Concordia University
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Selvadurai Dayanandan
Start: 2009-01-01
End: 2015-12-01

Project

Phylogenetics of Bamboo and Citrus in Northeast India.
Studies on population genetics and evolutionary aspects of different species in the Northeast India's Himalayan region are very limited besides taxonomic treatment and botanical inventory of some species. No study has been conducted on phylogeny and evolution of most of the widely distributed species from this region. An evolutionary study of widely distributed wild and domestic genus will provide insights into both historical processes and ongoing evolutionary mechanisms in maintaining the relatively high biodiversity in this region. The rich biodiversity of the region thus encouraged to study the phylogeny and evolution of the two important and widely distributed plant groups viz. Citrus and Bamboo and the population genetics of one of the primitive and true Citrus species viz., C. medica.

Keywords

plant biodiversity, phylogenetics, biology, Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, evolution

Publications

1- Leaf litter decomposition of dominant tree species of Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India
Barbhuiya, Atiqur Rahman, Ayyanadar Arunachalam, Prabhat Chandra Nath, Mohammed Latif Khan, Kusum Arunachalam
2007 Journal of Forest Research

2- Vegetation analysis and tree population structure of tropical wet evergreen forests in and around Namdapha National Park, northeast India
Nath, P.C., A. Arunachalam, M.L. Khan, K. Arunachalam, A.R. Barbhuiya
2005 Biodiversity and Conservation

3- Dynamics of soil microbial biomass C, N and P in disturbed and undisturbed stands of a tropical wet-evergreen forest
Barbhuiya, A.R., A. Arunachalam, H.N. Pandey, K. Arunachalam, M.L. Khan, P.C. Nath
2004 European Journal of Soil Biology