Dr. Parmeshwar K. Sahu

About

I am basically a plant breeder and geneticist. I am working on rice crop since last 6 years. Initially I did work for development of hybrid rice through CGMS system and study the genetics of fertility restorer genes during my master's research. During my Ph.D. research, I have worked on Genome wide association mapping for grain nutritional and quality traits in traditional rice landraces. Total 18 novel genomic regions for 11 nutritional and yield attributing traits were identified during this study. I have good experience of plant molecular biology and biotechnology as well as handling of large germplasm lines for their evaluation and maintenance. Also I have good hands on biostatistical softwares for data analysis like POWERMARKER, STRUCTURE, TASSEL, DARWIN, GENALEX, PAST, XLSTAT, MEGA, DARWIN, OPSTAT etc. QTL mapping, association mapping, MAS, RNA Seq., MutMap+ are some special techniques which makes strong points of my research career. At present I am working on improvement and revival of traditional rice landraces of Chhattisgarh, India through radiation induced mutagenesis.

Employment

• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University Assistant Professor/ Scientist
  2023 - Present
• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University Jr. Scientist (TA)
  2020 - 2023
• Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Research Associate
  2017 - 2020

Education

• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University Ph.D. (Ag)
  2014 - 2017
• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University M.Sc. (Ag.)
  2012 - 2014
• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University B.Sc. (Ag.)
  2008 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (35)

• Comprehensive study of leaf morphology, root architecture and drought indices to identify prominent rice donors for tolerance against reproductive stage drought
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7287111
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• Biochemical foundation of the aroma and antioxidant activity of Indian traditional rice landrace Maharaji and the effect of radiation-induced mutagenesis on its metabolome
  Food Chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140668
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• Nutritional analysis of rice landraces from southern Odisha, India
  Food Science & Nutrition 2024 DOI: 10.1002/FSN3.3756
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• Insight the Quality Parameters of Diverse Rice Germplasm Set of Chhattisgarh
  International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 2023 DOI: 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i163158
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• Bioactive compounds in Layacha brown rice (Oryza sativa L.) improve immune responses in mice via activation of transcription factor Nrf2
  Food Bioscience 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2023.102785
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• Indian traditional rice variety “Gathuwan” suppresses T-cell-mediated immune responses via activation of ERK/Nrf2/HO-1 signalling pathway
  Food & Function 2023 DOI: 10.1039/d3fo00125c
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• Genetic variability and diversity of grain nutritional and quality traits of unexplored traditional rice landraces for developing biofortified varieties
  ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF PLANT BREEDING 2023 DOI: 10.37992/2023.1401.033
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• Conventional and new-breeding technologies for improving disease resistance in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik)
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1001682
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• Crop Biofortification: Plant Breeding and Biotechnological Interventions to Combat Malnutrition
  Advanced Crop Improvement, Volume 1 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28146-4_7
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• Exploring the hidden potential of traditional rice landraces and mutants for iron and zinc concentration in brown rice to develop bio-fortified rice varieties
  Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 2023 DOI: 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00036.2.10
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