Dr. Suraj D. Umdale
@jaysingpurcollege.edu.in
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany
Jaysingpur College, Jaysingpur ( Affiliated to Shivaji University), Kolhapur, MS, India
EDUCATION
M.Sc; Ph.D (Botany)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Plant diversity, DNA barcoding
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Scopus Publications
Sumaiya S. Shaikh, Nitin T. Gore, Ganesh D. Mankar, Rajkumar B. Barmukh, Pankaj S. Mundada, Suraj D. Umdale, and Mahendra L. Ahire
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Suraj D. Umdale, Nikhil B. Gaikwad, Shaila Kadam, Mahendra L. Ahire, Pankaj S. Mundada, and Kangila V. Bhat
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Vidya V. Kamble, Asif S. Tamboli, Suraj D. Umdale, Shabir A. Rather, Hongmei Liu, Shabir Hussain Wani, and Nikhil B. Gaikwad
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Suraj Dhanyakumar Umdale, Pankaj Shivnarayan Mundada, and Mahendra Laxman Ahire
CRC Press
Pankaj S. MUNDADA, Mitali M. SONAWANE, Sumaiya S. SHAIKH, Vitthal T. BARVKAR, S. ANIL KUMAR, Suraj D. UMDALE, Penna SUPRASANNA, Rajkumar B. BARMUKH, Tukaram D. NIKAM, and Mahendra L. AHIRE
Society of Land Measurements and Cadastre from Transylvania
Drought restricts plant growth and productivity. Silicon has beneficial effects on imparting drought tolerance in plants. Present work was intended to evaluate the effect of Si on polyethylene glycol-6000 (PEG) induced osmotic stress in local landraces of finger millet. The seeds of stress-tolerant and stress-sensitive landraces of finger millet were treated with distilled water, 15% PEG, and PEG+Si (5-25 ppm). The ameliorative effect of Si was evaluated in terms of percentage seed germination, seedling growth, accumulation of osmolyte and activity of antioxidative enzymes. PEG-induced osmotic stress reduced seed germination, seedling growth, and augmented osmolyte accumulation. It also elevated the levels of antioxidant enzymes. The exogenous supplementation of silicon significantly improved seed germination as well as early seeding growth. Positive effects of Si were reflected in decline in malondialdehyde (MDA) content and improved glycine betaine content and antioxidant enzymes in PEG-induced stress tolerant as well as susceptible landraces. The Si-induced ameliorated effects on all the parameters studied were more pronounced in the stress-tolerant landrace (FM/ST/01) than the stress-sensitive landrace (FM/RT/01). These results clearly indicate advantageous effects of Si in relieving PEG-induced stress during seed germination and early seeding growth and suggest a possibility of better stand establishment by application of silicon containing fertilizer during seed sowing.
Shubhangi Mane-Gavade, Pratapshingh Gaikwad, Rohant Dhabbe, Suraj Umdale, Sachinkumar Patil, and Sandip Sabale
Springer Nature Singapore
Pankaj Shivnarayan Mundada, Abhinav Arvind Mali, Sumaiya Shahabuddin Shaikh, Nitin Tanaji Gore, Suraj Dhanyakumar Umdale, Archana Ashokrao Naik, Vitthal Tanaji Barvkar, Tukaram Dayaram Nikam, and Mahendra Laxman Ahire
Springer Nature Singapore
P. S. Mundada, H. A. Nikule, S. D. Umdale, S. Anil Kumar, V. T. Barvkar, T. D. Nikam, and M. L. Ahire
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Pankaj S. Mundada, Suchita V. Jadhav, Supriya S. Salunkhe, Swati T. Gurme, Suraj D. Umdale, Tukaram D. Nikam, and Mahendra L. Ahire
Springer International Publishing
Pankaj S. Mundada, Suchita V. Jadhav, Supriya S. Salunkhe, Swati T. Gurme, Suraj D. Umdale, Rajkumar B. Barmukh, Tukaram D. Nikam, and Mahendra L. Ahire
Springer International Publishing
Suraj Umdale, Rajashri Mahadik, Pranav Otari, Nitin Gore, Pankaj Mundada, and Mahendra Ahire
Elsevier BV
Pankaj S. Mundada, Mahendra L. Ahire, Suraj D. Umdale, Rajkumar B. Barmukh, Tukaram D. Nikam, Anupama A. Pable, Rupesh K. Deshmukh, and Vitthal T. Barvkar
Elsevier BV
Over the last decade, silicon (Si) has been widely accepted as a beneficial element for plant growth. The advantages plant derives from the Si are primarily based on the uptake and transport mechanisms. In the present study, the Si uptake regime was studied in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L). Gaertn.) under controlled and stress conditions. The finger millet can efficiently uptake Si and accumulate it by more than 1% of dry weight in the leaf tissues, thus categorized as a Si accumulator. Subsequent evaluation with the single root assay revealed a three-fold higher Si uptake under osmatic stress than control. These results suggest that Si alleviated the PEG-induced stress by regulating the levels of osmolytes and antioxidant enzymes. Further, to understand the molecular mechanism involved in Si uptake, the Si influx (EcoLsi1 and EcoLsi6) and efflux transporters (EcoLsi2 and EcoLsi3) were identified and characterized. The comparative phylogenomic analysis of the influx transporter EcoLsi1 with other monocots revealed conserved features like aromatic/arginine (Ar/R) selectivity filters and pore morphology. Similarly, Si efflux transporter EcoLsi3 is highly homologous to other annotated efflux transporters. The transcriptome data revealed that the expression of both influx and efflux Si transporters was elevated due to Si supplementation under stress conditions. These findings suggest that stress elevates Si uptake in finger millet, and its transport is also regulated by the Si transporters. The present study will be helpful to better explore Si derived benefits in finger millet.
