Abhay Kumar
Designation
Scientist (Biotechnology)
Date of joining ICAR
10th February 2009
Date of joining DGR
19th June 2009
Education Qualifications
M.Sc.
2007
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology,
Indian Agriculture Research Institute, I.A.R.I., New Delhi 110 012, India.
B.Sc.
2005
Agriculture
Institute of Agricultural Sciences,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
Mailing Address
Abhay Kumar
Scientist (Biotechnology),
Crop Improvement Unit,
Directorate of Groundnut Research,
Post Box No. - 5, Ivnagar Road,
Junagadh 362 001, Gujarat.
Phones(O): +91 0285 2673041 Ext: 126
Fax: +91 0285 2672550
Mobile: +91 9924271716
Phones(H): +91 0285 2670897
e-mail: abhayiari@gmail.com, abhay@nrcg.res.in
Research Interest(s)
Molecular cloning, isolation and characterization of genes and promoters from diverse germplasm, expression analysis, deploying them in developing transgenic crop plants tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Comparative genomics and bioinformatics tools based genome-wide comparative analysis among different plant species.
Research Projects in hand:
DGR projects:
Biotechnological approaches to the characterization and genetic enhancement of groundnut
Publications:
1. In refereed Journals
Sangram K. Lenka, Bikash Lohia, Abhay Kumar, Viswanathan Chinnusamy and Kailash C. Bansal (2009) Genome-wide targeted prediction of ABA responsive genes in rice based on over-represented cis-motif in coexpressed genes. Plant Molecular Biology 69:261–27.
Abhay Kumar, Shiv S. Verma, Monika Dalal, Sangram K. Lenka, Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Kailash C. Bansal (2009) Rice MYB02 promoter analysis in response to ABA, drought, salt and cold stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. (Communicated)
Lakshmi K., Sangram K. Lenka, Amit Katiyar, Abhay Kumar, V. Chinnusamy, and Kailash C. Bansal (2009) Isolation and in silico characterization of thylakoid bound ascorbate peroxidise cDNA (TatAPX) from a drought tolerant wheat cultivar C306. (Communicated);
2. Abstracts presented at Conferences and Symposia
Puja Rai, Monika Dalal, Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Abhay Kumar, Kailash C. Bansal and Ajay Arora (2008) Isolation and characterization of abiotic stress responsive mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. Indian Society for Plant Physiology. Nov. 12-14 IARI, New Delhi.
Abhay Kumar, Shiv S. Verma, Monika Dalal, Viswanathan Chinnusamy and Kailash C. Bansal (2007) Cloning and Characterization of Abiotic Stress-inducible MYB Transcription Factor Gene Promoters from Upland Rice cultivar N-22. The 5th International Symposium of Rice Functional Genomics. Oct. 15-17, Tsukuba, Japan.
K.C. Bansal, V. Chinnusamy, M. Dalal, D. Goel, S. S. Verma, P. Singhal, D. Tayal, A. Das, K. Lakshmi, S.K. Lenka and Abhay Kumar (2008) Transgenic crops for enhanced yields under abiotic stress environments; National Seminar on Physiological and Biotechnological Approaches to Improve Plant Productivity. (15-17 March 2008, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana).
K.C. Bansal, V. Chinnusamy, M. Dalal, A. Das, S. Shankar Verma, Parul Singhal, D. Tayal, K. Lakshmi, S.K. Lenka and Abhay Kumar (2005) Cloning of genes and developing transgenic crops with enhanced tolerance to salinity and drought; International Conference on Biotechnology for Salinity & Drought Tolerance in Plants. (28-31 March 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan).
3. Patents
Bansal KC, Chinnusamy V, Kumar A, Verma SS, Dalal M, Singhal P, Lenka S. Stress-Inducible/Responsive Plant Promoter (OsMYB1), Isolation and Use Thereof. File No. 306/DEL/2008, dt 4 Feb 2008.
Bansal KC, Chinnusamy V, Kumar A, Verma SS, Dalal M, Singhal P, Lenka S. Stress-Inducible/Responsive Plant Promoter (OsMYB2), Isolation and Use Thereof. File No. 307/DEL/2008, dt 4 Feb 2008.
4. Others
Sequence submitted to GenBank (NCBI)
Kumar, A., Verma, S.S., Viswanathan, C. and Bansal, K.C. Cloning and characterization of abiotic stress inducible MYB transcription factor gene promoter region from upland rice cultivar N22. Accession number: EU003972
Verma, S.S., Kumar, A., Viswanathan, C. and Bansal, K.C. O. sativa MYB transcription factor gene promoter region. Accession number: EU003973