Institute Projects

1.Genetic Enhancement in Oil Palm (Since March 2015)

2.Biotechnological studies in Oil Palm (Since March 2015)

External Projects

1.Mapping QTLs for important physiological traits, oil yield related traits and construction of linkage maps in oil palm using genome wide microsatellites and SNP markers (DST, New Delhi funded) (2016-2019).

2.Integrated Genomics approaches for identification of genes for dwarf trait and genes expressed during callus and somatic embryogenic stages in oil palm (ICAR Funded) (2019-2022)

Awards

1. ICAR- Lal Bahadur Shastri Outstanding Young Scientist award dor crop and Horticultural Sciences-2017

2. Young Achiever award from society SADHNA - 2017

3. ICAR-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences (Crop Sciences)-2015

4. Best Poster at 1st International Agro-Biodiversity Congress at NAAS complex, New Delhi in November 2016

5. Received Young Scientist Award in 2014 by the Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (SPBB) at the "National Conference on Science of Omics for Agricultural Productivity".

6. Young Scientist Fellowship by DST-SERB for the project entitled "Mapping QTLs for important physiological traits, oil yield related traits and construction of linkage maps in oil palm using genome wide microsatellites and SNP markers"

7. Received Best Oral Presentation in 2014 at the "National Conference on Science of Omics for Agricultural Productivity", GBPUA & T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.

8. Best Research Paper Award - 2014 from Society for Advancement of Human and Nature (SADHNA), Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, HP, India

9. Prof. G. Rangaswami Memorial NABS-Best Research Paper Award-2014 from National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai, India

10. Best speaker at the International conference on Biotechnology, Hyderabad held on Aug 03-04, 2015.

                                                                   

Publications

1. B.Kalyana Babu, KL Mary Rani, Sarika Sahu, RK Mathur, P Naveen Kumar, G Ravichandran,P. Anitha, HP Bhagya. 2019. Development and validation of whole genome-wide and genic microsatellite markers in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.): First microsatellite database (OpSatdb). Nature Scientific Reports. 9:1899, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37737-7

2. B.Kalyana Babu,RK Mathur, G Ravichandran, P Anita, MVB Venu. 2019. Genome wide association study (GWAS) and identification of candidate genes for yield and oil yield related traits in oil palm (Eleaeis guineensis) using SNPs by genotyping-based sequencing. Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.06.018

3. B.Kalyana Babu, RK Mathur, G Ravichandran, P Anitha, MVB Venu. 2019. Genome-wide association study for leaf area, rachis length and total dry weight in oil palm (Eleaeisguineensis) using genotyping by sequencing. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220626

4. BK Babu, RK Mathur, G Ravichandran, MVB Venu. 2019. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) for stem height increment in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) germplasm using SNP markers. Tree Genetics & Genomes (2019) 15: 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-019-1349-2

5. BK Babu, Mathur RK, Kumar PN, Ramajayam D, Ravichandran G, Venu MVB, et al. (2017) Development, identification and validation of CAPS marker for SHELL trait which governs dura, pisifera and tenera fruit forms in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171933. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171933

6. Sood S*, Kumar A, Kalyana Babu, B., Gaur VS, Pandey D, Kant L and Pattnayak A (2016) Gene Discovery and Advances in Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] Genomics-An Important Nutri-Cereal of Future. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7:1634. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01634

7. Kumar A*, Metwal M, Kaur S, Gupta AK, Puranik S, Singh S, Singh M, Gupta S,Babu BK, Sood S and Yadav R (2016) Nutraceutical Value of Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.], and Their Improvement Using Omics Approaches. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:934. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00934

8. B. Kalyana Babu,P. K. Agrawal, S. Saha, H. S. Gupta. (2015) Mapping QTLs for opaque2 modifiers influencing the tryptophan content in quality protein maize using genomic and candidate gene based SSRs of lysine and tryptophan metabolic pathway. Plant Cell Reports, 34(1), 37-45. DOI 10.1007/s00299-014-1685-5.

9. B. Kalyana Babu, Pandey Dinesh, Pawan K. Agrawal, S. Sood, C. Chandrashekara, Jagadish C. Bhatt and Anil Kumar (2014) Comparative genomics and association mapping approaches for blast resistant genes in finger millet using SSRs. PLOS ONE 9(6): e99182. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099182

10. B. Kalyana Babu, P. K. Agrawal, Dinesh Pandey, J. P. Jaiswal, Anil Kumar (2014). Association mapping of agro-morphological characters among the global collection of finger millet genotypes using genomic SSR markers. Molecular Biology Reports. 41 (8): 5287-5297

11. B. Kalyana Babu, P. K. Agrawal, Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar (2014) Comparative genomics and association mapping approaches for opaque2 modifier genes in finger millet accessions using genic, genomic and candidate gene based SSR markers. Molecular Breeding 34: 1261-1279.

12. B. Kalyana Babu, Vimla Meena, Vasudha Agarwal, P. K. Agrawal (2014) Population structure and genetic diversity analysis of Indian and exotic rice (Oryza sativa L.) accessions using SSR markers. Molecular Biology Reports. 41 (7): 4329-4339

13. B. Kalyana Babu, Dinesh Pandey, P. K. Agrawal, Salej Sood, Anil Kumar (2014) In-silico mining, type and frequency analysis of genic microsatellites of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.): a comparative genomic analysis of NBS-LRR regions of finger millet with rice. Molecular Biology Reports. 41 (5): 3081-3090

14. M. Nirgude, B. Kalyana Babu, Y. Shambhavi, U. M. Singh, H. D. Upadhyaya, Anil Kumar* (2014) Development and molecular characterization of genic molecular markers for grain protein and calcium content in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.). Molecular Biology Reports. 41(3): 1189-1200

15. B. Kalyana Babu, P K Agrawal, H S Gupta, Anil Kumar and J. C. Bhatt. 2012. Identification of candidate gene-based SSR markers for lysine and tryptophan metabolic pathways in maize (Zea mays). Plant Breeding. 131, 20-27.