Bhaskar Bondada , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
WSU Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Education
Ph.D. 1994 Department of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
AR
M.S. 1987 Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
B.S. 1985 Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
Research
I am a grapevine physiologist with interests in both basic and applied research geared up to address the industry goals. My particular area of research is integrative plant physiology and plant anatomy, basically utilize the knowledge of structure-function relationships to improve vine health and fruit quality. More specifically, our lab investigates ampelography and cultivar identification, water relations of grapevine and berry, developmental anatomy of grape berry, physiological and structural adaptations to water stress, and hydraulic architecture of grapevine and berry. We investigate the above research goals using light, confocal and electron microscopy in combination with contemporary approaches adopted to study the physiology of the plants.
Current projects
- Causes and symptamatology of grape berry shrivel
- Anatomical basis of 2,4-D damage
- Extended ripening and berry composition
- Histology of grape berry
- Ecophysiology of water stress (drought)
Teaching
My teaching activities include recruiting students, advising students interested in viticulture and enology, and teach classes encompassing viticulture, horticulture, and biology.
- Hort 409: Seminars in Viticulture and Enology
- Biol 319: Plant Physiology
- Hort 251: Plant propagation
- Hort 313: Viticulture and Small Fruits (Guest lecture)
- Hort 413/513: Advanced Viticulture (Team taught)
Investigating Berry Shrivel via Anatomical Exploration
Berry Shrivel Research has Revealed Differences in Types of Shrivel
Staff and Students:
- James St.Clair (MS)
- Dr. Susan Hill (MS)
Publications
Book Chapters:
Bondada, B. R., R. S. Underhill, L. Q. Ma, M. R. Davidson, Y. Guyodo, and R. S. Duran. 2007. Spatial distribution, localization, and speciation of arsenic in the hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata L. Arsenic in soil and groundwater environments: Biogeochemical interactions. Eds. P. Bhattacharya, A.B Mukherjee and R.H. Loeppert. A volume in the Elsevier book Series, TRACE METALS AND OTHER CONTAMIANTS IN THE ENVIROMENT 9: 291-306.
Bondada, B. R. and L. Q. Ma. 2003. Tolerance of heavy metals in vascular plants: Arsenic hyperaccumulation by Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata L.). In: Pteridology in New Millenium. S. Chandra, M. Srivastava, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 397-420.
Journal articles:
2008
Bondada B., C.Sams, D.Deyton, J.Cummins. 2008. Viscosity-temperature relationships of soybean oil emulsions and their implications for oil retention by apple and peach leaves. J. Horti. Sci. Biotech (In Press)
2007
Bondada, B. R. C. E. Sams, D. E. Deyton, and J. C. Cummins. 2007. Oil emulsions enhance transcuticular movement of Captan in apple leaves. Crop Protection 26:691-696.
2006
Bondada, B.R., P.D. Petracek, J.P. Syvertsen and L.G. Albrigo. 2006. Cuticular penetration characteristics of urea in citrus leaves. J. Horti. Sci. Biotech. 81:219-224.
Keller, M., J. P. Smith, and B. R. Bondada. 2006. Ripening grape berries remain hydraulically connected to the shoot. J. Exp. Bot. 57: 2577-2587. This paper was the cover story for this journal, please visit the website for more details: http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol57/issue11/index.dtl
Bondada, B. R., C. Tu, and L. Q. Ma. 2006. Surface micro-morphology of Chinese Brake Fern (Pteris vittata L.) Brittonia: 58:217-228.
2005
Bondada, B. R., M. A. Matthews, and K. Shackel. 2005. Functional xylem exists in post veraison grape berry. J. Exp. Bot. 56: 2949-2957.
Bondada, B. R. and J. P. Syvertsen. 2005. Concurrent changes in net CO2 assimilation and chloroplast ultrastructure in nitrogen deficient citrus leaves. Environ. Exp. Bot. 54:41-48.
2004
Bondada, B. R., C. Tu, and L. Q. Ma. 2004. Absorption of foliar-applied arsenic by the arsenic hyperaccumulator (Pteris vittata L.). The science of the Total Environment 332:61-70.
Tu, S, L. Q. Ma, G. E. MacDonald and B. Bondada. 2004. Effects of arsenic species and phosphorus on arsenic absorption, arsenate reduction and thiol formation in excised parts of Pteris vittata L. Environmental and Experimental Botany 51:121-131.
Dr. Bhaskar Bondada
Assistant Professor
WSU Tri-Cities
2710 University Drive
Richland WA 99354
2,4-D Herbicide Damage on Grape Leaves
Journal of Experimental Botany, August 2006
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