S.No.

Title of the project

Funding agency

Sanctioned budget (Rs. Lakhs)

Principal Investigator

Functional genomics of rice, wheat

ICAR-NPTC

(Since 2005)

(Plan-linked)

500 Lakhs

Prof. Nagendra K. Singh

Improvement of Pigeon pea for plant type, early maturity, pod borer resistance and moisture stress tolerance (Network programme)

DBT-ISCB

640 Lakhs

Prof. Nagendra K. Singh

From QTL to Variety: breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in rice-Phase

DBT

1000 Lakhs

Prof. Nagendra K. Singh

Referral centre for Genetic Fidelity testing of Tissue culture raised plants (NCS-TCP)

DBT

71.37 Lakhs

Dr. Amolkumar U Solanke

RiceMetaSys: Understanding rice gene network for biotic and abiotic stress management through system biology approach

ICAR-CABin

13.49 Lakhs

Dr. Amolkumar U. Solanke

CRISPR-Cas9 based genome editing of multiple negative regulators for blast resistance in rice

DST-SERB

31.93 Lakhs

Dr.Amolkumar U. Solanke

Maintenance, Characterization and use of EMS Mutants of upland variety Nagina 22 for Functional Genomics in Rice- Phase II” (BT//PR10787/AGIII/103/883/2014)

DBT

258.98 Lakhs

Dr. Amitha Mithra Sevanthi

Structural and functional genomics study of deepwater adaptation of local rice landraces of Assam

DBT

24.47 Lakhs

Dr. T. K. Mondal

Generation and comparative analysis of salinity responsive miRNAs and miRNA-mediated pathways among halophyte (Oryza coarctata), tolerant glycophyte (Oryza sativa cv Nona bokra) and susceptible glycophyte (Oryza sativa cv IR-64) genotypes

DBT

60.60 Lakhs

Dr. T. K. Mondal

Decoding tea (Camellia assamica)  genome for identification of commercially important  genes

National Tea Research Foundation, Tea Board, Kolkata

116 Lakhs

Dr. T. K. Mondal

Understanding the mechanism of low-light tolerance in rice.

ICAR-NASF

296.16 Lakhs

Dr. Prasanta K. Dash

Genetic improvement of rice for yield, abiotic and biotic stress tolerance through RNA guided genome editing (CRISPR-Cas9).

ICAR-NASF

78.10 Lakhs

Dr. Prasanta K. Dash

Bast fibre yield in flax

ICAR-NPGFFM

7.0 Lakhs

Dr. Prasanta K. Dash

Gene Discovery for Reproductive Stage salt tolerance in rice

DBT

89 Lakhs

Dr. Vandana Rai

Molecular Dissection of mechanism of resistance to Sheath Blight in Rice

DST

36.36 Lakhs

Dr. Deepak S. Bisht

Genetic modifications to improve biological nitrogen fixation for augmenting nitrogen needs of cereals

ICAR-Incentivizing Research in Agriculture

110.85 Lakhs

Dr. Pranab Kumar Mandal

Development of Low Immunogenic Wheat

ICAR-CRP on Biofortification

14.475 Lakhs

Dr. Pranab Kumar Mandal

Indo-UK Centre for the improvement of Nitrogen use Efficiency in Wheat (INEW)

DBT

 217.154 Lakhs

Dr. Pranab Kumar Mandal

Identification and functional validation of partner proteins of two-component high affinity nitrate transporter of wheat

SERB-DST

 36.32 Lakhs

Dr. Subodh Kumar Sinha

Development of transgenic wheat for heat stress tolerance

ICAR-NPFGGM

35 Lakhs

Dr. Sharmistha Barthakur

Deciphering the transcriptional regulator(s) of hydrotropism in wheat

DST-SERB

40.7 Lakhs

Dr. Monika Dalal

Development of wheat transgenics with enhanced tolerance to drought

ICAR-NPTC

14.50 Lakhs

Dr. Monika Dalal

Characterization, mapping and transcriptome analysis of seed protein, β-carotene and mineral contents in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

NASF

102 Lakhs

Dr. P.K. Jain

Identification and molecular tagging of gene(s) controlling resistance to chilli leaf curl virus infection in chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

NASF

39 Lakhs

Dr. P.K. Jain

Finishing of pigeonpea genome and functional genomics of fertility restoration.

NPTC

 16.00 lakhs

Dr. Kishor Gaikwad

Decoding the genomes of guar and black gram for the identification of important genes

ICAR-CRP on Genomics

145.00 Lakhs

Dr. Kishor Gaikwad

Molecular mapping and identification of candidate gene(s) responsible for the  cleistogamous trait in pigeonpea Cajanus  cajan Millsp

DST-SERB

36.63 lakhs

Dr. Kishor Gaikwad

Genomics-led improvement of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in mustard rape for economic and environmental sustainability

DBT

108 Lakhs

Dr. R. C. Bhattacharya

Development of haploid inducer line, and enhancement of seed-meal quality in Brassica juncea through CRISPR/Cas mediated genome editing

DBT

50 Lakh

Dr. R. C. Bhattacharya

A way forward to developing aphid-resistance in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea): Host- and virus-mediated gene silencing of parthenogenetic genes in mustard aphid

SERB

38 Lakhs

Dr. R. C. Bhattacharya

Development of Aphid Resistant Transgenic Brassica

ICAR-NPTC

70 Lakhs

Dr. Rekha Kansal

Identification of effector candidates from necrotrophic plant pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and its target proteins in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)

DBT

38.16 Lakhs

Dr Navin C Gupta

Broadening genetic diversity of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) through resynthesis of amphidiploids genome by crossing parental diploid species

DST-SERB

33.64 Lakhs

Dr. Mahesh Rao

Development of haploid inducer line in Brassica oleracea var. botrytis through CRISPR-Cas mediated engineering of centromeric histone H3 gene

DST-SERB

40.20 Lakh

Dr. Anshul  Watts

Development of Alternaria-resistant mustard

ICAR

21 Lakhs

Dr. Anita Grover