Mrs .B. Usha Kiran

usha kiran
Designation
Scientist
Educational qualification
M.Sc (Agril.Biotechnology)
Division
Crop Improvement
Contact Address

Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030

Tel No
040-24598123
E-mail
ushakirandor@gmail.com
ushakiran.b@icar.org.in
Projects completed
  1. Project 103-7: QTL mapping for Fusarium wilt resistance in castor –PI
  2. Project 102-6: Improvement of oil content in safflower- Co-PI
  3. Project 103-6: Genetic enhancement through biotechnological approaches in castor- Co-PI
  4. Project 103-10: Identification of molecular markers associated with disease resistance in castor- Co-PI
On-going Projects
  1. Project102-9: Development of genetic and genomic resources and identification of genes/markers for agronomic traits in safflower- PI
  2. Project103-15: Optimization of regeneration and transformation protocols to realize grey mold resistant transgenic castor (Ricinus communis L.)- Co-PI
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
  1. CAFT training programme on "Computational Tools and Techniques for Molecular Data Analysis in Agriculture" organized at IASRI, New Delhi during February-11th to March 02nd , 2016.
  2. Training of "NGS analysis" in Genotypic technology Pvt Ltd. In Bangalore during April 28th to 30th, 2015.
  3. Training workshop on "Monitoring Confined Filed Trails of Regulated GE plants held on June 3-4th, 2015 at NAARM, Hyderabad.
  4.  "Modern genomics for crop improvement" in ICRISAT, Hyderabad from 29th July to 9th August, 2013.
  5. Management Development programme: "Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights" at NAARM from 8th to 12th July, 2013.
  6. "Data analysis using SAS" in NAARM, Hyderabad from December 13th to 18th, 2010.
  7. "Application of Molecular markers in crop Improvement" in ICRISAT, Hyderabad from November 8th to 19th, 2010.
  8. "Training workshop Biosafety for State Agricultural Universities" at Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India. 26th to 27th. 2007.
  9. Training at international exposure programme "International Agriculture and Rural Development, (IARD)" at Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, USA from November 2006 to January 2007
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
  1. Usha Kiran Betha, Mobeen Shaik, Kadirvel P., Mukta N. and Senthilvel S. 2019. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers from enriched genomic libraries in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Research Journal of Biotechnology, 14 (12): 71-87.
  2. Usha Kiran Betha, Lavanya C. 2019. Molecular Diversity and Population Structure in Breeding Lines of Castor (Ricinuscommunis L.) Using SSR Markers. International Journal of Current Microbiology and applied Sciences, 8(2):1-15.
  3. Usha Kiran B, Shivakula Sekara Paandian and Lavanya C. 2017. Diagnostic set of SSR markers for molecular fingerprinting of parental lines and hybrid purity testing in castor (Ricinus communis L.). International Journal of Pure and Applied Biosciences, 5(6):1608-1615
  4. S. Senthilvel, MobeenShaik, K. Anjani, Ranjan K. Shaw, PoornimaKumari, C. Sarada, B. Usha Kiran. 2016. Genetic variability and population structure in a collection of inbred lines derived from a core germplasm of castor. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 26(1). DOI 10.1007/s13562-016-0356-8.
  5. Usha Kiran B, Lavanya C. 2016. Genetic diversity in castor (RicinuscommunisL.) pistillate lines using EST-SSR markers. Journal of Oilseeds Research 33 (3): 189-192.
  6. Usha Kiran B, Mukta N, Kadirvel P, Alivelu K, Senthilvel S, Kishore P, Varaprasad K S. 2015.  Genetic diversity of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) germplasm as revealed by SSR markers Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization 1–11.
  7. Kanti Meena, AnjaniKammili, Betha Usha Kiran and Vivekananda. 2015. Agro-morphological and Molecular Diversity in Castor (Ricinuscommunis L.) Germplasm Collected from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India   Czech J. Genet. Plant Breeding 51 (3): 96–109
Area of expertise

Development of molecular markers and its application in germplasm characterization, DNA fingerprinting, linkage mapping, QTL mapping, genomics, association mapping and allele mining for crop improvement, tissue culture and transformation of tobacco, tomato, castor

Any other relevant information
  • Young Scientist award was presented in “International conference for food and agriculture”, ICFA during March 29-31st at Dhanbhad, Jharkhand in 2018.
  • Best Research paper award was given by IIOR for the research article. Usha Kiran B, Mukta N, Kadirvel P,  Alivelu K, Senthilvel, Kishore K, Varaprasad K S (2015). Genetic diversity of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) germplasm revealed by SSR markers. Plant genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization. 15 (1): 1-11.
  • CSIR-JRF fellowship for pusuing Ph.D in 2009.
  • Andhra Pradesh Netherland programme (APNL) Gold medal for highest OGPA in M.Sc (Agril. Biotechnology), ANGRAU in 2009.
  • Guided 7 M.Sc (Biotechnology) students from different universities

Location

Contact

Director
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar
Hyderabad – 500 030
Phone: 040-24598444, 24016141
Fax: 040-24017969
E-mail: director.iior@icar.gov.in

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