: Associate Professor (Sorghum Breeding), Agricultural Research Center, Hays, Kansas State University KS67601.
Education
Post Doctoral Associate
Biotechnology
Texas A & M University, 2000
M.S
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 1983
B.S
Agriculture
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 1981
Other Details:
Course
Plant genetics
Research Interests
Increase grain sorghum yield potential through development of elite parental lines with drought, cold/heat and herbicide tolerance, non-lodging and disease resistance (Fusarium stalk rot, charcoal rot, anthracnose grain mold and Pyhtium spp.) and with high nutritional value.
Evaluate exotic germplasm to identify potential sources for abiotic and biotic stresses and to use in the development of improved lines.
Molecular marker breeding for the traits of economic importance with special emphasis on exotic germplasm characterization and mapping population development for QTL and association mapping analyses.
Selected Publications:
Kapanigowda, M.H., Perumal, R., Aiken, R.M., Herald, T.J., Bean, S.R., and Little, C.R. 2013. Analysis of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) lines and hybrids in response to early season planting and cool conditions. Can. J. Plant Sci. 93: 773-784.
Kapanigowda, M., Perumal, R., Maduraimuthu, D., Aiken, M.R., Prasad P.V.V., Tesso. T., and Little, C.R. 2013. Genotypic variation in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] exotic germplasm collection for drought and disease tolerance. SpringerPlus. 2:650. DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-650 URL: http://www.springerplus.com/content/2/1/650.
Kofoid, K. D., Perumal, R., Reese, J.C. and Campbell, L.R. 2012. Registration of twelve sorghum germplasm lines tolerant to greenbug feeding damage. Journal of Plant Registrations 6:1-3.
Seifers, D.L., Perumal, R., and Little, C.R. 2012. New sources of resistance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) germplasm are effective against a diverse array of Potyvirus spp. Plant Dis. 96: 1775-1779.
Little, C.R., Perumal, R., Tesso, T., Prom, L.K., Odvody, G.N., and Magill, C.W. 2012. Sorghum pathology and biotechnology - a fungal disease perspective: Part I. Grain mold, head smut, and ergot. The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 6: 10-30.
Tesso, T., Perumal, R., Little, C.R., Adeyanju, A., Radwan, G.L., Prom, L.K., and Magill, C.W. 2012. Sorghum pathology and biotechnology - a fungal disease perspective: Part II. Anthracnose, stalk rot, and downy mildew. The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 6: 31-44.
Prom, L.K., Perumal, R., Erattaimuthu, S.R., Little, C.R., No, E.G., Erpelding, J.E., Rooney, W.L., Odvody, G.N., and Magill, C.W. 2012. Genetic diversity and pathotype determination of C. sublineolum isolates causing anthracnose in sorghum. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133: 671-685.
Prom, L.K., Perumal, R., Erattaimuthu, S.R., Erpelding, J. E., Montes, N., Odvody, G.N., Greenwald, C., Jin, Z., Frederiksen, R., and Magill, C.W. 2011. Virulence and molecular genotyping studies of S. reilianum isolates in sorghum. Plant Disease 95: 523-529.
Katilé, S., Perumal, R., Rooney, W.L., Prom, L.K. and Magill, C.W. 2010. Expression of pathogenesis-related protein PR-10 in sorghum floral tissues following inoculation with F. thapsinum and C. lunata. Molecular Plant Pathology 11: 93-103.
Perumal, R., Menz, M.A., Mehta, P.J., Katile, S., Gutierrez Rojas, L.A., Klein, R.R., Klein, P.E., Prom, L.K., Schlueter, J.A., Rooney, W.L. and Magill, C.W. 2009. Molecular mapping of Cg1, a gene for resistance to anthracnose (C. sublineolum) in sorghum. Euphytica 165: 597-606.
Perumal, R., Nimmakayala, P., Erattaimuthu, S., No, E.G., Reddy, U.K., Prom, L.K., Odvody, G.N., Luster, D.G. and Magill, C.W. 2008. Simple sequence repeat markers useful for sorghum downy mildew (P. sorghi) and related species. BMC Genetics 9: 77 (doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-77).
Perumal, R., Renganayaki, K., Menz, M.M., Katile, S., Dahlberg, J., Magill, C.W. and Rooney, W.L. 2007. Genetic diversity among sorghum races and working groups based on AFLP and SSRs. Crop Sci. 47: 1375-1383.
Perumal, R., Isakeit, T., Menz, M.A., Katile, S., No, E.G. and Magill, C.W. 2006. Characterization and genetic distance analysis of isolates of Peronosclerospora sorghi using AFLP fingerprinting. Mycol Res.110: 471-478.
Research Experience:
Assistant Professor (Sorghum Breeding), Ag. Research Center, Hays, KSU 2006.
Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, TAMU 2003.
Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, TAMU 2001.
Associate Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India 1998.
Post doctoral Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Pl. Pathology & Microbiology, TAMU
Funding support:
Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission.
United Sorghum Check-off.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Achievements and Awards
The Rockefeller Foundation post-doctoral research fellowship, New York, USA for Sorghum Biotechnology (1998-2000).
Senior Research Fellowship awarded by The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India, New Delhi, India (1998 -1999).
