Swapan K Datta

About

Plant Biologist, specilized in Plant Biotechnology and working for crop improvement. Former Vice-Chancellor Visva-Bharati University, Rashbehari Ghosh Chair Professor at University of Calcutta and the Deputy Direcctor General in Crop Sciences of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, India. Associated with Prof. Gerard Wenzel during DAAD fellowship in Germany, Prof. Ingo Potrykus at ETH-Zurich. Served as Faculty/Scientist at RKMVC College, Visva-Bharati University, UC-Davis, USA, IRRI-Philippines etc. Graduated from Presidency College, PhD from University of Calcutta, India. Supervised 33+ PhD scholars and published 150+ research papers appeared in Nature, Science, Nature Biotechnology etc. including the pioneerig publication on Genetic engineering of indica rice, fusion Bt genes engineered hybrid rice, Golden indica rice and microspore embryogenesis in cereals.
Interested in Tennis, Cricket, Travelling and Photography.

Employment

• Visva-Bharati, ICAR, Univ of Calcutta, IRRI, ETH-Zurich,UC-Davis, BBA-Gruenbach Research, Teaching/Administration
  1976 - 2018

Education

• University of Cacutta/Presidency College-University PHD, MSc,BSc(Hons)
  1974 - 1980

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (98)

• 25 Years of Pesticidal Cry1Ab/Ac Fusion Proteins in Crop Protection: Advances in Bt Crop Development, Target Pest Management, Safety, Environmental Impact, and Regulatory Frameworks
  Journal of Crop Health 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10343-025-01119-7
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• Transgenics for Biofortification with Special Reference to Rice
  2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3280-8_17
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• Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Rice by Hygromycin Phosphotransferase (hptII) Gene Containing CRISPR/Cas9 Vector
  2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1068-8_5
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• Development and evaluation of lepidopteran insect resistant jute expressing the fused Bt-Cry1Ab/Ac toxin driven by CaMV35S promoter
  Industrial Crops and Products 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112873
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• Genetically engineered rice with appA gene enhanced phosphorus and minerals
  Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s13562-019-00505-3
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• Rice Biofortification: High Iron, Zinc, and Vitamin-A to Fight against “Hidden Hunger”
  Agronomy 2019 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9120803
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• Antimicrobial Peptides - Small but Mighty Weapons for Plants to Fight Phytopathogens
  Protein & Peptide Letters 2019 DOI: 10.2174/0929866526666190619112438
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• Rice oxalate oxidase gene driven by green tissue-specific promoter increases tolerance to sheath blight pathogen (Rhizoctonia solani) in transgenic rice
  Molecular Plant Pathology 2013 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12055
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• RNAi mediated down regulation of myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase to generate low phytate rice
  Rice 2013 DOI: 10.1186/1939-8433-6-12
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• Loading and bioavailability of iron in cereal grains
  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 2013 DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0286-7
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