• Has been a topper, Agricultural Research Service (Plant Pathology)- 1991 (All India Competitive Examination to recruit Agricultural Scientists by ICAR) .

• Delivered several invited lectures including at the 25 th Fungal Genetics Conference, Genetics Society of America, Asilomar , USA , March 17-22, 2009 .

• Isola tion of novel genetic stocks (mutants) of Trichoderma virens which have been submitted in MTCC, Chandigarh- MTCC Catalogue nos.1372, 1373, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1383

• Isolation of a Trichoderma strain effective against Sclerotium rolfsii , and submission in MTCC- MTCC Catalogue no. 3011

• GenBank submissions: More than 560

• Generated 17 knockout mutants of Trichoderma virens and studied functions of these genes in morphogenesis and biocontrol properties

• Generated high quality cDNA and cosmid libraries of T. virens

• Member, International Trichoderma Genome projects.

Type of project	Details such as Title, PI/Co-PI, Allocation , etc .	Duration	Accomplishments	Capacity	Individual / Collaborative
Sponsored/International	FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project on use of nuclear and immunological methods for pesticide analysis.	1995-1998	Validation of immuno-detection of pesticides in soil; presented final report at Quito , Ecuador	Participant	Collaborative
Institutional	Bioprospecting of Trichoderma genome; as PI, allocation Rs 90 lakhs (Xth Plan)	2002-2007	Has established a high quality ESTs database for Trichoderma virens; in collaboration with transgenics group, transferred useful genes of Trichoderma to plants; isolated a antibiotic hyper-producing mutant of T. virens	Initiation and formulation	Individual
Sponsored/ International	Multiple gene expression and cloning of useful genes from the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma virens using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and screening of cDNA library, as Indian PI, allocation $30000 (funded by DBT)- Indo-Israel project	2003-2006	Identified a novel gene cluster associated with secondary metabolism in T. virens; identified a novel cysteine-rich protein repressed by MAP kinase; established the role of G-proteins in signal transduction in Trichoderma virens	Initiation and formulation	Collaborative, as Indian PI
Sponsored	Genetic improvement of Trichoderma harzianum using induced mutation and protoplast fusion- as Principal Collaborator (PI: Dr. HB Singh of NBRI, Lucknow (BRNS project)	2005-2008	Obtained mutants of Trichoderma spp., optimized protoplast fusion	Initiation and formulation	Collaborative, as Principal Collaborator

