Details of Collaborative Programs
National organizations:
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi and Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad on Golden Rice program.
- IARI, IIRR, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya on rice bio-fortification program.
- Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat on rice molecular breeding
- Madurai Kamaraj University on MYMV resistance in mungbean
- University of Delhi (South Campus) and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi on smut and BPH resistance in rice
- University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Calicut University, Andhra University, Vishakapatinam, Vidyapratishtan’s School of Biotechnology, Baramati, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Haryana Agrl. University, Hisar, KVK, Surat and GB PANT Agrl. University and Technology, Pantnagar, on molecular characterization of honey bee.
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, and Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Thanjavur on ensuring food security from storage insect threats with special reference to storage insect pest resistance to phosphine.
- Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi for promoting IPM.
(c) Non-Governmental Organizations:
- MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai on rice biofortification
- Sir Ratan Tata trust, Mumbai on participatory breeding for drought tolerance in rice
(d) International organizations:
- International Rice Research Institute, Philippines on Golden rice, heat and drought tolerance in rice etc.,
- Queensland University of Technology, Australia on Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) resistance and drought tolerance in rice
- University of Queensland and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia on ensuring food security from storage insect threats with special reference to storage insect pest resistance to phosphine
- Virgina Tech, Pennsylvania State University, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh and iDE-Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal on Integrated pest management
- University of California Davis, California, USA on Bioavailability of major nutrients in rice
- Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA on drought tolerance in rice
- The University of Tokyo, Japan on drought tolerance in rice
- Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada on
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on rice functional genomics
(e) Other Institutions/Industries
- Kraft Foods, UK on Cocoa anther culture
- M/s Rasi Seeds, Salem on virus resistance
- M/s Bioseeds on insect resistant crops
- M/s JK Agrigenetics
- M/s. Genome Life Sciences on Genome Sequencing and Bioinformatics
- SRM University, Chennai on Genome Sequencing
- Sci Genome on genome sequencing
- Genome Life Sciences on bioinformatics and tools development
Patents obtained:
- Balasaraswathi, R. A cDNA (BAPc DNA L1) from Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd leaves encoding a protein with anti-viral and ribosome inactivating activity and a method for obtaining the same. (Indian Patent Number 248606, Date of grant: 28.7.2011)
- Udayasuriyan,V., Indra Arulselvi, P., Balasubramani, V., Sangeetha, P., Sudha, D. R., & Balasubramanian, P. Construction of new chimeric cry2AX1 gene of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding protein with enhanced insecticidal activity (Indian Patent number 244427, Date of Grant: 10.12.2010).
- Udayasuriyan, V., Ramalakshmi, A., Kannan, V., & Balasubramanian, P. Novel gene of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding insecticidal protein Cry2Ai (Native cry2Ai) (Indian Patent Number: 291085, Date of Grant: 27.12.2017).
Technology Transfer:
- JK AgriGenetics obtained cry2AX1 gene under a license for transgenic rice development.
- Transfer of IP rights to M/s Bioseed for cry2ai based product development