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National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology

Head of Division : Dr. R. P. Sharma

 Main activities of the Division in brief :
This Centre has been active in areas related to human resource development.  Having been declared as a Centre of Excellence by the ICAR, the Centre imparts training to agricultural scientists from the National Agricultural Research System, on recent technoques in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.  The Centre has acquired excellent infrastructure in terms of equipment and phsical facilities as well as trained manpower and is, therefore, undertaking and executing research project in the area of genetic engineering for managing the biotic and abiotic stresses, improvement of protein and oil quality, post harvest biotechnology and construction of molecular maps and molecular tagging of traits of economic importance.


Projects in progress along with name of the Project Leaders :

  • Post Doctoral Teaching Program : Dr. R. P. Sharma

  • National Professor (B. P. Pal Chair) : Prof. V. L. Chopra


  • DNA Fingerprinting for characterization and utilization of indigenous germplasm : Dr. R. P. Sharma


  • Transfer of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility from different sources to vegetables Brassicas through protoplast fusion and incorporation of syntheticd - endotoxin gene cry 1Ab from Bt into combiner line for insect resistant hybrid production : Prof. V. L. Chopra


  • Genetic Engineering of Brinjal and Cauliflower for insect resistance : Dr. P. A. Kumar


  • Genetic transformation of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) for pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) resistance :  Dr. P. A. Kumar


  • Development of transgenic Brassicas resistant to fungal pathogen : Dr. Anita Grover


  • Induction of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility through Mutagenesis and characterization of induced CMS in Brassica juncea and B. oleracea : Dr. V. L. Chopra


  • Evolving transgenic Sorghum with suitable Bt gene constructs, Resistant to Stem Borer : Dr. P. A. Kumar


  • Genetic Engineering of oilseed and vegetable crop Brassica : Dr. V. L. Chopra


  • Bt-transgenic pigeonpea, rice and cotton for insect resistant : Dr. P. A. Kumar


  • Isolation and characterization of storage protein gene promoters for genetic and engineering of Chickpea : Dr. K. R. Koundal


  • Biotechnological approaches for improving the effictivity and efficiency of biological nitrogen fixation by Cicer rhizobium : Dr. L. R. Kashyap


  • Cell genetic manipulation in Rice : Dr. S. K. Raina


  • Genetic engineering for slow ripening in fruits : Dr. K. C. Bansal


  • Molecular mapping and character tagging in Brassica and Rice : Dr. R. P. Sharma


  • Use of protease inhibitor and lectin genes in relation to insect resistance : Dr. k. R. Koundal


  • Human Resource Development in plant genetic engineering and molecular breeding : Dr. R. P. Sharma


    List of Post Graduate courses offered
    Molecular Prokaryotic Genetics, Molecular Eukaryotic Genetics, Molecular Genetics of Plasmid and Bacteriophage, Plant Cell Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Techniques in Molecular Biology, Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, Gene Regulation, Enzymology, Genetic Engineering - Principles and Methods, Introduction to Industrial Biotechnology, Plant Genetic Engineering, Principles of Immunology, Biotechnology and Society, Biomolecular Prospecting, Seminar, Molecular Biology of Plant Viruses, Protein Engineering