The Inderjit lab at the University of Delhi focuses on basic questions about invasion success of exotic plant species, which includes studying factors that make habitat susceptible to invasion and causes of invasion success of an exotic species in its invaded range. We also study the mechanisms of competitive dominance of weeds and try to understand the role of life forms of species and climatic and edaphic factors in the regulation of allelochemical activity that determines species interactions at various levels of ecological organization.

Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Director, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE)

Feng, Y.L., Li, Y.P., Wang, R.F., Callaway, R.M., Valiente-Banuet , A. and Inderjit. 2011. A quick return energy-use strategy by populations of a subtropical invader in the non-native range: a potential mechanism for the evolution of increased competitive ability. Journal of Ecology (in press).

Gurevitch J., Fox G., Wardle G., Inderjit and Taub D. (2011). Emergent  insights from the synthesis of conceptual frameworks for biological invasions. Ecology Letters 14, 407-418

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

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 (in press)

Inderjit and van der Putten, W.H. 2010. Impacts of soil microbial communities on exotic plant invasion. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25, 512-519.

Feng YL, Lei, Y, Wang R, Callaway RM, Valiente-Banuet A, Inderjit, Li Y.-P and Zheng Y-L. 2009. Evolutionary tradeoffs for nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis versus cell walls in an invasive plant. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. (PNAS), 106: 1853-1856.

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, von Dahl C, and Baldwin IT. 2009. Use of silenced plants in allelopathy bioassays: a novel approach. Planta 229: 569-575.

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

Inderjit, Callaway RM and Vivanco, J.M. 2006. Can plant biochemistry contribute to understanding of invasion ecology? Trends in Plant Science 11: 574-580.

Inderjit. 2006. Experimental complexities in evaluating the allelopathic activities in laboratory bioassays: a case study. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 256-262.

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.

Inderjit. 1998. Influence of Pluchea lanceolata on selected soil properties. American Journal of Botany 85: 64-69.