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  2. Usha Rani T.R.

Usha Rani T.R.

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Designation: 
Senior Scientist
Division/Section: 
Division of Basic Sciences
Specialisation: 
Agriculture Biotechnology
Qualification: 
Ph.D
Research Accomplishments: 

(During the Period of 2019-2023)

  1. Developed transgenic banana cv Rasthali and Grand naine with anti apoptosis gene constructs to impart fusarium wilt resistance.
  2. Arka Elakkibale suspension culture for mass multiplication of banana cv Elakkibale was commercialized to four tissue culture companies in Karnataka.
  3. Developed putative tomato cv Arka vikas using novel gene editing technology for jointless pedicel.
  4. Developed mutants of purple guava for Fusarium wilt resistance
  5. Large scale demonstration of elakki bananan plants derived from embryogenic cell suspension was taken up.

 

Varieties / Technologies Developed: 

 

Arka Elakkibale suspension culture: The technology developed facilitates large scale multiplication of elakki bale planting material from embryogenic cell suspension (ECS) (@~1lakh plants per ideal embryogenic calli). The ECS is initiated from immature male floral meristems of banana cv elakki bale collected from a healthy mother plant.

Publications: 

(Best 10/High Impact) 

  1. Rajabaskar, D., Rabeena, I., Aishwarya, P., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R. and Kennedy, J.S., 2020. Melon thrips Thrips palmi karny association with bud necrosis disease in water melon. Indian Journal of Entomology, 82(1), pp.80-84.
  2. Rabeena, I., Chinnaiah, C., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R., Balakrishnan, N., Kennedy, J.S. and Rajabaskar, D., 2020. An integrated approach for identification of Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom). Indian Journal of Entomology, 82(1), pp.179-182.
  3. Rajabaskar, D., Rabeena, I., Aishwarya, P., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R. and Kennedy, J.S., 2019. Melon thrips Thrips palmi karny association with bud necrosis disease in watermelon. Indian Journal of Entomology, 81(4)
  4. Rabeena, I., Chinnaiah, C., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R., Balakrishnan, N., Kennedy, J.S. and Rajabaskar, D., 2019. Incidence of Groundnut bud necrosis virus (Bunyaviridae: Tospovirus) and associated vector (Frankliniella schultzei Trybom) in major tomato growing regions of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 25(2), pp.233-240.
  5. Sunisha, C., Sowmya, H.D., Usharani, T.R., Umesha, M., Gopalkrishna, H.R. and Saxena, A., 2020. Deployment of stacked antimicrobial genes in banana for stable tolerance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense through genetic transformation. Molecular biotechnology, 62(1), pp.8-17.
  6. Sunisha, C., Sowmya, H.D., Usharani, T.R., Umesha, M., Gopalkrishna, H.R. and Sriram, S., 2020. Induction of Ced9 mediated anti-apoptosis in commercial banana cultivar Rasthali for stable resistance against Fusarium wilt. 3 Biotech, 10(8), pp.1-8
  7. Dhandapani M and Usharani T R (2022) Haploids Induction Mediated Through Genome Editing. Agroscience Today. 3 (2): 0340 – 0343
    Umesha, M., Sowmya, H.D., Usharani, T.R., Sunisha, C., Gopalkrishna, H.R.Megha Ganachari (2022) Fusarium wilt of banana: sustainable management through deployment of anti-apoptotic genes into the susceptible genomes. Tropical Plant Pathology. 47, pages 470–484 DOI: 10.1007/s40858-022-00500-5
  8. Amruta, B.S., LaxmiDevi, V., Ramegowda, G.K., Seetharamu, G.K., Usharani, T.R. and Krishnareddy, M., 2020. First report of Groundnut bud necrosis virus infecting anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) in India. New Disease Reports, 41(14), pp.2044-0588.
    Chaturvedi, S., Khan, S., Usharani, T.R. and Tiwari, S., 2021. Analysis of TCP Transcription Factors Revealed Potential Roles in Plant Growth and Fusarium oxysporum F. Sp. Cubense Tolerance in Banana (cv. Rasthali). DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-715375/v1

Books Chapte 

  1. Usharani, T.R., Ganachari, M. and Sowmya, H.D., 2022. Omics in vegetable crops under the family Solanaceae. In Omics in Horticultural Crops (pp. 303-332). Academic Press. ISBN: 978-323-89905-5
Permanent Address: 
#126, 7th A main, 3 rd Cross, RPC LAYOUT, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE 40
Address for Communication: 

#126, 7th A main, 3 rd Cross, RPC LAYOUT, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE 40

Email Address: 
usharani.tr@icar.gov.in
Telephone #: 
080-23086100 Extn 403