World Environment

World Environment is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas related to the environment. These areas include basic science (chemistry, physics, biology and geology), ecology, agriculture, economics, education, engineering, geography, health, law, nanotechnology, planning and policy, politics, sociology, trade and commerce.


Sathya Elavarthi

Editorial Board Member of World Environment

Assistant Professor, Delaware State University, USA

Research Areas

Plant Biology, Abiotic Stresses, Sustainable Agriculture, Oxidative Stress, Urban Forestry

Education

2005Ph.DDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
1994M.ScDepartment of Agronomy, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
1992B.ScAndhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India

Experience

2010-presentAssistant Professor (Applied Agricultural Science), Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Delaware State University, Dover
2010Technical Scientist/Adjunct Faculty, Center for Integrated Biological and Environmental Research (CIBER) Delaware State University, Dover
2009Visiting Assistant Professor/Adjunct, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Delaware State University, Dover
2006-2008Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Plant and soil Sciences Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
2001-2005Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

Membership

American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)
Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Sathya Elavarthi and Bjorn Martin (2010) Spectrophotometric assays for antioxidant enzymes in plants. Methods in Molecular Biology, R. Sunkar (Ed.), Springer 639:273-281
[2]  Ishiga Y, Uppalapati SR, Ishiga T, Elavarthi S, Martin B, Bender CL (2009) The phytotoxin coronatine induces light dependant reactive oxygen species in tomato seedlings. New Phytologist 181(1): 147-160
[3]  Yasuhiro Ishiga, Srinivasa Rao Uppalapati, Takako Ishiga, Sathya Elavarthi, Bjorn Martin and Carol L. Bender (2009)
[4]  Involvement of coronatine-inducible reactive oxygen species in disease-associated necrotic cell death during bacterial speck of tomato. Plant Signaling and Behaviour 4(3): 237-239
[5]  Sathya Elavarthi, Kalpalatha Melmaiee, Arron Guenzi, Bjorn Martin. Mannitol accumulation protects transgenic wheat from oxidative stress under water deficit conditions (In preparation)
[6]  Sathya Elavarthi, Shraddha Vadvalkar, Bjorn Martin. Mannitol confers oxidative stress protection to transgenic wheat under water deficit which is independent of the antioxidant enzyme system of the plant (In preparation)