Plant & Insect Biology Lab

Research Articles

  • Tamhane VA, Kashikar A, Gole C, Bodkhe B, Gulanikar N, Hedda G, Kand P, Jaybhaye R, Bhargava S, Sardesai M (2022) Woody plant diversity and community structures along a transect of forest sites in the Northern Western Ghats (NWG), India Plant Ecology and Diversity (under revision)
  •  Bapat G, Mulla J, Labade C, Ghuge O, Tamhane V, Zinjarde S (2022) Assessment of recombinant glutathione-S-transferase (HaGST-8) silica nano-conjugates for effective removal of pesticides Environmental Research 204, 112052
  • Baig U, Dahanukar N, Shintre N, Holkar K, Pund A, Lele U, Gujarathi T, Patel K, Jakati A, Singh Ruby, Vidwans H, Tamhane V, Deshpande N, Watve M (2021) Phylogenetic diversity and activity screening of cultivable Actinobacteria isolated from marine sponges and associated environments from the western coast of India Access Microbiology 3:000242 DOI 10.1099/acmi.0.000242
  • Tamhane VA, Sant SS, Jadhav AR, War AR, Sharma HC, Jaleel A, Kashikar AS, (2021) Label-free quantitative proteomics of Sorghum bicolor reveals the proteins strengthening plant defense against insect pest Chilo partellus, Proteome Science, BMC 19: 1-25
  • Mulla JA, Kibe AN, Deore DD, Jadhav AR, Tamhane VA, (2021) Molecular characterization of diverse defensins (γ-thionins) from Capsicum annuum flowers and their effects on the insect pest Helicoverpa armigera, Plant Gene 26: 100284
  • Acharya SK, Hedda G, Kankariya AJ, Tamhane VA (2021) Hairy roots of ‘dashmula’ plant Uraria picta as a promising alternative to its medicinally valued true roots- functional and metabolomic analysis, Plant cell tissue and organ culture PCTOC 145:533-544
  • Shintre N A, Tamhane VA, Baig U I, Pund A S, Patwardhan R B, Deshpande N M (2020) Protease Inhibitors Isolated from the Intertidal Zones of Maharashtra, India. Curr Microbiol. 77:3555–3564
  • Bapat G, Zinjarde S, Tamhane V (2020) Evaluation of silica nanoparticle mediated delivery of protease inhibitor in tomato plants and its effect on insect pest Helicoverpa armigera Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 193:111079
  • Nikte S, Gahankari A, Mulla J, Sengupta D, Joshi M, Tamhane V (2019) In vitro and in silico studies on membrane interactions of diverse Capsicum annuum flower γ-thionin peptides Proteins 88:227–236 doi: 10.1002/prot.25791.
  • Deshmukh AB, Datir SS, Bhonde Y, Kelkar N, Samdani P, Tamhane VA* (2018) De novo root transcriptome of a medicinally important rare tree Oroxylum indicum for characterization of flavonoid biosynthesis pathway, Phytochemistry 156, 201-213
  • Sharan AA, Nikam A, Jaleel A, Tamhane VA*, Rao SP* (2018) Method for Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics for Sorghum bicolor L. Moench, Tropical Plant Biology, 1-14
  • Labade CP., Jadhav AR, Ahire M, Zinjarde S, Tamhane VA, (2018) Role of induced glutathione-S-transferase from Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) HaGST-8 in detoxification of pesticides, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 147: 612-621.
  • Jadhav AR, War A R, Nikam, AN, Adhav AS, Gupta VS, Sharma HC, Giri AP, Tamhane VA (2016) Capsicum annuum proteinase inhibitor ingestion negatively impacts the growth of sorghum pest Chilo partellus and promotes differential protease expression Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 8, 302-309
  • Mahajan N, Mishra M, Tamhane VA, Gupta VS and Giri AP (2014) Stress inducible proteomic changes in Capsicum annuum leaves Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 74: 212-217
  • Mahajan N, Mishra M, Tamhane VA, Gupta VS and Giri AP (2013) Plasticity of protease gene expression in Helicoverpa armigera upon exposure to multi-domain Capsicum annuum protease inhibitor Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1830: 3414–3420
  • Chikate YR, Tamhane VA, Joshi RS, Gupta VS and Giri AP (2013) Protease orchestra of Helicoverpa armigera aid its adaptation on diverse host plants. Insect Molecular Biology 22: 258–272
  • Mishra M, Mahajan N, Tamhane VA, Kulkarni MJ, Baldwin IT, Gupta VS, Giri AP (2012) Stress inducible proteinase inhibitor diversity in Capsicum annuum. BMC Plant Biology 12:217
  • Joshi RS, Mishra M, Tamhane VA, Ghosh A, Sonavane U, Joshi R, Gupta VS, Giri AP (2014) The remarkable efficiency of a Pin-II proteinase inhibitor sans two conserved disulfide bonds is due to enhanced flexibility and hydrogen bond density in the reactive site loop Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics 32:13-26
  • Tamhane VA, Dhaware D, Khandelwal N, Gupta VS, Giri AP, Panchagnula V (2012) Direct delivery of proteinase inhibitor incorporated in microemulsion for plant protection against insect pests. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 383: 177–183
  • Sarate PJ, Tamhane VA, Kotkar HM, Ratnakaran N, Susan N, Gupta VS, Giri AP. (2012) Developmental and digestive flexibilities in the midgut of a polyphagous pest, the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Insect Science 12:42 available online: insectscience.org/12.42
  • Mishra M, Tamhane VA, Khendelwal N, Kulkarni MJ, Gupta VS, Giri AP (2010) Interaction of recombinant CanPIs with Helicoverpa armigera gut proteinases reveals their processing patterns, stability and efficiency. Proteomics 10: 2845-2857
  • Kotkar H, Sarate PJ, Tamhane VA, Gupta VS, Giri AP (2009) Responses of midgut amylases of Helicoverpa armigera to feeding on various host plants. Journal of Insect Physiology, 55: 663–670
  • Tamhane VA, Giri AP, Pavan Kumar, Gupta VS (2009) Spatial and temporal expression patterns of diverse Pin-II proteinase inhibitor genes in Capsicum annuum Linn. Gene, 442: 88–98
  • Tamhane VA, Giri AP, Sainani MN, Gupta VS (2007) Diverse forms of Pin-II family proteinase inhibitors from Capsicum annuum adversely affect the growth and development of Helicoverpa armigera. Gene 403: 29-38
  • Tamhane VA, Chougule NP, Giri AP, Dixit AR, Sainani MN, Gupta VS (2005) In vivo and in vitro effect of Capsicum annuum proteinase inhibitors on Helicoverpa armigera gut proteinases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1722: 156-167.
  • Mathur G, Alkutkar VA, Nadgauda RS (2003) Cryopreservation of embryogenic culture of Pinus roxburgii. Biologia Plantarum 46: 405-410.