SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS ARE LISTED HERE      (Please visit the group home pages to have details about the current areas of research and achievements)

 Insect Resistant Transgenic  indica rice

Transgenic indica rice resistant to sap-sucking pests developed(Click Here for Details)

Semilooper resistant Transgenic Castor (Ricinus communis L.)

Transgenic Castor resistant to semi-looper has been developed(Click Here for Details)

Rice Genome Analysis and Annotation

378 genes coding for spliceosome associated RNA and proteins have been annotated from the draft indica rice genome(Click here for details)

 

Broad spectrum chitinase gene for developing fungal resistance isolated

The Bacillus species producing the broad spectrum chitinase enzyme inhibiting Curvularia lunata. This protein has been purified and the gene coding for it has been cloned. (Click here for details)

Salt Tolerance Associated Gene Cloned

Porteresia coarctata Serine-proline rich cell wall protein gene induced by salt has been cloned(Click Here for Details)

In-vitro propagation  protocol of medicinal Tree developed

In vitro propagation protocol for the medicinal tree Terminalia chebula Retz has been developed (Click here for Details)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooty teretomas of Hyscyamus muticus L.

Transgenic hairy roots of Withania sominifera

Exploitation of shooty teretomas and transgenic hairy roots for production of secondary metabolites and micropropagation in vitro (Click here for details)

Hairy root system developed for many medicinal plants

Transgenic hairy roots developed for several medicinal plants