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Pradeep K. Divakar is a researcher affiliated with Complutense University of Madrid in Spain, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work predominantly spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to lichen and fungal ecology, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases. Additional areas covered by their work include botany and plant ecology studies, bryophyte studies and records, yeasts and rust fungi studies, as well as ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pradeep K. Divakar include:

  • H. Thorsten Lumbsch
  • M. Pilar Gómez-Serranillos
  • Ana Crespo
  • Elena González-Burgos
  • Isabel Ureña-Vacas

The researcher publishes often in specialized journals related to their fields. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Lichenologist
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Symbiosis
  • Molecules
  • IMA Fungus

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Pradeep K. Divakar are:

  • "Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis" (2020, Symbiosis)
  • "Fungal Planet description sheets: 1436-1477" (2022, Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi)
  • "Lichen Depsidones with Biological Interest" (2021, Planta Medica)
  • "Genome-Wide Analysis of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Reveals Correlated Gene Loss with Absence of Usnic Acid in Lichen-Forming Fungi" (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • "Diversity and composition of plants species along elevational gradient: research trends" (2023, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Best Publications

  • Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  • Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

    N. N. Wijayawardene;K. D. Hyde;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. Tedersoo

  • Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Barbara Robbertse;Vincent Robert;Duong Vu

  • New primers for promising single-copy genes in fungal phylogenetics and systematics.

    I. Schmitt;A. Crespo;P.K. Divakar;J.D. Fankhauser

  • Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Ana Crespo;Frank Kauff;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ruth del Prado

  • One hundred new species of lichenized fungi : a signature of undiscovered global diversity

    H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Teuvo Ahti;Susanne Altermann;Guillermo Amo de Paz

  • Melanelixia and Melanohalea , two new genera segregated from Melanelia ( Parmeliaceae ) based on molecular and morphological data

    Oscar Blanco;Ana Crespo;Pradeep K. Divakar;Theodore L. Esslinger

  • Testing morphology-based hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) using three ribosomal markers and the nuclear RPB1 gene.

    Ana Crespo;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Jan-Eric Mattsson;Oscar Blanco

  • A review of the lichen family Parmeliaceae - history, phylogeny and current taxonomy.

    Arne Thell;Ana Crespo;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ingvar Kärnefelt

  • Evolution of complex symbiotic relationships in a morphologically derived family of lichen-forming fungi

    Pradeep K Divakar;Ana Crespo;Mats Wedin;Steven D Leavitt

  • Commercial and Ethnic Use of Lichens in India

    Dalip K. Upreti;Pradeep K. Divakar;Sanjeeva Nayaka

  • Origin and diversification of major clades in parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) during the Paleogene inferred by Bayesian analysis.

    Guillermo Amo de Paz;Paloma Cubas;Pradeep K. Divakar;H. Thorsten Lumbsch

  • Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi

    Pradeep K. Divakar;Ana Crespo;Ekaphan Kraichak;Steven D. Leavitt

  • Molecular phylogeny of parmotremoid lichens (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae).

    Oscar Blanco;Ana Crespo;Pradeep K. Divakar;John A. Elix

  • Genetic distances within and among species in monophyletic lineages of Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) as a tool for taxon delimitation.

    Ruth Del-Prado;Paloma Cubas;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Pradeep K. Divakar

  • Fungal specificity and selectivity for algae play a major role in determining lichen partnerships across diverse ecogeographic regions in the lichen‐forming family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota)

    Steven D. Leavitt;Ekaphan Kraichak;Matthew P. Nelsen;Susanne Altermann

  • Towards a revised generic classification of lecanoroid lichens ( Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota ) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Xin Zhao;Steven D. Leavitt;Zun Tian Zhao;Lu Lu Zhang

  • A first checklist of parmelioid and similar lichens in Europe and some adjacent territories, adopting revised generic circumscriptions and with indications of species distributions

    David L. Hawksworth;Oscar Blanco;Pradeep K. Divakar;Teuvo Ahti

  • Environment and host identity structure communities of green algal symbionts in lichens

    Francesco Dal Grande;Gregor Rolshausen;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ana Crespo

  • Parmelia barrenoae, a new lichen species related to Parmelia sulcata (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data

    Pradeep K. Divakar;M. Carmen Molina;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Ana Crespo

  • Coalescent-based species delimitation approach uncovers high cryptic diversity in the cosmopolitan lichen-forming fungal genus Protoparmelia (Lecanorales, Ascomycota).

    Garima Singh;Francesco Dal Grande;Pradeep K. Divakar;Juergen Otte

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Crespo
Ana Crespo Complutense University of Madrid
H. Thorsten Lumbsch
H. Thorsten Lumbsch Field Museum of Natural History
Steven D. Leavitt
Steven D. Leavitt Brigham Young University
Imke Schmitt
Imke Schmitt Goethe University Frankfurt
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
Mats Wedin
Mats Wedin Swedish Museum of Natural History
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking Freie Universität Berlin
André Aptroot
André Aptroot Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Sergio Pérez-Ortega
Sergio Pérez-Ortega Real Jardín Botánico
Martin Grube
Martin Grube University of Graz

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