Molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm in Neurospora.

DNA fingerprinting of edible mushroom of West Bengal and making a data base.

Cultivation of wild edible mushrooms.

Mycology and plant pathlogy; Biomolecules; Plant biotechnology and genetic engineering.

Calcutta University Gold medalist 1993.

Awarded Dr. Hiralal Chakraborty Prize by National Botanical Society, Calcutta.

1. S. Mandal, P. Kundu, B. Roy and R.K. Mandal. Precursor of the inactive 2S seed storage protein from the Indian mustard Brassica juncea is a novel trypsin inhibitor: characterization, post-translational processing studies and transgenic expression to develop insect resistant plants . J. Biol. Chem., 2002, 277: 37161- 37168)

2. Ghose, M., Mandal, S., Roy, D., Mandal, R.K., and Basu G: (2001) FEBS Lett. 509,337-340.

3. Surekha Mandal and R. K. Mandal . Seed storage proteins and approaches for improvement of their nutritional quality by genetic engineering.

Curr. Sci., Vol. 79, 576-589, September, 2000.

4. Surekha Mandal and R. K. Mandal (2000). Effects of different food plants and temperature on growth and life cycle of the tobacco caterpillar Spodoptera litura Fab. Env. Ecol., 18, 177-180.

5. Surekha Mandal and R. K. Mandal (1999). Plant biotechnology and tissue culture : Application of improvement of agricultural productivity. Sci. Cult., 65, 53-56.

6. Surekha Mandal and R. K. Mandal (1999). A note on the laboratory rearing of Spodoptera litura Fab. with natural food in a small scale for bioassay of insecticides and insect resistant plants. Sci. Cult., 65, 169-171.