13 Papers in National and International Journals

UGC sanctioned Minor Research Project (2013) and Research fund of Rs. 3,65000/-.

• *Geetha Nair and K.V.Hippalgaonkar (1987):Accumulation of Nitrates in leafy vegetables grown in sewage treated soil in Bombay. Proceeding of International congress of Plant Physiology.
• *Geetha Nair and K.V.Hippalgaonkar (1996):Effect of sewage irrigation on nitrates and oxalates contents in leafy vegetables. Ind. Journ, of Environ Health 38(2), 113-118.
• *Geetha Nair and K.V.Hippalgaonkar (1999): Estimation of Oxalates by HPTLC. In “Status of Indian Environment”, by Centre for Pollution control and Energy technology.
• Gaurav Mehta and Geetha Menon (2010): Phytochemical, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Evaluation of Dendropthoe falcata Indian Journal of Applied and Pure Biology, 25(2),282-291.
• Deepali Sabale , B.R. Toke and Geetha Menon(2011):Study of seed borne fungi in some cereal crops. Proceeding of National Conference on “Current Trends in Biological Sciences.” ISBN No. 978-93 80697-57-4, pp-71-75.
• Archana H. Thite, Geetha Menon(2012):Effect of Sewage Irrigation on Nitrate Accumulation and Nitrate Reductase Activity in Leafy Vegetables.Pak Journ of Biol. Sci. 15(1),34-38
• Shital Gharge and Geetha Menon (2011): Air Pollution Tolerance Index of Certain Herbs from the site around Ambernath MIDC, International Journal of Environmental Science .
• Deepali Sabale and Geetha Menon (2014): Diversity Of Seed Mycoflora On Different Pulse Seeds Growing In And Around Satara, Proceedings of National Conference on Fungi in Agriculture,
• Geetha Menon (2015): Health Issues Among The Young Females -A Concern In The 21st Century, Proceedings of the National conference on Women Issues

• Editor of Proceedings of UGC sponsored National Conference, Excel India Publisher, New Delhi ((ISBN 978-93-80697-57-4)
• Recognized. Guide for MSc. by Research and Ph.D, University of Mumbai.
• Recognized for PG lectures, University of Mumbai.
• Recognized M.Phil Guide, Alagappa University (one student has been awarded).
• Recognized M. Phil (EVS) Guide,YCMOU (3 students registered)
• Refree expert for M.Phil, Alagappa University.
• Refree expert for M.Phil (EVS)-YCMOU
• Examiner for T.Y.B.Sc (theory & practical) till 2008, M.Sc-I (Herbal Sci) for 2008, University of Mumbai; M-Phil EVS YCMOU.
• Paper setter, examiner and moderator for M.Sc-II (Herbal Science), University of Mumbai
• Examiner for M.Sc-II (Botany theory and practical), University of Mumbaixi) Subject expert, University of Mumbai
• Guidance lecture for M-Phil -EVS YCMOU.
• Project mentor for MSc. Part II (Theory) for the subjects EVS, Biotechnology & Herbal Science, University of Mumbai
• visiting faculty for MSc I & II in the subject of Hebal Science, EVS & Biotechnology, Birla College
• Resource person at refresher course, workshops, etc
• invited lectures and evaluators in various schools, colleges of University of Mumbai
• Guidance lecture for TYBSc. for the Programme of expert series at ICL College, Vashi
• Convener, UGC sponsored National Conference held at RKT dated 29-30th Jan. 2011.
• Chairperson of a session at National Conference held at Ratnam College.
• As Rapporteur at various occasion at National and International Conferences. 

Books Authored
1. Textbook of T.Y.B.Sc. Biotechnology (Paper-351,352,353) prescribed as per NMU, Jalgaon syllabus with ISBN No- 978-93-84228-70-5

2. Textbook of T.Y.B.Sc. Biotechnology (Paper-361,362,363) prescribed as per NMU, Jalgaon syllabus with ISBN No- 978-93-85021-14-5

3. Textbook of S.Y.B.Sc. Biotechnology (Paper-BT231,232) prescribed as per NMU, Jalgaon syllabus with ISBN No- 978-93-81546-12-3

4. Textbook of T.Y.B.Sc. Biotechnology (Paper-361,362,363) prescribed as per NMU, Jalgaon syllabus with ISBN No- 978-93-85019-27-2

1. Minor Research Project
Role – Co-Investigator Funding Agency- Mumbai University Year – 2018-19 Title - LC-MS based metabolic profiling of Avicennia officinalis L. and Sonneratia apetala L. for identification of bioactive compounds

