Seminar/ Symposium/ Webinar attended by the Faculties:
- International: 24
- National Level: 22
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Funded Projects handled by Faculties as PI/ Co-PI
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“In-depth investigation on biotic/abiotic elicitors mediated induced systemic resistance in rice- Rhizoctonia system under different agro-ecological region of West Bengal” funded by DBT, Govt. of India. (San. No. 102/IFD/SAN/PR-317/2009-2010 dated 2.06.2009) “
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Applied mutagenesis to develop mutants possessing spine-less and YVMV resistant characters in Okra” funded by Department of Atomic Energy, Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Govt. of India for three years w.e.f. 2018-19 (Sanctioned vie no. 35/14/28/2018-BRNS/10419 dated 01.06.2018)
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Induced Mutation for resistance to spot blotch of wheat caused by Bipolaris soriokiniana” funded by Department of Atomic Energy, Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Govt. of India for three years w.e.f. 2020-21 (Sanctioned vide no. 55/14/13/2020-BRNS/10437 dated 24.01.2021
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Nuclear-intervened molecular breeding and in vitro culture for increasing yield and phytomedicine production in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia). 2015-2019 (Funding authority-BARC)
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Genetic improvement of lentil for rice fallow ecology: converging nutrient use efficiency and stemphylum blight resistance. 2018-2020 (Funding authority-ICARDA)
- Evaluation of some newly evolved Maize and Mustard Hybrids in new alluvial zone of West Bengal. 2020-2021 (Funding authority-J.K. Seeds)
Selected significant Publications by the Faculties
Books
- Dasgupta, D., Mallick, A. K., Das, P. K., Goswami, R., Dutta, A. and Ali, N. (Eds.) (2012). Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issue, Strategies and Policy Options. Udaipur: Agrobios.
- Lucina Yeasmin and Md. Nasim Ali. (2014). Evaluation of Salt Tolerance in Paddy. LAMBERT Academic Publishing (Germany).
- Sharangi, A. B.; Ali, Md. N., and Sinharay, S. (2022). Botany and Breeding of spice crops. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi (ISBN: 978-9-39059-1015)
Book Chapters
- Roychowdhury B,. Ghosh S, Mandal N and Dasgupta T (2007) Genetic diversity in some wild and cultivated germplasm in Vigna by RAPD marker. In: Recent Trends in Horticultural Biotechnology, Vol. 2 (eds. R. Keshavachandran, P. A. Nazeem, D. Girija, P.S. John and K. V. Peter). New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p. 515
- Nandy S, Mandal N, Bhowmik PK, Khan MA and Basu SK (2010) Sustainable management of rice blast [Magnaporthe grisea (Hebert) Barr] 50 years of research progress in molecular biology. In:Arya A and Perello AE (eds) Management of fungal plant pathogens: Current trends and progress. CAB International, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, Chapter 8, p. 92
- Talem RS, Wani SH, Sing NB, Nandini R, Sadhukhan R and Mandal N (2016) Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. In: Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies, Vol. 2 (eds. JM Al-Khayri, M. Jain, DV Johnson). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, p. 327-344.
- Misra P, Shukla PK, Pramanik K, Gautam S and Kole C (2016) Nanotechnology for crop improvement. In: Plant Nanotechnology Principles and Practices, (eds. Kole C, Sakthi Kumar D, Khodakovskaya MV). Springer Nature, p. 219-256. ISBN 978-3-319-42152-0
- Md. Nasim Ali, S. Bhattacharyya and H. K. Sarkar. (2012). Nutritional diversity of some blackgram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] genotypes of Indian origin. In: Role of Biotechnology in Food Security and Climate Change. Islam et. al(Eds). Proc. Sixth Intl. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. Conf., December 3-5, 2010, Bangladesh Assoc. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. Dhaka, Bangladesh. pp. 79-86.
- Ali, N., Chakraborty, S.,Saha, P., Lodh, N. (2013). Improvement of vermicompost: Influence of feeding materials and inoculation of nitrogen fixing and phosphate solubilising bacteria. In: S., Abdulhameed, & A. Augustine (Eds.). Prospects in Bioscience: Addressing the issues. Springer Verlag, Berlin: 221-228
- Ali, Md. N., Yeasmin, L., Singh, V. and Ghosh, B. (2018) Morpho-biochemical and molecular markers for screening and assessing plant response to salinity. In: Engineering practices for management of soil salinity: agricultural, physiological, and adaptive approaches (eds. Gupta et. al.) Taylor & Francis. p. 257-283. ISBN: 13: 978-1-351-17108-3(eBOOK)/ ISBN: 13: 978-1-77188-676-5 (Print).
- Ali, Md.N. and Ray, S.S. (2018) Plant Tissue Culture as Potential Option in Developing Climate Resilient Spices. In: Indian Spices (eds. Sharangi A) Springer. p. 405-419. ISBN978-3-319-75016-3 (Online)/ ISBN978-3-319-75015-6 (Print)
- Banerjee,J., Das, A., Pramanik, K. (2019) Importance of folk rice genotypes in sustainable agriculture. In: Folk Rice Diversity of Eastern India Hope for the Future Food Security (eds. Sinha, A. K.) IP Innovative Publication Pvt. Ltd. p. 155-66. ISBN 978-93-88022-12-5.
