Genetic improvement of medicinal, aromatic and commerically important plants

Registration of Germpasm:

Germplasm CSIR-IHBT-ST-01 of Stevia IC0624505, INGR17052 has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of ICAR on 23rd October, 2017.

Germplasm CSIR-IHBT-ST-02 (Stevia Mutant) of Stevia IC0624506, INGR17053 has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of ICAR on 23rd October, 2017.

Germplasm CSIR-IHBT-Gr-23 of gerbera IC0613967, INGR15019 has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of ICAR on 17th August, 2015.

Germplasm CSIR-IHBT-Gr-E-3  of gerbera IC0613966, INGR15018 has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of ICAR on 17th August, 2015.

Varieties / Cultivars Developed: 

Stevia: 1 (Him Stevia)

Gerbera: 7 (Him Glow, Him Peace, Him Saumya, Him Gaurav, Him Aabha, Him Apoorva, Him Keerti)

Calla lily: 2 (Him Sumukh and Him Shweta) 

Gopal Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Pradeep Singh, Rajni Parmar, Navgeet Paul, Radhika Vashist, Mohit Kumar Swarnkar, Ashok Kumar, Sanatsujat Singh, Anil Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar and Ram Kumar Sharma (2017) Molecular dissection of transcriptional reprogramming of steviol glycosides synthesis in leaf tissue during developmental phase transitions in Stevia rebaudiana Bert. Scientific reports 7: 11835 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12025-y

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Sanatsujat Singh and R. Dhiman. (2014). Self-incompatibility evidenced through scanning electron microscopy and pollination behaviour studies in Stevia rebaudiana. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 84(1): 93-100. 

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Sanatsujat Singh and Garima Bhardwaj (2014). Nuclear DNA content and genome size estimation of Stevia rebaudiana using flow cytometry. Minerva Biotecnologica 26(3):143-8

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Sanatsujat Singh, D. Dhyani, Garima Bhardwaj, Anjali Sharma and Bikram Singh (2013). Induction and morpho-chemical characterization of Stevia rebaudiana colchiploids. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 83 (2): 159-69. 

Singh S., Raja Ram, Kaundal S., Sharma A., Kumar A. and Dhyani D. (2016) Field performance and differential response of micro-propagated potential F1 genotypes of Gerbera jamesonii. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 10(1): 1-11. 

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Narwal, M.S. and Arya, R.K. (2014). Screening of pearl millet F1 hybrids for heat tolerance at early seedling stage. Advances in Agriculture 2014: Article ID 231301, 17 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/231301

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Sanatsujat Singh, D. Dhyani and P.S. Ahuja (2011). A review on the improvement of Stevia [Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni)]. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 91(1): 1-27. 

Sanatsujat Singh and Ashok Kumar Yadav (2013). Genotypic response of Stevia rebaudiana accessions to in vitro clonal propagation using nodal explants. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 83(6): 647-50. 

Sanatsujat Singh, Ashok Kumar and D. Dhyani (2013). Inheritance of pigment markers associated with flavonoid and carotenoid pigmentation in flowers of Gerbera jamesonii.  Canadian Journal of Plant Breeding. 1 (3): 110-114.

S. Singh, R.K. Sud, A. Gulati, R. Joshi, Ashok Kumar Yadav and R. K. Sharma (2013). Germplasm appraisal of western Himalayan tea - A breeding strategy for yield and quality improvement. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 60: 1501-1513. DOI 10.1007/s10722-012-9938-z 

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Narwal, M.S. and Arya, R.K. (2014). Inheritance of seedling heat tolerance and maturity traits in diallel F1 hybrids of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 84(12): 37-45. 

Ashok Kumar Yadav, Dhiraj Singh and Rajesh Kumar Arya (2013). Morphological characterization of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) genotypes and their application for DUS testing. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 83 (12): 29-41.

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, M.S. Narwal and R.K. Arya (2011). Genetic dissection of temperature tolerance in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 81(3): 7-17. 

S. Singh, Ashok Kumar Yadav, D. Dhyani and S. Rajkumar (2011). Flower colour variation in gerbera (Gerbera jamesoni) population using image analysis. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 81 (12): 1130-1136. 

S. Singh, Ashok Kumar Yadav and D. Dhyani (2011). Expression of floral fasciation in gamma-ray induced Gerbera jamesonii mutants. Journal of Cell and Plant Sciences. 2(1): 7-11.

Ashok Kumar Yadav*, Narwal, M.S. and Arya, R.K. (2013). Evaluation of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.R. Br.) genotypes for supra-optimal temperature tolerance at seedling stage. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 83(3): 260-71. 

Ashok Kumar Yadav, M.S. Narwal and R.K. Arya (2012). Study of genetic architecture for maturity traits in relation to supra-optimal temperature tolerance in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L. R. Br.). International Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics. 6(3): 115-128. DOI: 10.3923/ijpbg.2012.

Dr. Sanatsujat Singh, Dr. Bhavya Bhargav, Dr. Probir Kumar Pal, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr SGE Reddy, Dr. Ram Kumar Sharma, Dr. Dinesh Kumar