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Dr. Sandhya Gupta
Designation:
Principal Scientist
     
Division/RS/Unit:
Division of Germplasm Conservation
     
Discipline:
Economic Botany
Contact:
25802721; Ext. 721; +91 9958499781
     
E-Mail:
sandhya.gupta(AT)icar.gov.in, sandhya_gupta87(AT)yahoo.com
     
Personal Webpage:
     
Salient Achievements:
  • In vitro conservation and cryopreservation of temperate and minor (tropical) fruit species
  • In vitro collection includes 360 accessions of 10 genera.
  • As curator, about 200 new exotic accessions were introduced in the country from USA in 2005.
  • The accessions are readily available for research purposes. 
  • Faculty, IARI-PG School
  • Resource person, Bioversity-ICAR-Center of Excellence on in vitro conservation and cryopreservation 
     
Awards/Honours:
  • Biotechnology Overseas Associateship: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
  • ISPGR Fellow: Indian Society of Plant genetic Resources, New Delhi
  • ISHRD Fellow: Indian Society of Horticultural Research & Development, Uttarakhand 
  • Vice Chair of Commission on Plant Genetic Resources (2014-18): International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Belgium 
  • ISHS medal-2018
  • Best Poster Award for the poster entitled ‘In Vitro Production of Apple Seedling Rootstock’: Indian Society of Plant genetic Resources, New Delhi
     
Recent Publications Research Papers
1.  Gupta S (2014). Cryobanking of germplasm through encapsulation-dehydration technique., Acta Hort., 1039: 147-153
2.  Gupta S (2011). Cryopreservation of in vitro-grown shoot tip of Morus spp. and Pyrus cossonii Rehder by encapsulation dehydration., Acta Hort, 908: 309-317
3.  Gupta S (2011). Management of Temperate Fruits Genetic Resources in India., Acta Hort., 918: 71-80
4.  Gupta S, Tyagi H and Rana JC (2011). Cryopreservation of apple genetic resources using dormant buds. , Cryobiology, 63: 336
5.  Uchendu EE, Muminova M, Gupta S and Reed BM (2010). Antioxidant and anti-stress compounds improve regrowth of cryopreserved Rubus shoot tips., In Vitro Cell and Development Biology-Plant, 46: 386-393
6.  Gupta S, Singh P and Ananda Rao A (2009). Micropropagation of Morus indica L. using explants from mature tree: Effects of plant growth regulators on shoot multiplication and rooting., Progressive Hort., 42: 137-142
7.  Gupta Sandhya and Mahalaxmi V (2009). In vitro high frequency direct plant regeneration from whole leaves of blackberry., Scientia Horticulturae, 120: 20-26
8.  Gupta, S and Reed BM (2006). Cryopreservation of shoot tips of blackberry and raspberry by encapsulation-dehydration and vitrification., CryoLetters, 27: 29-42.
9.  Gupta S (2004). In vitro conservation of temperate and minor fruit crop germplasm at NBPGR in India., In Vitro Plant Cell & Dev. Biol.-Plant, 40: 418-419
10.  Gupta s (2001). ABA-induced growth retardation of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) in vitro., Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 14: 312-313
     
 
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The contents of this page are personal information/views of the staff. NBPGR is neither responsible for the contents or reliability nor endorses the views expressed within them.
     
Last Updated : 11/05/2023