Vaibhav Mantri

Dr. Vaibhav A. Mantri

Chief Scientist

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Dr. Vaibhav A. Mantri

Chief Scientist

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Recent Publication

  1. V. Veeragurunathan, K. Eswaran, K.R. Saminathan, Vaibhav A. Mantri, J. Malarvizhi, G. Ajay, B. Jha (2015) Feasibility of Gracilaria dura cultivation in the open sea on the Southeastern coast of India. Aquaculture 438: 68 – 74.
  2. Vaibhav A. Mantri, K.S. Ashok, K.R. Saminathan, J. Rajasankar, P. Harikrishna (2015) Concept of triangular raft design: Achieving higher production in Gracilaria edulis. Aquaculture Engineering 69: 1 – 6.
  3. Vaibhav A. (2015) Marine Algal Herbarium: A national repository. Current Science 109: 1379.
  4. K. S. Ashok, Suman Yadav, K. R. Saminathan, N. Monisha, J. Malarvizhi, M. Ganesan, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2016) An orthogonal design to optimize seed production, out-planting, and cultivation of the industrially overexploited red alga Gracilaria edulis (Rhodophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology 28: 1215-1223.
  5. K. S. Ashok, P. Harikrishnan, M. Gobala Krishnan, K. R. Saminathan, N. Monisha, J. Malarvizhi, Vaibhav A. Mantri, J. Rajasankar (2016) Does orientation of raft helps in augmenting yield during lean period?: A case study of Gracilaria edulis cultivation in open sea by vertical raft alignment along the south-eastern coast of India. Aquaculture Engineering 74: 186 – 177.
  6. V. Veeragurunathan, Kamlesh Prasad, Nripat Singh, J. Malarvizhi, Subir K. Mandal, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2016) Growth and biochemical characterization of green and red strains of the tropical agarophytes Gracilaria debilis and Gracilaria edulis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology 28: 3479–3489.
  7. Vaibhav A. Mantri, K. Eswaran, M. Shanmugam, M. Ganesan, V. Veeragurunathan, S. Thiruppathi, CRK Reddy, Abhiram Seth (2017) An appraisal on commercial farming of Kappaphycus alvarezii in India: success in diversification of livelihood and prospects. Journal of Applied Phycology 217: 335–357.
  8. Vaibhav A. Mantri, K.S. Ashok, T. Mohammad Musamil, M. Gobala Krishnan, K. R. Saminathan, Durga Prasad Behera, V. Veeragurunathan, K. Eswaran, S. Thiruppathi, J. K. Pothal, P.K. Ghosh (2017) Tube-net farming and device for efficient tissue segregation for industrially important agarophyte Gracilaria edulis (Rhodophyta). Aquaculture Engineering 77: 132 – 135.  
  9. V. Veeragurunathan, Kamalesh Prasad, J. Malar Vizhi, Nripat Singh & Ramavatar Meena, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2019) Gracilaria debilis cultivation, agar characterization and economics:  bringing new species in the ambit of commercial farming in India. Journal of Applied Phycology 31: 2609-2621.
  10. Vaibhav A. Mantri, M. Ganesan, Vishal Gupta, P. Krishnan, A. K. Siddhanta. 2019. An overview on agarophyte trade in India and need for policy interventions. Journal of Applied Phycology 31: 3011–3023.
  11. Santlal Jaiswar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2019) Life cycle-based selection of elite germplasm in industrially important red alga Gracilaria dura: implications for commercial farming. Current Science 117: 1777-1778.
  12. Kanchan Sambhwani, Jaskeerat Modi, Ankita Singhala, Harshad Bramhabatt, Avinash Mishra, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2020) Analysis of functional traits in female gametophytic and tetrasporophytic life phases of industrially important red alga Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta: Gracilariacae). Journal of Applied Phycology 32:1961–1969
  13. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Yashesh Shah, S. Thiruppathi (2020) Feasibility of farming the agarose-yielding red alga Gracilaria dura using tube-net cultivation in the open sea along the Gujarat coast of NW India. Applied Phycology 1: 12 – 19.
  14. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Monica Gajanan Kavale, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi (2020) Seaweed biodiversity of India: reviewing current knowledge to identify gaps, challenges and opportunities. Diversity 12: 13.
  15.  Vaibhav A. Mantri, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Nikunj B. Balar, Vishal Gupta, Tejal Gajaria (2020) Concise review of green algal genus Ulva Linnaeus. Journal of Applied Phycology. 32:2725–2741.
  16. Vaibhav A. Mantri, M. Ganesan, Monica G. Kavale, Tejal K. Gajaria (2020) Status, exploitation and resource management of alginophytes in India: An account and way forward. Journal of Applied Phycology. 32:4423–4441.
