Ongoing schemes:
S. No | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Role | Budget (Rs.) | Funding Agency | Period |
1. | Enrichment of nutritional quality in maize through molecular breeding | Dr. N. Senthil,
Professor |
PI | 88.69 lakhs | DBT | 2015 – 2020 |
2. | Whole genome and transcriptome study of stress-tolerant banana cultivars | Dr.M.Jayakanthan, Assistant Professor | Co-PI | 26.73 | DBT | 2018-2021 |
Completed schemes
S. No | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Role | Budget
(Rs.) |
Funding Agency | Period |
1. | Development of downy mildew resistance maize through marker assisted back cross breeding approach | Dr.N.Senthil, Professor | Co -PI | 11 | UGC | 2011-2013 |
2. | Marker assisted introgression of LcyE gene for enhanced ProA in Maize | Dr.N.Senthil, Professor | PI | 27.20 | DBT | 2011-2014 |
3. | Identification of Beta carotene rich pearl millet (golden millet) lines to enhance the nutritional security | Dr.N.Senthil, Professor | CO-PI | 10 | UGC | 2012-2015 |
4. | DBT-Programme support for Research and Development in Agricultural Biotechnology – Phase II (Out of six projects,PI in one sub project and CO-PI in one sub project) | Dr.N.Senthil, Professor | Co -PI | 200 | DBT | 2012-2017 |
5. | Genome and transcriptome sequencing of aromatic rices from North Eastern region under DBT’s program for the NE | Dr.M.Jayakanthan, Assistant Professor | Co-PI | 25.48 | DBT | 2016-2019 |