Biography:
Prasanna Angel Deva from India, and obtained a B.Sc in Agriculture at Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, India, which included a Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP) for 4 months in a rural village. This programme gave her an opportunity to interact with farmers and gain knowledge regarding agriculture challenges and their solutions. She also participated in a few national conferences on food security. She is currently pursuing M.Sc degree at The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, studying abiotic stress tolerance in a desert extremophyte (Anastatica hierochuntica).
Title : The role of antioxidant mechanisms in the tolerance of the Negev desert extremophyte, Anastatica hierochuntica, to abiotic stress