  17. M. Vignesh, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Mangal S. Rathore, Monica Gajanan Kavale, Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2020) Artificial neural network modelling for seedling regenerationin Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta) under different physiochemical conditions. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 143:583–591.
  18. Nikunj Balar , Santlal Jaiswar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2020) Effects of extrinsic abiotic factors on induction of gametogenesis and efficacy of a device for the segregation of non-fused gametes and zygotes in the green alga Ulva lactuca Applied Phycology. 2: 1-9.
  19. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Yashesh Shah, Nikunj Balar, Keval Chavda, Mayur Mavani, Mayur Kolhe, Kanchan Sambhwani, Ramavatar Meena, Kamlaesh Prasad, Monica G. Kavale, Rajendra Singh Thakur (2021) Limited-scale field trial confirmed differences in growth and agarose characteristics in life-cycle stages of industrially important marine red alga Gracilaria dura (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology. 33:1059–1070.
  20. Yashesh R. Shah, Anshul Yadav, Madhava Anil Kumar, Monica Gajanan, Kavale, Kamalesh Prasad, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021) ‘Proof of concept’ of how tube-net diameter affects growth and agar content in industrially important farmed red seaweed Gracilaria dura. Journal of Applied Phycology. 33:2349–2358.
  21. Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021) Accomplishments in edible seaweed domain in India and way forward. Current Science 121(7):1-3.    
  22. Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021) Technological interventions in seaweed farming in India. Seaweed India. 12-15.
  23. Santlal Jaiswar, Pankaj Dawange, Chetan Thanth, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021) Apical, sub apical and basal explants of industrially exploited marine red alga Gracilaria salicornia exhibited differential response to commercial seaweed derived plant bio-stimulants. Journal of Applied Phycology. 33: 3975–3985.
  24. Tejal Gajaraia, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021) Perspectives and attitudes towards the functional and safety aspects of seaweeds for edible applications in India, Foods.10, 3026.
  25. V. Veeragurunathan, Vaibhav A. Mantri, K. Eswaran, J.M. Malarvizhi (2021) Influence of commercial farming of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta) on native seaweeds of Gulf of Mannar, India: Evidence for policy and management recommendation. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 25: 51.
  26. Santlal Jaiswar, Rajendra Thakur, Pankaj Dawange, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021)  Profiling of peak intensity and standard deviation of metabolites in industrially important red seaweed Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta) by 1 H NMR spectra for benchmarking. ACS Food Science and Technology. 2 (1), 92-100.
  27. Monica Kavale, Anshul Yadav, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2021) Initial comparison between monoline and tube net method of farming in red agarophyte Gracilaria dura: Evidence from hydrodynamic CFD simulations, Aquaculture. 536, 736485.
  28. Durga Prasad Behera, Kapilkumar N. Ingle, Doniya Elze Mathew, Asmita Dhimmar, Harshal Sahastrabudhe, Sunil Kumar Sahu, M. Gobala Krishnan, Pramod. B. Shinde, M. Ganesan, Vaibhav. A. Mantri (2022) Epiphytism, diseases and grazing in seaweed aquaculture: A comprehensive review. Reviews in Aquaculture. 14: 1345–1370.
  29. Vaibhav A. Mantri, V. Veeragurunthan, Kanchan Sambhwani, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi (2022) Concise review of industrially important red seaweed Gracilaria dura (C. Agardh) J. Journal of Applied Phycology. 34: 1825–1841.
  30. Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Ajeet Singh, Mitesh Grewal, Mukesh Baraiya, Smit Goswami, Mangal S. Rathore, Santlal Jaiswar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2022) Comparative evaluation of bio-effectors on survival and regeneration in Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology. 34: 3127–3139.
  31. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Anshul Yadav, V. Veeragurunathan, M. Ganesan, K. Eswaran, S. Thiruppathi (2022) How profitability assessment parameters score under large-scale commercial cultivation of different agarophyte seaweeds along south-eastern coast of India. Aquaculture International. 30: 1505–1525.
