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  2. Gobinda Chandra Acharya

Gobinda Chandra Acharya

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Designation: 
Principal Scientist (Hort.) & Head
Division/Section: 
CHES, Bhubaneswar
Specialisation: 
Horticulture
Qualification: 
Ph.D.
Research Accomplishments: 

(During the Period of 2019-2023) 

  1. Maintenance of 85 germplasm of moringa, 285 germplasm of amaranthus and 26 species of underutilized leafy vegetables
  2. Leaf nutritional analysis of 86 moringa germplasm
  3. growth, yield, nutritional, biochemical and rust resistance study of selected germplasm of Amaranthus
  4. identification of germplasm of amaranthus resistant to white rust and leaf blight
  5. Nutritional and biochemical profiling of underutilized edible leafy vegetables other than amaranthus
  6. Development of inbred lines of brinjal suitable for eastern coastal region market segment having resistance to bacterial wilt, yield
  7. Standardization of vegetable grafting technology and mass production of grafted brinjal
  8. Standardization of tissue culture protocol for multiplication of underutilized cucurbits namely; ivy gourd, spine gourd
  9. Identification of dolichos accession with anthocyanin rich & dark red, flat and small pods, having late flowering with indeterminate growth habit of plant.
  10. Identification of chili germplasm having resistance to bacterial wilt and leaf curl

  11. Identification and release of three amaranthus varieties -Arka Neelachal Ruchitha (A. blitum), Arka Neelachal Vrichitha (A. tricolor) and Arka Neelachal Bainshi (A tricolor​) with resistant to white rust:

  12. Identificaiton and Release of brinjal variety "Arka Neelachal Yodha" resistant to bacterial wilt (CO-PI)

  13. Identification and Release of dolichos variety "Arka Neelachal Pushti: with high protein content (CO-PI)

  14. identification and release of three amaranthus varieties -Arka Neelachal Ruchitha (A. blitum), Arka Neelachal Vrichitha (A. tricolor) and Arka Neelachal Bainshi (A tricolor​) with resistant to white rust: 

  15. Identificaiton and Release of brinjal variety "Arka Neelachal Yodha" resistant to bacterial wilt (CO-PI)
  16. Identification and Release of dolichos variety "Arka Neelachal Pushti: with high protein content (CO-PI)
Publications: 

(Best 10/High Impact) 

  1. Satyaprakash Barik, Anand C. Reddy, Naresh Ponnam, Meenu Kumari, Acharya G. C, Lakshmana Reddy D C, Srinivas Petikam, Sahu Gs, Breeding for bacterial wilt resistance in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Progress and prospects, Crop Protection, Volume 137, 2020, 105270, ISSN 0261-2194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105270.
  2. Satyaprakash Barik, Naresh Ponnam, Anand C. Reddy, Lakshmana Reddy, Koushik Saha, Acharya G.C., Madhavi Reddy K. 2022.   Breeding peppers for industrial uses: Progress and prospects. Industrial Crops & Products 178, (2022) 114626.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.114626
  3. Barik, S., Ponnam, N., Acharya, G. et al. Assessment of Bacterial wilt-resistant Solanum genetic resources as rootstocks for yield and fruit quality traits in eggplant. Australasian Plant Pathol. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-023-00916-w
  4. Barik S., Naresh P., Acharya G.C.*, Singh T.H., Kumari M. and Dash M. 2022. Genetics of growth and yield attributing traits of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) through six generation mean analysis.  Journal of Horticultural Sciences, Vol. 17(1): 41-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1226
  5. Acharya, G.C.; Mohanty, S.; Dasgupta, M.; Sahu, S.; Singh, S.; Koundinya, A.V.V.; Kumari, M.; Naresh, P.; Sahoo, M.R. 2022. Molecular Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, and ITS2 Secondary Structure Predictions in the Medicinally Important Eryngium Genotypes of East Coast Region of India, Genes, 13(09), 1678. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13091678.
  6. Meenu Kumari, P. Naresh , G.C. Acharya , K. Laxminarayana , H.S. Singh , B.R. Raghu and T.S. Aghora. 2022. Nutritional diversity of Indian lablab bean (Lablab purpureus L. Sweet): An approach towards biofortification. South African Journal of Botany, 149:189-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.06.002
  7. B. Mallick,  M. Kumari, S. K. Pradhan, Parmeswaran C., G. C. Acharya,  P. Naresh and Bishnupriya Das, and P. Shashankar. 2022. Genome‑wide analysis and characterization of heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Functional & Integrative Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-022-00875-3
  8. Sangeetha Ganesan, Dolly Pradhan, A Rameshkumar, N Krishnan, Naresh Ponnam, Gobinda Ch Acharya and M Krishna Reddy. 2022. First report of cucumber mosaic virus infecting Centella asiatica L. in India. Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01160-9
  9. Acharya Gobinda Chandra, Naresh Poonam, Kumari Meenu, Roy Tapas Kumar, Shivashankara K S and Sahoo Manas Ranjan. 2021.  Pytochemical profiling of spiny coriander (Eryngium foetidum  L.)-A potential perennial spicing-culinary herb of eastern India.  Acta Chromatographica, DOI-10.1556/1326.2021.00909.
  10. Satya Prakash Barik, Poonam Naresh., Acharya G.C., Sandip V., Singh T.H., Meenu Kumari, Srinivas P and Sahu Gouri Shankar. 2021.  Genetic analysis of bacterial wilt resistance in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). European Journal of Plant Pathology. 160, 349-364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-021-02248-1
  11. Kumari Meenu, Acharya G C., Naresh P., Bhanja P.K. and Kumar Yogesh. 2020. Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi: An underutilized cucurbit in India. Genet Resour Crop Evol, 68: 79-85. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-020-01043-x

