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.
BS       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)
• Scott Somers (MS)

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

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

Bondada, B. R., R. S. Underhill, L. Q. Ma, M. R. Davidson, Y. Guyodo, and R. S. Duran.  2007.   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.

Gray, D. J., S. Jayasankar, Z. Li, and B. R. Bondada.  2003.  Vitaceae (Grapes Vitis spp.).  In:     Biotechnology of fruit and nut crops. Ed. R. E. Litz.  CAB International of Wallingford, Oxon, UK.

Publications

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.

Bondada B., C. Sams, D.Deyton, J.Cummins.  2007.  Viscosity-temperature relationships of soybean oil emulsions and their implications for oil retention by apple and peach leaves.  J. Horti. Sci. Biotech (provisional acceptance)

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.

Bondada, B. R., C. Tu, and L. Q. Ma.  2006.  Surface micro-morphology of Chinese Brake Fern (Pteris vittata L.) Brittonia. 58:217-228.

Bonadda, 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. 

Bondada, B. R., C. Tu, and L. Q. Ma.  2004.  Absorption of foliar-applied arsenic by the arsenic     hyperaccumulator (Pteris vittata L.).  Sci. Total Environ. 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.  Environ. Exp. Bot. 51:121-131.

Bondada, B. R and J. P. Syvertsen.  2003.  Leaf chlorophyll, net gas exchnage, and chloroplast ultrastructure in citrus leaves of different nitrogen status.  Tree Phys. 23:553-559.

Bondada, B.R. and D. M. Oosterhuis. 2003.  Ontogenic chnages in epicuticular wax and chloroplast integrity of a cotton leaf.  Photosynth. 40: 431-436.

Bondada, B. R. and D. M. Oosterhuis.  2003.  Morphometric analysis of chloroplasts of cotton leaf           and fruiting organs.  Biol. Plant. 47: 281-284.

Jayasankar, S., B. R. Bondada, Z. Li, and D. J. Gray.  2003. Comparative anatomy and morphology of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) somatic embryos derived from solid and liquid culture.  Am. J. Bot. 90:973-979.

Tu, C., Ma, L. Q., and B. R. Bondada.  2002. Arsenic Accumulation in a Hyperaccumulator Fern (Pteris vittata L.) and Its Utilization Potential for Phytoremediation. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1671-1675.

Jayasankar, S., B. R. Bondada, Z. Li, and D. J. Gray.  2002. A unique morphotype of grapevine somatic embryos exhibits accelerated germination and early plant development.  Plant Cell Rep. 20:907-911.

Bondada, B. R., J. P. Syvertsen, and L. G. Albrigo.  2001. Urea nitrogen uptake by citrus leaves.  HortSci. 36:1061-1066.

Bondada, B. R. and D. M. Oosterhuis.  2001. Canopy photosynthesis, specific leaf weight, and yield components of cotton under varying nitrogen supply. J. Plant Nutr.24: 469-478.

Oosterhuis, D. M. and B. R. Bondada.  2001. Yield response of cotton to foliar N as influenced by sink strength, petiole and soil nitrogen. J. Plant Nutr. 24: 413-422.

Bondada, B. R. and D. M. Oosterhuis.  2000.  Comparative epidermal ultrastructure of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) leaf, bract, and capsule wall.  Ann. Bot. 86:1143-1152.