• Irina S. Druzhinina,Verena Seidl-Seiboth, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Charles M. Kenerley, Enrique Monte, Prasun K. Mukherjee , Susanne Zeilinger, Igor V. Grigoriev and Christian P. Kubicek . 2011 . Trichoderma : The genomics of opportunistic success. Nature Reviews Microbiology : In press ( Impact factor 20.686 )
• Dixit, Prachy; Mukherjee Prasun K ,; Sherkhane Pramod,; Kale, Sharad P; Eapen Susan. 2011 . Enhanced tolerance and remediation of anthracene by transgenic tobacco plants expressing a fungal glutathione transferase gene. J Hazardous Materials : In press. (Impact factor: 3.723)
• Mukherjee P.K. 2011 . Genomics of biological control- whole genome sequencing of two mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. Current Science 101: In press ( Impact factor: 0.897)
• Christian P Kubicek, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Verena Seidl-Seiboth, Diego A Martinez, Irina S Druzhinina, Michael Thon, Susanne Zeilinger, Sergio Casas-Flores, Benjamin A Horwitz, Prasun K Mukherjee , Mala Mukherjee, Laszlo Kredics, Louis D Alcaraz, Andrea Aerts, Zsuzsanna Antal, Lea Atanasova, Mayte G Cervantes-Badillo, Jean Challacombe, Olga Chertkov, Kevin McCluskey, Fanny Coulpier, Nandan Deshpande, Hans von Doehren, Daniel J Ebbole, Edgar U Esquivel-Naranjo, Erzsebet Fekete, Michel Flipphi, Fabian Glaser, Elida Y Gomez-Rodriguez, Sabine Gruber   et al. 2011 . Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma . Genome Biology   2011,   12 :R40 ( 18 April 2011 ). (Impact factor: 6.885)
• Mukherjee, PK , Wiest, A, Ruiz, N, Keightley, A, Moran-Diez , ME , McCluskey, K, Pouchus YF and Kenerley, CM. 2011 . Two classes of new peptaibols are synthesized by a single non- ribosomal peptide synthetase of Trichoderma virens . Journal of Biological Chemistry 286: 4544-4554. (Impact factor: 5.328)
• Dixit, P, Mukherjee, PK , Ramachandran, V and Eapen, S. 2011 . Glutathione transferase from Trichoderma virens enhances cadmium tolerance without enhancing its accumulation in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum. PLoS One: 6(1): e16360. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016360 . (Impact factor: 4.411)
•   Buensanteai N*, Mukherjee PK *, Horwitz BA, Cheng C, Dangott LJ, Kenerley CM. 2010 . Expression and purification of biologically active Trichoderma virens proteinaceous elicitor Sm1 in Pichia pastoris . Protein Expression and Purification 2010, 72:131-138 (* Joint first authors ). (Impact factor:1.644)
• Mukherjee PK and Kenerley CM. 2010 . Regulation of morphogenesis and biocontrol properties in Trichoderma virens by a VELVET protein Vel1 . Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ASM 76: 2345- 2352 . (Impact factor: 3.778)
• Kumar, A., Scher, K., Mukherjee, M., Pardovitz-Kedmi, E, Sible, GV, Singh , US , Kale, SP., Mukherjee PK and Horwitz, BA. 2010 . Overlapping and distinct functions of two Trichoderma virens MAP kinases in cell-wall integrity, antagonistic properties and repression of conidiation . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (B.B.R.C.) : 398:765-770. (Impact factor: 2.595)
• Shah, M., Mukherjee, PK and Eapen S. 2010 . Expression of a fungal endochitinase gene in transgenic tomato and tobacco results in enhanced tolerance to fungal pathogens. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 16: 39-51 (Springer).
• Mukherjee, P., Roy , M., Mandal, BP.,Dey, GK, Mukherjee PK , Ghatak J, Tyagi AK and Kale SP. 2008. Green synthesis of highly stabilized nanocrystalline silver particles by a non-pathogenic and agriculturally important fungus Trichoderma asperellum . Nanotechnology 19 075103. (Impact factor: 3.644)
• Mukherjee M, Mukherjee PK and Kale SP. 2007 . cAMP signaling is involved in growth, germination, mycoparasitism and secondary metabolism in Trichoderma virens . Microbiology , UK 153 : 1734-1742 (Impact factor: 2.957)
• Mukherjee PK , Hadar, R., Pardovitz-Kedmi, E., Trushina, N. and Horwitz, BA. 2006 . MRSP1, encoding a novel Trichoderma secreted protein is negatively regulated by MAPK. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 350: 716-722. (Impact factor: 2.595)
• Mukherjee, M, Horwitz, BA, Sherkhane, PD, Hadar, R and Mukherjee, PK 2006 . A secondary metabolite biosynthesis cluster in Trichoderma virens : evidence from analysis of genes underexpressed in a mutant defective in morphogenesis and antibiotic production . Current Genetics: 50: 193-202. (Impact factor: 2.035)
• Viterbo A, Harel M, Horwitz BA, Chet I, Mukherjee PK. 2005 Trichoderma mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling is involved in induction of plant systemic resistance. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ASM 71:6241-6246 (Impact factor: 3.778)
• Mukherjee PK , Latha, J, Hadar, R and Horwitz, BA. 2004 . Role of two G-protein alpha subunits, TgaA and TgaB, in the antagonism of Trichoderma virens against plant pathogens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ASM 70: 542-549. (Impact factor: 3.778)
• Mukherjee PK , Latha, J, Hadar, R and Horwitz, BA 2003 . TmkA, a mitogen activated protein kinase of Trichoderma virens , is involved in biocontrol properties and repression of conidiation in the dark. Eukaryotic Cell, ASM 2: 446-455. (Impact factor: 3.395)
• Mukherjee M, Hadar R , Mukherjee PK and Horwitz BA. 2003 . Homologous expression of a mutated beta-tubulin gene does not confer benomyl resistance on Trichoderma virens . Journal of Applied Microbiology 95: 861-867. (Impact factor: 2.365)
