Dhananjaya M.V.

Dhananjaya M.V.

Principal Scientist

Division of Vegetable Crops

Qualification MSc (Ag),Ph.D
Specialization   Gummy stem blight resistant varieties Arka Shreyas is resistant to Gummy stem blight (GSB) with yield potential of 48 t/ha. Fruits are green and club shape. This variety will be ready to first picking by 60 days.  It…
  1. Y. C. Gupta, M. V. Dhananjaya (2011) Guidelines for the conduct of test for distinctiveness, uniformity and stability on carnation published by PPVFRA, New-Delhi.
  2. Tejaswini Prakash, Usha Bharathi, T. Dhananjaya, M . V. (2021) Arka Flower Varieties and Production Technologye-Book NO EB-02/2021 published by ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru- 560 089
  3. M. V. Dhananjaya and Tejaswini. 2010. National Consultation on Landscape Gardening for Aesthetic Values and Environmental Services "Dianthus and its Utility as component in Landscape Gardening" 29-30 April, 2010.
  4. Tejaswini, and Dhananjaya, M. V. 2010. National Consultation on Landscape Gardening for Aesthetic Values and Environmental Services " Rosary to Beautyfy Landscape" 29-30 April, 2010.
  5. Dhananjaya M. V., Bhanuprakash, K., and Tejaswini. 2006. The Indian Rose Annual XXII "Green Rose: An Intriguing Rose Accession" 2006.
  6. Tejaswini, Dhananjaya M. V., Jansi, Rani, B., Ramanchandran, N., Sangama, Meenakshi Srinivas and R. N. Bhat. 2011. Indian Rose Annual XXVII "Rose varieties and advanced lines from Indian Institute of Horticulture Research" 2011.
  7. Tejaswini, and Dhananjaya, M. V. 2011. Indian Rose Annual XXVII "Indian Roses and Identification Numbers".
  8. B. R. Raghu, T. S. Aghora and Dhananjaya, M. V.2022.Curry leaf Improvement in India, In; Compendium for Winter School on “Underexploited Vegetables: Unexplored Treasure Trove for Food, Nutritional and Economic Security” 02-22 February, 2022.
  9. B. R. Raghu, T. S. Aghora and M. V. Dhananjaya. 2022. Genetic improvement of curry leaf in India: Challenges and future prospects, Indian Horticulture 65(3)127-130.
  10.  A. T. Sadashiva and M. V. Dhananjaya. 2018. Advances in seed production methodology of Bitter gourd, Ridge gourd, bottle gourd and Ash gourd In; Compendium International training program on Seed production techniques in Vegetable crops. Edited by Madhavi Reddy and A.T. Sadashiva,  pp 83-93 IIHR, Bengaluru (INDIA).
  11.  A. T. Sadashiva and M. V. Dhananjaya. 2018. Production technology of vegetable crops(Bottle gourd)- A hand book, Edited by A. T. Sadashiva, S. S. Hebbar, A. K. Nair, and M. senthil Kumar, IIHR, Bengaluru (INDIA), pp 26-28.
  12. A. T. Sadashiva and M. V. Dhananjaya. 2018. Production technology of vegetable crops- A hand book(Ash gourd), Edited by A.T. Sadashiva, S. S. Hebbar, A. K. Nair, and M. senthil Kumar, IIHR, Bengaluru (INDIA), pp 12-14.
  13. A. T. Sadashiva and M. V. Dhananjaya. 2018. Tarakari belegala utpadana tantragnana kaipidi (Sorekai) Edited by B. Narayanaswamy and A. T. Sadashiva, IIHR, Bengaluru (INDIA), pp 110-113.
  14. A. T. Sadashiva and M. V. Dhananjaya. 2018. Tarakari belegala utpadana tantragnana kaipidi (Budugumbala) Edited by B. Narayanaswamy and A.T. Sadashiva, IIHR, Bengaluru (INDIA), pp 120-124.
  1. Best Thesis Award to Manisha, Dr. K. Padmini, Dr. M. V. Dhananjaya, Dr. V. Keshava Rao, Dr. D. C. Lakshmana Reddy, Dr. R. Uma Maheswari. 2022. Genetics of nematode resistance, yield and quality traits in carrot (Daucus carota L.) ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during ''Annual General Body Meeting of SPH'' held on 30th May 2023.
  2. R. Rashmi, M. V. Dhananjaya and S. R. Patil. 2018. Commercial multiplication of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii bolus ex Hooker F.) from young Capitilum explants during International symposium on Horticulture: Priorities and Emerging Trends, ICAR-IIHR during September 05-08, 2017.
  3. Best Poster Awards to Dyaberi, A., Dhananjaya, M. V., Rao, T. M., Kumar, R., Venugopalan, R. and Seetharam, G. K. 2012. Studies on floral biology and seed setting in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus). Presented during International conference on sustainable agriculture for food and livelihood security held at PAU, Ludhiana, November 27-29, 2012.

