Academic Department
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Constituent Department under College of Agriculture
The Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (erstwhile Department of Agricultural Biotechnology) at Assam Agricultural University, was established in 1989, making it one of the pioneering centres of biotechnology education and research in North East India. The department offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology to students from both agricultural and non-agricultural science backgrounds. The Master's degree programme is supported
by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. In 2025, the department expanded its academic portfolio by introducing an integrated B.Tech.–M.Tech. programme in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, aligning with emerging interdisciplinary education trends. The intake capacity of the postgraduate programme is 16 students for M.Sc. and 10 students for Ph.D. per academic year, while that for the B. Tech. – M. Tech. programme is 40. The department is strengthened by highly qualified faculty members, most of whom have received advanced training from reputed international institutions. It boasts of a state-of-the-art infrastructure, modern classrooms, and advanced laboratories equipped with cutting-edge instruments. Overall, the department maintains a strong academic and research ecosystem aligned with national priorities in biotechnology education and innovation.
The department actively engages in frontline research across multiple domains such as Genetic Engineering & Genome Editing, Molecular Breeding, Functional Genomics, Microbial Biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture, and Bioinformatics. It has successfully secured competitive research grants from national agencies like DBT, ICAR, DST, and UGC, along with international funding from organizations such as the Kirkhouse Trust (UK). The department has also been actively engaged in global collaborations under Indo-Swiss, Indo-Australia, Indo-US, and Erasmus+ programmes. A landmark research achievement includes the development of insect-resistant transgenic chickpea lines, which have been transferred to major institutions like IIPR, Kanpur, ICRISAT, Patancheru, UAS, Dharwad, PAU, Ludhiana and Sungro Seeds (private sector). Moreover, the department has developed products and technologies such as disease-free planting materials of banana cultivars, stress-tolerant rice varieties, technologies for traditional rice wine (Xaaj) fermentation, mushroom toxin detection kit (dip-stick method), etc. In recognition to its exemplary research achievements and teaching activities, the department was awarded a Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Biotechnology status with the establishment of the DBT-AAU Centre in 2011, presently known as DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology (DBT-NECAB). The Centre acts as a nodal hub for biotechnology research and extension in North-East India.
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Credit | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABT-223 * | Principles of Plant Biotechnology | 3 (2+1) | |
| 2 | SCI(ABT)323 * | Seri-Biotechnology | 3 (2+1) |
* indicates compulsory courses.
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Credit | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABT-560 | CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE | 3 (2+1) | |
| 2 | MBB 501 * | PRINCIPLES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY | 3 (3+0) | |
| 3 | MBB 502 * | FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 3 (3+0) | |
| 4 | MBB 503 * | MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY | 3 (3+0) | |
| 5 | MBB 504 * | TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY-I | 3 (0+3) | |
| 6 | MBB 505 * | OMICS & SYSTEM BIOLOGY | 3 (2+1) | |
| 7 | MBB 506 * | PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING | 3 (3+0) | |
| 8 | MBB 507 | TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY-II | 3 (0+3) | |
| 9 | MBB 508 * | INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS | 3 (2+1) | |
| 10 | MBB 509 * | PLANT TISSUE CULTURE | 3 (2+1) | |
| 11 | MBB 510 | MICROBIAL/ INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY | 3 (2+1) | |
| 12 | MBB 511 | MOLECULAR PLANT BREEDING | 2 (2+0) | |
| 13 | MBB 513 * | IMMUNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS | 3 (3+0) | |
| 14 | MBB 514 | NANO-BIOTECHNOLOGY | 3 (2+1) | |
| 15 | MBB 518 * | GENE REGULATION | 2 (2+0) | |
| 16 | MBB 521 * | PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY | 3 (2+1) | — |
* indicates compulsory courses.
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Credit | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBB 601 * | PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 3 (3+0) | |
| 2 | MBB 602 * | PLANT GENOME ENGINEERING | 3 (3+0) | |
| 3 | MBB 603 * | Plant Omics and Molecular Breeding | 3 (3+0) | |
| 4 | MBB 604 * | COMMERCIAL PLANT TISSUE CULTURE | 2 (2+0) | |
| 5 | MBB 605 * | PLANT MICROBE INTERACTION | 2 (2+0) |
* indicates compulsory courses.
