My research interests in molecular ecology are focused on understanding the functional and environmental adaptation in fungi that play key roles in managed and natural ecosystems. Key research areas include adaptive divergence, population biology and speciation Integrating phylogenetics, genomics and bioinformatics with microbiology, pathology and ecology applied from laboratory to field scales

Takan, J.P., Chipili, J., Muthumeenakshi, S., Talbot, N.J., Manyasa, E.O., Bandyopadhyay, R., Sere, Y., Nutsugah, S.K., Talhinhas, P., Hossain, P., Brown, A.E. and Sreenivasaprasad, S. 2011. Blast pathogen populations adapted to finger millet and rice exhibit distinctive patterns of genetic diversity, sexuality and host interaction. Molecular Biotechnology DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9429-z. Talhinhas, P., Neves-Martins, J., Oliveira, H. and Sreenivasaprasad, S. 2009. Distinctive population structure of Colletotrichum species associated with olive anthracnose in the Algarve region of Portugal reflects a host-pathogen diversity hot spot. FEMS Microbiology Letters 296, 31-38. Rogers, C.W., Challen, M.P., Muthumeenakshi, S., Sreenivasaprasad, S. and Whipps, J.M. 2008. Disruption of the Coniothyrium minitans PIF1 DNA helicase gene impairs growth and capacity for sclerotial mycoparasitism. Microbiology 154, 1628 -1636. Muthumeenakshi, S., Sreenivasaprasad, S., Rogers, C.W., Challen, M.P. and Whipps, J. M. 2007. Analysis of cDNA transcripts from Coniothyrium minitans reveals a diverse array of genes involved in key processes during sclerotial mycoparasitism. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44, 1262-1284. Mgonja, M.A., Lenne, J.M., Manyasa, E.O. and Sreenivasaprasad, S. (Eds.) 2007. DFID recognised this as an important resource and provided funds for the dissemination of 100 copies to key stakeholders in sub-Saharan Africa and internationally. Lenne, J.M., Takan, J.P., Wanyera, N., Manyasa, E.O., Mgonja, M.A., Okwadi, J., Brown, A.E. and Sreenivasaprasad, S. 2007. Finger millet blast management: a key entry point for fighting malnutrition and poverty in East Africa. Outlook on Agriculture 36, 101-108. Sreenivasaprasad, S., Eastwood, D.C., Browning, N., Lewis, S.M.J. and Burton, K.S. 2006. Differential expression of a putative riboflavin aldehyde forming enzyme gene (raf) during development and postharvest storage and in different tissue of the sporophore in Agaricus bisporus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 70, 470-476.