Dr.N.Mukta

Dr.N.Mukta
Designation
Principal Scientist, Economic Botany
Educational qualification
M.Sc & Ph.D (Botany)
Other Roles
PI, AICRP Safflower
Division
Crop Improvement
Contact Address

Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad,
Telangana, India- 500030

Tel No
040-24598115
E-mail
n.mukta@icar.gov.in
nmukta@yahoo.com
Projects completed

Institute

  1. Project Leader for project DOR 108 entitled ‘Collection, evaluation, characterization and utilization of non-traditional oilseed crops’ from 1994 to 2002
  2. Project Leader for sub project DOR 102-1 entitled ‘Collection, evaluation, maintenance, characterisation and utilization of safflower germplasm’ Phase-I from 2001 to 2009
  3. Co-Principal Investigator for project 104-4 entitled ‘Development of crop knowledge model for safflower’ from 2009-2015
  4. Principal Investigator for project DOR 102-1 entitled ‘Collection, evaluation, characterization and utilization of safflower germplasm’ Phase-II from 2009-2015
  5. Co-Principal Investigator for project 107-12 entitled ‘Development of Safflower Core Subset based on Different Descriptors’ from  2010-2015
  6. Co-Principal Investigator for project ‘Biochemical Characterisation of Sunflower, Safflower and Castor Genotypes Variability for Quality Parameters’ from 2011-2016
  7. Co-Principal Investigator for project entitled ‘Improvement of Oil Content in Safflower’ from 2012-2017
  8. Co-Principal Investigator for project 105-12 entitled ‘Identification of potential sources of resistance to various biotic stresses and understanding the mechanism of resistance in safflower’ from 2015-2019
  9. Co-Principal Investigator for project 102-7 entitled ‘Exploitation of safflower genetic resources for development of superior breeding lines with high oil yield and adaptation to stresses from 2015-2020
  10. Co-Principal Investigator for project 107-16 entitled ‘ICT mediated knowledge management and dissemination in different oilseed crops’ from 2015-2020

Externally funded

  1. Co-CCPI for safflower germplasm activities under project on ‘Sustainable management of Plant Biodiversity’ in the mission mode under NATP’ from 2001 to 2004
  2. Nodal Officer for DUS testing for DOR under the Central Sector Scheme for ‘Implementation of legislation on Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Protection’ from 2001-2008
  3. Principal Investigator for DOR centre for ‘Adhoc Network Project on Tree Borne Oilseeds’ as from April 2005 to June 2008
  4. Nodal PGR Scientist for Consortium Research Platform on Agrobiodiversity - Component I for Safflower from 2014-2017.
On-going Projects

Institute

  • Principal Investigator for project 102-10 entitled ‘Diversification of safflower germplasm through exploitation of wild species’ since 2020
  • Co-Principal Investigator for project 107-20 entitled ‘Development of ICT tools for technology dissemination in oilseed crops’ since 2020

