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| Research Group 1 |
| Area: Sugarcane Improvement Through Transgenic Approach |
| Project-1 |
Development of early shoot borer and internode borer resistance in sugarcane using Cry 1Aa3 gene. |
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Development of transgenics expressing NDPK2 gene for abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane. |
| Project-3 |
Development of chloroplast transformation system in sugarcane. |
| Project-4 |
Characterization of Fructosyl Transferases (FTFs) for their utilization for development of by products from sugarcane waste. |
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| Group Leader |
Dr. K. Harinath Babu, Senior Scientist |
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Sachin Dhamangaonkar |
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Ms. Pallavi Wadyalkar |
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Ms. Viniti Vaidya |
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| Research Group 2 |
| Area: Genes and Promoter Discovery |
| Project-1 |
Sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma genome analysis. |
| Project-2 |
Isolation of genes expressed differentially in sugarcane during water stress condition. |
| Project-3 |
Isolation of genes expressed differentially in sugarcane during salinity stress. |
| Project-4 |
Characterization of genes from Bacillus spp. isolated from sugarcane endo-rhizosphere for salinity and pH tolerance. |
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| Group Leader |
Dr. Prashant G. Kawar, Scientist |
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Ms. Madhuri Pagariya |
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Ms. Pranali Kulkarni |
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| Research Group 3 |
| Area: DNA Marker Technology and Molecular Breeding |
| Project-1 |
Molecular analysis of cytoplasmic genome diversity. |
| Project-2 |
Induced mutagenesis: Selection for salinity tolerance and characterization of tolerant lines in sugarcane. |
| Project-3 |
Developing molecular markers for sugar related traits and utilization of MAS for identification of high sucrose genetic stalk. |
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| Group Leader |
Dr. R.M. Devarumath, Scientist |
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Sachin Kalowde |
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Balasaheb Sonavane |
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Ms. Gauri Nerkar |
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| Project proposals submitted for funding/ sanction |
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Project proposal entitled ‘Development of chloroplast transformation system in sugarcane’, sanctioned by DBT, GOI, New Delhi (BT/PR 13389/NDB/53/28/2009 Dt. 22.11.2010). Total project amount is Rs. 3.770 million for 3 years. |
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Project proposal entitled ‘Induced Mutagenesis: Selection for Salinity tolerance and molecular characterization of tolerant lines in sugarcane’, sanctioned by DAE-BRNS (BARC), Mumbai (BRNS Letter No.2009/37/51/BRNS/3306, Dt. 04.03.2010). Total project amount is Rs. 1.728 million for 3 years. |
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Submitted the revised project proposal entitled “Sugarcane Improvement: Conventional breeding and Biotechnology approaches”, to Sugar Development Funds, Govt. of India. Rs. 28.5 millions. Dr. D. Theertha Prasad, Principal Investigator, Co-investigators: Dr. K. Harinath Babu, Dr. R. M. Devarumath, Dr. R. S. Hapase and Dr. Prashant Kawar. |
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Submitted proposal entitled ‘Discovering the microRNAs associated with abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane’ submitted to Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)-DST, New Delhi, India. Project cost Rs. 2.611 millions, Dr. Prashant G. Kawar and Dr. R. M. Devarumath |
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Submitted proposal entitled ‘Identification of Genes Determining Sugar Content and Stress Tolerance in the Sugarcane Transcriptome’ submitted to Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)-DST, New Delhi, India. Project cost Rs. 16.142 millions, Dr. R. M. Devarumath and Dr. Prashant G. Kawar. |
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| Scientists and Research Fellows Visits to Abroad for Research |
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Dr. R. M. Devarumath worked for nine months from 28th September 2009 to 22nd June 2010 as visiting fellow on deputation to Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, 2480 NSW, Australia under the guidance of Dr. Robert Henry, Director and Dr. Peter Bundock. The Overseas Associateship for Specialized Training of Young Scientists in Niche Areas of Biotechnology: for a period of nine months (Funded by: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi) |
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Ms. Madhuri C. Pagaria attended the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XVIII Conference held at San Diego, California, USA, and presented the paper entitled ‘Transcriptomic identification of candidate genes involved in sugarcane responses to salt stress based on cDNA - SSH analysis’ during 09-13 January 2010 (P04). |
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Ms. Gauri Nerkar, who was working as Senior Research Fellow in MB & GE has been awarded DAAD fellowship (under Indo-German joint collaborations sandwich program for a period of one and half year starting from July 2010. She is working on the topic, ‘Development of Chloroplast transformation system in sugarcane’ in Dr. Ralph Bock, Director, Molecular Plant Physiology, Max Planck Institute (MPI), Germany laboratory. |
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Dr. Prashant G. Kawar attended the IX Plant Pathology and VI Molecular biology, Cali, Colombia, South America, and presented paper entitled ‘Isolation of expressed DNA fragments from the uncultured sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma associated with sugarcane grassy shoot (SCGS) disease by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR)’ during 23-27 June 2008. |
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Dr. K. Harinath Babu along with Mr.Shivajirao Deshmukh, Director General, VSI attended International Consortium for Sugarcane Biotechnology (ICSB) annual meeting and International conference on ‘Tropical Crop Biotechnology’ at Cairns, Australia during August 13-20, 2006 |
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Dr. K. Harinath Babu visited Key Laboratory of Eco-Physiology & Genetic improvement for sugarcane, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou R.P. China And State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Biotechnology, Institute of Tropical Biotechnology, Haikou. R. P. China for learning the techniques involved in genetic transformation in sugarcane doing in their laboratory during 13 to 24th 2005 |
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Dr. K. Harinath Babu visited CIRAD, Montpellier, France to interact with Dr. Angelica D’Hont about the ICSB project during July 15-16, 2003. |
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Dr. K. Harinath Babu and Dr. Prakash Nijsure trained at Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., RTP, Raleigh, North Carolina State, US during 12th November to 02nd December 2001. |
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