  32. Kanchan Sambhwani, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Avinash Mishra, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2022) De novo transcriptome analysis of industrially important agarophyte Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta: Gracilariacae) revealed differential expression of genes in gametophyte and sporophyte life-phases. Algal Research. 65: 102712.
  33. Yashesh Shah, Manali Rathod, Monica G. Kavale, Santlal Jaiswar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2022) Socio-demographic profiling and asset indicators of Gracilaria dura farmers from northern west coast of India useful for longitudinal analysis. Aquaculture International. 30: 273–287.
  34. Kanchan Sambhwani, Gangotri Mathukiya, Pankaj S. Dawange, Rosy Alphons Sequeira, Kamalesh Prasad, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2022) Analysis of functional traits in Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta: Gracilariacae) reveals variation in wild and farmed populations. Journal of Applied Phycology. 34: 1017–1031.
  35. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Dineshkumar Ramalingam, Anshul Yadav, Tejal Gajaria (2022) Projections for profitability assessment parameters under short-term, medium-term and long-term evaluation for three farming techniques of Kappaphycus alvarezii along Eastern coast of India. Aquaculture. 551: 737912.
  36. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Arup Ghosh, K. Eswaran, M. Ganesan (2023) Notes on recommendations for enabling policy interventions in the seaweed cultivation and processing domain in India. Sustainability. 14: 10416
  37. Vaibhav A. Mantri, C.S.B. Kambey, E.J. Cottier-Cook, Sara Usandizaga, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Ik Kyo Chung, Tao Liu, Calvyn F. A. Sondak, Zizhong Qi, Phaik Eem Lim, Nguyen Van Nguyen (2023) Overview of global Gracilaria production, the role of biosecurity policies and regulations in the sustainable development of this industry. Reviews in Aquaculture. 15(2): 801‐819.
  38. Keval Joshi, Mukesh Baraiya, Kinjal Moradiya, Pankaj Dawange, Kamalesh Prasad, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Between versus within: Comparative analysis reveals significant differences among survival, regeneration and growth in explants of Gracilaria corticata var. cylindrica treated with two commercial Sargassum-derived extracts. Journal of Applied Phycology.  35: 2351–2369.
  39. Monica G. Kavale, V. Veeragurunathan, Santlal Jasiwar, Jasmine V. Rajai, Mukesh Baraiya, P. Gwen Grace and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Long-distance translocation of planting material of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex PC Silva (Rhodophyta) for commercial farming: assessing metabolic response, viability, and vigor. Aquaculture International. 32: 1629–1645.
  40. Satej Bhushan, V. Veeragurunathan, Bhavik K. Bhagiya, S. Gopala Krishnan, Arup Ghosh and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Biology, farming and applications of economically important red seaweed Gracilaria edulis (S. G. Gmelin) P. C. Silva: A concise review. Journal of Applied Phycology. 35: 983–996.
  41. Satej Bhushan, V. Veeragurunathan, Monica G. Kavale, Santlal Jaiswar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Regulatory ecosystem services through large-scale commercial farming of Kappaphycus alvarezii: Pan-India potential estimates. Journal of Applied Phycology. 35: 1945-1956.
  42. Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Shanmugam Munisamy, Doniya Elze Mathew, Srinu Tothadi, Anshul Yadav and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Potential utility of industrially unwanted constituent under the framework of waste to wealth: Edible salt from commercial marine red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M. Liao. Bioresource Technology Reports. 23: 101529.
  43. Doniya Elze Mathew, Anjana K. Vala, Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Jayashree Niharika, Ravindra Pal Singh, Pramod B. Shinde and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Performance evaluation and yield optimization of L-glutaminase free L-asparaginase from seaweed-associated bacteria. Bioresource Technology Reports. 23: 101534.
  44. Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Need for Geographical Indication (GI) Tag to Indian seaweeds: Case of industrially important red seaweed Gracilaria dura (C. Agardh) J. Agardh. Current Science. 12: 5.
  45. Sachin G. Rathod, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Molecular evidence to support the transfer of Enteromorpha ovata to genus Ulva and evaluate its divergence using multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny. Nordic Journal of Botany. 12: e04103.
