Ph.D.  Students

 

1. Dwarkesh Parihar, 1993.  Genetic transformation studies in Brassica. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

2. Akella Mahalakshmi, 1994.  Molecular aspects of somatic embryogenesis and genetic transformation studies in wheat (Trititcum aestivum L.).  Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

3. Rita Gandhi, 1997.  Developing transgene technology for Orzya sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana, and isolation of a T_DNA tagged polyrosetta mutant of A. thaliana. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

4. Debasis Patnaik, 2000.  Studies on regeneration and genetic transformation of Triticum aestivum and Triticum durum by Agrobacterium co-cultivation and particle bombardment.  Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

5. Archana Chugh, 2001.  Studies on somatic embryogenesis and novel trasnsformation strategies for genetic manipulation of wheat. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

6. Somika Bhatnagar, 2002.  Regeneration and transformation studies in Indian mulberry, Morus indica.  Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

7. Dalia Vishnudasan, 2004.  Molecular approaches towards overcoming biotic and abiotic stress responses in Indian wheat.  Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

8. V. Ravi, 2006.  Sequencing and analysis of 15 BAC/PAC clones from chromosome 11 of rice and structural organization of the mulberry chloroplast genome. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

9. Shalini Lal, 2007.  Screening, EST profiling and generation of transgenic mulberry for abiotic stress tolerance. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India

10. Bhumica Singla, 2007.  Molecular analysis of somatic embryogenesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

11. Harsh Chauhan, 2009.  Development of doubled haploid technology for transgenics and molecular characterization of heat tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

12. Neetu Chaudhary, 2009. Analysis of carotenoid and tocochromanol biosynthsis genes in cereals for qualitative enhancement. Univ. of Delhi., New Delhi, India.

13. Manaswani Das, 2010.  Screening and genetic manipulation of mulberry for abiotic stress tolerance.  Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

14. Vibha Gulyani nee Checker, 2011.  Development of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for comparative transcriptomics and generation of transgenics for abiotic stress tolerance in mulberry (Morus indica L.). Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

15. Neetika Khurana, 2012. Functional characterization and comparative analysis of heat stress associated genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

16. Brinderjit Singh, 2014. Functional characterization of genes encoding vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein (TaVAP) and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3g (TaIF3g) in Triticum aestivum. Guru Nanak Dev. University, Amritsar, India.

17. Akanksha Singh, 2014. Functional characterization of the wheat SERK gene family and analysis of TaBRI1 and B2 protein-coding genes associated with embryogenesis.  Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India

18. Suboot Hairat, 2015.  Evaluation of members of Triticeae family for thermotolerance, and transcriptome analysis and functional characterization of Lipid Transfer Proteins in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).  Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

19. Bushra Saeed, 2015. Comparative transcriptomics for marker development and characterization of novel stress-responsive genes in mulberry. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

20. Preeti Agarwal 2017. Functional characterization of some heat stress associated transcription factors (TaHSF, TabZIP, TaZnF and TaMADS) from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

 

M.Phil Students

 

• ​Somika Bhatnagar, 1998.  In vitro differentiation studies in Morus spp. Univ. of Delhi., New Delhi, India.

• Jigyasa Khurana, 1999.  Part I. Regeneration and genetic transformation studies in emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum Schuble), Part II. Towards genetic transformation of Albizzia lebbeck L: an assessment of factors responsible for gene transfer via Agrobacterium and particle bombardment. Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

• S. Ravi Kumar, 2000.  Cloning of Phytoene synthase gene and a retrotransposon-like sequence from wheat (Triticum aestivum). Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

• Meenakshi Teotorya, 2010.  Analysis and characterization of secondary metabolites and salt tolerant genes of mulberry.  Univ. Delhi, New Delhi, India.

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M.Sc. dissertations

 

1.  Kavita Baweja, 1990.  Studies on cell differentiation in Triticum aestivum and Albizzia lebbeck. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of M.Sc. to Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

2. Deepa Jethwaney, 1990.  Studies on cell differentiation and protoplast culture in Oryza sativa and Vigna sp.  Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of M.Sc. to Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India

3. Sanjit Aradhye, 1992.  Part I. Brief review on plant transformation – present status and future prospects, Part II. Studies on tissue culture and genetic transformation in Brassica carinata. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of M.Sc. to Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

4. Ritu Singhal.  1993. Part I.  Assessment of tools and techniques in plant genome modification, Part II. Studies on tissue culture and genetic transformation in Brassica napus.

