Potato Basic Seed Production

Work involve formulation and design of the Aeroponic project

Production of potato minitubers of indian varities by using Tissue Culture techniques and Aeroponics.Standardisation of Aeroponic nutrient media for given potato varities.Potato seed quality monitoring in cold stores of G-1 to G-4 seed generations.Managing tissue culture lab and hardening facilities.

Manage large scale potato minituber production in various subustrate.

Accountable for large-scale production of early generation potato seeds of different Indian varieties through utilisation of indoor bio-technological techniques like tissue culture & Aeroponics. Setting protocol for tissue culture of potato varieties and hardening.Aeroponic media optimisation..

1.work on conservation and propagation of endangered medicinal plant by using conventional and biotechnological tools.2. Podophyllotoxin, aconitine, and pseudoaconitine analysis in various plant population of alpine medicinal herbs like Podophyllum hexandrum, Aconitum heterophyllum & A. balfourii of Central Himalaya.3. Estimation and quantification of plant growth substance (auxins, ABA & Cytokinins) through chromatographic techniques in relation to correlative inhibition, senescence and dormancy.4. Seed biology5. Reserve mobilization 6. Physiology of flowering in alpine medicinal herb. Work has been published in several peer reviewed national and international journals like... Seed Science & Technology Acta physiologia plantarum Journal of horticultural science & biotechnologyBiological conservation Journal of medicinal plant research Journal of hill research Proceedings in Indian academy of science

Achievements:Established tissue culture protocol for three medicinal plants.Practical knowledge for estimation of active principle and plant hormone of medicinal plantKey role in increasing % germination in high altitude medicinal plantsExecuted cultivation of 2 medicinal plant variety in high altitude farm as well as in lower altitudeActive participation in technical report writing and presentation to funding agencies like Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India and writing, editing scientific papers.