  46. Pankaj S. Dawange, Vasco M. N. C. S. Vieira, Jose P. Sardinha, Santlal Jaiswar and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) Resource-limited Gracilaria dura partitions resources between growth and survival: Knowledge base for optimizing production. Journal of Applied Phycology. 35: 2985-2994.
  47. V. Veeragurunathan, Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Satej Bhushan, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Sensitivity-based economic analysis of Gracilaria dura cultivation: Comparison of bamboo raft and tube-net techniques along South-east and West Coast of India. Bioresource Technology Reports. 25: 101736.
  48. Sachin G. Rathod, Satej Bhushan, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2023) Phyto-hormones and pheromones in phycology literature: benchmarking of data-set, developing critical tools of biotechnological implications for commercial-aquaculture industry. Phycology. 4 (1): 1-36.
  49. Payal A. Bodar,   Rajendra Singh Thakur,   Jasmine V. Rajai, Satej Bhushan  and  Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) A metabolomic snapshot through NMR revealed differences in phase transition during the induction of reproduction in Ulva ohnoi (Chlorophyta). Molecular Omics. 20 (2): 81-148.
  50. Payal A. Bodar, Swarna Latha Iyer and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) Division pattern and evaluation of technical performance of bio-volume measurements of divided and un-divided cells in Ulva ohnoi for determining growth. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 40: 531-537.
  51. Vaibhav A. Mantri, Shanmugam Munisamy and Cicilia S.B. Kambey (2024) Biosecurity aspects in commercial Kappaphycus alvarezii farming industry: An India case study. Aquaculture Reports. 35: 101930.
  52. Satej Bhushan, Ashutosh Kaushik, Payal Bodar, Jasmine V. Rajai, Parth Depani, Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Mukesh Baraiya, S. Gopalakrishan, V. Veeragurunathan, Santlal Jaiswar and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) Assessment of regulatory compounds in commercial red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii after long-distance transportation. Aquaculture International. 16: 1-8.   
  53. Vasco M. N. C. S. Vieira, Pankaj Dawange, Santlal Jaiswar, José P. Sardinha, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) Adaptation of functional traits in Gracilaria dura with the local environment: implications for resource management and exploitation. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11:1397379.
  54.  Payal Bodar, Khanjan Trivedi, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) Changes in biochemical composition during the transition from vegetative to reproductive phases in Ulva ohnoi. Algal Research. 82: 103663.
  55.  An economic and profitability assessment between agarophytes and Kappaphycus alvarezii farming in India. Aquaculture International. 32: 7953–7972. 
  56. V. Isaimozhi, Venkatesan Ajithkumar, Bhavika Mehta, R. M. Lavanya, Abantika Majumder, S. Dinesh Kumar, Vaibhav A. Mantri, Ramalingam Dineshkumar (2024) Recycling of spent seawater produced by land-based seaweed cultivation for the production of value-added products from a marine microalga Chlorella sp. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinary. 15, 28573–28584.
  57. Ashutosh Gupta, Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Parth Depani, Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, Ashutosh Kaushik, Payal A. Bodar, Santlal Jaiswar, Digvijay Singh Yadav, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) Effect of Ascophyllum extract on cell division, proximate composition, antioxidant response and internal plant hormone composition in green seaweed Ulva ohnoi (Chlorophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology 36: 3623–3636.   
  58. Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Bhavik K. Bhagiya, Deep Rajyaguru, Anshul Yadav, Santlal Jaiswa, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2024) In vitro experiments and fluid dynamics studies confirmed differences in tube nets affect sediment accumulation and epiphyte attachment. Journal of Applied Phycology. 36: 3549–3559.
  59. Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Twenty years of commercial farming of Kappaphycus alvarezii in India: A look back at learnings and the way forward. Reviews in Aquaculture. 17 (1) e13003. 
  60. Sachin G. Rathod, Anand N. Chaudhari, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) A Global Bibliometric Analysis of Seaweed Biodiversity, Endemic Taxa, and Conservation (1992–2023). Phycology. 5(1): 1.