Papers 

1. Nikalje GC, Kumar J, Nikam TD, Suprasanna P (2019) FT-IR profiling reveals differential response of roots and leaves to salt stress in a halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Biotech. Rep. 23:e00352. (Elsevier).
2. Shelke DB, Nikalje GC, Chambhar MR, Zaware BN, Suprasanna P, Nikam TD. Na+ and Cl− induce differential physiological, biochemical responses and metabolite modulations in vitro in contrasting salt-tolerant soybean genotypes. 3Biotech 9:91, 2019. (IF: 1.497, Citations: 01, Springer).
3. Nikalje GC and Suprasanna P (2018) Coping With Metal Toxicity – Cues From Halophytes. Front. Plant Sci. 9:777. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00777. (IF: 4.495, Citations: 08)
4. Nikalje GC, Srivastava AK, Sablok G, Pandey GK, Nikam TD, Suprasanna P (2018) Identification and validation of Sesuvium portulacastrum reference genes for quantitative real time PCR normalization under salt treatment. Plant Gene. 13:18-24. (Citations: 04, Elsevier).
5. Nikalje GC, Variyar PS, Joshi MV, Nikam TD, Suprasanna P (2018) Temporal and Spatial Changes in Ion homeostasis and accumulation of flavanoids and glycolipid in a halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Plos One 13(4): e0193394. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193394. (IF: 2.8, Citations: 07).
6. Nikalje GC, Srivastava AK, Pandey GK, Suprasanna P (2017) Halophytes in Biosaline Agriculture: mechanism, utilization and value added products. Land Degradation and Development 29 (4): 1081-1095. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2819 (IF: 9.8, Citations: 23, Wiley).
7. Nikalje GC, Nikam TD, Suprasanna P (2017) Looking at Halophytic Adaptation to High Salinity Through Genomics Landscape, Current Genomics, 18(6): 542 - 552 (IF: 2.45, Citations: 12, Bentham and Science).
8. Shelke DB, Padey M, Nikalje GC, Suprasanna P, Zaware BN, Nikam TD (2017) Salt responsive physiological, photosynthetic and biochemical attributes at early seedling stage for screening soybean genotypes. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 118:519-528. (IF: 3.4, Citations:09, Elsevier).
9. Muchate N, Nikalje GC, Rajurkar N, Suprasanna P, Nikam TD (2016) Physiological responses of the halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum to salt stress and their relevance for saline soil bio-reclamation, Flora - Morphology Distribution Functional Ecology of Plants. 96-105. (IF: 1.3, Citations: 30, Elsevier).
10. Muchate N, Nikalje GC, Rajurkar N, Suprasanna P, Nikam TD (2016) Plant Salt Stress: Adaptive Responses, Tolerance Mechanism and Bioengineering for Salt Tolerance, The Botanical Review 82 (4): 371-406. (IF: 2.7, Citations: 44, Springer).
11. Lokhande VH, Kudale S, Nikalje GC, Desai NS, Suprasanna P (2015) Hairy root induction and phytoremediation of textile dye, Reactive green 19A-HE4BD, in a halophyte, Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Biotechnology Reports 8: 56–63. (Citations: 20, Elsevier).
12. Nikalje GC, Zimare SB, Malpathak NP (2013) A comparative pharmacognostic study on the leaf, stem and root components of Gymnema sylvestre (Retz) R. Br. Ex. Sm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India - Section B: Biological Sciences 83 (1): 125-134, 2013. (IF: 0.4, Citations: 04, Springer) 

