Articles
| Name |
Ajay Kumar |
| Year of selection | 2015 |
| Cohort | 2 |
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| Phone number |
7739908467 |
| Home Institute |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa,Bihar, India |
| Host Institute |
University of Milan, Italy |
| Lab, Institute, Country |
Agricultural chemistry, department of plant production, Agraria UNIMI, Italy |
| Name of Researcher/Supervisor | Prof. Gian Attilio Sacchi |
| Duration of working period | 11 months |
| Title and Brief report of the work (max 300 words) |
Thesis title: Genome wide association study for identification of genes involved in ion accumulation in rice grain. A study was conducted to investigate and identify the candidate genes in relation to cadmium and zinc transportation and accumulation in rice. Using 281 diverse rice accessions and employing genome wide association analysis to relate 46294 single nucleotide polymorphic panel and cadmium and zinc ionomic data, mixed linear model was adopted to establish the association, if any, between genotypic and ionomic data. Statistical tools used and computational applications adopted during the analyses include Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components (DAPC), Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA), Neighbour Joining Tree, Structure, Haploview and R-tool. Differential accumulation of cadmium and zinc in different vegetative tissues of two diverse rice accessions was also investigated under cadmium induced stress condition. Finally, expression profiles of OsHMA2, OsHMA3 and OsPCSs genes under cadmium induced stress condition were examined. |
| List of publications with impact factor, presentation of the research work in conferences/ seminars /workshops |
1. Poster presentation on “Comparison Of Cadmium Accumulation Property In Beirao And Capataz Varieties Of Rice” in International Conference on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: 21st Century’s Frontier Science Department of Bio-Technology, Jamshedpur Women’s College, Kolhan University Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in February 2017 2. Poster presentation on GWAS of cadmium and arsenic contents in the grains of rice plants grown under different field water managements. In Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Chimica Agraria. 3. A different cadmium accumulation in two rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) genotypes may be related to a different root retention. In Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Chimica Agraria. (abstract) |
| Present position |
Junior Research Fellow in Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research |