Dr. Vijaya Gopal Kakani

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC): Responses to climate change of C4 and C3 grass species native to South-central region. Amount, 200,000, 2004 to 2006.
NASA - Geo Resources Institute: Agricultural Response to Global Climate Change and its Impact on Decision Support-Linking crop models and remote sensing., $ 211,119, 2004 to 2005.

• Kakani, V.G., Reddy, K.R., Koti, S., Wallace, T.P., Vara Prasad, P.V., Reddy, V.R., Zhao, D., Differences for in Vitro Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Growth of Cotton Cultivars in Response to Temperature., Annals of Botany, 96, 59-67, 2005
• Reddy, K.R., Kakani, V.G., Zhao, D., Koti, S. and Gao, W, Interactive effects of ultraviolet-B radiation and temperature on cotton physiology, growth, development and hyperspectral reflectance, Photochemistry and Photobiology, In Press, 2004
• Reddy, K.R., Prasad, P.V.V. and Kakani, V.G, Crop responses to elevated carbon dioxide and interaction with temperature: A review, Journal of Crop Production, In Press, 2004
• Zhao, D., Reddy, K.R., Kakani, V.G., Mohammed, A.R., Read, J.J. and Gao, W, Leaf and canopy photosynthetic characteristics of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under elevated CO2 concentration and UV-B radiation, Journal of Plant Physiology, In Press, 2004
• Kakani, V.G., Reddy, K. R., Zhao, D. and Gao, W, Senescence and hyperspectral reflectance of cotton leaves exposed to ultraviolet-B radiation and carbon dioxide, Physiologia Plantarum, In Press, 2004
• Reddy, K. R., Kakani, V.G., Zhao, D., Mohammed, A.R. and Gao, W, Cotton Responses to Ultraviolet-B Radiation: Experimentation and Modeling, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, 120, 249-265, 2003
• Reddy, K.R., Zhao, D., Kakani, V.G., Read J.J. and Sailaja, K, Estimating cotton growth and developmental parameters through remote sensing, In Ecosystems Dynamics, Agricultural Remote Sensing and Modeling, and Site-Specific Agriculture, Edited by Wei Gao and David Shaw, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5153 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA), 277-288., 2003
• Kakani, V.G., Reddy, K.R., Zhao, D. and Sailaja, K, Field crop responses to ultraviolet-B radiation: A review, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 120, 191-218, 2003
• Reddy, K. R., Koti, S., Zhao, D., Kakani, V.G. and Gao, W, Interactive effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide and ultraviolet-Bradiation on cotton growth and development, In: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.5156. Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based Measurements, Models, and EffectsIII, edited by James R. Slusser, Jay R. Herman and Wei Gao, SPIEE,Bellingham, WA, 2003, 262-272, 2003
• Kakani, V.G., Reddy, K.R., Zhao, D. and Mohammed, A.R, Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Morphology and Anatomy, Annals of Botany, 91, 817-826, 2003
• Zhao, D., Reddy, K.R., Kakani, V.G., Read, J.J., and Carter, G.A, Corn growth, leaf pigment concentration, gas exchange and leaf hyperspectral reflectance properties as affected by nitrogen supply, Plant and Soil, 257, 205-218, 2003
• Craufurd, P.Q., Prasad, P.V.V., Kakani, V.G., Wheeler, T.R. and Nigam, S.N, Heat tolerance in groundnut, Field Crops Research, 80(1), 63-77, 2003
• Zhao, D., Reddy, K.R., Kakani V.G., Read, J.J. and Sullivan, J, Growth and physiological responses of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to elevated carbon dioxide and ultraviolet-B radiation under controlled environmental conditions, Plant Cell and Environment, 26, 771-782, 2003
• Kakani, V.G., Prasad, P.V.V., Craufurd, P.Q. and Wheeler T.R, Response of in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes to temperature, Plant, Cell and Environment, 25(12), 1651-1661, December 2002
• Reddy, K.R., Doma, P.R., Mearns, L.O., Boone, M.Y.L., Hodges, H.R., Richardson, A.G. and Kakani, V.G, Simulating the impacts of climate change on cotton production in the Mississippi Delta, Climate Research, 22, 271-281, 2002
• Prasad, P.V.V., Craufurd, P.Q., Kakani, V.G., Wheeler, T.R. and Boote, K.J, Influence of high temperature during pre- and post-anthesis stages of floral development on fruit-set and pollen germination in peanut, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology (now called Functional Plant Biology), 28(3), 233-240, March 2001
• Kakani, V.G., Veeraraghaviah, R. and Ravi Kumar, A, Comparative performance of split-planting of tillers and different methods of raising rice (Oryza sativa L.), The Andhra Agricultural Journal, 42, 65-67, 1994