Int. J. Dev. Biol. 64: 29 - 34 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.190162dk

Vol 64, Issue 1-2-3

Special Issue: Developmental Biology in India - First Part

Fungal senescence induced by the Neurospora sen mutation and mitochondrial plasmids - the contributions of Ramesh Maheshwari

Published: 23 June 2020

Durgadas P. Kasbekar*

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Uppal, Hyderabad, India

Abstract

This article describes some of the research contributions made by Prof. Ramesh Maheshwari and his colleagues at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. These include (1) the understanding of the Neurospora life cycle in agricultural (sugarcane) fields, (2) identification of Neurospora mutants that trigger vegetative spore development via microcycle conidiation, and (3) isolation of wild Neurospora strains in which the essential immortality of the fungal mycelia is subverted.

Keywords

furfural, mitochondrial plasmid, nucleus-mitochondria interaction, somatic mutation, syntrophic growth