Institute projects being handled as Principal Investigator
1 Pyramiding of genes for cassava mosaic disease (CMD) resistance in cassava through molecular breeding
Institute projects being handled as Co-Principal Investigator
1 Varietal Improvement of cassava for CMD resistance, earliness, high starch and keeping quality
2 Comparative global gene expression analysis in CMD resistant, recovery and susceptible cassava genotypes
3 In silico analysis of transcriptome data generated through deep sequencing of RNA from different tropical tuber crops
Externally funded projects completed
1 Evaluation of orange-fleshed sweet potato and mapping of genetic loci associated with β-carotene
Externally funded projects being handled
1 DBT project: Isolation of differentially expressing genes in CMD resistance parent (MNga1) by suppression subtractive Hybridization (SSH) using cDNA library.