• Chakranbarti A, Ganapathi TR , Mukherjee PK and Bapat VA. 2003 . MSI-99, a magainin analogue, imparts enhanced disease resistance in transgenic tobacco and banana. Planta 216: 587-596. (Impact factor: 3.098)
• Latha J, Chakrabarti A, Mathur K, Rao VP, Thakur RP and Mukherjee PK. 2003 . Genetic diversity of Colletotrichum graminicola isolates from India revealed by restriction analysis of PCR-amplified intergenic spacer region of nuclear rDNA. Current Science 84: 881-883. (Impact factor: 0.897)
• Latha J, Verma A and Mukherjee PK . 2002 . PCR- fingerprinting of some Trichoderma isolates from two Indian type culture collections- a need for re-identification of these economically important fungi. Current Science 83: 372-374. (Impact factor: : 0.897)
• Latha J, Mathur K, Mukherjee PK , Chakrabarti A, Rao VP, and Thakur RP. 2002 . Morphological, pathogenic and genetic variability amongst sorghum isolates of Colletotrichum graminicola from India . Indian Phytopathology 55: 19-25.
• Chakrabarti A , Mukherjee PK , Sherkhane PD, Bhagwat A and Murthy NBK. 2001 . A simple and rapid molecular method for distinguishing between races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris . Current Science 80: 571-575. (Impact factor : 0.897)
• Mitra J, Mukherjee PK , Kale SP and Murthy NBK. 2001 . Bioremediation of DDT in soil by genetically improved strains of soil fungus Fusarium solani . Biodegradation 12: 235-245. (Impact factor: 2.012)
• Kale SP, Carvahlo FP, Raghu K, Sherkhane PD, Pandit GG, Rao AM , Mukherjee PK and Murthy NBK. 1999 . Studies on degradation of 14C-chlorpyriphos in the marine environment. Chemosphere 39: 969-976. (Impact factor: 3.155)
• Haware MP, Mukherjee PK , Lenne JM, Jayanthi S, Tripathi HS and Rathi YPS. 1999 . Integrated biological-chemical control of Botrytis gray mold of chickpea. Indian Phytopathology 52: 174-176.
• Mukherjee PK , Sherkhane PD and Murthy NBK. 1999 . Induction of stable benomyl-tolerant phenotypic mutants of Trichoderma pseudokoningii MTCC 3011, and their evaluation for antagonistic and biocontrol potential. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 37: 710-712. (Impact factor: 0.702)
• Mukherjee PK , Sherkhane PD and Murthy NBK. 1999 . Dose-response relationship in the microbial suppression of Sclerotium rolfsii by Trichoderma pseudokoningii . Current Science 76: 1186-1187. (Impact factor: : 0.897)
• Mukherjee PK. 1999. Rapid extraction of plant genomic DNA suitable for restriction analysis and PCR-amplification. Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 7: 95-96.
• Mukherjee PK and Raghu K. 1998 . Effect of temperature on antagonistic and biocontrol potential of Trichoderma sp. on Sclerotium rolfsii . Mycopathologia 139: 151-155. (Impact factor: 1.810)
• Mukhopadhyay AN and Mukherjee PK 1997. Fungi as fungicides. International Journal of Tropical Plant Diseases 14: 1-17.
• Mukherjee PK , Haware MP and Raghu K. 1997 . Induction and evaluation of benomyl-tolerant mutants of Trichoderma viride for biological control of Botrytis gray mold of chickpea. Indian Phytopathology 50: 107-111.
• Mukherjee, P.K . and Raghu, K. 1997 . Trichoderma sp. as a microbial suppressive agent of Sclerotium rolfsii on vegetables. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 13: 497-499. (Impact factor: 1.214)
• Mukherjee, P.K . and Raghu, K. 1996 . Pythium leaf blight of groundnut- a new record. International Arachis Newsletter 16: 32-33.
• Mukherjee PK , Thomas, P and Raghu, K. 1995 . Shelf-life  enhancement of  fresh ginger rhizomes at ambient temperatures by  combination of  gamma-irradiation,  biocontrol and  closed polyethylene  bag storage. Annals of Applied Biology 127: 375-384. (Impact factor: 1.681).
• Mukherjee  PK , Mukhopadhyay, AN, Sarmah, DK and Shrestha, SM. 1995 . Comparative antagonistic  properties of Gliocladium   virens  and Trichoderma   harzianum  on Sclerotium   rolfsii  and   Rhizoctonia solani - its  relevance  to  understanding  the mechanisms   of biocontrol. Journal of Phytopathology 143: 275-279. (Impact factor: 0.937)
• Mukherjee PK and Mukhopadhyay, AN. 1995 . In situ mycoparasitism  of Gliocladium virens on Rhizoctonia solani . Indian Phytopathology 48: 101-102.
• Mukherjee  PK ,   Haware, MP   and   Jayanthi, S   1995 .  Preliminary investigatons in integrated biocontrol of Botrytis gray mold  of chickpea. Indian Phytopathology 48: 141-149.
• Mukherjee  PK  and Mukhopadhyay, AN. 1993 .  Induction  of  stable mutants  of Gliocladium virens  by  gamma-irradiation. Indian Phytopathology 46: 393-397.
• Mukherjee PK , Shrestha, SM and Mukhopadhyay, AN. 1993 . Baiting with Sclerotium rolfsii for selective isolation of Gliocladium   virens from natural soil. Biocontrol Science and Technology 3: 101-104. (Impact factor: 0.882)
• Mukherjee PK and Haware MP. 1993 . Biological control of Botrytis gray mold of chickpea. International Arachis Newsletter 28: 14-15.
• Mukhopadhyay  AN, Shrestha, SM and Mukherjee,  PK . 1992 .  Biological seed  treatment for control of soil-borne plant  pathogens.   FAO Plant Protection Bulletin 40: 21-30.
• Mukherjee  PK , Upadhyay, JP and Mukhopadhyay, AN. 1989 .  Biological control of Pythium damping-off of cauliflower  by   Trichoderma harzianum . Journal of Biological Control 3: 119-124.

