| S.No. | Projects | Departments of CPMB&B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Biotechnology | Plant Mol.Bio.& Bioinformatics | Biochemistry | ||
| 1. | University Research Projects/ Core projects | |||
| Ongoing projects | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Completed projects | 7 | 3 | 16 | |
| 2. | Externally Funded Projects | |||
| Ongoing projects | 16 | 4 | – | |
| Completed Projects | 63 | 9 | 1 | |
RESEARCH
Molecular Breeding for Improving Agronomic Traits in Major Crops:
- Developing resilient rice varieties (stress tolerance, resource use efficiency) through genomics
- Marker assisted breeding for abiotic stress (drought, submergence and salinity)
- Pyramiding genes for biotic (Bacterial blight, gall midge and blast) or multiple disease resistance (Xa5, Xa13 and Xa21) and phospohorus stress tolerance
- Molecular breeding for enhancing disease resistance in soy bean
- Molecular breeding for developing shoot fly resistant sorghum cultivars
- Developing rice lines enriched with protein and therapeutic clues to achieve nutritional security among rural people
- Molecular breeding for developing short slender grain rice with aroma
- Exploiting barn yard millet for biofortification – Towards identifying genes controlling Fe and Zn uptake and transport
- Understanding molecular basis of MYMV resistance through transcriptome sequencing in mung bean and rice bean
- Genetic engineering of False smut and BPH resistance in rice
- Identification and isolation of novel insecticidal genes from indigenous BT strains
- Engineering resistance against pests and diseases in rice, tomato and cotton
Tissue Culture and Bioprospecting
- Development of doubled haploid lines in tomato and cocoa
- Standardization of micropropagation protocol for Coconut
- Cell culture studies inAnona muricata for production of pharmaceutical products / insecticidal properties
- Identification and modification of novel bioactive compounds inAgle marmelos effective against cancer cells
- Bioprospecting for anticancer, antidiabetic, antimicrobials, insecticidal principles and other pharmacologically active compounds from biological sources.
- Isolation, purification and large scale production of commercially important enzymes from natural sources.
Molecular Ecology
- Diversity analysis in stored product pests of major crops
- Molecular analysis of phosphine resistance in storage pests
- DNA barcoding of plants and their pollinators
- Molecular analysis of insect-plant interactions
Genome editing and Synthetic biology
- Genome editing for enhancing disease resistance and nutritional properties in rice
- Synthetic biology for antimicrobial, insecticidal and pharmacological compounds