Purdue University PURDUE AGRICULTURE
HORTICULTURE &
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
 
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Avtar Krishan Handa

Professor Horticulture

Department: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Phone: 765.494.1339
Fax: 765-494-0391
Office: Hort 319
E-mail: ahanda@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Postharvest and Molecular Biology
Curriculum Vitae

 


Courses currently taught:

HORT/FS 54100, Postharvest Technology of Fruits and Vegetables

 

 

- Recent Publications

Handa, A. K., Nambeesan, S., Tesfaye, M., Laluk, K., AbuQamarynan, S., & Mattoo, A. K. (2011). Polyamine spermidine is an upstream negator of ethylene-regulated pathogenesis of Botrytis cinerea in tomato leaf . Proc. IIIrd IS on Tomato Diseases. Acta Hort, 914, 109-112.

Kausch, K. D., Soboley, A. P., Goyal, R. K., Fatima, T., Laila-Beevi, R., Saftner, R. A., . . . Mattoo, A. K. (2011). Methyl jasmonate deficiency alters cellular metabolome, including the aminome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit. Amino Acids.

Mattoo, K., Shukla, V., Fatima, T., Handa, A. K., & Yachha, S. K. (2011). Genetic Engineering to Enhance Crop-Based Phytonutrients (Nutraceuticals) to Alleviate Diet-Related Diseases. In Bio-Farms for Nutraceuticals: Functional Food and Safety Control by Biosensors (Vol. 698, pp. 122-143). Austin, TX: Landes Bioscience.

Yimyong, S., Datsenka, T. U., Handa, A. K., & Seraypheap, K. (2011). Hot Water Treatment Delays Ripening-associated Metabolic Shift in ‘Okrong’ Mango Fruit during Storage. J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI., 136, 1-11.

Handa, A. K., Tiznado-Hernandex, M. E., & Mattoo, A. K. (2011). Fruit Development and Ripening: A Molecular Perspective. In Plant biotechnology for the 21st Century: Basic aspects and agricultural implications (Vols. -, pp. 405-424).

Nambeesan, S., AbuQamar, S., Laluk, K., Mattoo, A. K., Mickelbart, M. V., Ferruzzi, M. G., . . . Handa, A. K. (2011). Polyamines Attenuate Ethylene-Mediated Defense Responses to Abrogate Resistance to Botrytis cinerea in Tomato. Plant Physiology, 57, DOI: 10.1104.

Handa, A. K., Srivastava, A., & Datsenka, T. (2010). Transcriptional regulation during tomato fruit development: Identification of novel genes involved in fruit ripening. Acta Horticulturae, 745, 437-447.

Mattoo, A. K., Minocha, S. C., Minocha, R., & Handa, A. K. (2010). Polyamines and cellular metabolism in plants: Transgenic approaches reveal different responses to diamine putrescine versus higher polyamines spermidine and spermine. Amino Acids, 38, 405-413.

Srivastava, A., Gupta, A. K., Datsenka, T., Mattoo, A. K., & Handa, A. K. (2010). Maturity and ripening-stage specific modulation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit transcriptome. GM Crops, 1(4), 1-13.

Faltin, Z., Holland, D., Velcheva, M., Tsapovetsky, M., Roeckel-Drevet, Handa, A. K., . . . Perl, A. (2010). Glutathione peroxidase regulation of reactive oxygen species level is crucial for in vitro plant differentiation. Plant Cell Physiol, 51(7), 1152-1162.

 

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- Awards & Honors

Ellected Fellow (2004). World Inovation Foundation.

Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th Edition (2004). Marquis Who's Who.

Best biotechnology research in the USA (2003). Roper Survey.

Highly Cite Author in Plant and Animal Sciences (2003). Institute of Scientific Information.

The 2003 Biotechnology award Nominee (2003). World Technology Network.

Who's Who in Agriculture Higher Education (2003). AcademicKeys.com.

Highly Cited (2002). Institute of Scientific Information.

 

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