Asha K I
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Principal Scientist
Qualification
Ph. D. Botany, M. Phil. Botany, M. Sc. Botany, B. Ed. Natural Science
Division
Division of Crop Improvement
Specialisation
Plant genetic resources management and conservation of agri- horticultural crops
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Management and conservation of plant genetic resources of tropical tuber crops and their varietal development.

                                                                                                   Institute Projects completed

At NBPGR Regional Station, Vellanikkara, Thrissur (January 1995-March 2013)

Institute projects 

 
  1. Project-1 (PGR/GEV-BUR-THR-01.01): Augmentation, characterization, evaluation, maintenance, regeneration, conservation, documentation and distribution of genetic resources of field crops

PI

  1. Project-2 (PGR/GEV-BUR-THR-01.02): Augmentation, characterization, evaluation, maintenance, regeneration, conservation, documentation and distribution of genetic resources of tuber crops

Co-PI

  1. Project-3 (PGR/GEV-BUR-THR-01.03): Augmentation, characterization, evaluation, maintenance, regeneration, conservation, documentation and distribution of genetic resources of wild relatives of crops and economically important species (spices, medicinal & aromatic plants)

Co-PI

  1. Project-5 (PGR/GEV-BUR-THR-02.00): Use of in vitro technology for mass propagation and conservation of clonally / vegetatively propagated crops and their wild relatives

Co-PI/PI

  1. Project-1 (PGR/GEV-BUR-THR-01.01): Augmentation, characterization, evaluation, maintenance, regeneration, conservation, documentation and distribution of genetic resources of field crops and their wild relatives (Revised)

PI

  1. Project-2 (PGR/GEV-BUR-THR-01.02): Augmentation, characterization, evaluation, maintenance, regeneration, conservation, documentation and distribution of genetic resources of tuber and fruit crops and their wild relatives (Revised)

PI 

At ICAR-CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram (April 2013 to June 2022)

  1. Institute Project-1 (HORT CTCRI SIL 2013 001 01440) 

     Collection, conservation, characterization and evaluation of germplasm of tropical root and tuber crops

Co-PI 

(Activity Leader in 2)

  1. Institute Project-2 (HORT CTCRI SIL 2013 002 01441) 

     Varietal improvement in tropical tuber crops

Co-PI 

(Activity Leader in 1)

  1. Institute Project 9 (HORT CTCRI SIL 2013 002 01448)

     Integrated Management of Fungal Diseases of Tropical Tuber Crops

Co-PI

Institute Projects being handled

At ICAR-CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram

  1. Institute Project-1 (HORTCTCRISIL202000901465) 

     Conservation and utilization of germplasm of tuber crops for sustaining production

Project Leader

  1. Institute Project-2 (HORTCTCRISIL202001001466)

     Genetic Improvement of tuber crops through conventional breeding and molecular Approaches

Co-PI

  1. Institute Project-3: (HORTCTCRISIL202001101465)

     Resource management and climate smart agriculture for sustainable production of tropical tuber crops

Co-PI

  1. Institute Project-4 (HORTCTCRISIL 202001201468)

     Quality planting material production of tropical tuber crops

Co-PI

  1. Institute Project-7 (HORTCTCRISIL202001501471)

     Pre- and post-harvest machinery, processing techniques and product diversification in tropical tuber crops

Co-PI

External aided projects completed

At NBPGR Regional Station, Vellanikkara, Thrissur (January 1995-March 2013)

Title of Externally funded Project(s) associated as Co-PI

Funding agency

  1. USIF Project No. IN-ARS-862: Regeneration of Agri-biodiversity of Agri-horti-crops, their wild    and weedy relatives and other economically useful plants of south India 

USDA (Rs.6396000)

  1. USIF Project No. IN-ARS-863: Use of in vitro technology for mass propagation and conservation of clonally / vegetatively propagated crops and their wild relatives

USDA (Rs.6662400)

  1. NATP-PB: National Agricultural Technology Project on Sustainable management of Plant Biodiversity 

World Bank

  1. National Network Project on Arid Legumes: (Identified the station for horse gram seed multiplication and supply for Multilocation Evaluation programme to the identified locations from 2005 onwards)
 

External aided projects being handled

At ICAR-CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram (April 2013 to June 2022)

Establishment of varietal gene bank and development of standards of DUS testing in cassava (Manihot esculenta) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) funded by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority (PPV & FRA), New Delhi

Co-PI

 

Research papers published

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Authors

Year

Title

Journal

1

Asha KI and Maya C Nair 

2001

Incidence of Anthracnose in indigenous germplasm of Dioscorea alata L. 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 14 (1): 78-80

2

Asha KI, Maya C Nair and RS Liji 

2002

Determination of Leaf Area in Dioscorea alata L. – A critical Analysis 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 15(2): 143-145

3

Asha KI and Maya C Nair 

2002

Ethnic Knowledge System on Wild Dioscoreas (yams) by the Kanikkars of Southern Western Ghats, Kerala 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 15(2): 146-149

4

Asha KI and Maya C Nair 

2003

Characterization and Evaluation of an indigenous Collection of Greater Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 16(1): 13-17

5

Asha KI and Maya C Nair 

2004

Inter-relationships in morphotypes of greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.). 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 17 (2): 148-153.