Pankaj S. Mundada, Vitthal T. Barvkar, Suraj D. Umdale, S. Anil Kumar, Tukaram D. Nikam, and Mahendra L. Ahire
Elsevier BV
Finger millet, a vital nutritional cereal crop provides food security. It is a well-established fact that silicon (Si) supplementation to plants alleviates both biotic and abiotic stresses. However, precise molecular targets of Si remain elusive. The present study attempts to understand the alterations in the metabolic pathways after Si amendment under osmotic stress. The analysis of transcriptome and metabolome of finger millet seedlings treated with distilled water (DW) as control, Si (10 ppm), PEG (15%), and PEG (15%) + Si (10 ppm) suggest the molecular alterations mediated by Si for ameliorating the osmotic stress. Under osmotic stress, uptake of Si has increased mediating the diversion of an enhanced pool of acetyl CoA to lipid biosynthesis and down-regulation of TCA catabolism. The membrane lipid damage reduced significantly by Si under osmotic stress. A significant decrease in linolenic acid and an increase of jasmonic acid (JA) in PEG + Si treatment suggest the JA mediated regulation of osmotic stress. The relative expression of transcripts corroborated with the corresponding metabolites abundance levels indicating the activity of genes in assuaging the osmotic stress. This work substantiates the role of Si in osmotic stress tolerance by reprogramming of fatty acids biosynthesis in finger millet.
Vidya Kamble, Usmangani Attar, Suraj Umdale, Mansingraj Nimbalkar, Savaliram Ghane, and Nikhil Gaikwad
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Medicinal importance of Embelia ribes Burm f. is known since ancient time. Its berries are the main ingredient in Vidanga’ or ‘Baibidanga’—a component of ayurvedic formulations and possess medicinal properties such as antihelmintic, anticancer, neuroprotective and antidiabetic. Studies were conducted on phytochemicals, antioxidant activities, extraction efficiency of embelin from ten genotypes. Methanolic extract of berries from Nagavelli accession exhibited the highest total phenolic content (18.18 ± 0.14 mg GAE/g DW); whereas, ethanolic extract showed highest total flavonoid content (8.35 ± 0.20 mg RE/g DW). The antioxidant activities (AOA) were assessed and noted that ethanolic and methanolic extracts of berries from Nagavelli (NAG) accession revealed highest activities in terms of DPPH radical scavenging activity (67.48 ± 0.17%) and FRAP (66.73 ± 0.60 mg Fe(II)/g DW), respectively. In AOA analysis, berries extracted with different solvents were positively correlated with TPC. Principal component analysis revealed TPC and TFC were the most influencing components for strong antioxidant activities in E. ribes. Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) was used to quantify embelin content and its optimize extraction using various methods. In the preliminary studies, berries from NAG accession revealed highest (1.770%) embelin content. Further, berries from NAG accession were subjected to various extraction methods and found three fold increase (5.08%) in embelin content in microwave assisted extraction (90 s). Present study suggested that NAG accession found to be a promising source of natural antioxidants and embelin that can be used in pharmaceutical industries.
