Usha Rani T.R.
Senior Scientist
Division of Basic Sciences
Qualification
Ph.D
Specialization
Arka Elakkibale suspension culture: The technology developed facilitates large scale multiplication of elakki bale planting material from embryogenic cell suspension (ECS) (@~1lakh plants per ideal embryogenic calli)…
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(During the Period of 2019-2023)
- Developed transgenic banana cv Rasthali and Grand naine with anti apoptosis gene constructs to impart fusarium wilt resistance.
- Arka Elakkibale suspension culture for mass multiplication of banana cv Elakkibale was commercialized to four tissue culture companies in Karnataka.
- Developed putative tomato cv Arka vikas using novel gene editing technology for jointless pedicel.
- Developed mutants of purple guava for Fusarium wilt resistance
- Large scale demonstration of elakki bananan plants derived from embryogenic cell suspension was taken up.
(Best 10/High Impact)
- Rajabaskar, D., Rabeena, I., Aishwarya, P., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R. and Kennedy, J.S., 2020. Melon thrips Thrips palmi karny association with bud necrosis disease in water melon. Indian Journal of Entomology, 82(1), pp.80-84.
- Rabeena, I., Chinnaiah, C., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R., Balakrishnan, N., Kennedy, J.S. and Rajabaskar, D., 2020. An integrated approach for identification of Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom). Indian Journal of Entomology, 82(1), pp.179-182.
- Rajabaskar, D., Rabeena, I., Aishwarya, P., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R. and Kennedy, J.S., 2019. Melon thrips Thrips palmi karny association with bud necrosis disease in watermelon. Indian Journal of Entomology, 81(4)
- Rabeena, I., Chinnaiah, C., Karthikeyan, G., Usharani, T.R., Balakrishnan, N., Kennedy, J.S. and Rajabaskar, D., 2019. Incidence of Groundnut bud necrosis virus (Bunyaviridae: Tospovirus) and associated vector (Frankliniella schultzei Trybom) in major tomato growing regions of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 25(2), pp.233-240.
- Sunisha, C., Sowmya, H.D., Usharani, T.R., Umesha, M., Gopalkrishna, H.R. and Saxena, A., 2020. Deployment of stacked antimicrobial genes in banana for stable tolerance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense through genetic transformation. Molecular biotechnology, 62(1), pp.8-17.
- Sunisha, C., Sowmya, H.D., Usharani, T.R., Umesha, M., Gopalkrishna, H.R. and Sriram, S., 2020. Induction of Ced9 mediated anti-apoptosis in commercial banana cultivar Rasthali for stable resistance against Fusarium wilt. 3 Biotech, 10(8), pp.1-8
- Dhandapani M and Usharani T R (2022) Haploids Induction Mediated Through Genome Editing. Agroscience Today. 3 (2): 0340 – 0343
Umesha, M., Sowmya, H.D., Usharani, T.R., Sunisha, C., Gopalkrishna, H.R.Megha Ganachari (2022) Fusarium wilt of banana: sustainable management through deployment of anti-apoptotic genes into the susceptible genomes. Tropical Plant Pathology. 47, pages 470–484 DOI: 10.1007/s40858-022-00500-5 - Amruta, B.S., LaxmiDevi, V., Ramegowda, G.K., Seetharamu, G.K., Usharani, T.R. and Krishnareddy, M., 2020. First report of Groundnut bud necrosis virus infecting anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) in India. New Disease Reports, 41(14), pp.2044-0588.
Chaturvedi, S., Khan, S., Usharani, T.R. and Tiwari, S., 2021. Analysis of TCP Transcription Factors Revealed Potential Roles in Plant Growth and Fusarium oxysporum F. Sp. Cubense Tolerance in Banana (cv. Rasthali). DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-715375/v1
Books Chapte
- Usharani, T.R., Ganachari, M. and Sowmya, H.D., 2022. Omics in vegetable crops under the family Solanaceae. In Omics in Horticultural Crops (pp. 303-332). Academic Press. ISBN: 978-323-89905-5
Arka Elakkibale suspension culture: The technology developed facilitates large scale multiplication of elakki bale planting material from embryogenic cell suspension (ECS) (@~1lakh plants per ideal embryogenic calli). The ECS is initiated from immature male floral meristems of banana cv elakki bale collected from a healthy mother plant.
