Mahendra K Modi

About

Executive Dean
Assam down town University
Guwahati, As, India

Employment

• Assam Down Town University Executive Dean
  2024 - Present
• Assam Agricultural University Professor & Head
  1985 - 2023

Education

• University of Aberdeen Visiting Faculty
  2013 - 2013
• Washington State University Post-Doctoral Training
  1999 - 2001
• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University PhD
  1991 - 1995
• Assam Agricultural University M.Sc. (Agri)
  1983 - 1985
• Assam Agricultural University B.Sc (Agri)
  1977 - 1982
• BPB Memorial Higher Secondary School School
  1969 - 1977

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (92)

• Marker-assisted pyramiding of bacterial leaf blight resistance genes (Xa21, xa13 and xa5) in a short-duration rice cultivar Luit
  Cereal Research Communications 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s42976-026-00834-9
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• Identifying potent inhibitors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis MabA (FabG1)
  Molecular Diversity 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-025-11205-7
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• Assessing fire-induced tree cover loss and its contribution to carbon emission in BRICS + nations
  Discover Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-025-00477-3
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• Marker assisted improvement of drought tolerance in short duration rice cultivars of Northeast India
  Cereal Research Communications 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s42976-026-00838-5
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• Exploring the structural assembly of rice ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits using MD simulation
  Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2024.108761
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• Study on submergence tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in a core panel of North-East India using GWAS
  Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 2024
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• Identification of significant SNPs and candidate loci for blast disease resistance via GWAS and population structure analysis in ARC panel of Oryza sativa
  Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-024-01518-6
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• Study on submergence tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in a core panel of North-East India using GWAS
  Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 2024 DOI: 10.31742/ISGPB.84.2.6
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• Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals differential defense responses among Alternaria brassicicola resistant Sinapis alba and susceptible Brassica rapa
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1251349
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• Mapping of QTLs associated with yield and related traits under reproductive stage drought stress in rice using SNP linkage map
  Molecular Biology Reports 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08550-x
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