1. Name of the Department : Botany
2. Year of Establishment : 2007
3. Name of the HOD : Dr. R. K. Sinha
4. List of Faculty :
|
Name |
Designation |
Qualification |
Specialization |
E. mail address |
|
Dr. R. K. Sinha |
Reader & Head |
M. Sc. Ph. D. |
Cytogenetics & Plant Tissue
Culture |
khsinhark@yahoo.co.in |
|
Dr. R. C. Srivastava |
Professor |
M. Sc. Ph. D. FBS, FSPR, FISPP
(Gold Medal) |
Plant Physiology
& Biochemistry |
rcsrivastavatu@yahoo.co.in |
|
Dr. S. Sinha |
Professor |
M. Sc. Ph. D. |
Cytogenetics |
sinhas_s@rediffmail.com |
|
Dr. B. K. Datta |
Reader |
M. Sc. Ph. D. |
Plant Taxonomy &
Ecology |
dattabadal2008@gmail.com |
5. On going research project (apart from unassigned grant)
|
Principal Investigator |
Title of the project |
Funding agency |
Amount sanctioned |
Number of research students engaged |
|
Dr. B. K. Datta |
Mapping and
quantitative assessment of geographical distribution and population status of
plant resources of Eastern Himalayan region |
DBT, |
13, 23,000 |
04 |
|
Dr. B. K. Datta |
Bamboo cultivation
& resource utilization |
Tripura state bamboo
mission, Department of Forest, Govt. of Tripura |
15,40,000 |
01 |
6. List of
publications (From January, 2006 to date)
|
Sl. No. |
Name of the Teacher |
Title of the Paper |
Name of the Journal
with Volume Pages and Year |
|
01. |
R. K. Sinha |
Karyomorphology of Houttuynia cordata
Thunb. |
J. Cytol. Genet. 7, NS: 43 – 46,
2006. |
|
02. |
R. K. Sinha |
Karyological analysis of two species of Tinospora:
an ethnomedicinally important taxon
of Menispermaceae. |
J. Cytol. Genet. 7, (NS): 105-108, 2006. |
|
03. |
R. K. Sinha |
High frequency induction of multiple shoots
and clonal propagation from rhizomatous nodal
segment of Houttuynia
cordata Thunb. – an ethnomedicinal herb of |
In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. – Plant,
42: 394-398, CABI Publishing CAB International |
|
04. |
R. K. Sinha |
Electrophoretic distinction between
two varieties of Parkia javanica Lamk. – a wild tree legume of non-conventional food value
of Tripura |
Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants, 13 (1): 69-71,
2007. |
|
05. |
R. K. Sinha |
Biochemical and electrophoretic
distinction between two populations of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.
: an useful ethno-medicinal species of Caesalpiniaceae
|
Ind. J. Bot. Res,
Vol. 3(1): 121-126, 2007. |
|
06. |
R. K. Sinha |
Parkia javanica Lamk.
of Mimosaceae a less known
pod vegetable and its socio economic relevance in Tripura. |
J. Phytol. Res. Vol. 20 No. 1: 111 –
114, 2007. |
|
07. |
R. K. Sinha |
Terrace cultivation of tissue culture raised
Dwarf Cavendish banana at different elevations in a hill side region of Tripura.
|
J. Phytol. Res. Vol. 20 (2): 175 –
178. 2007 |
|
08. |
R. K. Sinha |
Biochemical changes
during fruit ripening of Psidium guineense Swartz. (Myrtaceae)
– An endemic wild guava of |
J. Phytol. Res. Vol. 20 (2): 183 – 187. 2007. |
|
09. |
R. K. Sinha |
Biochemical and electrophoretic distinction
between Psidium guineense Sw. and P. guajava L. of the family Myrtaceae. |
Ind. J. Forestry.
Vol. 30 (3): 367-370. 2007. |
|
10. |
R. K. Sinha |
Ethnobotanical studies on wild and semi-wild plants of |
Ad. Plant Sci. 21 (I). 359 – 362, 2008 |
|
11. |
S. Sinha |
Karyotype and SDS-PAGE anlysis of a dioecious
cucurbit, Coccinia indica |
Pers. In Cytol.