Books Chapter 

  1. Kumari M, Naresh P, Acharya G C and Sahoo B (2020). Diversity Analysis through Bio-informatics. In: Genetic Resource Improvement in vegetable crops, Sahoo et al. (Eds.), New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi- 110 034, pp. 101-108. ISBN- 978-93-90083-411
  2. Acharya, G.C., Singh, Satyapriya and Sahoo, Manas R. 2021. Horticulture-Based Entrepreneurship through Technology Interventions for High Value Vegetable Crops, p-20-28. In “Promoting Women Agripreneurship through crop-livestock-fisheries Technologies (Eds. Lipi Das, Shahaji Phand, Tanuja S and Neetish Kumar, 2021. Hyderabad: National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) & ICAR- Central Institute for Women in Agriculture. P-20-28. ISBN: 978-93-91668-26-6
  3. Singh, L.S., Acharya G C. Uchoi Anok and Das Alpana. 2022. Coconut cultivation in North East Region of India with special reference to Assam, p- 163-170. In “Recent Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology for Sustainable India, Part-II (Eds R K Rao,  R P Prasad, Rubina Gill, Bikash Gupta, Popiha Bordoloi, Meraj Ahmed). Published by Mahima Research Foundation and Social Welfare, p-275.  ISBN-978-81-953029-5-6
  4. Singh, L.S., Acharya G C. 2022. Current Status and Scope of Arecanut Cultivation in North East Region of India p- 228-235. In “Recent Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology for Sustainable India, Part-I (Eds R K Rao, R P Prasad, Rubina Gill, Bikash Gupta, Popiha Bordoloi, Meraj Ahmed). Published by Mahima Research Foundation and Social Welfare, p-363.  ISBN-978-81-953029-5-6
  5. Sahoo Manas Ranjan, Naresh Ponnam, Kumari Meenu, and Acharya Gobinda Chandra. 2022. Omics in leafy vegetables: Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and multiomics approaches. P-281-302. In “Omics in horticultural crops” (Eds. Gyana Ranjan Rout and K V peter), Academic Press, Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-89905-5

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0426-4516

 

Awards & Recognitions: 

 Peer recognition

  1. Best arecanut scientist award for the biennium 2014 instituted by All India Supari Federation through Indian Society of Plantation Crop & ICAR-CPCRI,
  2. Skoch National Award for significant contribution in the project “Farm based S & T interventions for socio-economic development”  of Nabarangpur district of Odisha,
  3. Krushaka Bandhu Awards by Odisha Krushaka Mancha and Odisha Krushaka Samaj.
  4. Young Scientist Award by Society for Agricultural Research & Management  (SARM) during 2023
  5. best E-poster award in “National online training on “conservation, management and utilization of horticultural genetic resources for livelihood and nutritional security,
  6. Best externally aided project for involvement in Farmers FIRST programme being implemented under ICAR-National Rice Research Institute,
  1. Member of Board of Studies of Faculty of Agriculture of Sri Sri University, Cuttack
  2. Member of Board of Studies of Faculty of Agriculture, C V Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar
  3. Nominated by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt of India as Officer-in-charge for Rayagada district for successful implementation of Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan programme in 25 aspirational villages identified by Niti Aayog
  4. Nominated by ICAR as a member of the Institute Management Committee of NRC on Pig from 06/04/2014 for a period of 3 years
  5. Nominated by Govt of India as a member of the joint Inspection team to monitor the implementation of various horticulture development programmes in Himalayan and North Eastern States (Assam) for 2015-2016
  6. Nominated as a member of the RKVY-Agri-Business Incubation Committee (RIC) under VIKAS-RABI for identification of Ideation Stage Entrepreneurs and StartUps
  7. Member of the Task Force on production and productivity of fruits in Odisha, Directorate of Horticulture, Govt of Odisha
  8. Nominated as member of the “Resource group for Implementation of crop diversification Programme” for Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Govt of Odisha
  9. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of different KVKS in Odisha
  10. Nominated as a member of District Monitoring Committee to monitor the activities pertaining to Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) project to be implemented in Ganjam Dist of Odisha
  11. Member of the Technical Support Group of Directorate of Horticulture, Govt of Odisha

 

Email Address: 
Gobinda.Acharya@icar.gov.in