Devika Bajpai worked on invasion the success of Ageratina adenophora and obtained her Ph. D. thesis in 2015. Ageratina adenophora is a perennial forb native to central Mexico and is an aggressive invader in Asia. It is rapidly expanding in invaded ranges and is establishing dominant monocultures different parts of India and China. Her field sites were located in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. She studied (i) species richness under canopies of Ageratina and nearby open uninvaded areas by making biogeographic and regional comparisons, (ii) the chemical and biological of soils from Ageratina-invaded soil, and open soils, (iii) any role chemicals released by Ageratina, and (iv) impact of microbial released nutrient (N) from Ageratina litter on its invasion. I published following papers:

  1. Bajpai, D. and Inderjit. 2013. Impact of nitrogen availability and soil communities on biomass accumulation of an invasive species. AoB Plants 5: plt045.
  2. Inderjit, Evans H., Crocoll C., Bajpai D., Kaur R., Feng Y., Silva C., Carreón J.T., Valiente-Banuet A., Gershenzon J., and Callaway R.M. 2011. Volatile chemicals from leaf litter are associated with invasiveness of a neotropical weed in Asia. Ecology 92, 316-324.
  3. Inderjit, Bajpai D. and Rajeswari M.S. 2010. Interaction of 8-hydroxyquinoline with soil environment mediates its ecological function. PLoS One 5(9): e12852.

Shalini Kaushik has completed her Ph.D. work under the supervision of Prof. Inderjit in 2010. She worked on some agroecological aspects of Phalaris minor. Published following papers:

  1. Inderjit and Kaushik, S. 2010. Effect of herbicides with different modes of action on physiological and cellular traits of Anabaena fertilissima. Paddy and Water Environment 8, 277-282.
  2. Kaushik, S. and Inderjit. 2007. Oryza sativa restricts Phalaris minor growth: allelochemicals or soil resource manipulation? Biology & Fertility of Soils 43: 557-563.
  3. Kaushik, S., Inderjit, J.C. Streibig and N. Cedergreen. 2006. Activities of mixtures of soil-applied herbicides with different molecular targets. Pest Management Science 62: 1092-1097.
  4. Inderjit, Chapman, D., Ranelletti M., and Kaushik, S. 2006. Invasive marine algae: an ecological perspective. Botanical Review 72: 153-178.
  5. Inderjit, R.M. Callaway and Kaushik, S. 2006. Time for international policies on biological invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 67-68.
  6. Kaushik S. and Inderjit. 2006. Phytotoxicity of selected herbicides to mung bean (Phaseolus aureus Roxb.). Environmental & Experimental Botany 55, 41-48.
  7. Kaur H., Inderjit and S. Kaushik. 2005. Cellular evidence of allelopathic interference of benzoic acid to mustard (Brassica juncea L.) seedling growth. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry 43: 77-81.
  8. Kaushik S. and Inderjit. 2005. Effect of rice straw incorporation on phytotoxicity of isoxaflutole to an exotic weed Phalaris minor Retz. Plant and Soil 277, 25-30.

Book chapters

  1. Kaushik S, Blackshaw RE and Inderjit (2005) Ecology and management of the alien weed Phalaris minor. In: Invasive plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects. Edited by Inderjit. Birkhauser-Verlag AG, Basal, Switzerland, pp. 181-193.
  2. Inderjit, Kaushik S (2009) Management of Phalaris minor, an exotic weed of cropland. In: Management of invasive weeds. Edited by Inderjit. Springer, New York, pp. 279-286.

Rajwant Kaur did her Ph.D. work under supervision of Prof. Inderjit. Prof. Ragan Callaway was her co-advisor. She studied Invasion Ecology of Prosopis juliflora. Published following papers:

  1. Kaur, R., Callaway, R. M. and Inderjit. 2014. Soils and the conditional allelopathic effects of a traopical invader. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 78, 316-325.
  2. Kaur, R., Gonzáles, W.L., Llambi, L.D., Soriano, P.J., Callaway, R.M., Rout, M.E., Gallaher, T.J., and Inderjit. 2012. Community impacts of Prosopis juliflora invasion: biogeographic and congeneric comparisons. PLoS One 7(9): e44966.
  3. Kaur R., Malhotra S. and Inderjit. 2012. Effects of invasion of Mikania micrantha on germination of rice seedlings, plant richness, chemical properties and respiration of soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48: 481-48.
  4. Inderjit, Evans H., Crocoll C., Bajpai D., Kaur R., Feng Y., Silva C., Carreón J.T., Valiente-Banuet A., Gershenzon J., and Callaway R.M. 2011. Volatile chemicals from leaf litter are associated with invasiveness of a neotropical weed in Asia. Ecology 92, 316-324.
  5. Kaur H., Kaur R., Kaur S., Baldwin I.T., and Inderjit. 2009 Taking ecological function seriously: soil microbial communities can obviate allelopathic effects of released metabolites. PLoS One 4(3): e4700.
  6. Inderjit, Kaur R, Kaur S. and Callaway, R.M. 2009. Impact of (±)-catechin on soil microbial communities. Communicative & Integrative Biology 2: 1-3.

Seema Mangla worked for 2 years in the laboratory of Prof. Inderjit on the invasion success of Chromolaena odorata, a noxious invader in Western Ghats, India. She published following paper.

  • Mangla, S., Inderjit and R.M. Callaway. 2008. Exotic invasive plant accumulates native soil pathogen which inhibit native plants. Journal of Ecology, 96: 58-67.

