ICAR-NRCB

Dr. C.Anuradha

Division

Crop Improvement

Specialization / Discipline

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Area of Interest

Host-pathogen interaction, Banana genomics, Transcriptomics, gene regulation, molecular markers, genomic selection and Bioinformatics, gene identification and cloning for Foc TR4 and race 1<

Publications

Qualifications

Ph.D.

Anuradha.C@icar.gov.in
anuradha.chelliah@gmail.com

Current Institute Projects:

Identification of resistant gene candidate(s) in banana for race 1 and tropical race 4 of Fusarium oxysporumf. sp. Cubense (PI)
Production of doubled haploids for improvement of bananas (Musa spp.) (Co-PI)
Biochemical dissection of fruit ripening-related phenomena and components and exploring nutraceutical applications of bioactives of banana (Co-PI)
Pest mapping in bananas and plantains of India (Co-PI)
Investigations on Musa nematode’s biology, behaviour, diversity and their interactions (Co-PI)
Development of agro-infectious clones for the DNA viruses infecting banana (Co-PI)

Current External Projects:

ICAR-Enabling climate resilience and ensuring food and Nutritional security through gene editing in horticultural crops: sub-scheme – Application of genome editing to develop trait specific varieties / hybrids in banana crop - Gene editing to develop resistance against Foc TR4/ race1 and multiple viruses in Grand Nain banana (PI)
DBT-Transgene free gene editing in high value vegetatively propagated crops – Sugarcane and Banana" (PI)
DST-SERB - Gene Editing for Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Banana (Grand Nain, AAA) (PI)
Consortia Research Platform on Vaccines and Diagnostics - Development and utilization of diagnostics to viruses of banana (Co-PI)

Studied host-BBrMV/BBTV interactions in banana and identified candidate biomarker
Identified and cloned full length candidate resistant genes against BBrMV, Foc race1 and TR4
Identified genic SSR markers associated with resistance to Foc race1 and TR4
Identified a SSR marker which differentiates red banana from its green variant
Identified a SSR marker associated with seedlessness in banana

Best oral presentation in VIROCON 2023 organized by IVA and ICAR-NRCB, Trichy
Prof.M.S.Swaminathan Best Scientist Award 2022-23, Bose Science Society and Tami Nadu Scientific Research Organisation
INSC Research Excellence Award – 2023 by Institute of Scholars
Awarded with Best Article Award for article ID AG-V02-I01-03 entitled CRISPR-Cas 9 Genome Editing in Banana’ which got published in Volume 02 Issue 01, 2022 of AgriGate – An International Multidisciplinary Monthly e-Magazine
Best oral presentation in International Conference on New Generation Horticulture for Prosperity-2023 organised The Orissa Horticultural Society, Odisha
Agricultural Scientist Award–2021, Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Foundation for contribution in Agricultural Biotechnology

Anuradha Chelliah,Chandrasekar Arumugam, Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Thangavelu Raman, Uma Subbaraya. 2023. Genome-wide identification, characterization, and evolutionary analysis of NBS genes and their association with disease resistance in Musa spp. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 23(1); 1-18
C Anuradha,A Chandrasekar, S Backiyarani, S Uma. 2022. MusaRgeneDB: an online comprehensive database for disease resistance genes in Musa spp. 3 Biotech 12 (9); 1-12
Chelliah Anuradha,Arumugam Chandrasekar, Suthanthiram Backiyarani, Raman Thangavelu, Palaniappan Giribabu, Subbaraya Uma. 2022. Genome-Wide Analysis of Pathogenesis-Related Protein 1 (PR-1) Gene family from Musa spp. and its Role in Defense Response during Stresses. Gene, 146334.
S.Backiyarani, C. Anuradha – equal contributer,R. Thangavelu, A. Chandrasekar, R. Baratvaj, P. Subeshkumar, P. Giribabu, M.Muthusamy, S. Uma. 2022. Genome‐wide identifcation, characterization of expansin gene family of banana and their expression pattern under various stresses. 3 Biotech. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-03106-x
J. Poorani, C. Anuradha,C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, R. Thanigairaj. 2021. Manatha albipesMoore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), an emerging pest of banana and arecanut in South India, with notes on diagnosis, biology, natural enemies and DNA sequence data. Phytoparasitica https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-021-00942-8.

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