Vinod Kumar

Postdoctoral Research Associate.

Lab: Laboratory for Crop Transformation Phone: 979-847-9592 Fax: 979-862-4790 Email: vinodkumar@tamu.edu

Understanding the mechanism of disease resistance in transgenic cotton plants conferred by endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens.

The research involves biochemical and molecular analysis of transgenic plants undergoing
defense response when challenged with various plant pathogens.

Ph.D. (Biotechnology) Mysore University, India, 2006
M.Sc., (Applied Botany) Mangalore University, India, 2000
B.Sc., (Botany, Microbiology, Chemistry) St. Aloysius College, Mangalore University,
        India, 1997