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General Informations

  • Join Date: 16/02/2010
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Office Email: sumita.acharjee[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1996
B.Sc. (Agriculture)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1998
M.Sc. (Agricultural Biotechnology)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2009
Ph.D.

Gauhati University

 
 
 
 
 
2018
Post Doctoral

CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Australia

 
 
 
 
 
2015
Post Doctoral

University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

 
 
 
 
 
2008
Post Doctoral

CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Australia

 
 
 
 
 
2005
Other Qualifications

CSIRO, Plant Industry

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
16-02-2010 - Till date
Assistant Professor

Assam Agricultural University

Publications

Arunima S; Alokesh Das (2024) . Improved methods for total and chloroplast protein extraction from Cajanus species for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry., PLoS ONE , 0(19), 0-0 , DOI : e0308909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.030
Rashmi Rekha Boruah; Trishna Konwar; Pranab Kumar Nath; Sumita Acharjee; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (2023) . Activity of Arabidopsis Rubisco small subunit promoter in various tissues of chickpea, Biotech-3, 13(0), 89-99 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03508-z
Mihir Rabha (2023) . Whole genome sequencing of a novel Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from Assam soil, BMC Microbiology, 0(0), 0-0 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02821-0
Sangita Das; Prakash Kalita; Sumita Acharjee; Arun Jyoti Das; Bhabesh Gogoi; Shikander Pal; Ranjan Das (2023) . Combinatorial impacts of elevated CO2 and temperature afect growth, development, and fruit yield in Capsicum chinense Jacq, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 29(3), 393-407 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-023-01294-9
Debajit Das; Indrani K. Baruah; ; Debashis Panda; Ricky Raj Paswan; Sumita Acharjee; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (2021) . Bruchid beetle (Callosobruchus spp) ovipositioning mediated defense responses in black gram pods, BMC Plant Biol , (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02796-4 (Corresponding author), 21(38), 1-10 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02796-4
Debojit Das (2021) . Bruchid beetle (Callosobruchus spp) ovipositioning mediated defense responses in blackgram pods, BMC Plant Biology, 21(38), 0-0 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02796-4
Mamta Bhattacharjee; Santanu Dhar; Pratap J Handique; Sumita Acharjee; Bidyut K Sarmah (2020) . Defense Response in Chickpea Pod Wall due to Simulated Herbivory Unfolds Differential Proteome profile. The Protein J https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-020-09899-9 (Corresponding author), The Protein J, 1(1), 1-20 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-020-09899-9
Rubi Gupta; Ananta M Baruah; Sumita Acharjee; Bidyut K Sarmah (2020) . Compositional analysis of Compositional analyses of transgenic Bt-chickpeas resistant to Helicoverpa armigera. GM Crops and Food https://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2020.1782147[Corresponding author] , GM crops and Food, 1(1), 1-20 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2020.1782147
Indrani K. Baruah; Debashis Panda; Jagadale M.V Mahesh; Deba Jit Das; Sumita Acharjee; Priyabrata Sen; Bidyut Kumar Sarmah (2017) . Bruchid egg-induced transcript dynamics in developing seeds of black gram (Vigna mungo). PLoS ONE 12 (4): e0176337. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0176337 (Corresponding author), PLos One, 1(1), 1-15 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0176337
Das, S. and Acharjee, S.(2024). Chapter Bio-Intensive Pest Management in Vegetables. in : Advances in Organic Farming, Brahma, S. (Ed), Taylor and Francis,DOI: 10.1201/9781003502715-34, pp 551-564.
Bhattacharjee, M.(2024). Genetic Engineering: A Powerful Tool for Crop Improvement. in : Frontier Technologies for Crop Improvement, Bhattacharjee, M.; (Ed), Springer Nature Singapore,Springer Nature Singapore, pp 223-258.
Das, D. and Acharjee, S.(2023). Application of CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Editing Techniques in Leguminous Crops. in : A Roadmap for Plant Genome Editing, Ricroch, A. and Eriksson, D. (Eds), Springer,Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, pp 247-258, ISBN:ISBN 978-3-031-46150-7 .
Sarmah, B.K.; Acharjee, S. and Sharma, H.C.(2012). Chickpea: Crop Improvement under Changing Environment Conditions . in : Improving crop productivity n sustainable Agriculture, Tuteja, N.; Gill, S.S. and Tuteja, R. (Eds), Willey- Blackwell USA ,Willey- Blackwell USA , pp 361-373, ISBN:123.
Achievements
  • Recipient of Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow conferred by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USA in 2014
  • Recipient of Overseas Associateship from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, to visit the University of Arizona, USA, as a Visiting Faculty in 2014
  • Secured a European Union-funded mobility project for our faculties and students called AdaptNET in 2018 as a Co-PI.
  • Acting as an Academic Editor of the Journal 'PLoSOne' and reviewer of various scientific journals.

    Review Editor of Frontiers In Plant Science (Plant Biotechnology)
Membership
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee. North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat-13.
    Associate Member
    2020
  • Instututional Biosafety Committee, AAU
    Associate Member
    2017
Projects
  • Government of Assam sponsored project on "Amar Gaon Amar Gaurav", project cost Rs.1500000 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Establishing Efficient Platform for Genetic Engineering in Indian Tea -[BT/PR45280/NER/95/1918/2022]", project cost Rs.1700000 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Establishing Efficient Platform for Genetic Engineering in Indian Tea", project cost Rs.368000 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • DBT sponsored project on "A study on transcriptional reprogramming in plastids of pigeon pea induced due to simulated herbivory", project cost Rs.8150040 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • DST sponsored project on "Expressing herbivore danger signal-associated receptor-like kinase genes, HAKs, in chickpea to mediate resistance to Helicoverpa armigera", implemented in 2021.
  • DBT sponsored project on "A study on transcriptional reprogramming in plastids of pigeon pea induced due to simulated herbivory.", project cost Rs.8150040 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Optimize genome editing method for chickpea (Cicer arietinum) with the CRISPR/Cas9 system and edit AHAS1 gene for herbicide tolerance", implemented in 2018.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Molecular mechanism of Helicoverpa-pigeon pea interaction", implemented in 2018.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Genetic improvement of chickpea for resistance to pod borers using Bt gene- Phase III", project cost Rs.20000000 Lakh implemented in 2014.
  • DBT sponsored project on "Development of Transgenic pigeon pea resistance to Helicoverpa armigera", project cost Rs.5800000 Lakh implemented in 2010.
  • Kirkhouse Trust sponsored project on "Establishment of a genetic transformation system for pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) for development of transgenic pigeon pea resistant to pod borer (Maruca and Helicoverpa)", project cost Rs.7800000 Lakh implemented in 2010.