• Prasun K. Mukherjee, Mala Mukherjee and A.N Mukhopadhyay. 2011. Molecular mechanisms of biocontrol by Trichoderma virens. In: Molecular Approaches for Plant Fungal Disease Management, Ed. Chowdappa, P., Westville Pub., New Delhi . In press.
• Mukherjee PK , Nautiyal CS and Mukhopadhyay AN 2008 . Molecular mechanisms of biocontrol by Trichoderma spp. CS Nautiyal and P Dion Eds. Molecular mechanisms of plant and microbe coexistence ( Soil Biology Series ), Springer , Netherlands , 243 – 262.
• Mukherjee PK 2006 . Achievements in biological control of diseases with antagonistic organisms at Bhabha atomic Research Centre,Trombay, Mumbai. Current Status of Biological Control of Plant Diseases Using Antagonistic Microorganisms in India, Project Directorate of Biological Control, Bangalore, Eds. B Ramanujam and RJ Rabindra, 337-339.
• Latha J and Mukherjee PK 2002 . Molecular methods for studying the diversity of filamentous fungi. In: Microbial diversity: Status and Potential Applications, Scientific Book Centre, Guwahati, 98-113.
• Mukherjee PK 1999 . Trichoderma species as microbial suppressive agents of plant pathogens. In: Current Trends in Life Sciences- Agrimicrobes (Rd MN Jha) Today and Tomorrow's Publishers, New Delhi , 261-280.
• Mukhopadhyay, AN and Mukherjee, PK. 1998. Biological control of plant diseases: Status in India . In: Biological Suppression of Plant Diseases, Phytoparasitic Nematodes and Weeds. Eds. Kumar MR, Sudheer MJ, Reddy BC and Sreenivasulu B. Vedams Books India , p. 7-20.
• Mukhopadhyay AN and Mukherjee PK 1995 . Biopesticides. In: Biotechnology Research and Industry Survey (Ed. J Prakash), Vadamalai Media (P) Ltd., Coimbatore , 179-183.

