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Lakshmana Reddy D.C.

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Designation: 
Principal Scientist( Agril. Biotechnology)
Division/Section: 
Division of Basic Sciences
Specialisation: 
Molecular Biology
Qualification: 
Ph.D
Research Accomplishments: 

(During the Period of 2019-2023)

Developed molecular markers like SSRs, SCARs, CAPs in chilli, eggplant, anthurium, ridge gourd, linkage maps in anthurium, watermelon; Population structure in muskmelon; Validation of SSR markers in peas and beans. Successfully isolated resistance gene analogs in eggplant. Mitochondrial DNA from Chilli and onion and sequenced by using Illumina. Handling the NGS data, mined SSRs and SNPs, validated. Published 70 international and national papers in a peer reviewed journals. Started working on genome editing in capsicum to develop fruit rot resistance in capsicum, Powdery mildew resistance in grapes

Varieties / Technologies Developed: 

Involved in 18 verities development as collaborators 

Publications: 

(Best 10/High Impact) 

  1. Saheb Pal, Eguru Sreenivasa Rao, DC Lakshmana Reddy, Ealangovan Dayanandhi(2023)
    QTL-seq identifies and QTL mapping refines genomic regions conferring resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum race 2 in cultivated watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai], Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 319 pp112180.
  2. Supriya Mandal, D.C. Lakshmana Reddy, Anjan Das, Raja Shankar,(2023) Genetic dissection, relationship and population structure of drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam.) using Agro-morphological and SCoT markers,Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,Volume 35,pp10048.
  3. Pandyaraja, T.H. Singh, A.T. Sadashiva1, D.C. Lakshmana Reddy, R. Venugopalan, D.K. Samuel and M V Dhanjaya(2023)Genetics of resistance to bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) disease in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). Eur. J. Hortic. Sci. 88(2) | ISSN 1611-4426 print, 1611-4.
  4. Nagesh, G.C., Rao, E.S., Pitchaimuthu, M., Varalakshmi, B., Lakshmana Reddy, D.C., Samuel, D.K., Rekha, A. and Krishna Reddy, M.(2018)Genetic analysis of resistance to watermelon bud necrosis orthotospovirus in watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai]. Plant Breeding 137(5) pp.814-822.
  5. Saheb Pal, Eguru Sreenivasa Rao, DC Lakshmana Reddy, and B Varalakshmi(2022). Association analysis in a germplasm panel of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai) predominantly from India confirms a QTL conferring resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum race 1. J Hort. sci and Biotech. Vol-97 pp 11243.
  6. C. Nagesh . R. N. Thontadarya . K. M. Swamy . R. Muttanna .D. C. Lakshmana Reddy . R. Asokan . M. Krishna Reddy . E. S. Rao(2020). Mapping quantitative trait loci for resistance to watermelon bud necrosis orthotospovirus in watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai] G. Euphytica vol-216(104)pp1-25.
  7. Maragal, S., Nagesh, G.C., E S. Rao and Reddy, D.C.L(2022). QTL mapping identifies novel loci and putative candidate genes for rind traits in watermelon. 3Biotech. Vol. pp 161-68.
  8. Sidharode Maragol, Eguru Sreenivasa Rao, and  Lakshmana Reddy DC(2022). Genetic mapping of loci determining seed coat and size in watermelon. Euphytica  Vol-218 PP-152-157.
  9. G P Datta Reddy, E S Rao, DCL Reddy, DV S Rao, K M Yuvaraj and PS Reddy(2022) . Design and validation of a codominant molecular marker for fruit acidity in muskmelon (Cucumis melo). Plant breeding. Vol-141 pp 658-667
  10. Thunugunta, T., Channa Reddy, A., Kodthalu Seetharamaiah, S., Ramanna Hunashikatti, L., Gowdra Chandrappa, S., Cherukatu Kalathil, N. and Dhoranapalli Chinnappa Reddy, L.R., 2018. Impact of zinc oxide nanoparticles on eggplant (S. melongena): studies on growth and the accumulation of nanoparticles. IET nanobiotechnology, 12(6), pp.706-713.

Book Chapter

  1. C.Aswath and Lakshmana Reddy D C: Gerbera and Carnation Molecular markers and Markers assisted selection: Advances in Horticultural Biotechnology., Vol-IV: Vegetables,ornamentals and tuber crops
  2. Edited by H.P.Singh., V. A. Parthasarthy and Nirmal Babu:Westville Publishing House. New Delhi.
  3. C.Aswath and Lakshmana Reddy DC:Gladiolus:Molecular markers and Markers assisted selection: Advances in Horticultural Biotechnology., Vol-IV: Vegetables,ornamentals and tuber crops
  4. Edited by H.P.Singh., V. A. Parthasarthy and Nirmal Babu.Westville Publishing House. New Delhi
  5. C.Aswath and Lakshmana Reddy D C:Lilium: Molecular markers and Markers assisted selection: Advances in Horticultural Biotechnology., Vol-IV: Vegetables,ornamentals and tuber crops
  6. Edited by H.P.Singh., V. A. Parthasarthy and Nirmal Babu.Westville Publishing House. New Delhi.            
  7. Lakshmana Reddy, D.C., Subhada Pattanayak and Aswath, C:Molecular Markers in Breeding for Fungal Resistance in Horticultural Crop Varieties and Hybrids. Edited by Dr Chowdappa,Molecular Approaches for Plant Fungal Disease Management
Patents: 
2470/DEL/2013 A dated 27/02/2015 :DNA based diagnostics for identification of citrus rootstock cultivars
Awards & Recognitions: 
  1. Dr. SD Shikmony best paper award -2017 by Soc for Promotion of Horticulture, Bangalore
  2. Best poster award at International Conference on Nano Science and Engineering Applications - 2014 held at JNTU, Hyderabad from 26th to 28th June 2014.
  3. Best oral  presentation Award by Department of Biotechnology,  Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu from 21-22 March 2014.
  4. Best paper presentation award bat at First International and Third National conference  held at Tirupathi, from June 28-29th 2013 by Society for Applied Biotechnology
Email Address: 
lakshmanareddy.dc@icar.gov.in
Telephone #: 
080-23086100 Extn 412