Dr. Sadhana Maurya

Dr. Sadhana Maurya
Technical Assistant

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Quarantine

Contact

Off.-011-25802254
Email-Sadhna(AT)icar.gov.in, sadhnamry(AT)gmail.com

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
M.Sc. Biochemistry 2006
Ph.D. Environmental Science 2018

SPECIALIZATION

Salient Achievements

  • Performed duties of receiving, recording, and dispatch of 45,615 indigenous material including cryo samples for seed health testing along with other staff of the divsion. Assisting in seed health testing of indigenous germplasm for pest free conservation in the National Genebank.
  • Performed duties of receiving, recording and dispatch of 6,43,885 imported materials for quarantine clearance as well as indigenous material for export along with other staff of the divsion.
  • Assisted in salvaging of 9,670 infected materials, maintained record of infected samples and isolated pathogens.
  • Contributed in incineration of rejected samples and maintained record of samples.
  • Data entry of all imported materials along with pest intercepted in PQIS software.
  • Assisted in monthly, DARE, Foundation Day and Annual Report Preparation.
  • Assisted in documentation of different papers such as undertaking, approval of PEQ growing facility, monthly health status report, post entry quarantine inspection reports etc.
  • Participated in various PEQ inspections of different crops at indentor’s site.

Awards/Honours

  • Best poster award: Akhtar J, BR Meena, P Kumar, R Kiran, Sadhana Maurya, AK Maurya and VC Chalam (2024) Pathogen interceptions in quarantine testing of imported planting materials for agricultural biosecurity during National Symposium on ‘Seed Health and Disease Management for Agricultural Biosecurity & Annual Zonal (IPS – Delhi Zone) Meeting’ organized by Indian Phytopathological Society (Delhi Zone) at ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi on January 17, 2024.
  • Bronze Medal in Chess Competition of ICAR Central Zone Sports Meet 2022 at Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore (M.P.) during 3-6 January 2023.
  • 2nd Prize in Badminton doubles and mixed doubles Competition in ICAR Central Zone Sports Meet 2023 at Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal (M.P.) during 18-21 December, 2023.

Recent Publications Research Papers

  • Sourabh Karwa, Rajeev Nayan Bahuguna, Ashish K Chaturvedi, Sadhana Maurya, Sunder Singh Arya, Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Madan Pal (2020). Phenotyping and characterization of heat stress tolerance at reproductive stage in rice (Oryza sativa). Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 42:29.
  • Akhtar J, B Singh, R Kiran, P Kumar, M Shekhar, Sadhana, Pandey, S Lenka and SC Dubey (2020) Studies on Infection Indexing and distribution profiling of seed-borne fungi of sorghum germplasm in India for safe and healthy long-term conservation. Indian J Plant Genetic Resources.
  • Sourabh Karwa, Sunder Singh Arya, Sadhana Maurya & Madan Pal (2020). Physiological characterization of reproductive stage heat stress tolerance in contrasting rice genotypes. Plant Physiology Reports. 25(12):1-6.
  • Akhtar J, P Kumar, R Kiran, BR Meena, A Ali, Sadhna and SC Dubey (2021) Bio-efficacy of essential oils in eco-friendly management of Tilletia barclayana causing kernel smut in rice. J Eco-friendly Agriculture 17(1): 162-165.
  • Karwa, S., Taunk, J., Maurya, S., Das, A., Krishna, G.K., Arya, S.S., Kumar, A., Kumar, S., Kumar, P., Chinnusamy, V. and Pal, M., 2022. Spermidine exogenous application mollifies reproductive stage heat stress ramifications in rice. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. 10.3389/fpls.2022.1027662.
  • Akhtar, J., Kumar, P., Kiran, R., Meena, B.R., Gupta, V., Pandey, Sadhana and Dubey, S.C., 2023. First Report of Diaporthe phaseolorum Infecting Indian Trumpet Flower (Oroxylum indicum) from India. BioResources, 18(2), pp.3101-3108. 10.15376/biores.18.2.3101-3108.
  • Kumar P, J Akhtar, R Kiran, BR Meena, Sadhana and VC Chalam (2023) Phylogenetic analysis and species level identification of seed-borne Bipolaris, Curvularia and Exserohilum fungal pathogens. Indian Phytopath. 76(1): 115-121.
  • Akhtar J, P Kumar, R Kiran, BR Meena, A Tripathi, Sadhana, S Pandey and SC Dubey (2023) First report of Diaporthe helianthi infecting safflower: A threat to its cultivation in India. J Phytopath. 171: 145-149.
  • Kumar P, J Akhtar, R Kiran, BR Meena, Sadhana and VC Chalam (2023) Phylogenetic analysis and species level identification of seed-borne Bipolaris, Exserohilum and Curvularia. Indian Phytopathology 76(1): 115-121.

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