Prof. Inderjit was co-supervisor of Reyyan Yergin Özkan, Ph. D.  student from Van yuzuncuyil ÜNİVERSİTESİ, Van, Turkey. The title of her Ph. D. thesis was: KÜÇÜK TOHUMLU YONCA KÜSKÜTÜ (Cuscuta approximata Bab.)’NÜN ÇİMLENME FİZYOLOJİSİ VE ÇIKIŞ ÖZELLİKLERİ İLE BAZI BİTKİLERİN KÜÇÜK TOHUMLU YONCA KÜSKÜTÜNE VE YONCA (Medicago sativa L.)’YA ALLELOPATİK ETKİLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ.  Her Ph.D. supervisior in Turkey was Prof. Dr. Işık Tepe. Reyyan completed her thesis in 2014.

Previous students:

Harvinder Singh, MS student worked for his M. Sc. Dissertation (2015). He made biogeographic comparison of allelopathic impacts of water soluble chemicals released by Ageratina adenophora.

Tridev, MS student worked for his dissertation (2015). He worked on the ecological roles of L-tryptophan released by Prosopis juliflora.

Sudipto Majumdar, MS student did his dissertation on Sorghum halepense allelopathy.

B.A. Hamidi, a Masters student at the KVL University, Copenhagen, Denmark worked with Prof. Inderjit for his dissertation on straw allelopathy in 1998-1999. He published following paper:

  • Hamidi, B A., Inderjit, Striebig, J., and Olofsdotter M. 2001. Laboratory bioassay for phytotoxicity: an example from wheat straw. Agronomy Journal 93: 43-48.

M. Muramatsu, a Ph.D. student of Prof. H. Nishimura at the Hokkaido Tokai University worked with Prof. Inderjit on natural product chemistry when he visited the University as Matsumae Fellow in 1995. He published following paper:

  • Inderjit, Muramatsu, M and Nishimura, H. 1997. On allelopathic potential of certain terpenoids, phenolics and their mixture, and their recovery in soil. Canadian Journal of Botany 75: 888-891.

Chikako Asakawa, a scientist worked with Prof. Inderjit on Ecotoxicology during his visit at the Plant Ecochemicals Research Center, Sapporo, Japan, 1997-1998. She published following papers:

  1. Inderjit, Asakawa, C., and Kakuta, H. 2003. Phytotoxicity and fate of 1,1,2-trichloroethylene: a laboratory study. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 305-311.
  2. Inderjit, and Asakawa, C. 2001. Nature of interference potential of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) to radish (Raphanus sativus L.): does allelopathy play any role? Crop Protection 20: 261- 265.
  3. Inderjit, Asakawa, C. and Dakshini, K.M.M. 1999. Allelopathic potential of Verbesina encelioides root leachate in soil. Canadian Journal of Botany 77: 1419-1424.

Dheerj S. Rawat, a Masters student worked on the allelopathic potential of rice straw when I was working at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2000-2002. He published following paper:

  • Inderjit, Rawat, D.S., and Foy, C.L. 2004. Multifaceted approach to determine rice straw phytotoxicity. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 168-172.

Sarthak Malhotra, did his Masters dissertation on the Invasion Ecology of Mikania micrantha, an aggressive weed in the Western Ghats of India in 2011. He published following paper:

  • Kaur R., Malhotra S. and Inderjit. 2012. Effects of invasion of Mikania micrantha on germination of rice seedlings, plant richness, chemical properties and respiration of soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48: 481-488

T.J. Gallaher, a Ph. D. student at the University of Hawaii, worked with Prof. Inderjit on a short project on the impact of Prosopis juliflora on plant species richness in Hawaii. He published following paper:

  • Kaur, R., Gonzáles, W.L., Llambi, L.D., Soriano, P.J., Callaway, R.M., Rout, M.E., Gallaher, T.J., and Inderjit. 2012. Community impacts of Prosopis juliflora invasion: biogeographic and congeneric comparisons. PLoS One 7(9): e44966.

Matthew H. Lurie, Jennifer L. Bufford and Meaghan Rathjen: During the visit of Prof. Inderjit to University of Hawaii as Gerrit Parmile Wilder Chair Professor (August 2011 – May 2012), these students (Ph. D. and Masters) worked with him on the invasion ecology of Ardisia elliptica, an Indian native invasive in Hawaii.

Monika Saini worked with Prof. Inderjit on the experimental difficulties in studying allelopathy at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2000-2002. She published following paper:

Inderjit, Saini, M and Kaur, H. 2005. Experimental complexities in evaluating the comparative phytotoxicity of chemicals with different modes of action. Environmental & Experimental Botany 53: 97-104.

M.S. Rajeswari, Associate Professor at the Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi College, worked with Prof. Inderjit to study the impact of 8-hydroxyquinoline with soil environment. She published following paper:

Inderjit, Bajpai D. and Rajeswari M.S. 2010. Interaction of 8-hydroxyquinoline with soil environment mediates its ecological function. PLoS One 5(9): e12852.

Surinder Kaur, Associate Professor at the SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi College, worked Prof. Inderjit to study the role of microbes and/or microbial activity in the invasion ecology of certain invaders. She published following papers:

Kaur H., Kaur R., Kaur S., Baldwin I.T., and Inderjit. 2009 Taking ecological function seriously: soil microbial communities can obviate allelopathic effects of released metabolites. PLoS One 4(3): e4700.

Inderjit, Kaur R, Kaur S. and Callaway, R.M. 2009. Impact of (±)-catechin on soil microbial communities. Communicative & Integrative Biology 2: 1-3.