Suraj Umdale, Mahendra Ahire, Vilas Aiwale, Ajit Jadhav, and Pankaj Mundada
Elsevier BV
Abstract In the present study, we evaluated the phytoconstituents and antioxidant efficacy of wild, underutilized berries of vulnerable Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.). The proximate composition and mineral content was determined using methods as described by AOAC. Total phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins and antioxidant properties were evaluated from the methanolic and aqueous extracts. In addition, GC-MS, and FTIR analysis of crude extracts were done to understand chemical profiling in S. album berries. The matured berries showed a considerable amount of moisture (82.39 ± 0.32%) and ash content (30.6 ± 0.17%). Similarly, it has a good source of total carbohydrates (8.08 ± 0.04 g/100 g), crude protein (8.66 ± 0.16 g/100 g), crude fat content (1.79 ± 0.01 mg/100 g) and energy value (67.87 ± 2.27 kcal/100 g). Methanolic extract of berries showed higher concentration of phenolics (4.97 ± 0.07 mg GAE/100 g) and alkaloids (7.16 ± 0.09 mg CoE/100 g) whereas, the aqueous extract showed higher concentration of flavonoids (10.98 ± 0.14 mg RE/100 g), tannins (58.26 ± 0.55 mg TAE/100 g). The ABTS (96.16 ± 0.47 mg TE/100 g), DPPH (83.95 ± 1.03% RSA), and FRAP (78.27 ± 0.22 mg Fe(II)/100 g) antioxidant activity was found to be higher in methanolic extract, whereas the phosphomolybdenum activity (2.01 ± 0.02 mg AAE/100 g) was higher in aqueous extracts. The wild and underutilized berries were found to be the rich source of phytoconstituents and antioxidants. Therefore, the berries of S. album can be further explored for their possible use as a natural food and in pharmaceutical industries.
Suraj D. Umdale, Amit B. Mirgal, Bhairu N. Shinde, Rahul S. Sawant, Chandrakant B. Salunkhe, and Nikhil B. Gaikwad
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Antiaris toxicaria Lesch. is a deciduous tree belongs to the family Moraceae, is native to the Old World tropics. It is an important industrial forest plant for its veneer, plywood and medicinal values. In the present study, genetic diversity of different populations of A. toxicaria collected from sacred groves of the Western Ghats, India has been evaluated. Thirteen RAPD and ten ISSR primers produced a total of 175 and 143 reproducible bands, respectively. RPI 10 of RAPD primers used showed maximum (0.49) polymorphic information content (PIC), while UBC 809 (0.37) exhibits maximum PIC among ISSR primers. Nei’s genetic similarity showed that pairwise similarity coefficients ranged from 0.460 to 0.832 in RAPD analysis, whereas 0.550–0.842 in ISSR analysis. Understanding the genetic diversity among natural A. toxicaria populations will be useful for effective long-term conservation.
Pankaj S. Mundada, Nitin S. Kadam, Harichandra A. Nikule, Suraj D. Umdale, Jaykumar J. Chavan, Tukaram D. Nikam, and Mahendra L. Ahire
Springer Singapore
Suraj D. Umdale, Nikhil B. Gaikwad, Mahendra L. Ahire, Pankaj S. Mundada, and K. V. Bhat
Springer Singapore
Pankaj S. Mundada, Suraj D. Umdale, Mahendra L. Ahire, S. Anil Kumar, and Tukaram D. Nikam
Springer Singapore
P.S. Mundada, T.D. Nikam, S. Anil Kumar, S.D. Umdale, and M.L. Ahire
Elsevier BV
Abstract The effect of PEG-induced (0–25%) osmotic stress was studied in twelve diverse indigenous finger millet genotypes under various levels. With the increasing PEG concentration germination percentage, shoot length, root length, and biomass production decreased in all the genotypes. Among all the genotypes evaluated, reduction in germination percentage, seedling growth, and biomass production was more in FM/RT/01 and less in FM/ST/01. Principal component analysis (PCA) resulted in the formation of three distinct clusters, stress-sensitive (FM/RT/01, FM/RT/03, FM/SD/01, and FM/ST/02), stress-tolerant (FM/ST/01, FM/ST/03, and FM/KP/02) and moderately tolerant/sensitive (FM/KP/01, FM/RT/02, FM/RT/04, FM/RT/05, and FM/RG/01). Based on the germination percentage and growth parameters, FM/RT/01 was considered as PEG-induced osmotic stress-sensitive, and FM/ST/01 as stress-tolerant genotype. PEG-induced stress increases membrane damage (MDA content) and osmolyte accumulation (free proline, glycine betaine, and total soluble sugars) in both the genotypes. Damage to the membrane was found more in the stress-sensitive genotype (FM/RT/01) compared to stress-tolerant (FM/ST/01). The magnitude of increase in osmolyte accumulation was more in FM/ST/01 than FM/RT/01. Antioxidative enzyme activities (SOD, CAT, APX, and GPX) significantly increased with increasing PEG 6000 concentration up to 15% PEG but decreased at higher concentrations (20 and 25%) in both the genotypes. Our findings suggests, genotype FM/ST/01 genotype can be exploited for different crop improvement programs.