Department Faculty Members
12 Faculty
Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah
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Dr. Madhumita Barooah
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Dr. Priyabrata Sen
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Dr. Salvinder Singh
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Dr. Basanta Kumar Borah
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Dr. Robin Chandra Boro
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Dr. Akhil Ranjan Baruah
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Dr. Sumita Acharjee
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Dr. Manab Bikash Gogoi
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Dr. Priyadarshini Bhorali
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Dr. Ratna Kalita
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Dr. Tankeswar Nath
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3 Records1. Dr. Madhumita Barooah, Professor, Department of Agricultiral Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat was awarded Rajendra Prasad Excellence Award-2020-Society of tropical Agriculture
2. Ruby Gupta- awarded ABSTC Student Scholarship, to attend the 15th ISBR Symposium that will take place in Tarragona, Spain from 1-4 April 2019. This scholarship recognizes her role as an emerging scientist in biotechnology, as evidenced by the abstract submitted by her and its selection by the Scholarship Committee for this prestigious award.
3. Ms. Suprava Priyadarshini Nayak, MSc student has been selected for the Khorana Fellowship 2019 to visit USA for a period of 4 months
4. Dr Indrani Kakati-Got selected for postdoctoral appointment to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Participation Program. Dr. Bryan Bailey will serve as her mentor at the Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory (SPCL) located at Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
5. Mr. Alokesh Ghosh-Begged the best poster (1st position) award in the technical session 3 at the international conference ICCBSA- 2018.
6. Dr. Sushil Kumar Singh- Awarded First poster prize in International conference on CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (ICCBS-2018) held on December 13th to 16th, 2018 at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat -785013.
7. Ms Sanjukta Singha- Got 2nd Best Oral Presentation for her work -Cloning and characterization of gene encoding eIF4E from Bhut jolokia (Capsicum chinense Jaqc.), at International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (ICCCBSA) 13th Dec to 16th Dec, 2018.
8. Four students from department of Agricultural Biotechnology have bagged the prestigious BRAVE fellowship under the Erasmus Mundus programme 2016-17.
| Sl. No | Name of Student | University |
| 1 | Geetimollika Hazarika | Agricultural University of Athens, Hellas (Greece) |
| 2 | Ananya Baruah | Agricultural University of Athens, Hellas (Greece) |
| 3 | Ricky Raj Paswan | UPM: Universidad Polytecnica de Madrid (Spain) |
| 4 | Mausumi Hazarika | UNIMI: University of Milan (Italy) |
9. Ms Sushmita Rajkhowa, M.Sc. student has been selected for a 2 and half month training at Washington State University, Pullman under the Khurana Programme-2016.
10. Ms Trisnamoni Gautom, JRF, department of Agricultural Biotechnology got selected for Newton-Bhabha PhD placements programme 2016-17, funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and British Council, and will do part of her PhD research work at The University of Manchester, Manchester.
11. Ms. Ranju Chutia (2014) begged BRAVE fellowship under the Erasmus Mundus programme to pursue PhD at Martin-Luther-University, Germany
12. Ms. Manaswita Baruah (2014) begged BRAVE fellowship under the Erasmus Mundus programme to pursue PhD at Martin-Luther-University, Germany
13. Ms. Assma Parveen (2013) INSPIRE Fellow, PhD Scholar, AAU, Jorhat.
14. Dr. M K Modi, Prof & Head, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat- selected for DBT Overseas Fellowship for NE-2012.
15. B K Sarmah, Prof, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat- Top reviewer of Plant Science, 2012.
16. B K Sarmah, Prof, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat- Editorial Board member selected for “Indian Journal of Genetic and Plant Breeding.2012
17. Dr. Akhil Ranjan Baruah, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat- selected for DBT Overseas Fellowship for NE-2012
18. Dr. Robin C Boro, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat-selected for Raman Fellowships for Post-Doctoral Research for Indian Scholars in United States for the year 2013-14, awarded by UGC.
19. Dr Sumita Acharjee, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat- selected for NER Overseas Associateship 2013 – 2014
20. Dr. (Ms.) Madhumita Barooah, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat- selected for NER Overseas Associateship 2013 – 2014
21. Dr Sumita Acharjee, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat selected for Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship, USDA.2014 – 2015
22. Dr. Priyadarshini Bhorali, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, has bagged the ‘Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship (Borlaug Fellowship) 2016.
1. A WORKSHOP ON NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING DATA ANALYSIS 13th-14th June 2016, organized by Distributed Information Centre (DIC) Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, Assam, India, Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi.