  61. Doniya Elze Mathew, Aastha Soni, Asmita Dhimmar, Apexa Gajjar, Ashutosh Shankar Parab, Sumit Sudhir Phakatkar, Harshal Sahastrabudhe, Cathrine Sumathi Manohar, Pramod B. Shinde Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Characterization, Bio-Prospection, and Comparative Metagenomics of Bacterial Communities Revealing the Predictive Functionalities in Wild and Cultured Samples of Industrially Important Red Seaweed Gracilaria dura. Current Microbiology. 82: 85.
  62. Sachin G. Rathod, Anjana Vala, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Resilience of Endemic Macroalga Ulva ovata (Ulvaceae, Chlorophyta) to Heavy Metal Contamination in the Gulf of Khambhat, India. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 17: 100614.  
  63. Digvijay Singh Yadav, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) The microplastic menace: a critical review of its impact on marine photoautotrophs and their environment. Environmental Science Pollution Research. 32: 4387–4402.
  64. Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Adusumilli Somya, Aswin Alichen, DigvijaySingh Yadav,Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, Jasmine V. Rajai, Sudheer Kumar Yannam, Abhiram Seth, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Tanmaye Seth, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Potential utilization of seaweed-derived fusion salt in human diet.  Applied Food Research 5(1): 100806. 
  65. Bhavik K. Bhagiya, Digvijay Singh Yadav Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Explant priming with bio-effectors improves regeneration by 6-benzylaminopurine treatment while adventitious lateral shoot development by kinetin in marine red alga Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta). Discover Oceans. 2, 10.
  66. Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Adusumilli Somya, Digvijay Singh Yadav, Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, Aswin Alichen, Jasmine V. Rajai, Sudheer Kumar Yannam, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Comparative analysis of two seaweed-derived salts with edible salts: Anti-oxidant potential, mineral profile, and sensory response. Food and Humanity 4: 100606.
  67. Digvijay Singh Yadav, Arti Bhojani, Jigar A. Sutariya, Ashutosh Kaushik, Bhagirath Rakhasiya, Jasmine V. Rajai, Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, P. Gwen Grace, Mujeer Habsi, Santlal Jaiswar, Harshad R. Brahmbhatt, V. Veeragurunathan, Mangal Singh Rathore, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Effect of Ascophyllum nodosum (Phaeophyta) extract on the productivity, performance, and transport stress response on propagules of the commercially important red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii. Discover Oceans. 2,  26:
  68. Dinesh Kumar R, Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, Vaibhav A. Mantri  (2025) Comprehensive analysis of economic proposition of Pan-India commercial seaweed cultivation. Aquaculture International 33:433.
  69. Sachin G. Rathod, Parth Depani, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Distinct seasonal responses of functional traits depicted in growth stages of endemic UIva (Chlorophyta) from the Gulf of Khambhat, India. Phycologia. 64(4), 269–281.
  70. V. Veeragurunathan, K. Sundaragnanam, P. Gwen Grace, S. GopalaKrishnan, V. Ajithkumar, S. Dinesh Kumar, Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Socio-economic status of commercial seaweed growers of Tamil Nadu, India after COVID-19.  Journal of Applied Phycology 37: 2079–2093.
  71. Jigar A. Sutariya, Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, Antara Pravin Puranik, Mangal S. Rathore, Digvijay Singh Yadav, Santlal Jaiswar, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Influence of in vitro pulse treatments with plant growth regulators and seaweed derived bio-stimulant on the critical growth parameters of Gracilaria dura—a commercial agarophyte. Aquaculture International.  33: 486.
  72. Dinesh Kumar S, Khanjan Trivedi, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) Recent developments in green seaweed Ulva (tomorrow’s wheat of the sea) in India. Current Science. 129(3):207-208.
  73. Parth Depani, Satej Bhushan, Shivang Acharya, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2025) A comprehensive enumeration of seaweed species diversity from Gulf of Kutch Marine National Park, India: suggestions for sustainable management and conservation.  Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43538-025-00452-9.

