Dr. Mukesh Kr. Rana

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Rana
Principal Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Genomic Resources

Contact

Phone: 011-25802809
Email:Mukesh.Rana@icar.gov.in

Qualification

DegreeDisciplineYear
Ph.D.Plant Breeding1996
Post DoctoratePGML, University of Georgia, Athens, USA2007, 2010

SPECIALIZATION

Plant Breeding, DNA Fingerprinting, Plant Genetic Resources

Salient Achievements

  • Protocol development and DNA fingerprinting services for molecular characterization, diversity analysis, identity testing, hybridity testing, seed purity testing etc. in crops such as cotton, linseed, peas, jute, maize, rice, wheat, lentil, bay-leaf, arecanut, datepalm, almond, sugarcane, perilla etc.
  • Coordinating at the national level the DNA fingerprinting services to public and private sector organizations
  • Teaching post-graduate students of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  • Training and generating human resource in the field of DNA fingerprinting of crop plants

Awards/Honours

  • Gold Medal for academic excellence by Himotkarsh Sahitya Sanskriti Avam Jan Kalyan Parishad, HP
  • HP Agricultural University Gold Medal for Doctoral research
  • Fellow of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi (2012)
  • Fellow of Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi (2013)
  • DBT Overseas Associateship (Comparative Genomics), University of Georgia, USA
  • ICAR-International Fellowship (Genomic Resources Conservation), University of Georgia, USA

Recent Publications Research Papers

  • GM Puneeth, Shipra Deo, Lalit Arya and MK Rana (2024) Genetic purity testing of F1 hybrids of cotton using DNA markers. J. Scientific Research and Reports, 30, 537-542.
  • A Mahendran, MC Yadav, S Tiwari, RK Bairwa, SG Krishnan, MK Rana, R Singh and TK Mondal. (2023) Population structure and genetic differentiation analyses reveal high level of diversity and allelic richness in crop wild relatives of AA-genome species of rice (Oryza sativa) in India. Journal of Applied Genetics (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-023-00787-3)
  • SK Singh, S Deo, SB Chaudhary, K Singh and MK Rana (2023) Genetic relationships and population structure among Maize (Zea mays) landraces as revealed by Simple Sequence Repeat markers. Indian J. Plant Genetic Resources. 36(2), 216-226.
  • S Deo, A James, SK Singh, CB Singh and MK Rana (2020) Development of multiplex microsatellite marker sets in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci (2020) 9(10): 241
  • S Deo, A James, SK Singh, CB Singh and MK Rana (2020) Molecular diversity analysis and cultivar identification using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] ” J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 9(4).

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