Suraj D. Umdale, Nikhil B. Gaikwad, Surendra K. Malik, Padmavati G. Gore, Shrirang R. Yadav, and Kangila V. Bhat
Elsevier BV
Abstract The seed coat polymorphism of 50 accessions representing five species of Vigna section Aconitifoliae (subgenus Ceratotropis) was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in order to evaluate the interspecific and intraspecific variations of various morphoanatomical seed traits. Seed shape, hilum structure aril and testa pattern were examined. The seed coat pattern was found to be a significant character for species delimitation. The testa cell size and ornamentation showed distinctive intra- and interspecific variations across the examined species. The results revealed that the wild accessions of V. aconitifolia (I-aco and II-aco), V. indica (I-ind and II-ind), V. stipulacea (I-sti, I-sti, II-sti, III-sti and VI-sti) and V. trilobata (I-tri, II-tri) have different seed coat types. In the present study, only a single seed coat pattern was recorded for the endemic, threatened species V. khandalensis. Finally, the congruency of seed coat patterns optimized onto an rDNA-ITS phylogeny was discussed.
Pankaj Shivnarayan Mundada, Suraj Dhanyakumar Umdale, Tukaram Dayaram Nikam, and Mahendra Laxman Ahire
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Twelve local cultivars of finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] were evaluated for their molecular diversity and mineral composition. Twelve selected RAPD primers generated 162 amplified fragments with an average of 13.5 bands per primer and 86.08% polymorphism. The average PIC, EMR, MI and RP values were 0.30, 5.79, 1.75 and 5.97 respectively, per primer. The Jaccard’s similarity coefficient values ranged from 0.44 to 0.67. The dendrogram grouped 12 finger millet cultivars into three distinctive groups based on their divergence analysis which indicates that significant genetic diversity was present among the cultivars. Among the major elements, average calcium content was found to be highest in all the cultivars followed by sodium, sulphur and nitrogen. The average content of manganese was followed by zinc and iron between the minor elements. The correlation studies between genetic diversity using Shannon diversity index and mineral content showed positive correlation among all the minerals studied excluding nitrogen. Genetic diversity combined with mineral datasets will be useful for selection of suitable cultivars for improvement of nutritional values in finger millet varieties through conventional and molecular breeding approaches.
Padmavati G. Gore, Kuldeep Tripathi, Aditya Pratap, Kangila V. Bhat, Suraj D. Umdale, Veena Gupta, and Anjula Pandey
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc. and V. stipulacea (L.) Kuntz. of section Aconitifoliae were studied based on morphological characters to address taxonomic delineation. We have attempted to resolve the identities of these two species by studying a representative set of collections (125 accessions) across diverse eco-geographical zones of India. Agro-morphological traits were recorded for 47 descriptor states to differentiate the two species. Remarks on some additional characters not reported in earlier studies were highlighted with an aim to facilitate field identification of these taxa and use in their genetic resource management. Key diagnostic characters essential for delineating identities of these two species were presented.
Suraj D. Umdale, Jaykumar J. Chavan, Mahendra L. Ahire, Parthraj R. Kshirsagar, Nikhil B. Gaikwad, and Kangila V. Bhat
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Vigna khandalensis (Santapau) Raghavan et Wadhwa, is an endemic legume belonging to subgenus Ceratotropis (Asian Vigna), genus Vigna of the family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as ‘Ranmung’, ‘Jungli mung’ or ‘Badamung’. V. khandalensis is sporadically distributed at high altitude areas in the Northern Western Ghats, India. It is an annual, erect, tall herb growing along roadsides, hilly slopes, pond sides and near human settlements. The legume seeds are utilized by human beings at the time of famine. Surprisingly, the plant remains neglected and underutilized although its high nutritional value. The scant information on V. khandalensis leads us to investigate this underexploited and underutilized legume as a food source for human. The present paper deals with geographical distribution, taxonomy, ecology, agro-morphological characterization, nutritional content and phytochemical analysis. The results obtained in the present investigation provide information on agro-morphological traits and nutritional potential of V. khandalensis. Furthermore, it is promoted as a legume ‘Crop for the Future’ for food security.
Pooja Bangar, Ashok Chaudhury, Suraj Umdale, Ratna Kumari, Bhavana Tiwari, Sanjay Kumar, Ambika B. Gaikwad, and K. V. Bhat
The Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Mungbean is a widely cultivated grain legume in Asia, Africa and South America. In this study, 52 varieties of mungbean were profiled with 39 polymorphic SSR primers after screening a total 315 SSR primers. A total of 96 alleles were scored from the 39 primers with an average of 2.46 alleles per locus indicating the low diversity among varieties. The Nei's genetic diversity index and the Shannon information index of SSR primers varied from 0 to 0.649 and 0 to 1.169, respectively. The results showed that the potential transferability of adzuki bean primers (83.3%) was greater than the cowpea primers (25%). The varieties profiled were grouped into four major clusters. But the clustering pattern did not reflect on their geographical origin. Further, the AMOVA indicated presence of moderate genetic differentiation among groups compared to higher differentiation among varieties within populations. The SSR markers identified here will add valuable genomic resources for germplasm characterization, cultivar identification and assessment of genetic diversity of mungbean varieties.