Externally funded

  • Lead Centre Principal Investigator for DUS testing centre at ICAR-IIOR under the ‘Central Sector Scheme for ‘Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority’ since 2009
  • Principal Investigator for project entitled ‘Development of Distinctiveness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) testing guidelines for Niger [Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.]’ funded by PPV&FRA since 2020
  • Co-Principal Investigator for DBT sponsored project entitled ‘Exploiting Genetic Diversity for Improvement of Safflower through Genomics-Assisted Discovery of QTLs/Genes Associated with Agronomic Traits’ since 2020
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
  1. Training programme on ‘Plant genetic resources and seeds: policies, conservation and use’ organised by Wageningen International and the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands in cooperation with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation at Chennai and Jeypore from 5 – 23 October, 2009
  2. International Training program on ‘Plant Variety Protection and DUS Testing for Indian Experts’ at National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, U.K. from 28th June to 9th July, 2010 under the HRD program of the ICAR National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP)
  3. Training programme on ‘Data analysis using SAS’ at National Academy for Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad from 17-23 August, 2011
  4. Training programme on Management development Programme on Leadership development (a pre-RMP Programme) at ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad from 30 Nov.2015 to 11 Dec.2015
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
  • Jegadeeswaran, M., Kadirvel, P.,  Satya Srinivas P., Senthilvel, S., Selvaraj V.M., Mobeen, S.,  Rushwanth Reddy Y, Usha Kiran, B., Mukta, N. 2021. Genetic mapping reveals a major QTL associated with tolerance to the aphid, Uroleucon compositae (Theobald) in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Plant Breeding  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12891
  • Palchamy Kadirvel, Cheelam Veerraju, Senapathy Senthilvel, Praduman Yadav, Betha Usha Kiran, Mobeen Shaik, Ranjan Shaw, Selvaraj Velu Mani, Yarabapani Rushwanth Reddy, Manmode Darpan Mohanrao, N. Mukta 2020. Marker-assisted selection for fast-track breeding of high oleic lines in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Industrial Crops & Products 158 (2020) 112983 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112983
  • Madhuri P., Mukta N., Anjani K., Padmavathi P., Srinivas P.S., Prasad R.D.  and Ramana Rao S.V. 2020. Mobile application for safflower technology transfer. Journal of Oilseeds Research 37: 245-247
  • Aziz Qureshi A., Kadirvel P., Mukta N.  and Haripriya Ch. V. 2020. Evaluation of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L) genotypes against salinity stress. Journal of Oilseeds Research 37: 114-115
  • Kadirvel, P., Praduman Yadav and Mukta N. 2020. Development of breeding lines with high oil content in safflower using exotic germplasm sources. Journal of Oilseeds Research 37: 8
  • Mukta, N., Yadav, Praduman and Kadirvel P. 2020. Variability for agro-morphological traits in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) germplasm. Journal of Oilseeds Research 37: 4-5
  • Usha Kiran, B., Mobeen Shaik, Kadirvel, P., Mukta, N. and Senthilvel, S. 2019. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers from enriched genomic libraries in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Research Journal of Biotechnology 14 (12): 71-87
  • Ramya, K.T., Mukta, N., Jawahar Lal, J., Kumaraswamy, H.H.  and Ranganatha, A.R.G. 2019. A novel, low-cost and throughput selfing technique in sesame. Journal of Oilseeds Research 36 (2): 121-125
  • Padmavathi,  P., Ratnakumar, P.,  Kadirvel, P., Mukta, N. and Yadav, P. 2019. Performance of five Mexican safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) varieties/breeding lines under Indian conditions. Journal of Oilseeds Research 36 (1): 66-69
  • Saisanthosh, K., Joseph Raju, T., Kadirvel, P., Keshavalu, K., Razia Sultana, Yadav P. and Mukta, N. 2018. Correlations among seed traits: implications for breeding high oil yield in safflower. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 35 (1): 13-19 
  • Kadirvel, P., Yadav, P., Mukta, N. 2017. Oil quality of exotic safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) cultivars in India. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 34(1): 76-80
Area of expertise
  • Collection, characterization, evaluation and maintenance of plant genetic resources
  • DUS testing for sunflower, castor and safflower and implementation of PPV&FR Act, 2001
Awards and recognition
  1. Awarded Fellow of Indian Society of Oilseeds Research (ISOR)
  2. Awarded the Nuffic Fellowship under Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) for attending the Training programme on ‘Plant genetic resources and seeds: policies, conservation and use’ organised by Wageningen International and the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands in cooperation with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation at Chennai and Jeypore from 5-23 October, 2009
  3. Deputed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research to attend the International Training program on ‘Plant Variety Protection and DUS Testing for Indian Experts’ at National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, U.K. from 28th June to 9th July, 2010 under the HRD program of the ICAR National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP)
  4. Life member of Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources and Indian Society of Agroforestry
  5. Principal Investigator for AICRP(Safflower)
  6. Convener of Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC) of ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad
  7. Developed National Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctivness, Uniformity and Stability for castor, sunflower and safflower under the guidance of the ICAR Core Committee and Task force-2 of PPV&FRA
  8. Received Best Poster Award for the poster ‘Collection, evaluation and conservation of tree borne oilseeds’ by N. Mukta presented at the National symposium on ‘Tree improvement for Sustainable Forestry’ sponsored by ICFRE, MOEF organized by Department of Forestry, JNKVV, Jabalpur from 4th to 6th November, 2006
  9. Second Best Poster Award for the poster on ‘Collection and identification of potential tree borne oilseeds germplasm in Andhra Pradesh’ by N. Mukta, I.Y.L.N. Murthy and G. Nagaraj presented at National Symposium on ‘Vegetable Oils Scenario : Approaches to meet the growing demands’ organized by Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad from January 29-31, 2009
  10. Third Best Poster Award was received for the poster on ‘Variability for essential DUS characteristics in released varieties and hybrids of castor, Ricinus communis L.’ by N. Mukta, C. Lavanya and A. Praveen Reddy presented the at the National Symposium on ‘Research and Development in castor: Present status and future strategies, organized by Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad from October 22-23, 2010 at Hyderabad
  11. Presented Lead Paper on Global strategies for safflower germplasm resource management at the 8th International Safflower Conference on ‘Safflower Research and development in the world: Status and Strategies’ organized by Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad from January 19- 23, 2012 at Hyderabad
  12. Institute Best Research Paper Award, 2011 as co-author for the research paper Lavanya, C., Murthy, I.Y.L.N., Nagaraj G. and Mukta, N. 2012. Prospects of castor (Ricinus communis L.) genotypes for biodiesel production in India. Biomass and Bioenergy, 39, April 2012, 204-209. (2012), doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.008 
  13. Institute Best Research Paper Award, 2015 as co-author for the research paper  B. Usha Kiran, N. Mukta, P. Kadirvel, K. Alivelu, S. Senthilvel, P. Kishore and K. S. Varaprasad 2015. Genetic diversity of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) germplasm as revealed by SSR markers. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization; 1–11. doi:10.1017/S1479262115000295
  14. Elected Fellow of Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR) for the year 2019 for significant contributions in the field of plant genetic resources
  15. Institute Best Research Paper Award, 2021 as co-author for the research paper Kadirvel, P., Veerraju, C., Senthilvel,S.,  Yadav, P., Usha Kiran,B.,  Shaik, M., Shaw, R., Velu Mani, S., Rushwanth Reddy,Y.,  Mohanrao, M.D. and  Mukta, N. 2020.  Marker-assisted selection for fast-track breeding of high oleic lines in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Industrial Crops & Products 158: 112983

Contact

Director
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar
Hyderabad – 500 030
Phone: 040-24598444, 24016141
Fax: 040-24017969
E-mail: director.iior@icar.gov.in
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