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Devi R, Tholkudiyil SR, Naduvalloor T, Krishnan JU, Sajeev TV (2025) Evaluating insect assemblages in the tropical forest ecosystem of the Southern Western Ghats: A comparative analysis of standardized sampling strategies employing field-tested protocols Biologia (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-025-01919-2

Praveena S, Jose J, Kumar S, Sujanapal P (2025) First report of Penicilliopsis clavariiformis causing seed rots in Diospyros crumenata based on morphological, pathological and molecular assessment Crop Protection (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2023.102212

Patel B, Balakrishnan P (2025) Tree microhabitats as indicators of cavity using avifauna in tropical forests of India Research Square-Preprint (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6370594/v1

Kumar S, Farsana KB, Mufeeda KT, Singh R, Mahadevakumar S (2025) Unveiling Paramyrothecium kamalii (Stachybotryaceae) as a novel foliar fungal pathogen on Matourea azurea in Kerala, India, based on morpho-cultural, pathological and molecular phylogenetic evidences Archives of Microbiology (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-025-04243-0

Kumar S, Milton B, Mufeeda KT, Singh R (2025) Paramyrothecium travancorense: A novel fungal pathogen causing leaf spots and blights on Coffea travancorensis in Kerala, India Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2025.102609

John R, Viswanath T, Sandeep S, Smitha J, Moosa PP, Beena VI (2025) Effect of long term nutrient management on carbon pools and indices in rice–rice cropping system in lateritic soils of humid tropics Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
10.1080/00103624.2025.2458153

Praveena S, Jose R, Kumar S, Sujanapal P (2025) First report of Penicilliopsis crumenata based on morphological, pathological and molecular assessment Crop Protection (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Eswaran M, Shanmugavel S, Madhuvanthi CK, Thangaraj K, Aiya B, Dev SA, Balakrishnan S, Ulaganathan K, Podicheti S, Dasgupta M (2025) Comparative transcriptomics reveals potential regulators of climate adaptation in Santalum album L. 3 Biotech (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-025-04218-4

Mahadevakumar S, Joy J, Madappa M, Sridhar KR, Krishnan JU (2025) Identification and Phylogeny of Akanthomyces: A Member of the Cordycipitaceae Cordyceps and allied species (Deshmukh SK, Sridhar KR, Eds.), Springer Nature, Singapore (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Debnath A, Nayaka S, Joseph S, Ngangom R (2025) New species and new records of the basidiolichen, Sulzbacheromyces (Lepidostromataceae) from India Phytotaxa (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Balakrishnan P (2025) Characteristics of tree hollows used by Nilgiri marten Martes gwatkinsii in the Western Ghats, India Mammalia (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2024-0020

Anilkumar A, Ngangom R, Joseph S, Christy A, Nayaka S, Sequeria S (2025) New and noteworthy records of Buellia species (Lichenized Fungi) from the southern Western Ghats, India Biology Bulletin (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Aguire-Gutierrez J, Rifai SW, Deng X, …..Sreejith KA ….et al. (2025) Canopy functional trait variation across earth’s tropical forests Nature (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08663-2

Sudheer P, Sabu A, Anilkumar C, Arunan C, Thomas B, Balakrishnan P, Kumar S, Hareesh VS, Jacob JM (2025) 37th KSC Compendium and Abstract (Vol. I & II) Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Krishnapriya KR, Sreekumar VB, Syam Viswanath. (2025) Physical and anatomical variations in culm characteristics of Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) H.B. Naithani – a lesser studied endemic bamboo in the Western Ghats, Kerala. J. Bamboo and Rattan. 23(2):37-54. (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD, Hebert DRA, …Jose PA, Kumar S, Praveena S et al. (2025) One stop shop V: Taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera Fungal Diversity (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Aniraban Roy, Merlin Lopus, Sruthy Surendran, Amit Kushwaha, K A Sreejith, Akhila K C, Anna G, Aranga P, Sethulakshmi N, Deepak Jaiswal (2025) Assessing carbon sequestration in urban Miyawaki forests of south India: Implications for climate mitigation planning and land suitability Elsevier (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100925

Rajwar S, Singh R, Kumar S, Singh PN, Singh AK (2025) Morphology and phylogeny of Pseudocercospora trifoliorum nov. (Mycosphaerellaceae) on Grona triflora from India Phytotaxa (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Sreeraj KB, Praveena S, Sreekumar VB, Jose PA (2025) Standardization of Propagation Techniques and Restoration of Litsea deccanensis Gamble- A Jiggat Yielding Plant for Sustainable Utilization. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-025-01756-6

Mithra S, Ammini CJ, Bibina PB, Praseetha AP, Sreekumar VB (2025) Taxonomic Enumeration of Microalgal Flora of Puthur Lake, Thrissur, Kerala, India. International Journal on Algae, 27(4). (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Praseetha AP, Jayaraj R, & Sreekumar VB (2025) Phytoplankton as environmental indicator for evaluating water pollution in the Kadambrayar River, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. Vegetos, 1-18 (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Anjana N, Pranav K, Sreekumar VB, Raghu AV, Syam Viswanath (2025) Ethnographic exploration and documentation of Kannadippaya (Bamboo reed mat) weaving among tribal communities in Kerala. J. Bamboo Rattan 23(3): -80. (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

K S Arunkumar, Neethu Paul, K A Sreejith, C K Jithin, S Aparna, V B Sreekumar (2025) First Report of Myxomycetes from Tropical Forests of Kerala, Western Ghats Biology Bulletin (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359024607304

Nasla Najeeb, Karun Jose, K A Sreejith, Sandeep Pulla, H S Suresh, Jayashree Ratnam, H V Raghavendra, Dayani Chakravarthy, Rajiv Kumar Chathurvadi (2025) Presence of large trees and tree diversity enhances carbon storage in the Western Ghats Biological Conservation (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocom2025.11250

