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Name : Dr. S. R. Bhat

Ph. D. : University of Birmingham, U. K.

Post-doctoral Experience : McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Designation : Principal Scientist

 

Research Interests:

Development and molecular/genetic characterization of cytoplasmic male sterility systems in Brassica , Molecular tagging of fertility restorer genes of CMS lines, Development of transgenic Brassica, Wide hybridization and gene introgression, Cloning and characterization of plant promoters

Selected Publications:

  1. Prasad, A. M., Sivanandan, C., Resminath, R., Thakare, D. R., Bhat, S. R. and Srinivasan, R. (2005). Cloning and characterization of a pentatricopeptide protein encoding gene (LOJ) that is specifically expressed in lateral organ junctions in Arabidopsis thaliana . Gene 353: 67-79.

  2. Bhat, S. R. Prakash, S., Kirti, P. B., Kumar, V. D. and Chopra, V. L. (2005). A unique introgression from Moricandia arvensis confers male fertility upon two different cytoplasmic male-sterile lines of Brassica juncea . Plant Breeding 124: 117.

  3. Ashutosh, Dwivedi, K.K., Kumar, V. D., Prakash, S. and Bhat, S. R. (2005). rep-PCR helps to distinguish different alloplasmic cytoplasmic male sterile lines of Brassica juncea . Plant Science 168: 1083-1087.

  4. Chandra-Shekara, A. C., Prasanna, B. M., Bhat, S. R. and Singh, B. B. (2005). Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms revealed by RAPD assays distinguish the male-sterile and male-fertile cytoplasms in pearl millet. J. Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 14: 21-26.

  5. Resminath, R., Prasad, A. M., Thakare, D. R., Sivanandan, C., Bhat, S. R. and Srinivasan. (2005). Promoter trapping in Arabidopsis using T-DNA insertional mutagenesis. J. Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 14: 1-8.

  6. Negi, M. S., Sabharwal, V., Bhat, S. R. and Lakshmikumaran, M. (2004). Utility of AFLP markers for the assessment of genetic diversity within Brassica nigra germplasm. Plant Breeding 123: 13-16.

  7. Bhattacharya, R. C., Maheshwari, M., Dineshkumar, V., Kirti, P. B., Bhat, S. R. and Chopra, V. L. (2004). Transformation of Brassica oleracea var. capitata with bacterial betA gene enhances tolerance to salt stress. Scientia Horticulturae 100: 215-227.

  8. Viswakarma, N., Bhattacharya, R. C., Chakrabarty, R., Dargan, S., Bhat, S. R., Kirti, P. B., Shastri, N. V. and Chopra, V. L. (2004). Insect resistance of transgenic broccoli (‘Pusa Broccoli KTS-1') expressing a synthetic cryIA(b) gene. J. Hort Sci. Biotechnol. 79: 182-188.

  9. Bhat S. R., Pathania, A., Gaikwad, K., Kumar, V. D., Prakash, S., Kirti, P. B. and Chopra, V. L. (2003). Molecular analysis of cytoplasmic male sterility systems of Brassica juncea . Proc. 11 th Int. Rapeseed Congress, 6-10, July 2003, Denmark pp 504-506.

  10. Pathania A., Bhat S. R., Dinesh Kumar, V., Ashutosh, Kirti P. B. Prakash, S. and Chopra, V. L. (2003). Cytoplasmic male sterility in alloplasmic Brassica juncea carrying Diplotaxis catholica cytoplasm: molecular characterization and genetics of fertility restoration. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107: 455-161 .

Email: srbhatt22@rediffmail.com

 
 
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