Designation
Scientist
Educational qualification
Ph.D (Genetics & Plant Breeding)
Division
Crop Improvement
Contact Address
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
Telangana, India - 500 030
Tel No
040-24598117
Mobile No
07659805612, 08309516802
E-mail
pushpahd3866@gmail.com
pushpa.hd@icar.gov.in
Work experience
- Molecular breeding in mustard (Brassica sp)
- Conventional breeding of sunflower hybrids
- Genetics and breeding of niger (Guizotia abyssinica L.F. Cass)
- Genetics and breeding in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)
On-going Projects
- Under Mission Programme on “Minor Oilseeds of Indian Origin” Department of Biotechnology, Government of India : Project 3 (DBT Funded): “Exploitation of genetic and genomic resources for improvement of niger (Guizotia abyssinica L.F. Cass) through breeding and biotechnological tools”
- Institute project 1: “Exploitation of plant genetic resources for development of improved breeding populations in niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L.F.) Cass.)”
- Institute project 2: Improvement of safflower for high oil content, biotic and abiotic resistance coupled with high seed yield through recombination and heterosis breeding
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
- Undergone Professional attachment training on “Techniques involved in Promoter cloning and Phylogenetic analysis” from 11-05-2015 to 10-08-2015 at NRCPB, New Delhi, India
- Training programme on “Quantitative techniques for analysis of Breeding Experiment” from 02-11-2015 to 07-11-2015 at NAARM, Hyderabad, India
- A orientation-cum-training programme on “A reorientation on breeding perspectives for Kharif oilseed crops” ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, India from 20-08-2019 to 23-08-2019
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
- Chandana Behera, D. K. Yadava, Sujata Vasudev, H. D. Pushpa and Naveen Singh. 2020. Validation of Already Reported SSR Molecular Markers Linked to White Rust Resistance Gene in Indian Mustard Brassica juncea. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(08): 1512-1519.
- Pushpa H.D D. K. Yadava, Sujata Vasudev., V. Vinu, Chandana Behera and Naveen Singh. Identification of new molecular marker for low glucosinolates in Indian mustard. J. Oilseeds Res., 37 (Special Issue), Feb., 2020
- Venkataravana. P., Pushpa H.D., Priyadarshini. S.K. and Sheela V. Dudagi (2020). Genetic variability, correlation and path analysis studies in segregating generation of three crosses for pod yield and its attributing characters in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) J. Pharmacogn. Phytochem., 9 (1): 771-776
- Meena, H. P., M. Sujatha Pushpa H.D and J.J. Lal: cytomorphological and molecular charecterization of inter-specific hybrid between cultivated sunflower and Helianthus argophyllus. J.Environ. Biol., 41, 66-72 (2020).
- Vinu, V., Naveen Singh, Pushpa H.D, Sujata Vasudev and Yadava, D. K. 2019. Genetics of the Fertility Restorer (Rf) Gene which Restores Fertility in Different Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Systems (mori, eru and ber) of Brassica juncea. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 8(09): 1031-1039.
- Meena, H.P., Pushpa H.D and Ghodke, M.K. 2019. Maintainer and Restorer Identification and Conversion of Good Combiner Inbreds into New CMS Lines of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 8(02): 2210-2218.
- Meena H. P., Pushpa H.D. and Sujatha M. (2017). Interspecific hybrid between silver leaf sunflower (Helianthus argophyllus T. & G.) and cultivated sunflower: Cytomorphological characterization of F1 hybrid. J. Oilseeds Research, 34(2): 81-88.
- Chandana Behera, Devendra K Yadava, Sujata Vasudev, Naveen Singh, Navinder Saini, Pushpa H.D Yadav M S and Kumble V Prabhu (2016). Inheritance and allelic relationship of white rust resistance gene in crosses of exotic and indigenous germplasm lines of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss.]. J. Oilseeds Res., 33(4): 208-211.
- Sandhya Kiranmai M., Venkataravana P. and Pushpa H.D (2016). Correlation and path analysis studies in groundnut under different environment. Legume Res, 39 (6): 1048-1050.
- Pushpa H. D., Devendra K. Yadava, Naveen Singh, Sujata Vasudev, Navinder Saini, Vignesh Muthusamy and Kumble Vinod Prabhu (2016). Validation of molecular markers linked to low glucosinolate QTLs for marker assisted selection in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss). Indian J. Genet., 76(1): 64-68.
Awards and recognition
- Received ‘Young Researcher Award 2020’ by Institute of Scholars (InSc Bengaluru) for the work on “Genetic analysis and molecular tagging of glucosinolates gene(s) in Brassica juncea”