Books/Book chapters 

1. Patade VY, Nikalje GC, Srivastava S. Role of Thiourea in Mitigating Different Environmental Stresses in Plants. In Protective chemical agents in the amelioration of plant abiotic stress: biochemical and molecular perspectives, Roychoudhury and Tripathi (EDs): Wiley. 2020.
2. Nikalje GC, Saini N, Suprasanna P. Halophytes and Heavy Metals: Interesting Partnerships. In Plant-Metal Interactions, Srivastava et al. (Eds): Springer, Cham pp-99-118, 2019.
3. Nikalje GC, Shelke DB, Yadav Kushi, Suprasanna P. Halophytes: Prospective Plants for Future. In Ecophysiology, Abiotic Stress Responses and Utilization of Halophytes, Mirza Hasanuzzaman et al. (Eds): Springer Singapore pp-221-234, 2019.
4. Nikalje GC, Yadav Kushi, Suprasanna P. Halophyte Responses and Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses. In Ecophysiology, Abiotic Stress Responses and Utilization of Halophytes, Mirza Hasanuzzaman et al. (Eds) Springer Singapore pp-1-23, 2019.
5. Shelke DB, Nikalje GC, Nikam TD, Maheshwari P, Punita DL, Rao KRSS, Kavi Kishor PB, Suprasanna P. Chloride (Cl−) Uptake, Transport, and Regulation in Plant Salt Tolerance. In: Molecular Plant Abiotic Stress: Biology and Biotechnology, First Edition. Eds. Roychoudhury and Tripathi, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Pp 241-267, 2019.
6. Suprasanna P, Ghuge S, Patade VY, Mirajkar SJ, Nikalje GC. Genomic Roadmaps for Augmenting Salinity Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants. Eds: Kumar et al. In Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants, Volume 2 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90318-7_8. Springer pp-189-216, 2018.
7. Nikalje GC, Mirajkar SJ, Nikam TD, Suprasanna P. Multifarious Role of ROS in Halophytes: Signaling and Defense. In: Zargar S. et al. (eds.) Abiotic Stress-mediated Sensing and Signaling in Plants: An Omics Perspective, Springer pp 207-223, 2017.
8. Shelke DB, Nikalje GC, Sahoo PK. Salt Stress Responses of Glycophytic Rice and Halophytic Rice: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects. In: Verma et al. (eds.) Rice Science Biotechnological and Molecular Advancements. Eds. Apple Publication pp. 53-68, 2017.
9. Suprasanna P, Nikalje GC, Rai AN. Osmolyte accumulation and implications in plant abiotic stress tolerance. In: Iqbal N.et al. (eds.) Osmolytes and plants acclimation to changing environment: emerging omics technologies, Springer 1-12, 2015. 

Conference/Symposia 

Presented: 09 

Awards

1. Board of Studies (BOS) member in Botany subject at Tuljaram Chaturchand College, Baramati (Autonomous) from 28th January, 2019.
2. Resource person at State Level Conference on “Innovative Prospects in Basic and Applied Plant Science” organized by Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya, Rajgurunagar, Pune- 410505 on 27th & 28th December 2019.
3. Invited guest lecturer at Botanical Survey of India, Pune for a talk on “Threats and Stress to Mangroves and their conservation strategies” under Green Skill Development Programme of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on 14th August 2018.
4. DST-SERB Travel grant to attend “14th International Phytotechnologies Conference” organized by International Phytotechnology Society held at Hotel Omni montroyal, Montreal, Canada, on 25th to 29th Sept. 2017.
5. Research fellowship under Bhabha Atomic Research Center- Savitribai Phule Pune University collaborative Ph.D. programme, October 2012, funded by Department of Atomic Energy, India (JRF from October 2012 and SRF from October 2014- October 2017)
6. Best Poster Award in International Conference entitled, “Frontiers in Life and Earth Science.” Organized by Prof. R. M. College, Akurdi, Pune- 411035, On 18-19th January 2018.
7. Project mentor for M.Sc. II by Papers in Botany
8. Life Member of Mangrove Society of India, Goa. 

Projects 

1. Minor Research Project (PI)- University of Mumbai (March 2019- August 2019) Project No: 477 Title: “LC-MS based metabolic profiling of Avicennia officinalis L. and Sonneratia apetala L. for identification of bioactive compounds” for year 2018-19. 2. Minor Research Project (Co-PI)- University of Mumbai (March 2020-December 2020) Project No: 721 Title: “Identification of Allelochemicals from Ocimum sp and their impact on plants” for year 2019-20. 

Others 

1. NCBI sequence submissions
Nikalje GC, Srivastava AK, Sablok G, Nikam TD, Suprasanna P.
137 mRNA sequences of Sesuvium portulacastrum were submitted to NCBI (Accession numbers)
Reference genes: KY056733- KY056770,
Ion Transporters: KY315606- KY315642,
Orthologous genes in Arabidopsis: KY426838- KY426890,
miRNA Targets: KY434024-KY434042.

2. Reviewer for:

1. Physiologia Plantarum (Wiley Online Library IF: 3.0)
2. International Journal of Phytoremediation (Taylor and Francis Online IF: 2.237)
3. Science of Total Environment (Elsevier IF: 5.589)
4. Acta Physiologie Plantarum (Springer IF: 1.608)
5. Gene (Elsevier IF: 2.638)
6. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier IF: 4.527)
7. BioMed Research International (Hindawi IF: 2.197)
8. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences (Taylor & Francis IF: 2.963)
9. Book chapters in Edited books published by Springer, Taylor & Francis

3. Working as mentor at Next Gen Scientists Foundation https://ngsf.in/about-us/

4. BENTHAM AMBASSADOR (2019-20) at Bentham and Science Publisher