Dr R Rengasamy

Director, CAS in Botany
University of Madras
Guindy Campus
Chennai - 600025

Residence: 35/16, Kutty Street,
Nungambakkam,
Chennai 600 034
Mobile   : 91-9283445271
Phone    : 91-44-22350401
E-mail : [email protected]

• Culturing the economically important seaweeds such as Gracilaria and Hypnea under varying laboratory and field conditions.
• Techniques for the improvement of quality and quantity of agar, carrageenan and alginate.
• Chemical composition of alginic acid.
• Transmission electron microscopic studies on Hypnea, Cystoseira, Hormophysa, Sargassum and Turbinaria.
• Seaweed associated bacteria - production of agarase, carrageenase and alginase.
• Application of Seaweed Liquid Fertilizer on commercial species.
• Bio-active substances of seaweed against plant pathogens.
• Integrated aquaculture management of shrimp and seaweed.
• Utilization of seaweed in domestic sewage treatment.
• Role of seaweed in heavy metals elimination.
• Seaweed in aqua feed formulation.
• Optimization of Dunaliella for beta- carotene production

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