James Donald

About

My research focuses on utilising sustainable biotechnologies to improve forest health and productivity. My broad area of research interests includes the molecular basis of stress adaptation in plant species; plant microbial interactions; utilising conventional and new breeding techniques (NBTs), including genomic selection and genome editing for improvement of trees and medicinal plants.

Employment

• Kerala Forest Research Institute Scientist C
  2022 - Present
• CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow
  2020 - Present
• CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Project Research Associate - I
  2019 - 2019

Education

• International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology New Delhi PhD
  2012 - 2018

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Type III Effector Tal9b Targets a Broadly Conserved Disease Susceptibility Locus to Promote Pathogenesis in Rice
  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® 2025 DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-10-24-0139-R
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• Co-overexpression of SWEET sucrose transporters modulates sucrose synthesis and defence responses to enhance immunity against bacterial blight in rice
  Plant Cell and Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14901
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• Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae type-III effector TAL9b targets a broadly conserved disease susceptibility locus to promote pathogenesis in rice
  BioRxiv 2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.01.592040
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• Coordinated overexpression of OsSUT1, OsSWEET11 and OsSWEET14 in rice impairs carbohydrate metabolism that has implications in plant growth, yield and susceptibility to Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae (Xoo)
  bioRxiv 2021 DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.07.425507
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• Characterization of phoA, a Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase for Phi Use Efficiency in Rice Plant.
  Frontiers in plant science 2019 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00037
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• Developing dual herbicide tolerant transgenic rice plants for sustainable weed management
  Scientific Reports 2018 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29554-9
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• Concurrent Overexpression of OsGS1;1 and OsGS2 Genes in Transgenic Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Impact on Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2018 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00786
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• Co-expression of P173S Mutant Rice EPSPS and igrA Genes Results in Higher Glyphosate Tolerance in Transgenic Rice
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2018 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00144
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• Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: Myriad Roles of Ascorbate Peroxidase
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2017 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00581
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• PgPAP18, a heat-inducible novel purple acid phosphatase 18-like gene (PgPAP18-like) from Pennisetum glaucum, may play a crucial role in environmental stress adaptation
  Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s11738-017-2348-2
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