Plant Molecular Biology
 
 
Dr. Arvind Jain
Scientist E I 		Phone no. 91-522-2205831-35 Ext. 943a.jain@nbri.res.in
Dr. P. K. Singh
Scientist E I 		Phone no. 91-522-2205831-35 Ext. 942pksingh@nbri.res.in
Dr. Samir V. Sawant
Scientist E I 		Phone no. 91-522-2205831-35 Ext. 944samirsawant@nbri.res.in
Dr. Satya Narayan Jena
Scientist B 		Phone no. 91-522-2205831-35 Ext. 944satyanarayan@nbri.res.in
Dr. Sribash Roy
Scientist B 		Phone no. 91-522-2205831-35 Ext. 944sribashroy@nbri.res.in
Dr. C. S. Mohanty
Scientist C 		Phone no. 91-522-2205831-35 Ext. 944cs.mohanti@nbri.res.in
 
 
 
 
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The group possesses knowledge base and technical expertise in the area of plant molecular biology and genetic engineering of crop plants for basic research and industrial applications. The group has advanced expertise in the designing and chemical synthesis of genes and plant expression systems. Present activities aim at the development of genetically engineered plants for agronomically improved transgenic cultivars, edible vaccines, industrially valuable proteins and basic studies on gene expression, metabolic engineering, plant development, environment responses and phytodiversity.
 
 
Objectives
  
  1. Development of transgenic plants improved for agronomically important characters.
  2. Characterization and designing of genes for protection of plants against insect pests.
  3. Expression of industrially valuable target proteins in bacteria and plants.
  4. Consultation and contract research for biotechnology industry.
  5. Characterisation and improvement of germ plasm of medicinal plants.
 
Achievements
 
National
  
  1. Technology for designing, chemical synthesis and assembly of genes.
  2. Designing and licensing of novel δ -endotoxin coding genes and the development of transgenic cotton and tobacco lines for complete control of bollworms Spodoptera litura and Helicoverpa armigera
  3. Development of transgenic plants immunoprotective against rabies.
  4. Genetic transformation of Coker cotton and groundnut.
  5. Designing of a variety of bidirectional and high expression artificial promoter cassettes for constitutive or regulated gene expression in plants.
  6. Providing consultation to biotechnology industry.
  7. Characterisation of germplasm of Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera)
International
  
  1. Designing of novel δ-endotoxin-coding genes to achieve complete morality of Spodoptera litura in all stages of larval development.
  2. Development of novel plant gene expression modules, bidirectional promoters and two component regulated promoters for gene expression in transgenic plants, specially F1 hybrids.
  3. Development of protocols for efficient genetic transformation and regeneration in cotton.
  4. Technology for the expression of immunoprotective rabies capsid protein in plants.
  5. Development of vectors for nuclear as well as chloroplast transformation in plants.
  6. Patents related to plant transformation, δ -endotoxin genes and plant promoters.
 
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National Level
  
  1. National and industrial needs in the area of transgenic cultivars for resistance to insect pests, drought tolerance and other agronomically relevant characters. Insect resistant transgenic varieties of cotton, castor, groundnut and pigeon pea are available (or are in progress) for licensing.
  2. Collaborations for introducing insect pest toxic genes in crop plants.
  3. Needs of industry to develop and synthesize recombinant, industrially or pharmaceutically important proteins.
  4. Industrial needs in the area of edible and DNA vaccines, diagnostic probes, cloning and synthesis of genes and novel proteins.
  5. Innovative contract R & D in molecular biology.
  6. DNA fingerprinting and chemotyping of medicinally important plants.
 
International Level
  
  1. Needs in the area of developing transgenic cultivars for resistance to insect pests and other agronomically relevant characters.
  2. Industrial needs to employ transgenic plants in commercial synthesis of recombinant proteins, through nuclear or chloroplast transformation.
  3. Industrial needs in the area of edible and DNA vaccines, diagnostic probes, cloning and synthesis of genes and novel proteins.
  4. Highly expressing and / or tightly regulated promoters suitable for F1 hybrids.
  5. Contract R & D in related innovative areas.
  6. Collaborations in the area of gene regulation, chromatin modelling and stress tolerance in plants.
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