2. Department of Agril. Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, conducted ICAR-Short Course on “Molecular approaches for plant disease diagnostics and resistance mechanism” from 3rd to 12th November, 2016.
3. Hands on Training in Molecular Modeling & Molecular Dynamics Simulation, March 27-29, 2017 organized by Distributed Information Centre (DIC) Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, Assam, India, Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi.
4. Department of Agril. Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, conducted National Webinar on “e-Education in Agricultural Sciences in the age of Social Distancing: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies” on June 25, 2020
5. Department of Agril. Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, conducted National Webinar on “Genome Editing in Agriculture: Current status and Prospects” on Mar 25, 2021.
6. Department of Agril. Biotechnology, AAU, Jorhat, in collaboration with DBT-NECAB, AAU, Jorhat, conducted National Webinar on “Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture and Industry” from April 26 to May 01, 2021.
1. Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah, Director, DBT-AAU Centre, and Professor, department of agricultural biotechnology, AAU, has been awarded the prestigious Norman Borlaug Chair by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi. Professor Sarmah is the first agricultural scientist from the Northeast to have been selected for this honour. Professor Sarmah will hold the chair as a national professor for a period of five years and will receive a grant of Rs 2.5 crore for conducting research on development of cisgenic chickpea resistant to pod borers. The Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) chickpea, developed by AAU, is one of the two genetically modified (GM) crops that was recommended for deregulation at a meeting, held to discuss deregulation of GM crops in India, in New Delhi on February 23, 2017.
2. Dr Madhumita Barooah and her research group standardized the traditional Rice Based Alcoholic Beverage (RAB) brewing procedure. The technology has been transferred to few agri entrepreneurs for commercialization and the product is expected to hit the market soon.
3. Dr. Madhumita Barooah- Bagged the prestigious grant for organizing an India-UKIERI joint workshop entitled “Water for All: Addressing Issues Surrounding Water Quality, Quantity and Waste Water Treatment in India” under the collaboration between Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and UK India Education & Research Initiative (UKIERI). UK Coordinator: Virginia Panizzo Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG27 2RD
Research & Extension Projects
87 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (46)
Developing a Climate-Resilient Technology Utilizing Indigenous Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes (PGPM) for Growing Vegetables in the Rice Fallow Land of Assam
Promoting chickpea cultivation in Rice fallow of North Eastern Region of India with development of new varieties with using moleuclar breeding and genome editing
Validation of nutritive properties, evaluation of safety, ethanomedicinal claims of Peruyyan, its value addition and assessment of demand for and supply of Peruyyan products in local and regional markets.
Development of Bhimkol a seeded (BB genome) banana to seedless through SDN1 type genome editing approach
Phytochemical, molecular characterization and In vitro propagation of two plants of Ashtavarga (Polygonatum verticillatum and Polygonatum cirrhifolium) from Eastern Himalayan Region
Establishing Efficient Platform for Genetic Engineering in Indian Tea -[BT/PR45280/NER/95/1918/2022]
Amar Gaon Amar Gaurav
Germplasm screening, in vitro regeneration and molecular interaction study in response to Potato Virus Y in Bhut jolokia (Capsicum chinense jacq.)
Elucidation of acid and its associated stress tolerance mechanisms in soil bacteria: Towards increasing the efficiency of agricultural production in acid soils of Northeast India
A study on transcriptional reprogramming in plastids of pigeon pea induced due to simulated herbivory.
DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology, Phase III
IV-A (Biofertilizer) of DBT-NECAB-Phase-III
Germplasm screening...PVY in Bhut jolokia
Transcriptional reprogramming...stimulated herbivory
Development of Prodigiosin Encapsulated particles For Agricultural Disease Management
Microbial secondary metabolites are of prime importance in pharmaceutical industries due to their promising antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity. Starting from the discovery of penicillin, a number of antibiotics have gained importance in the revolutionary progress of clinical biology. Most of these natural antibiotic compounds have been obtained from fungi and actinobacteria (Grasso et al., 2016).
