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)

• Inderjit. (2012). Exotic plant invasion in the context of plant defense against herbivores. Plant Physiology 158(3): 1107-1114.
• Kaur R., Malhotra S. and Inderjit. (2012). Effects of invasion of Mikania micrantha on germination of rice seedlings, plant richness, chemical properties and respiration of soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48: 481-488.
• Inderjit, Wardle D.A., Karban R. and Callaway R.M. (2011). The ecosystem and evolutionary contexts of allelopathy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26, 655-662.
• 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, 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 92, 316-324.
• Inderjit, Bajpai D. and Rajeswari MS (2010). Interaction of 8-hydroxyquinoline with soil environment mediates its ecological function. PLoS One 5(9): e12852.
• 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 of the 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.
• 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.
• Kaushik S. and Inderjit. 2005. Effect of rice straw incorporation on phytotoxicity of isoxaflutole to an exotic weed Phalaris minor Retz. Plant and Soil 277, 25-30.
• Inderjit. 1998. Influence of Pluchea lanceolata on selected soil properties. American Journal of Botany 85, 64-69.
• Inderjit and Dakshini, K.M.M. 1994. Allelopathic effects of Pluchea lanceolata (Asteraceae) on characteristics of four soils and mustard and tomato growth. American Journal of Botany 81, 799-804.
• Inderjit and Dakshini, K.M.M. 1994. Allelopathic potential of phenolics from the roots of Pluchea lanceolata. Physiologia Plantarum 92, 571-576.
• Inderjit and Dakshini, K.M.M. 1992. Interference potential of Pluchea lanceolata (Asteraceae): growth and physiological responses of asparagus bean, Vigna unguiculata var. sesquipedalis.  American Journal of Botany 79, 977-981.