-
Naga Rajitha Kavuri
- she/her/hers
- Graduate Student - PhD Candidate
- Office:
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SchBPdoAAAAJ
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Agriculture, Lovely Professional University
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Plant and Soil Science, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
- Ph.D. Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University (Current student)
Areas of Expertise
- Plant Pathology
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Plant-Microbe Interaction
- Plant Genome Editing
Professional Summary
Rajitha Kavuri is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Texas A&M University Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. Her research interests lie in the field of Plant-microbe interactions and Plant RNA biology. Her research involves studying the role of long intergenic non-coding RNA and alternatively spliced mRNA transcripts in plant-microbe interactions particularly in Potato and Tobacco. In her study, she implements different tools and methodologies such as CRISPR/Cas mediated genome editing, Rhizobium and Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformations.