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Manipal Academy of Higher Education: Udupi, Karnataka, IN

2008-05-08 to present | Associate professor (Plant Science, School of Life Sciences)
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Vidhu Sankar Babu

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IN

2000-01-01 to 2006-06-11 | Doctor of Philosophy (Botany)
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Vidhu Sankar Babu

Funding (1)

IDENTIFICATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF DENDROBIUM SPECIES OF WESTERN GHATS, FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF MOSCATILIN

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DST, GOI,INDIA (NEW DELHI, IN)
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Vidhu Sankar Babu

Works (19)

Melatonin-governed growth and metabolome divergence: Circadian and stress responses in key plant species

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.109635
Contributors: Soundaryaa Bargunam; Riyan Roy; Devika Shetty; Amisha S. H; Shukla V S; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Advancing plant protoplasts: innovative techniques and future prospects

Plant Biotechnology Reports
2025-01-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-025-00957-1
Contributors: Nidhi S. Mukundan; Kapaettu Satyamoorthy; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Bridging photosynthetic worlds: Creating C4-CAM chimeras through embryo grafting in maize and orchids

Scientia Horticulturae
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113416
Contributors: Nidhi S. Mukundan; Arun Patil; Dnyanesh Sanjay Mense; Suman Lawrence Rodrigues; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Deciphering Regulatory Role of Melatonin in Foliar Nastic Movements of Portulaca oleracea: Visual Insights from Histology and Anatomy

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
2024-10-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-024-11525-2
Contributors: Soundaryaa Bargunam; Riyan Roy; S. H. Amisha; Devika Shetty; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Investigating photosynthetic evolution and the feasibility of inducing C4 syndrome in C3 plants

Plant Biotechnology Reports
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-024-00908-2
Contributors: Nidhi S. Mukundan; Kapaettu Satyamoorthy; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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C4 Equivalent Decarboxylation Competence in Tropical Orchids

Journal of Plant Biology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12374-023-09385-6
Contributors: Nidhi S. Mukundan; Sunaina Banerjee; Shruti Kumar; Kapaettu Satyamoorthy; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Melatonin administration decrypts the inferential determinants of idiosyncratic foliar nastic movements

2022-10-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.166573481.17840383/v1
Contributors: Vidhu Sankar Babu; Soundaryaa Bargunam; Riyan Roy; Amisha S. H; Devika Shetty
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Rhizobium rhizogenes infection in threatened Indian orchid Dendrobium ovatum mobilises ‘Moscatilin’ to enhance plant defensins

3 Biotech
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-022-03180-9
Contributors: Ipsita Pujari; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Docking and ADMET studies for investigating the anticancer potency of Moscatilin on APC10/DOC1 and PKM2 against five clinical drugs

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s43141-021-00256-6
Contributors: Ipsita Pujari; Ritobrata Sengupta; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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In vitro bioproduction and enhancement of moscatilin from a threatened tropical epiphytic orchid, Dendrobium ovatum (Willd.) Kraenzl

3 Biotech
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-03059-1
Contributors: Ipsita Pujari; Abitha Thomas; Padmalatha S. Rai; Kapaettu Satyamoorthy; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Cytotoxicity and radiosensitizing potency of Moscatilin in cancer cells at low radiation doses of X-ray and UV-C

3 Biotech
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02827-3
Contributors: Ipsita Pujari; Abitha Thomas; Jinsu Thomas; Niharika Jhawar; Kanive Parashiva Guruprasad; Padmalatha S. Rai; Kapaettu Satyamoorthy; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Native and non-native host assessment towards metabolic pathway reconstructions of plant natural products

Biotechnology Reports
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00619
Contributors: Ipsita Pujari; Abitha Thomas; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Cell size: a key determinant of meristematic potential in plant protoplasts

aBIOTECH
2021-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42994-020-00033-y
Contributors: Ipsita Pujari; Abitha Thomas; Padmalatha S. Rai; Kapaettu Satyamoorthy; Vidhu Sankar Babu
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Dendrobium protoplast co-culture promotes phytochemical assemblage in vitro

Protoplasma
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-016-1043-2
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2-s2.0-84994745113
Contributors: Thomas, A.; Pujari, I.; Shetty, V.; Joshi, M.B.; Rai, P.S.; Satyamoorthy, K.; Babu, V.S.
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Establishment of an in vitro plantlet regeneration protocol for unique varieties of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) var. Mattu Gulla and Perampalli Gulla

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84891382103
Contributors: Muthusamy, A.; Vidya, K.S.; Pratibha, P.K.; Radhakrishna Rao, M.; Vidhu, S.B.; Guruprasad, K.P.; Raghavendra, U.; Gopinath, P.M.; Satyamoorthy, K.
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Influence of helium-neon laser irradiation on seed germination in vitro and physico-biochemical characters in seedlings of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) var. Mattu Gulla

Photochemistry and Photobiology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01162.x
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2-s2.0-84865991025
Contributors: Muthusamy, A.; Kudwa, P.P.; Prabhu, V.; Mahato, K.K.; Babu, V.S.; Rao, M.R.; Gopinath, P.M.; Satyamoorthy, K.
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Enhanced accumulation of triterpenoids and flavonoids in cell suspension cultures of Azadirachta indica (A. Juss.) with an extended stationary phase

Indian Journal of Biotechnology
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77953315433
Contributors: Babu, V.S.; Narasimhan, S.; Nair, G.M.
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Vidhu Sankar Babu via Scopus - Elsevier

Rapid detection and characterization of Chikungunya virus by RT-PCR in febrile patients from Kerala, India

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67649805112
Contributors: Joseph, A.Y.; Sankar Babu, V.; Dev, S.S.; Gopalakrishnapai, J.; Harish, M.; Rajesh, M.D.; Anisha, S.; Mohankumar, C.
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Bioproduction of azadirachtin-A, nimbin and salannin in callus and cell suspension cultures of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.)

Current Science
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33746628603
Contributors: Babu, V.S.; Narasimhan, S.; Nair, G.M.
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