- Concept of Pollen Based Selection (PBS) was developed as an alternate strategy to overcome breeding problems in vegetatively propagated crops.
- Molecular makers in protection of plant varieties has been analysed utilising rose and carnation, two commercially important flower crops as model plant species.
- Alternate approaches for creation of variability utilizing tissue culture as a tool in vegetatively propagated species have been developed.
- Reducing the duration of breeding cycle in rose is one of the challenging fields we are working on.
- Male sterility in marigold, its maintenance, inheritance pattern and utilization is another area where in significant progress has been made.
1.Tejaswini, ., Madhavilatha, P., Anuradha, S., Dhananjaya , M.V. and Sudhagar, S. 2012. Microsatellite markers in comparison with morphological characters for protection of plant cultivars in carnation. Acta Hort. 929:453-458.
2.Tejaswini, P., Sudhagar, S., Madhavilatha, P., Shubha, R.R., Anuradha , S. and Dhananjaya, M.V. 2011. An alternate strategy for carnation multiplication: Testing the efficiency of type and source of explant. Acta Hort. 923:97-1013.
3. Tejaswini, Paramesh H., Sreedhara S. A. and Lalitha Anand 2008. Molecular markers for working out genetic relationship among genotypes of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Indian J. Genet., 68(1): 93-95.
4. Tejaswini, Neeraj Tripathi and Paramesh H. 2007. Colchicine induced variability: Impact on pollen grains and stomata of interspecific hybrid in Dianthus. Plant Breeding News. 176: 1.19 .
5. Tejaswini and M. V. Dhananjaya 2005. Analyses of Divergence and Recombination Potential in Ornamental Roses. Acta Hort.690: 131-136.
6. Tejaswini . 2003. An innovative technique for disease resistance breeding: gametophytic approach. Acta Hort. 624:495-500.
7. Tejaswini 2002. Male gametophytic generation and a possible approach for selective pollination in carnation (Dianthus) breeding program. Roslinna vyroba, 48 (8): 368-375.
8. Tejaswini 2002. Variability of pollen grain features: a plant strategy to maximize reproductive fitness in two species of Dianthus. Sex Plant Reprod 14: 347-353.
9. Tejaswini, K.N. Ganeshaiah and R. Uma shaanker 2001. Sexual selection in plants: The Process, Components and Significance. Proc. Indian natn. Sci. Acad. (PINSA) B67 No. 6. 423-432.
10. Tejaswini and Ganeshiah K.N., 2001. Pollen competition as a plant breeding tool to realise vigorous progeny: Testing the feasibility in Dianthus chinensis Linn. J.of Genetics and Pl. Breeding 55: 119-123.
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