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Yadav, Anand K.

Department: 
College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology
Location: 
126-A Stallworth Agricultural Research Building
Phone: 
(478) 825-6807
Email: 
yadava@fvsu.edu
Fax: 
(478) 825-1126

Fort Valley State University: Director of Biotechnology and Graduate Programs (2009 - Present); Tenured *Professor of Horticulture, Specialty Plants Biotechnology (1990 - 2009)
*Professor of Horticulture (Specialty Plants Biotechnology).
*November 1984 - June 1990- Associate Professor of Horticulture (Peach and Exotic Fruits)
*January 1976 - November 1984 - Research Horticulturist (Peach Tree Short Life/Rootstocks)

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and University of Guelph, Guelphh, Ontario, Canada:
September 1972 - December 1975- Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dwarfing Apple Rootstock and Abscisic Acid Physiology.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: September 1967 to August 1972 - Graduate Research Assistant, Thesis Research on Physiological Genetics of Size-Controlling Apple Rootstock Clones.

Govind B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology: July 1966 - August 1967 - Graduate Research Assistant, Horticultural Research and undergraduate/graduate teaching.

Faculty Bio
Education: 

B.S. (Hons) Ag & A.H., 1965, Plant Science, and M. Sc. Agric, 1967, Horticulture (Pomology), Depatment of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, Uttaranchal, India.

Ph.D., 1972, Horticulture (Pomology), Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.

Post-doctoral Research Associate, 1972-1973, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Post-doctoral Research Associate, 1973-1975, Department of Enviornmental Biology, Ontario College of Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Publications: 

(1.) Yadav, A. K. 2007. Editors: Acta Horticulturae Volume # 756 (ISSN: 0567-7572; 978 90 6605 640 4), November 2007, International Symposium on Medicinal and Nutrceutical Plants, pp432, (2). Joshee, N., D. Harris, A. Yadav, and A. K.Yadav. 2007. Influence of Explant Selection and Culture Conditions on Organogenesis and Germplasm Conservation in Bacopa Monnieri (L). Wettst. Acta Horticuluturae (ISHS) 756:119-128, (3). Tascan, A., J. W. Adelberg, N. Joshee, A. K. Yadav, and M. Tascan. 2007. Liquid Culture System for Scutellaria Species. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 756:163-170, (4). A. Yadav, N. Joshee, A. K. Yadav. 2007. Regeneration of Multiple Shoots From Immature Seeds and Mass Multiplication of Dhatura (Datura Metel L.). Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 756:199-201, (5). Dhekney, S. A., Litz, R. E., Moraga, D. and Yadav, A. 2007. Is it Possible to Induce Cold Tolerance in Papaya Through Genetic Transformation? acta Hortivulturae (ISHS) 738:159-164, (6). Biswas, B. K., Joshee, N., Yadav, A. and Yadav, A. K. 2007. Development and Application of Biotechnology in Guava: A Nutraceutical Fruit. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 744: 267-276, (7). Joshee, N., S. R. Mentreddy, and A. K. Yadav. 2007. Mycorrhizal fungi and growth and development of microprpagated Scutellaria integrifolia plants. Industrial Crops and Products 25:169-177, ( 8). Dhekney, S. A., R. E. Litz, D. A. Moraga Amador, and A. K. Yadav. 2007. Potential for Introducing Cold Tolerance into Papaya by Transformation with C-Repeat Binding Factor (CBF) Genes. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology- Plant 43:195-202, (9). Joshee, N., B. K. Biswas amd A. K. Yadav. 2007. Smatic Embryogenesis and Plant Development in Centella asiatica L., Joshee, A. Rimando, S. Mittal and A. K. Yadav. 2008. Anti-Tumor Mechanisms of Various Scutellaria Extracts and Constituent Flavonoids. MBC Cancer Research (Communicated, Jan 2008).

Research Interests: 

Biotechnology of medicine and nutraceutical plants to develop rapid/efficient protocols for in vitro plant regeneration/conservation in order to enable multiplication and genetic improvement of desirable speicalty plants germplasm and thwart undesirable overexploitation of medicinal/boactive plants. Phytochemical analysis and bioactivity evaluation for human health from selected specialty plants germplasm available at FVSU campus. Education educators through agricultural biotechnology educational enrichment for teachers at K-12 schools in Middle Georgia through teacher training, curriculum enhancement and academic facility development for biotechnology education at 33 K-12 schools in Georgia.

Specialty plants biotechnology with special reference to the medicinal and nutraceutical plants biotechnology including plant regeneration in vitro, genetic transformation, molecular techniques, bioactivity analysis, characterization, and evaluation. I am Vice Chairman of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Section of the International Society for Horticultural Science, and President of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP).

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