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Mr. Bharath Kumar

Scientist (Genetics & Plant Breeding)

Education :M.Sc. in Genetics & Plant Breeding Major research areas :Soil health management, Plant-microbe interactions

E-mail:
bharath.alam@icar.gov.in
www.linkedin.com/in/bharath-alam

Experience Profile

  • Joined ICAR 04.01.2019
  • Scientist 15.04.2014–31.03.2023, ICAR-NRC for Orchids, Sikkim.
  • Joined CRIDA on 05.04.2023

Awards

  • CSIR-UGC NET Fellowship, 2016

Brief Bio:

    Mr. Bharath Kumar Alam has been with CRIDA, Hyderabad since 2023. He has been involved in Studying the Genetic variability for Drought tolerance and Oil quality in Groundnut. Before joining ICAR-CRIDA he worked in ICAR-NRC for Orchids from 2019 to 2023 and he played a crucial role in collection, conservation and improvement of orchid germplasm.

Research Interests:

  • Breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in Dryland crops.
  • Application of AI tools in stress phenotyping.
  • Application of molecular tools in deciphering genes responsible for drought tolerance.

Publications

  • Codon Usage Bias for Fatty Acid Genes FAE1 and FAD2 in Oilseed Brassica Species, Sustainability, 2022.
  • Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and bioactive constituents of six native endangered medicinal orchid species from north- eastern Himalayan region of India, South African Journal of Botany, 2022.
  • In-depth evaluation of nutritive, chemical constituents and anti-glycemic properties of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam) clonal accessions with flake colour diversity from Eastern Sub-Himalayan plains of India, Food Chemistry, 2023.
  • Identification and characterization of long-stalked Paphiopedilum Insigne (wall. Ex lindl.) Pfitzer from sikkim himalaya, india, The Journal of the Orchid Society of India, 2022
  • Genetic diversity, trait association and cause effect analysis in selected genotypes of finger millet, Journal of Environmental Biology, 2022
  • Chaudhary, R., Chand, S., Alam, B. K., Yadav, P., Meena, V. K., Patel, M. K., Pardeshi, P., Rathore, S. S., Taak, Y., & Saini, N. (2022a). Codon Usage Bias for Fatty Acid Genes FAE1 and FAD2 in Oilseed Brassica Species. Sustainability, 14(17), 11035.
  • Chaudhary, R., Chand, S., Alam, B., Yadav, P., Meena, V., Patel, M., Pardeshi, P., Rathore, S., Taak, Y., & Saini, N. (2022b). Codon Usage Bias for Fatty Acid Genes FAE1 and FAD2 in Oilseed Brassica Species. Sustainability 2022, 14, 11035.
  • MALLIKARJUNA, B., ALAM, B. K., & PAMARTHI, R. (n.d.). 15. Orchid Diversity: Threats and Conservation Measures. 2|| VOL. NO. XX, ISSUE NO. 11, 31.
  • Natta, S., Mondol, M. S. A., Pal, K., Mandal, S., Sahana, N., Pal, R., Pandit, G. K., Alam, B. K., Das, S. S., & Biswas, S. S. (2022). Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and bioactive constituents of six native endangered medicinal orchid species from north-eastern Himalayan region of India. South African Journal of Botany, 150, 248–259.
  • Natta, S., Pal, K., Alam, B. K., Mondal, D., Dutta, S. K., Sahana, N., Mandal, S., Bhowmick, N., Das, S. S., & Mondal, P. (2023). In-depth evaluation of nutritive, chemical constituents and anti-glycemic properties of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam) clonal accessions with flake colour diversity from Eastern Sub-Himalayan plains of India. Food Chemistry, 407, 135098.
  • Natta, S., Pal, R., Alam, B. K., Biswas, S. S., & NS, K. (n.d.). A Study of Sensory Evaluation in Endangered Aromatic Orchid Aerides odorata from North-Eastern Himalayan.
  • Sharma, N., Bandyopadhyay, B., Chand, S., Pandey, P., Baskheti, D., & Alam, B. (2022). JEB. Journal of Environmental Biology.