- Lucina Yeasmin and Md. Nasim Ali (2021) Molecular Markers in Bamboo Genotyping: Prospects for conservation and breeding. In: Z. Ahmed et. Al.,(eds) Biotechnological advances in Bamboo. Springer, Cham,pp 379-399. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1310-4_16 (Online ISBN978-981-16-1310-4. Print ISBN978-981-16-1309-8)
- Ali M.N., Ray S.S. (2022). Synthetic seeds vis-à-vis cryopreservation: An efficient technique for long term storage of endangered medicinal plants. In: Sharangi A. and Peter, K. V. (eds) Medicinal Plants: Bioprospecting and Pharmacognosy. Apple Academic Press, USA, pp337-360. (Online ISBN: 978-1-00327-740-8)
- Biotechnological interventions in upscaling of plant secondary metabolites. In: Futuristic trends in Biotechnology. IIP Procedings, Vo. 2, Chapter 15, (2023).
- Indirect regeneration of indica rice from mature seeds: The current scenario. In: Futuristic trends in Biotechnology. IIP Procedings, Vo. 2, Chapter 16 (2023).
Journal Publication (Selected twenty)
- Sutradhar et al. (2024). The overexpression of OsMed 37_6, a mediator complex subunit enhances salt stress tolerance in rice. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 58:103212. doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2024.103212 (NAAS: 10.00).
- Sutradhar et al. (2024). The introduction of pre culture, washing and pre selection stages enhances rice transformation efciency by reducing Agrobacterium overgrowth. Cereal Research Communications, doi.org/10.1007/s42976-024-00529-z (NAAS 7.60)
- Das et al. (2024). Multivariate analysis from maturase K (matK) gene-based markers and morphological indices in Indian cashew. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization 1–10. doi.org/10.1017/S1479262123000874 (NAAS-7.10)
- Mukherjee et al. (2023). Revisiting the oldest manure of India, Kunapajala: Assessment of its animal waste recycling potential as a source of plant biostimulant. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 6:1073010. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1073010. (NAAS 10.7)
- Chatterjee et al. (2023). Physico-biochemical traits and differential expression of genes linked with terminal heat tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Cereal Research Communications, doi.org/10.1007/s42976-023-00396-0. (NAAS 7.60)
- Sarkar et al. (2023). Molecular characterization of vermicompost-derived IAA-releasing bacterial isolates and assessment of their impact on the root improvement of banana during primary hardening. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39:351(doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03809-8). (NAAS 9.10)
- Mukherjee et al. (2022). Microbiological properties of Beejamrit, an ancient Indian traditional knowledge, uncover a dynamic plant beneficial microbial network. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 38(7):111. (doi: 10.1007/s11274-022-03296-3). (NAAS 9.10)
- Salma et al. (2019). Somatic embryogenesis-mediated plant regeneration of Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. and its conservation through synthetic seed technology Acta Physiologiae Plantarum,41:103 DOI 10.1007/s11738-019-2898-6. (NAAS: 7.44)
- Salma et al. (2018). Augmentation of wedelolactone through in vitro tetraploid induction in Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, (2018) 133:289–298. DOI 10.1007/s11240-018-1381-1. (NAAS:8.00)
- Kundu et al. (2018). Conservation, ex vitro direct regeneration, and genetic uniformity assessment of alginate encapsulated nodal cuttings of Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 40:53 doi.org/10.1007/s11738-018-2633-8 (NAAS: 7.36)
- Kundu et al. (2018). “Development of transgenic hairy roots and augmentation of secondary metabolites by precursor feeding in Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski”, Industrial Crops and Products, 121: 206-215 (NAAS 11.90).
- Salma et al. (2018). Elicitor mediated enhancement of wedelolactone in cell suspension culture of Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, DOI 10.1007/s11240-018-1431-8. (NAAS: 8.00).
- Kundu et al. (2018). In vitro tetraploidization for the augmentation of wedelolactone in Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 40: 215. doi.org/10.1007/s11738-018-2786-5. (NAAS: 7.36).
- Ray et al. (2017). Elimination and molecular identification of endophytic bacterial contaminants during in vitro propagation of Bambusa balcooa, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, (2017). 33: 31, Doi 10.1007/s11274-016-2196-z. ( NAAS: 8.10)
- Gantait et al. (2017). Impact of differential levels of sodium alginate, calcium chloride and basal media on germination frequency of genetically true artificial seeds of Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz., Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 4:75-81. (doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmap.2017.01.005, (NAAS: 9.95)
- Paul et al. (2017). Diversity of Bacterial Communities Inhabiting Soil and Groundwater of Arsenic Contaminated Areas in West Bengal, India, Journal of Microbiology, (2017), 86 (2): 264-275. doi.org/10.1134/S0026261717020151) ( NAAS: 6.86)
- Kundu et al. (2017). Factors influencing large-scale micropropagation of Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski and clonality assessment using RAPD and ISSR markers. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.—Plant, 53 (3): 167-177. DOI 10.1007/s11627-017-9824-7. (NAAS: 7.06)
- Ray et al. (2017). Factors affecting macropropagation of bamboo with special reference to culm cuttings: a review update, New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science (2017), 47: 17 DOI 10.1186/s40490-017-0097-z. ( NAAS: 6.92)
- Satya et al. (2016). Cofamiliar transferability of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from cotton (Gossypium hirsutam L.) and Jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) to twenty two malvaceous species. 3Biotech, 6: 65. doi:10.1007/s13205-016-0392-z. (NASS: 7.50)
- Ray et al. (2016). Biotic Contamination and Possible Ways of Sterilization: A Review with Reference to Bamboo Micropropagation, Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 59: e160485. doi.org/10.190/1678-4324-2016160485.(NAAS: 6.68 )