6

Asha KI and 

Nair GM 

2005

Screening of Dioscorea species for Diosgenin from Southern western Ghats of India 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 18 (2): 227-230

7

Asha KI and 

Nair GM 

2005

Direct organogenesis in Dioscorea species 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 18 (3): 250-257

8

Asha KI, 

GM Nair, 

M Padmesh, MC Nair and JV Reji 

2006

Interrelationships Among Species of Dioscorea Revealed by Morphological Traits and RAPD Markers 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour.  19(1): 40-46

9

Asha KI and 

Nair GM 

2007

Shoot multiplication in species of Dioscorea 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour.  20 (2): 130-136

10

Asha KI and 

Nair GM

2007

In vitro bulbil induction in Dioscorea species

J. Root Crops 33 (2): 81-87

11

Asha KI and 

Nair GM

2009

Standardization of Callus Induction and Shoot Regeneration in Twelve Species of Dioscorea

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour.   22(3): 17-21

12

Asha KI and 

Nair GM

2010

Effect of Different Levels of Sucrose and Additives on In vitro Multiplication in Dioscorea pentaphylla L 

J. Root Crops 36 (1)

13

Velayudhan KC, Muralidharan VK, Amalraj VA and KI Asha

1998

Genetic resources of yams of Western Ghats 

 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 11(1): 69-80

14

Velayudhan KC and KI Asha 

1998

A note on incidence of Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in cassava collections 

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 11(1): 97 - 101

15

Anantharaman M, G Suja and KI Asha 

1999

Indigenous knowledge of cassava farmers and its scientific rationality. 

J. Root Crops 25 (1): 29-32

16

Velayudhan KC, VA Amalraj, Z Abraham and KI Asha 

2003

Six new cultivars of Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) from India 

Rheedia 13(1-2): 63-69

17

Velayudhan KC, Unnikrishnan M, Asha KI and Maya C Nair

2009

A note on the finger bearing species of the genus Curcuma L. of Western Ghats and the report of a new taxon Curcuma amada Roxb. var. glabra from Kerala, India. 

Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany: 33 (1): 162-171.

18

Velayudhan KC, BTS Gowda and KI Asha

1997

Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf.: an underutilized millet of Southern India 

IPGRI Newsletter for Asia, the Pacific and Oceania. No.23: 26

19

Joseph John K, M Abdul Nizar, KI Asha and KC Velayudhan 

1999

A new record of natural stands of Psidium guineense Swartz from Kollam, Kerala, India

Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 12 (1): 112-114

20

Velayudhan KC, VA Amalraj, Z Abraham and KI Asha

2003

Six new cultivars of Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) from India

 

Rheedia 13(1-2): 63-69

21

Velayudhan KC, Unnikrishnan M, Asha KI and Maya C Nair

2009

A note on the finger bearing species of the genus Curcuma L. of Western Ghats and the report of a new taxon Curcuma amada Roxb. var. glabra from Kerala, India

J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 33 (1): 162-171

22

Asha KI, Ann Maria Varghese, Krishna Radhika N, Koundinya AVV and Prakash Krishnan BS

2019

Molecular profiling of selected Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) germplasm using ISSR and SSR markers 

J. Root Crops 45(2): 24-32

23

Irfa Anwar, MN Sheela, Athira Jyothy, KI Asha, S Shanavas and PV Abhilash

2019

Evaluation of Nutritional Quality of Under Utilized Wild Yams of Western Ghats of India

J. Root Crops 45(1): 47-52

24

Asha K I, Reya Rene Philip, Navya Mohan

2020

Molecular Profiling of Landraces of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Using ISSR Markers. 

 

Int. J. Res. Eng., Science and Mgmt. 3(7): 343-349

25

Bimal Thomas, Asha KI and Krishna Radhika N

2019

Evaluation of Intra and Inter-specific Variability among Species of Curcuma using Microsatellite Markers

J. Root Crops 44(1):12-18

26

KI Asha, NK Dwivedi, A Indiradevi and R Asokan Nair

2013

In vitro Propagation of Chinese Potato [Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) J.K. Morton] Through Axillary Shoot Bud Culture

J. Root Crops 39(2): 62-67

27

Asha KI, A Indira Devi, NK Dwivedi and R Asokan Nair

2012

In vitro propagation of Lesser Galangal (Alpinia calcarata Rosc.) - a commercially important medicinal plant through rhizome bud culture. 

