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Dr. Roshni R. Samarth

Scientist (Plant Breeding)

• Ph.D.  in Plant Breeding (2009)
  Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat

• M.Sc. in Plant Breeding and Genetics (2006)
  Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat

Research Experience

Dr. Roshni worked on 'on Crossability relationships and genetic homology among different species of Plantago' during Ph.D.  In M.Sc. she worked on 'Cytomorphological characterization and floral biology of Plantago ovata and its allied'.

She has worked as Research Associate (2008-2009) under the project entitled “Establishment of department and seed science and technology” in Anand Agricultural University to carry out marker assisted selection for improvement in different traits.

Publications and Presentations

Papers published

• “Morphological and floral biological variability in Plantago ovata and its allied species” in International Journal of Plant Sciences
• “Cytogenetic analysis of Plantago ovata and it’s five allied species” in International Journal of Bioscience Reporter

Poster Presentations

• Presented and won first prize in poster presentation in the national seminar “New horizons in Biological Sciences” sponsored by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, 2007.

Papers Presented

State level post graduate paper presentation sponsored by Gujarat Council on Science and Technology, Gandhinagar, 2008

UGC sponsored state level seminar “ Plant Morphogenesis”, 2004.

Awards

• Won 8 gold plated silver medals during B.Sc. (Agri.) and  gold medal for best student in M.Sc (Agri.).

Seminars Attended

• National seminar on “Passion to mission in molecular biology” 2008

• National seminar on ”Production and processing of Aonla”, 2006.

• National seminar entitled “Biotechnology: A tool for sustainable Agricultural Production” sponsored by Gujarat Agricultural University, 2004.

• UGC Sponsored seminar entitled “Current Development in Genomics and Newer frontiers in Biological Sciences”, 2004.

Seminar Representation

• Targeted induced Local Lesions In Genome and its application in crop improvement

• Microarray Technology in Plant Sciences

Email: rrsamarth@icar.org.in, sroshnir@gmail.com

Phone: 91-20-26956050 (O)

Postal Address 

National Research Centre for Grapes, P.B. No. 3, Manjri Farm Post, Solapur Road, Pune - 412 307, Maharashtra, India.

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