Serratia marcescens, a Gram-negative motile bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae is known to produce important enzymes like DNase, lipase, gelatinase, chitinase, protease, etc. (Giri et al., 2004). Strains of S. marcescens have been reported to produce a red colourpigment prodigiosin, an alkaloid that contains three pyrrole rings in their chemical structure. Prodigiosin has been shown to have antimicrobial (Lapenda et al., 2015), insecticidal (Wang et al., 2012), larvicidal (Patil et al., 2011), immunosuppressive (Han et al., 1998) and anticancer (Montaner et al., 2000) properties. In our recent study, an endofungal isolate of S. marcescens was characterized from Mucor irregularis. We have purified and characterized the prodigiosin produced by S. marcescens. The study demonstrated that prodigiosin is capable to form pores on the fungal cell membrane (Hazarika et al., 2020). We have also characterized the antimicrobial activity of red pigment against different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Prodigiosin is hydrophobic in nature and this limits its application, resulting in poor absorption and lowbioavailability (Tran et al., 2019). Bioavailability ofprodigiosin can be enhanced by employing nanoformulationto overcome the limitations caused by theintrinsic hydrophobicity prodigiosin. Technique forprodigiosin encapsulation was developed and anticancer effectwas investigated(Zhao et al., 2019).
In general, more that 90% of the applied pesticide is lost in the environment. This increases the cost of production and also causes contamination of the environment. Therefore, we are proposing the project work, whereby we will use Prodigiosin and encapsulate it for easy dispersal and to increase its stability.
OBJECTIVES
I. Development of prodigiosin encapsulated nanoparticles for disease management.
II. In vitro and In vivo evaluation of the efficacy of prodigiosin encapsulated nanoparticles on fusarium wilt of tomato.
III. Expression profile of defence related genes upon nanoparticle application.
Germplasm characterization, Genomics analysis and Gene discovery for yield, Metabolite and Stress tolerance in Tea
Application of the gut microbes of Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) as efficient plastic polymer-degraders
Biotechnological intervention for the improvement and management of tea
Functional Food for human consumption from rice bran
Integrated approaches towards addressing sustainable agriculture among SC/ST population with specific reference to Jhum cultivators of Karbi Anglong district of Assam
Utilization of citrus microbiome in rejuvenating Khasi Mandarin plants affected by important citrus diseases
Exploitation chemical ecology for IPM: Deciphering the phyto semiochemicals involved in Insect-Plant interactions of major crop pest of North East Region-India
Expressing herbivore danger signal-associated receptor-like kinase genes, HAKs, in chickpea to mediate resistance to Helicoverpa armigera
Collection, conservation and morphophenological characterisation of Citrus germplasm of NE India
Detection of a mushroom toxin using nanoparticle-based sensor
Development of superior haplotype based near isogenic lines (NILs) for enhanced genetic gain in rice
Mainstreaming rice landraces diversity in varietal development through genome wide association studies: A model for large-scale utilization of gene bank collection of rice.
Strengthening education, research and innovation for climate smart crops in India (AdaptNET)
Biotechnology intervention through RNAi approach for management of Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) in north-eastern region of India
“Understanding molecular mechanism of defense in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) due to infestation by Helicoverpa armigera”
Optimization of genome editing method for chickpea with CRISPR/Cas system and edit AHAS1 gene for herbicide tolerance”
“Study the virome, RNAome and leaf curl disease manifestation in Bhut jolokia (C. chinense) and C. frutescens of North East India”.
Engineering of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Potato Virus Y (PVY) resistance in Bhut jolokia (Capsicum chinense)
Seedless Plant Production and mass scale propagation of Musa balbisiana (Bhimkol banana) of NER using in vitro approach.
Efficacy evaluation of encapsulated fungal formulation for improving crop phosphorus nutrition
Genetic improvement of rice for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance using molecular breeding, especially drought, submergence and bacterial blight disease
Molecular mechanism of Helicoverpa-pigeon pea interaction
Bio-prospecting of some indigenous medicinal plants of NE region of India with special reference to Anti-inflammatory properties
Structural & functional genomics study of deepwater adaptation of local rice landraces of Assam
Molecular Diagnostics, Transcriptomics and Cisgenic Approaches to Combat Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Disease of Citrus
Genetic studies to understand mitochondrial electron transport chain dysfunction using Caenorhabditis elegans
Studies on role of endophytes in variation of acaricidal properties of two acaricide producing plant species NBA 22/FI and NBA18/DI from North Eastern
Integrated approach to understand agarwood formation and value addition of agarwood (Aqualaria malaccensis)
Dev. Of high Yielding Non Loging and Biotic Resistant verities of black scented Rice of Manipur and Joha rice and Assam Through Biotechnological Intervention
Genetic improvement of chickpea for resistance to pod borers using Bt gene- Phase III
Survey and molecular characterization of the viral diseases of the important crops in northeastern India
Completed Projects (41)
Development of Citrus Diagnostic & Certification Centre for NER
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah)
Establishing efficient genetic engineering platform for Indian tea
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah)
In vitro propagation of banana cv. Malbhog through Embryogenic Cell Suspenion (ECS)
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Salvinder Singh)
Development of Fusarium resistant elite banana cultivars of N.E. India
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Salvinder Singh)
Development of seedless Bhimkol through CRISPR/Cas9 and mutation approaches
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah)
Whole genome & transcriptome …banana cultivars
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Mahendra Kumar Modi)
Molecular disection of defense against sigatoka infection in banana; exploitation of Musa germplasm of north east for development of sigatoka resistant hybrid
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Priyadarshini Bhorali)
Gene prospecting from acid soil microbes: Investigating “Omics” data sets for validation of gene(s) involved with acid soil stress resistance and development of strategy to ameliorate acid and related stress in crop plants
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah)
Wild mushroom from ne india.....medicinal properties
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Robin Chandra Boro)
Wild mushroom from NE India: evaluation of their nutritional status and medicinal properties
Elucidating the role of bacterial endosymbionts in phytopathogenic fungi for toxin production and pathogenesis.