5. Deepika Minhas.  1994.  Part I. Review work – Molecular chaperones, Part II. Experimental work, A. Effect of NaCl, tryptophan and proline on 2,4-D induced somatic embryogenesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. HD2329) leaf bases, B. Embryo culture - in vitro development of immature zygotic embryos from Triticum aestivum cv. HD2329, using a bi-layered medium.

6. Panchali Bandhopadhyay, 1994.  Part I. Developing somatic embryos, Part II. Experimental work, A. Effects of phytohormones and physiological stress on direct somatic embryogenesis in wheat (Triticum  aestivum cv. HD2329), and B. Immature zygotic embryo culture of wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. HD2329) employing a double layered medium.

7. Vinita Rastogi, 1995.  Part I. Metabolic engineering, Part II. Effect of cadmium and ethylene on 2,4-D induced somatic embryogenesis and gene expression in wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. HD2329).

8. Anandita Singh, 1996.  Section I. Heavy metal toxicity and molecular basis of cadmium tolerance mechanisms in plants, Section II. Effects of cadmium in vivo and in vitro on the physiology of Triticum aestivum var. HD2329. 

9. Kalpana Yadav, 1997.  Part I. Molecular biology of cell cycle regulation, Part II. A. To study the expression of cyclin genes during the induction of somatic embryogenesis, B. Influence of hormones, heavy metals and metal chelators on cell division.

10. Alfica Sehgal, 1997.  Part I. Transgene interactions in transgenics, part II. A. To investigate foreign gene expression after direct gene delivery methods, B. To study the segregation pattern of transgenes in Arabidopsis thaliana transgenics. 

11. S. Ravi Kumar, 1999.  Part I. Carotenoids, part II. Estimation of total carotenoids in plants of dietary significance and developing a strategy for enhancing carotenoid biosynthesis in wheat. 

12. Minal K. Jani, 2000.  Part I. Plasmodesmata: molecular architecture and function, Part II. A. Biochemical isolation and molecular characterization of plasmodesmata, B. An attempt towards optimization of conditions for genetic transformation of Albizzia lebbeck L.

13. Ragini Rai, 2001.  Part I- Review, Designing plants for novel compound production, Part-II Experimental work, Cloning and characterization of a genomic clone of phytoene desaturase cDNA from maize. 

14. Shashi Diwaker, 2001.  Part I. Molecular basis of cell differentiation in plants.  Part II. Comparative studies of somatic and zygotic embryogenesis.

15. Geetanjali Saini, 2003.  Part I- Review, Bioengineering of iron and vitamin A in higher plants, Part-II Experimental work, Cloning of phytoene synthase and phytoene desaturase cDNA from wheat. 

16. A. Aparna, 2004.  Part I- Comparative plant genomics: a new dimension to sequencing efforts, Part-II Experimental work, Genetically engineering crops for enhanced nutrition –A comparative genomics approach. 

17. Vanshika Lumb, 2005.  Characterization of genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis in wheat.

18. Priyanka Breja, 2006.  Molecular expression and analysis of brassinosteriod induced genes in wheat.

19. Neetika Khurana, 2007.  Expression analysis of heat stress response in wheat.

20. Indu Tokas, 2009.  Identification and cloning of MiHal 3 gene from Morus indica towards conferring salt tolerance.

21. Upasana Thapar, 2010. Cloning and characterization of a heat stress responsive gene, STI, in wheat.

22. Ruchi Jhonsa, 2011. Investigating the role of Brassinosteriods in heat stress tolerance in wheat.

23. Pratima Saini, 2012. Cloning and characterization of transcription factors from mulberry.

24. Hitika Gulabani, 2013. Cloning and characterization of stress related genes in mulberry, Morus indica cv. K2.

25. Anchal Choudhary, 2013. Cloning and characterization of a stress inducible gene in Trticum aestivum.

26. Purnima Singh, 2013. Cloning and characterization of NHX1 from Indian mulberry for abiotic stress tolerance. (TERI University, New Delhi).

27. Sohini Deb, 2014. Molecular and functional characterization of a stress inducible gene (Sti1) from wheat (Triticum aestivum).

28. Deepika Paliwal, 2015.  Isolation of upstream regulatory regions of stress responsive genes in mulberry, Morus indica cv. K2 and characterization of MiERD4 overexpression Arabidopsis transgenics.

29. Vinod Kumar, 2016. Analysis of stress responsive HD-ZIPs in wheat (Triticum aestivum).

30. Diksha Gehlot, 2017. Functional characterization of a bZIP transcription factor from wheat (Triticum aestivum).

31. Santhy MS, 2017. In vitro Differentiation studies and genetic transformation n Indian mulberry, Morusindica Mahatma Gandhi University, Tiruvalla).Dtudies. (Mar Athanasios College for Advanced )