  1. Ghosh PK, Mantri VA, Pothal JK, Verragurunathan V, Thiruppathi S (2017) Device for seaweed harvesting. United States Patent Publication number US9736984B2; August 22, 2017.
  2. Siddhanta AK, Meena R, Prasad K, Ramavat BK, Ghosh PK, Eswaran K, Thiruppathi S, Mantri VA (2005) A cost effective process for preparing agarose from Gracilaria spp. United States Patent Application  publication number: US2005/0267296/ A1; December 1, 2005.

Books

  1. दुर्गा दत्त ओझा एवं वैभव अ मंत्री (2023) सत्साहित्य प्रकाशन, दिल्ली, 127 pp.
  2. Mangal S. Rathore and Vaibhav A. Mantri (2005) Biotechnological Interventions to Aid Commercial Farming, Springer Nature, Singapore. 

 

Book Chapters

  1. Vaibhav A. Mantri*, Reddy CRK, Jha B (2010) Reproductive processes in red algal genus Gracilaria and impact of climate change. In: Israel A, Einav R, Seckback J (eds); Seaweeds and their role in globally changing environments; Springer Science, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
  2. Baghel RS, Vaibhav A. Mantri, Reddy CRK (2017) A new wave of research interest in marine macroalgae for chemicals and fuels: challenges and potentials. In:  Kerton FM, Yan N (eds) Fuels, chemicals and materials from the oceans and aquatic sources, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
  3. Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2019) Edible seaweed farming with special reference to Nori: Potential applications in food industry. In: Vala A (ed) Current Trends in Marine Biology. Publisher: Cambridge Scholar Press, UK.
  4. Sahu SK, Ingle KN, Vaibhav A. Mantri (2020) Epiphytism in seaweed farming: Causes, status, and implications. In: Gothandam K, Ranjan S, Dasgupta N, Lichtfouse E (eds) Environmental Biotechnology Volume 1. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 44. Springer, Cham.
  5. Sahu SK, Vaibhav A. Mantri, Zheng P, Yao N (2020) Algae Biotechnology: Current status, potential and impediments. In: Kim SK (ed); Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology; John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Hoboken, NJ, USA. 
  6. Sambhwani K, Kazi MA, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2022) Gracilaria: An Emerging Source of Agar Feedstock—With Special Reference to Industrially Important Species. In: Ranga Rao A, Ravishankar GA (eds); Sustainable Global Resources of Seaweeds; Volume 2. Springer, Cham.
  7. Gajaria TK, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2022) Emerging Trends on the Integrated Extraction of Seaweed Proteins: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Ranga Rao A, Ravishankar GA (eds); Sustainable Global Resources of Seaweeds; Volume 2. Springer, Cham.
  8. Kazi MA, Sambhwani K, Mishra A, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2023) Transcriptome analysis: implication in characterization of genes involved in biosynthesis of economically valuable products from seaweeds. In: Lakra WS, Goswami M, Trudeau VL(eds) Frontiers in Aquaculture Biotechnology. 239-248 pp, Academic Press.
  9. Veeragurunathan V, Vaibhav A. Mantri*, Gwen Grace P (2023) Seaweed biotechnology implications to aquaculture. In: Lakra WS, Goswami M, Trudeau VL(eds) Frontiers in Aquaculture Biotechnology. 239-248 pp, Academic Press.In: Lakra WS, Goswami M, Trudeau VL(eds) Frontiers in Aquaculture Biotechnology. 219-231 pp, Academic Press.
  10. Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2024) Application of Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm Modeling for In Vitro Regeneration of Seaweed Seedling Production. In: Loyola-Vargas, V., Ochoa-Alejo, N. (eds) Plant Cell Culture Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology. 99 – 108 pp. vol 2827, Springer Nature, New York, NY.  
  11. Vaibhav A. Mantri*, Dineshkumar Ramalingam, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Vignesh Murugesan (2024) Neural-Network Approach in Seaweed Research: An emerging field for prediction and modelling of critical parameters. In: Nivedita Sahu, and S. Sridhar (eds) Algal Biotechnology, 287 – 294. pp. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom.
  12. Doniya Elze Mathew, Aastha Soni, Pramod B. Shinde, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2024) A Potent Drug L-Asparaginase from Marine Origins: A Comprehensive Review. In: Pallaval Veera Bramhachar, Chanda Vikrant Berde  (eds). Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications, 141–159 pp. Springer Nature, Singapore.  
  13. Digvijay Singh Yadav, Aswin Alichen, Bhavik Kantilal Bhagiya, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2025) Analysis of three-decade change in global seaweed statistics revealed its emergence as a major aquaculture commodity. In: Mangal Singh Rathod and Vaibhav A. Mantri (eds) Biotechnological Interventions to Aid Commercial Seaweed Farming, 3 – 18 pp. Springer Nature, Singapore.  
  14. Digvijay Singh Yadav, Doniya Elze Mathew, Sumit Sudhir Phakatkar, Cathrine Sumathi Manohar, Vaibhav A. Mantri* (2025) Industrially Important Red Seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii Emerging Applications in the Domain Marine Biotechnology. In Anjana K. Vala and  Dushyant R. Dudhagara (eds) Marine Biotechnology: A Gateway to Blue Economy. 120-135 pp, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom.

1. Induction of reproduction in economically important green seaweed Ulva. 2. Ascertaining physiological, biochemical and molecular differences in gametophyte and sporophyte life phases in agar yielding read seaweed Gracilaria dura.

I am engaged in research centred around improving cultivation techniques for economically important seaweeds to achieve year round farming. This essentially required more focused attention on strain improvement, artificial seedling production, protocol to reduce epiphytic infestation, developing viable methods of farming as well as understanding role of environmental determinants. We are also trying to establish environmental implication of seaweed cultivation in tropical waters.