Study of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) dysfunction that modulates aging and development in C. elegans through CEP-1, the worm homolog o
Identification of genes contributing resistance to Alternaria brassicae from a nonhost plant and their characterization in Arabidopsis for durable cro
"Screening indegenous rice germplasms of assam for tolerance to anaerobic condition during germination and marker assisted introgression of traits in
Functional Validation of yield related genes in rice
Biodiversity Studies of Aromatic Rice in North-East India
Genome and Transcriptome sequencing of Aromatic Rices of North-Eastern Region
Molecular breeding for developing cold tolerant boro rice cultivars suitable for Assam condition
ICAR, New Delhi approved Network project on transgenics in crops(NPTC), Sub project: ICAR-NPTC-3088,Objective: Herbicide resistance in mustard
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Manab Bikash Gogoi)
Commercial Tissue culture Lab
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Manab Bikash Gogoi)
Erasmus Mundus Programme on Plant virology for New Era: Breeding for Resistance (BRAVE)
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Basanta Kumar Borah)
Molecular Analysis of Resistance to Yellow Sigatoka and Characterization of Genes Differentially Expressed during Musa-Cercospora musae Interactions
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Priyadarshini Bhorali)
Indo-US: Singh-Obama 21st Century Knowledge Initiative project on Engineering ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) enzyme for heat tolerance in rice
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Salvinder Singh)
Rapid on-field detection of Ratoon stunting disease of sugarcane by gold nanoparticle-based dipstick method
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Robin Chandra Boro)
Gold nanoparticles-based dipstick system for quick detection of mushroom toxins
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Robin Chandra Boro)
Impact assessment of Jhumming on native plants and soil microbiota and restoration of sustainable Jhum agro-ecosystem in Northeast India
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Investigation of the population polymorphism of tulsi in Assam and characterization of its genes involved in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Basanta Kumar Borah)
Functional dissection of geminiviral promoters for developing heterologous gene expression systems
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Basanta Kumar Borah)
Endophyte diversity in wild versus cultivated rice across the environmental gradients in North East India
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Carbon contribution and regulation of triterpene asiaticoside in Centella asiatica using RNAi approach
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Priyabrata Sen)
Development of Abiotic stress tolerant NE rice cultivars by manipulating the expression of PDH47 gene
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Salvinder Singh)
Screening of soil microbes for acid tolerant genes
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Establishment of a genetic transformation system for pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) for development of transgenic pigeon pea resistant to pod borer (Maruca and Helicoverpa)
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah)
Development of Transgenic pigeon pea resistance to Helicoverpa armigera
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Sumita Acharjee)
Standardization of selected Ethnic fermented foods and beverages by Rationalization of Indigenous knowledge
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Bioinformatics approaches for identification and characterization of R gene in crop and Avr gene in fungal pathogen genome with an aim to increase disease resistance
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Exploration, Identification and Screening for Potential Biodiesel Yielding Microalgae from North East India
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
In Vitro Selection and Regeneration of Resistant Cell Lines of Ginger Against Rhizome Rot
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Niche area on Organic Farming
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Madhumita Barooah)
Development of Transgenic tea (Cameliasinensis) to confer Resistance Against Blister Blight
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Bidyut Kumar Sarmah)
Generation and analysis of expressed sequence tag (EST) from camellia species
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Priyabrata Sen)
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