Maria Dornelas, et al. (including Sreejith.K.A. & Sreekumar V.B.) (2025) Bio TIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series Global Ecology and Biogeography (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70003

Tim A, Vijayan VD, Kunhamu TK, Sandeep S, Surendragopal K, Jamaludheen V, Vishnu BR (2025) Plant diversity and microbial interaction on soil carbon stock in the tropical home gardens: a nature based solution to climate change Agroforestry Systems (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Sarath P, Ashraf AA, Sreekumar VB, Dasgupta MG, Dev SA (2025) New distribution record of Korthalsia rogersii Becc, a threatened endemic climbing palm of Andaman archipelago Journal of Threatened Taxa (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8985.17.3.26741-26743

Samji A, Eashwarlal K, Warrier KCS, Kumar S, Rmasamy T, Shanthi K, Warrier RR (2025) Divergence and genetic parameters between Melia dubia genotypes based on morpho-anatomical stomatal descriptors Plant Biosystems (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Sabira O, Ajaykumar AP, Varma SR, Raghu AV et al. (2025) Nepenthes pitcher fluid for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with biofilm inhibition, anticancer and antioxidant properties Nature Scientific Reports (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Roshni J, Thulasi V, Sandeep S, John K, Moossa PP, Beena VI (2025) Effect of long term nutrient management on carbon pools and indices in rice-rice cropping system in lateritic soils of humid tropics Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2025.2458153

Kripa TS, Kumar S, Mufeeda KT, Jose JM, Mahadevakumar S, Singh R (2024) Morpho-cultural and molecular phylogenetic characterisation of Curvularia verruculosa causing leaf spot and blight disease on Strychnos potatorum – a new record from India Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Senha S, Joseph S, Christy A, Sreekumar VB, Menon D (2024) Taxonomic studies on the lichenized fungi inhabiting bamboos and rattans of KFRI Peechi campus Journal of Bamboo and Rattan (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Sheheer TA, Balakrishnan P, Singh M (2024) Increasing food provisioning and habituation threaten the endangered lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) in the Western Ghats, India Primate Conservation (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Yahr R, Allen JL, Atienza V, Joseph S et al. (2024) Red Listing lichenized fungi: best practices and future prospects Lichenologist (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Balakrishnan S, Bhasker R, Ramasamy Y, Dev SA (2024) Genome-wide analysis of cellulose synthase gene superfamily in Tectona grandis L.f. 3 Biotech (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-024-03927-6

Behera PK, Joseph S, Nayaka S, Chauhan RS (2024) New additions of lichens from Assam, India Plant Science Today (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.3310

Rajeshkumar KC, Sruthi OP, Sreejith KA, Robi AJ, Gautam AK, Verma RK, Jeewon R, Ansil PA, Karunarathna SC, Kavileveettil S (2024) Morpho-molecular systematics of Striaticonidium kfriense (Stachybotryaceae), a new synnematous species from the Western Ghats, India Phytotaxa (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Nimisha ES, Sreekumar VB (2024) Frugivory, predation, and seed dispersal in Elaeocarpus munronii (Wight) Mast. - a near threatened species of the Western Ghats, India Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Praseetha AP, Ammini CJ, Bibina PB, Sreekumar VB, Paul PT (2024) Taxonomic studies on algal flora in Thanikkudam River Thrissur, Kerala International Journal on Algae (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Praveena S, Kumar S, Jose PA, Mufeeda KT (2024) First report of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing severe anthracnose on Litsea deccanensis seedlings in India Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2023.102212

Unnikrishnan R, Balakrishnan S, Sumod M, Sujanapal P, Balan B, Dev SA (2024) Gender specific SNP markers in Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Coelbr. for resource augmentation Molecular Biology Reports (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-023-09044-6

Praveena S, Sujanapal P, Jose PA, Sreeraj KB (2024) Pre‑sowing treatment strategies for improving seed germination rates in Hopea erosa (Dipterocarpaceae), a critically endangered tree of the Southern Western Ghats Vegetos (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Ammini CJ, Bibina PB, Praseetha AP, Sreekumar VB, Tessy PP (2024) Taxonomic studies of freshwater algae in the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India International Journal on Algae (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1615/InterJAlgae.v26.i3.10

Ahirbudhnyan M (2024) Psudophilsutus wynaadensis (Wynaad Brown-eared Shrub Frog) and Heteropoda venatoria (Pantropical Huntsman Spider) Predation Herpetological Review (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Balakrishnan S, Unnikrishnan R, Ramasamy Y, Dev SA (2024) SSR marker-based individual identification system to trace illegal logging and geographic origin of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) wood in India Forestry (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpae023

Adhikari R, Ngangom R, Ingle KK, Joseph S, Nayaka S (2024) New species and additional records in the lichen genus Malmidea from India Lichenologist (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Krishnan JU, Surya Narayanan GK (2024) Effect of change in physical parameters in the paddling response of the common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) Journal of Zoology (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract

Divakar N, Deepak K, Ahirbudhnyan M, Gautham SV, Balakrishnan P (2024) Placentophobia and birth associated behaviours of the fulvous fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaultia) from the Western Ghats Mammalia (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-059

Datta A, Badole S, Stewart CE, Majumder SP, Anantha AK, Basak N, Kundu R, Ghosh S, Mandal B (2024) Carbon storage potential and saturation behaviour of soils as influenced by level of c input and soil types in Indian Sub-Continent Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2024.2379598

Bibina PB, Praseetha AP, Ammini CJ, Sreekumar VB, Paul PT (2024) Diversity of desmids in the Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India: a comprehensive exploration Biologia (KFRI Scientifc Paper No: ) Abstract
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-024-01740-3