• Mukherjee M, Mukherjee PK and Kale SP. 2007 . Role of cAMP signaling in growth, germination and biocontrol properties of Trichoderma virens – cloning and functional analysis of the adenylate cyclase gene. Presented at the BYFF-2007: International Conference on the Biology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, Pune, Feb. 15-17, 2007 . ( Best Poster Award )

• Latha J, Chakrabarti, A., Mukherjee PK and Thakur RP. 2001 . Molecular evidence that the Indian population of Colletotrichum graminicola (sorghum anthracnose) is hypervariable. National Symposium on Microbial Technology (mt2001), Coimbatore , June 1-2, 2001 . ( Best Presentation Award) .

• Latha J, Mukherjee PK. 2001 . Molecular characterization of ex-type strains of Trichoderma spp. from two Indian type culture collections, 70 th Annual Meeting of the SBCI , Dec 27-29, 2001 , Hyderabad ( Best Poster Award )

• Chakrabarti A, Mukherjee PK , Sherkhane PD and Murthy NBK. 2000 . PCR-RFLP analysis of IGS region of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri- a method to study variability and race identification. National Symposium on Biotechnology in Plant Protection, Varanasi , Feb 25-27, 2000 ( Best Presentation Award ).

• Trushina N, Mukherjee PK, Mukherjee M, Kenerley CM and Horwitz BA. Expression of small secreted proteins in response to coculture of Trichoderma virens with maize roots. Book of Abstract, 26 th Asilomar Fungal Genetics Conference, March 15-20, 2011 . Asilomar , CA , USA , page 250.

• Mukherjee, PK, Wiest, A, Ruiz, N, Keightley, A, Moran-Diez , ME , McCluskey, K, Pouchus YF and Kenerley, CM. 2011. Two classes of new peptaibols are synthesized by a single non- ribosomal peptide synthetase of Trichoderma virens . Book of Abstract, 26 th Asilomar Fungal Genetics Conference, March 15-20, 2011 . Asilomar , CA , USA , page 170.

• Mukherjee PK 2010. Molecular mechanisms of biocontrol by Trichoderma spp.- Trichoderma virens IMI 304061 as a case study. Nat Symp. Molecular Approaches for Management of Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants, Dec 27030, 2010 ( Lead lecture ).

• Natthiya Buensanteai, Prasun K. Mukherjee, Benjamin A. Horwitz , and Charles M. Kenerley. 2010. Trichoderma virens LAC2, a novel CFEM membrane protein : homology modeling and transcription level analysis. Poster presented at IMC9 (International Mycological Congress), Edinburgh , UK , August 1-6, 2010 .

• Mukherjee, P.K., and Kenerley, C.M. 2010. Interactions of a beneficial rhizosphere-competent fungus Trichoderma virens with plant and plant pathogens. International Workshop on Rhizosphere Biology of Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry: Present and Future. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology , India . Abstract Book, p. 91 ( Invited talk ).

