Biography:
Dr. Niranjana M studied Agriculture for graduation and specialized in Genetics & Plant Breeding for Post-graduation. She received her PhD degree in 2016 from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), New Delhi, India and joined Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in the same year and same institution. She has been working in wheat pre-breeding for 7 years starting from her doctoral research and has her expertise in wheat genetics, cytogenetics and plant breeding. Her research focuses on identification, cytogenetic and molecular mapping of disease resistance genes from under-utilized wild germplasm of wheat.
Title : Exploring novel leaf rust resistance genes in Aegilops speltoides and Ae. variabilis for imparting leaf rust resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)