Profile
In vitro propagation of economically important plant species of Northeastern region of India, Use of molecular markers to study the plant genetic diversity and ascertaining the clonal fidelity of tissue cultured plants and genetic improvement of selected plant resources of Northeastern region of India through cellular and molecular approaches.
Current Focus Areas
The Plant Tissue Culture laboratory has taken up a research mandate on citrus genetic resources with the objectives of collecting and documenting the traditional indigenous knowledge associated, morphological and molecular characterization of the genetic relationship
Establishment of the unique characters of the different Citrus resources for proper identification of cultivars, their maintenance as a genetic resource for future utilization, identification and screening of disease infected plants by using serological and molecular techniques.
It also focuses on the use of biotechnology for propagation of gingers, turmeric and orchids.
Selected Publications
• Devi, K. S., Sanabam, R., Singh, N. S., Devi, E. J., & Devi, H. S. (2023). Intergeneric hybridization of two endangered orchids, Vanda stangeana and Phalaenopsis hygrochila and molecular confirmation of hybridity using SSR and SCoT markers. South African Journal of Botany, 161, 140-150.
• Sharma, P. B., & Devi, H. S. (2023). Regeneration characteristics of Garcinia pedunculata: utilization of adventitious embryony for mass multiplication. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 152(3), 555-567.
• Devi, E. J., Labala, R. K., Sanabam, R., Singh, N. S., Modak, R., & Devi, H. S. (2022). New report of Citrus indica Yu. Tanaka, a wild progenitor species of citrus from Dailong Forest, Manipur, and recommendation for its conservation. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 69(2), 545-558.
• Singh, W.A., Singh, N.S., Devi, E.J., Handique, P.J., & Devi, H.S. (2021). Collection and characterization of banana gene pools (Musa spp.) in Manipur (NE India) using PCR–RFLP and RAPD and ISSR markers. Brazilian Journal of Botany, 44(3), 671-684.
• Devi, E. J., Labala, R. K., Modak, R., Singh, N. S., & Devi, H. S. (2020). Molecular detection of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” causing HLB in Manipur and correlation of its incidence with elevation. Tropical Plant Pathology, 45(6), 658-667