Research in Biology 2(5): 13-17

28

Asha KI, A Indira Devi, NK Dwivedi and R Asokan Nair

2012

In vitro regeneration of Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Pennell) - an important medicinal herb through nodal segment culture. 

Research in Plant Biology.

29

NK Dwivedi, KI Asha, R Asokan Nair, A Indiradevi and A Suma

2014

Collection and Conservation of Genetic Resources of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops for Sustainable Livelihood – A Status Report

J. Root Crops 39(2): 21-28

30

Asha KI, Sheela MN and Asha Devi A

2016

In vitro propagation of endemic wild edible yams of Western Ghats – the Hotspot of global biodiversity and its conservation in India

Acta Horticulture

(ISHS) 1118: 207-216

31

Sheela MN, Abhilash PV, Asha KI and Gemma Arnau 

2016

Genetic diversity analysis in greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.) native to India using morphological and molecular markers

Acta Horticulture

(ISHS) 1118: 51-58

32

NK Dwivedi, A Indiradevi, KI Asha, RA Nair, A Suma

2014

A protocol for micropropagation of Aloe vera L. (Indian Aloe) a miracle plant

 

Research in Biotechnology 5 (1)

33

Latha M, Suma A, Asha KI, Dwivedi NK, Mani S and Indiradevi A

2013

Seed polymorphism in South Indian horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.): A comprehensive study. 

 

J. Appl. Biol. & Biotech. 1(04):1-6

34

Asha KI, Krishna Radhika N, Vineetha B, Asha Devi A, Sheela MN and Sreekumar J

2015

  • Diversity Analysis of Arrowroot Germplasm Using ISSR Markers

J. Root Crops 41(1): 17-24

35

Asha KI, Sheela MN, Vivek Hegde, Archana Mukherjee, Krishna Radhika N, Asha Devi A, Shirly Raichal Anil, Koundinya AVV, Sajeev MS and Ramanathan S

2017

  • Survey and Collection of Tuber Crops from Joida, Uttara Kannada-An Unexplored Biodiversity Hotspot

 

J. Root Crops 43(2): 94-98

36

N Krishna Radhika, KI Asha, and VV Asha

2017

  • Inhibition of Angiogenesis and Metastasis by Cheilanthes farinosa (Forsk.) Kaulf water extract and identification of bioactive components present therein. 

Int. J. Appl. Res. in Natural Products. 11(1): 1-14

Books/ Book Chapters 

Item

Year

Details

Publisher

Page No.

Book Chapters/Manuals

  

1

2006

Asha KI, M Latha, Z Abraham, PK Jayan, Maya C Nair and SK Mishra. Genetic Resources In: Horsegram in India. Kumar D (ed.) 

Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.

11-28

2

1999

Velayudhan KC, VA Amalraj, Z Abraham, K Joseph John, M Abdul Nizar and KI Asha. Wild crop genetic resources of Silent Valley with special reference to in situ conservation of Piper species. In TM Manoharan et al. (ed.) Silent Valley – Whispers of Reason 

Kerala Forest Department, Thiruvananthapuram

217-223

3

2001

Z Abraham, KC Velayudhan, K Joseph John, M Abdul Nizar, KI Asha and R Asokan Nair. National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Vellanikkara, Thrissur-680 656, Kerala, India - a colour brochure in Malayalam.

National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Vellanikkara, Thrissur-680 656

1-6

4

2006

Abraham Z, M Latha, KI Asha, Cherian Varghese, S Lakshmi Narayanan and SK Pareek. Minimal Descriptors of Agri-Horticultural Crops Part V: Spices, Tubers and Plantation Crops

NBPGR Regional Station, Thrissur

1-102

5

2020

Asha KI. Germplasm collection, Characterization, Evaluation, Conservation and Distribution In: Standard Operating Procedures for AICRP on Tuber Crops. Technical Bulletin No.81

(ISBN: 978-93-5407-281-9)

28-32

6

2015

Sheela MN, Asha KI and Chakrabarti SK. Tropical Tuber Crops. Handbook of Vegetables. Vol. III. KV Peter and Hazra P. (Eds.)

Studium Press LLC.

437-485

7

2018

  • Asha KI. Germplasm management, collection, conservation and cataloguing of cassava and minor tuber crops. In: IASF-STP 2018 Training Manual on Genetic Improvement of Tropical Tuber Crops through Conventional and Biotechnological Approach. ICAR-CTCRI, 47-66.
  

