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Name : Dr. R. C. Bhattacharya

Ph. D . : National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi

Post-doctoral experince : Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington State, USA

Designation : Scientist (Sr. Scale)

 

Research Interests:

Plants have a variety of chemical defenses to protect themselves against insect herbivores and pathogens. These include the production of chemicals, from small organics to large proteins and enzymes with deterrent effects on attacking pest and pathogens. Our research is aimed towards understanding plants defense mechanism against pest and pathogens and associated signal transduction pathways. Main objective of our research is to identify and characterize various insecticidal genes and associated promoters to utilize them in developing insect resistance in crop plants.

Selected Publications :

  1. Viswakarma, N., Bhattacharya, R.C ., Chakrabarty, R., Dargan, S., Bhat, S.R., Kirti, P.B., Shastri, N.V. and Chopra, V.L. (2004) Insect resistance of transgenic broccoli (Pusa KTS-1) expressing a synthetic cryIA(b) gene J. Hort. Science and Biotechnology 79 , (2): 182-188

  2. Bhattacharya, R. C ., Maheswari, M. Dineshkumar, V., Kirti, P. B., Bhat, S. R. and Chopra, V. L. (2004) Transformation of Brassica oleracea var. capitata with bacterial betA gene enhances tolerance to salt stress. Scientia Horticulturae 100, 1-4: 215-227.

  3. Mondal, K. K., Chatterjee, S.C., Viswakarma, N., Bhattacharya, R.C . and Grover, A. (2004) Chitinase mediated inhibitory activity of Brassica transgenic on growth of Alternaria brassicae Current Microbiology 47, 3: 171-173.

  4. Mondal, K. K., Bhattacharya, R.C . and Koudal, K. R. (2004) Biotechnological Approaches in Detection, Characterization and Management of Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants The Botanica 54 , 41-60.

  5. Bhattacharya, R. C ., Viswakarma, N., Bhat, S. R., Kirti, P. B. and Chopra, V. L. (2002) Development of insect resistant transgenic cabbage plants expressing a synthetic cryIA(b) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis Current Science 83 , 2: 146-150.

  6. Bhattacharya, R. C. , Bhatt, S. R. and Chopra, V. L. (1999) Biotechnology for increasing efficiency of plant breeding In: Applied Biotechnology. (Ed. Chopra, V.L., Malik, V.S. and Bhat, S. R.) Science Publishers Inc. USA. pp. 237-267.

E-mail: bhattacharyarc@rediffmail.com 

 
 
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