 

Gummy stem blight resistant varieties

  • Arka Shreyas is resistant to Gummy stem blight (GSB) with yield potential of 48 t/ha. Fruits are green and club shape. This variety will be ready to first picking by 60 days.  It is an open pollinated variety.
  • Arka Nutan is moderately resistant to gummy stem blight with a yield potential of 46 t/ha. Fruits are light green medium cylindrical. This variety will be ready to first picking by 56 days.
  • Fhybrid Arka Ganga is resistant to gummy stem blight with a yield potential of 58 t/ha. Fruits are green and oblong / oval. This hybrid will be ready to first picking by 56 days after planting

Technologies/ breeding lines/ varieties listed for commercialization

  • GSB resistant line BG-114-1 (Short cylindrical) can be used as donor parent in hybridization to develop resistant varieties. It can be used as rootstock for other cucurbits since it is a soil borne. It is also cost effective reducing 50-60% of dependence on pesticides. It has been registered under NBPGR (INGR21145 & IC635410).
  • GSB resistant line BG-114-3 (Medium cylindrical) can be used as donor parent in hybridization to develop resistant varieties. It can be used as rootstock for other cucurbits  since it is a soil borne. It is also cost effective reducing 50-60% of dependence on pesticides. . It has been registered under NBPGR (INGR21146 & IC0635411).
  • GSB resistant line BG-95 (Round) can be used as donor parent in hybridization to develop resistant varieties. It can be used as rootstock for other cucurbits since it is a soil borne. It is also cost effective reducing 50-60% of dependence on pesticides. It has been registered under NBPGR  (IC0635412 & INGR21148).
  • GSB resistant variety Arka Shreyas (club shape) first picking by 60 days, yield potential of 48 t/ha. It is an open pollinated variety.
  • Powdery mildew resistant line BG-6-3 is resistant to Powdery mildew (Golovinomyces cichoracearum). It takes an average of 43.15 days for first female flower appearance with a yield potential of 31.81 t/ha. Fruits are green, medium elongated straight with a length of 34.75 cm and circumferance of 27.00 cm.
  • Powdery mildew resistant line BG-8-1 BG-8-1 is resistant to Powdery mildew. It takes an average of 54.18days for first female flower appearance at 17.33 node. Fruits are elongated straight shape with green stripes. It also produces 4.88 number of fruits per plant with an marketable yield of 32.20 t/ha.

Patents/ PPVFRA protections:

Crop varieties registered with PPV & FRA

Crop varieties

PI/Co-PI

Patent/ Registration No. & year

Bottle Gourd- Arka Shreyas

PI

Application Filed

Bottle Gourd- Arka Ganga

PI

Application Filed

Carnation - Arka Flame

Co-PI

REG/2020/284

Rose - Arka Swadesh

Co-PI

REG/2016/354

Rose - Arka Ivory

Co-PI

REG/2017/1770

List of genotypes registered with NBPGR/ICAR, New Delhi

Crop

Germplasm/ Genetic Stock Registered

IC No.

Registration No.

Characters

Year of Registration

Bottle Gourd

BG-114-1

IC635410

INGR21145

Gummy stem blight resistance

2021

BG-114-3

IC0635411

INGR21146

Gummy stem blight resistance

2021

BG-95

IC0635412

INGR21148

Gummy stem blight resistance

2021

BG-6-3

IC0635413

INGR21147

Powdery mildew resistance

2021

BG-8-1

IC0635414

INGR21215

Powdery mildew resistance

2021

Rose

IIHRP-13

IC556921

INGR10072

Thrips tolerance and Fragrance

2010

IIHRP-2-28-F

IC0584135

INGR10070

Shining Foliage, unique biclour

2010

IIHRP-3-18-2

IC0584136

INGR10071

Less thorns, straight stalk of cut flower quality, pointed bud light pink flowers with high centre.

2010

IIHRRs-1

IC567489

INGR09049

Powdery mildew and black spot resistance

2009

IIHRRs-2

IC567490

INGR09050

Powdery mildew and black spot resistance

2009

Gladiolus

IIHRG-9

IC0584126

INGR10068

Floret colour

2010

IIHRG-12

IC621474

INGR17089

Floret colour

2017

IIHRG-6

IC621473

INGR17088

Floret colour

2017

Gerbera

IIHR 3-34

IC621471

INGR 17090

Flower head colour

2017

IIHR 8-45

IC621472

INGR 17091

Flower head colour

2017

Chrysanthemum

IIR2-47

IC623437

INGR17059

Flower head colour

2017

IIHR5-23

IC623438

INGR 17060

Flower head colour

2017

Carnation

IHRC-1

IC 548347

INGR08065

Mini spray carnation suitable for open field

2008

IIHRIS-1(A-5)

ICS61244

INGR08102

Micro carnation

2008

IHRIS-2 (11-13)

IC561245

INGR08103

Micro carnation

2008

 

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