8

2017

  • Asha KI. Genetic Improvement of Yams. In The Feed Future India International Triangular Training (FTF ITT) I Program on “Production and processing technology for tuber crops” for Extension Practitioners of African Countries. ICAR-CTCRI.
  

9

2009

Abraham Z, M Latha, K Joseph John, KI Asha, SK Malik and Rekha Chaudhury. Collection and conservation of under-utilized plants. In Ramachandran VS (Ed.). National Seminar on “Recent Trends in the Conservation and Utilization of Under-utilized Wild Edible Plants” (CUWEP-2009). Dept. of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

 

7

10

2004

Abraham Z, M Latha, KI Asha, R Senthil Kumar, S Lakshmi Narayanan and Cherian Varghese. Plant Genetic Resources of Southern Western Ghats. In: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Plant Genetic Resources Management Ed. Thomas Mathew P. Dept. of Botany, Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala,

 

1-21

Technical Bulletins/ Catalogues/ Scientific Monographs 

  1. Velayudhan KC, KI Asha, C. Rajalakshmi and RS Liji 2003. Cassava Genetic Resources. Scientific Monograph No.5. NBPGR Regional Station, Thrissur.
  2. Asha KI, Koundinya AVV, Sheela MN, Asha Devi A and Krishna Radhika N. “Catalogue on Cassava Genetic Resources Revised (Part-1)”. Technical Bulletin No.82. ICAR-CTCRI, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram-695 017, Kerala.
  3. Asha KI. 2020. Chapter on “Germplasm collection, Characterization, Evaluation, Conservation and Distribution” published in the “Standard Operating Procedures for AICRP on Tuber Crops”. Technical Bulletin No.81 (ISBN: 978-93-5407-281-9). P.28-32. 
  4. Archana Mukherjee, Sheela MN, Asha KI, Asha Devi A, Shirly Raichal Anil, Krishna Radhika N and Senthilkumar KM. 2019. Tuber crops varieties released by ICAR – Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Technical Bulletin No. 77, ICAR – Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 48 p.

Technical folders/ Leaflets/Brochures

  1. Z Abraham KC, Velayudhan K, Joseph John, M Abdul Nizar, KI Asha and R Asokan Nair. 2001.  National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Vellanikkara, Thrissur-680 654, Kerala, India - a colour brochure in Malayalam.
  2. K Joseph John, KI Asha, M Latha, Z Abraham and NK Dwivedi. 2012.  National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, KAU (P.O.), Thrissur-680 654, Kerala, India - a colour brochure in Hindi.
  3. Sheela MN, Asha KI, Asha Devi A, Shirly Raichal Anil, Krishna Radhika N, Vivek Hegde, Prakash Krishnan. Technical folder on PPV&FR Act was released in Malayalam during Workshop on 'Enriching Custodian Farmers with PPV&FR Act to Safeguard Valued Plant Genetic Resources Towards Green Prosperity' on 10-11th October 2019. 
  4. Sheela MN, Makesh Kumar T, Krishna Radhika N, Suresh Kumar, S Sunitha, Asha KI, Asha Devi A, Visalakshi Chandra C, Shirly Raichal Anil, Abhilash PV. Technical folder on ‘New CMD resistant varieties of Cassava’ released during AICRP meeting 2019.
  5. Asha KI, Shirly Raichal Anil, Asha Devi A and Murugesan P. 2019. Management of genetic resources of tuber crops, “Integrated Technology for Production, Processing and Value Addition in Tuber Crops” in Feed The Future India Triangular Training (FTF ITT) program held from 16-30 September 2019. pp. 36-69.

 

 

Patents/Copyrights obtained

Germplasm Registration

Registered 4 unique germplasm accessions in 4 Dioscorea spp.: The Plant Germplasm Registration Committee of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in its XVII meeting held on 16th February 2008 has registered 4 unique germplasm accessions in 4 Dioscorea spp. with NBPGR proposed by me, in which, presence of diosgenin was detected and quantified for the first time, which in future can be exploited as new sources for disogenin. These germplasm accessions were collected from south Western Ghats and are being maintained in the field genebank of the NBPGR Regional Station, Thrissur, Kerala.

  1.  IC202382 (INGR No. 08061; Dioscorea pubera Bl.)
  2. IC202383 (INGR No. 08062; Dioscorea spicata Roth.)
  3. IC202370 (INGR No. 08063; Dioscorea hispida Dennst)
  4. IC202328 (INGR No. 08064; Dioscorea hamiltonii Hk.)

 

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