• Crutcher, F.K., Mukherjee, P.K., and Kenerley, C.M. 2009. Paralogs of the Trichoderma virens elicitor SM1. Phytopathology 99:S26 (presented at APS Annual Meet).

• Mukherjee PK. 2009. Trichoderma spp.- the biotechnological workhorses. Proc. 50 th Annual Conference, Association of Microbiologists of India, NCL, Pune, Dec 15-18, 2009 ( Invited talk ).

• Mukherjee PK, Horwitz BA and Kenerley CM. 2009 . Signal transduction, secondary metabolism and Trichoderma -fungal interactions. Book of Abstracts, 25 th Fungal Genetics Conference, Genetics Society of America, Asilomar, USA, March 17-22, 2009 (Invited talk ).

• Dixit, P., Mukherjee, P., Sherkhane, P., Kale, S and Eapen S. 2009 . Phytoremediation of anthracene by transgenic tobacco plants with a fungal glutathione-S-transferase gene. New Biotechnology 25: S291-292.

• Mukherjee PK, Mukherjee M, Kumar A, Pardovitz-Kedmi E, Trushina N, Rozenfelder, L., Hadar, R., Glaser, F., Sible, GV, Kale, SP, Singh US, Viterbo A, Chet, I, and Horwitz BA 2008 . MAP kinase and G-protein signaling pathways of Trichoderma virens . Proc. 10 th International Workshop on Trichoderma and Gliocladium , San Jose, Costa Rica, May 21-23, 2008.

• Dixit, P., Singh, S., Mukherjee, PK and Eapen S. 2008 . Development of transgenic plants with cytochrome P4502E1 gene and glutathione-S-transferase gene for degradation of organic pollutants. J. Biotechnology 136:S692-S693.

• Shah, MR, Mukherjee PK and Eapen S. 2008 . Development of transgenic plants with chitinase gene for resistance to fungal diseases. Proc. National Conference on Plant Biotechnology for Conservation, Characterization and Crop Improvement. Udaipur , Feb. 8-10, 2008 .

• Mukherjee PK. 2007 . Cell signaling in Trichoderma virens - unexpected and novel findings on the role of G -protein-cAMP and MAP kinase pathways. BYFF-2007 (International Conference on the Biology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi), Pune, Feb. 15-17, 2007 (Invited talk ).

• Shah, MR, Sible GV, Mukherjee PK and Eapen S. 2008 . Expression of the endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Proc. Indo-Swedish International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Development, Pune, Jan. 7-9, 2008 .

• Mukherjee PK, Pardovitz-Kedmi E, Hadar R, Trushina N and Horwitz BA. 2006 . Candidates for the targets of signaling pathways in Trichoderma virens : developmental and host-related control of gene expression. Proc. 9 th International Workshop on Trichoderma and Gliocladium , Vienna , Austria , 5–9 April 2006.

• Pardovitz-Kedmi E, Mukherjee M, Hadar R, Trushina N , Viterbo A, Chet I,Horwitz BA and Mukherjee PK. 2006 . Development and gene expression in Trichoderma virens : insights into biocontrol-related signaling pathways. Proc. 9 th International Workshop on Trichoderma and Gliocladium, Vienna , Austria , 5–9 April 2006.

• Mukherjee PK. 2006 . Biological control of plant pathogens with Trichoderma spp.: Classical and molecular strategies. National Symposium on Plant Pathology, Nov. 23-24, 2006 (Invited talk ),

• Mukherjee PK. 2005 . Trichoderma virens IMI 304061- an insight into the molecular mechanisms of biocontrol. Proc. 2 nd Global Conference, Plant Health- Global Wealth, Udaipur , Nov. 25-29, 2005 (Invited talk) .

• Shah, MR, Mukherjee PK and Eapen S. 2005 . Transformation of tobacco with endochitinase ech42 gene from Trichoderma virens. Proc. 2 nd Global Conference, Plant Health- Global Wealth, Udaipur , Nov. 25-29, 2005 .