and Genest. 12: 411-416,
2006 |
|
12. |
S. Sinha |
Average Packing Ratio and Evolution of Sex
Chromosomes in dioecious Coccinia indica and Trichosanthes dioica |
Cytologia 72(3): 369 -372, 2007 |
|
13. |
S. Sinha |
Immobilization of single strand DNA on solid
substrate |
Chemical Physics Letters, 450: 49 -54, 2007 |
|
14. |
R. C. Srivastava |
Effect of foliar application of plant growth regulators (IAA, GA3
and Kinetin) on nitrate reductase activity and
biomass in Green-gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). |
Journal of Applied Biology, 32(1): 54-58. 2006. |
|
15. |
R. C. Srivastava |
Combined effect of some fertilizers and phytohormones on nitrate reductase
activity and soluble protein in the leaves of Green-gram (Vigna
radiata (L.) Wilczek). |
Journal of Phytological
Research, 19 (1): 47-52. 2006. |
|
16. |
R.C. Srivastava. |
Effect of KH2 PO4 and
plant growth regulators on growth and nitrogen metabolizing enzymes and
soluble protein in Rhizobium sp. |
Journal of Phytological
Research, 19 (1): 95-100. 2006. |
|
17. |
R.C. Srivastava. |
Nitrate reductase
activity and biomass in Trigonella foenum-gracum as influenced by plant growth
regulators. |
Proceedings of the National |
|
18. |
R.C. Srivastava. |
In vivo nitrate reductase
activity and nitrite reductase activity in response
to treatment of PGRs (IAA, GA3 and kinetin) in a pulse
crop (Vigna radiata
(L.) Wilczek): Certain studies on linetics of NR. |
Vegetos, 19 (1 & 2): 45-52. 2006. |
|
19. |
R.C. Srivastava. |
Effect of kinetin on soluble protein, leghaemoglobin content and nitrogen metabolizing enzymes
in (Vigna radiata
(L.) Wilczek). |
Vegetos., 19 (1 & 2):
53-57. 2006. |
|
20. |
R.C. Srivastava. |
Nitrate reductase
activity and biomass in green-gram (Vigna
radiata (L.) Wilczek)
under influence of different fertilizers and phytohormones.
|
National Journal of Life sciences, 3(2): 127-134. 2006. |
|
21. |
R.C. Srivastava. |
Effect of basal application of Rhozobium on nitrate reductase,
soluble protein and biomass of rice and maize plants. |
Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 13(1): 83-86,
2007. |
|
22. |
R. C. Srivastava |
Effect of seed-dressing treatment by Azospirillum brasilense
on growth photosynthetic pigments and nitrogenreductase
activity in Oryza sativa. |
Journal of Applied Biosci., 34(2):
172-176, 2008 |
|
23. |
R. C. Srivastava |
Role of plant growth regulators (IAA, GA3
and Kinetin) in antagonizing the inhibitory effects of copper sulphate on nitrate reductase
activity and biomass in Pisum sativum L. |
J. Appl. Biosci.,
34(1): 110-112, 2008 |
|
24. |
R. C. Srivastava |
Antibacterial property of |
J. Appl. Biosci.,
34 (1): 71-73, 2008 |
|
25. |
R. C. Srivastava |
Combined effect of basal application of biofertilizers and chemical fertilizers on nitrate reductase activity and biomass of rice plants. |
J. of Hill Res., 21(1): 26-28, 2008 |
|
26. |
B. K. Datta |
Species diversity in Dalbergia Linn. f. and Albizia Durraz
in Tripura. |
Proc. Biodiver. Conser.
and Sus. Utiliz. Environ. Resource, pp. 96-104, 2006 |
|
27. |
B. K. Datta |
Medicinal plants prescribed by different
tribal and non-tribal medicine men of Tripura state |
Ind. J. Trad. Knowledge, 5(4):
559-562, 2006 |
|
28. |
B. K. Datta |
A study on ethno medicinal uses of plants
among the Tripuri tribes of Tripura state, |
Nat. Product Radiance CSIR, 11(2): 54-59, 2007 |
|
29. |
B. K. Datta |
Medicinal Plants Prescribed by Different Tribal And Non-Tribal Medicine
Men Of |
Indian
Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 5(4):
559-562, 2006. |
|
30. |
B. K. Datta |
Melittopalynological Investigation of Apis cerena indica Febr. Honeys from |
|
|
31. |
B. K. Datta |
Major Pollen Plant Species in relation to
Honey Bees Activity in |
Advances in Plant Sciences 20(II): 579-581, 2007 |
|
32. |
B. K. Datta |
Floristic Composition And Aerobiology Of |
Environment and Ecology. 25S(3): 677-679, 2007 |
|
33. |
B. K. Datta |
Aerobiology and Biochemistry Of Two
Allergenic Pollen: Trema orientalis Bl. and
Peltophorum inerme Llanos. |
Indian Journal of Spore Pollen Research. XXV: 85-91, 2007 |
|
34. |
B. K. Datta |
Pollen Analysis and Physico-Chemical
Characteristics of Some Unifloral Honeys In
Tripura, |
Vegetos. 20(1): 39-52, 2007. |
|
35. |
B. K. Datta |
A study on ethnomedicinal
usage of plants among the folklore herbalists and Tripuri
medical practitioners: Part-II. |
Natural Product Radiance, 6(1): 66-73, 2007 |
|
36. |
B. K. Datta |
Notes on some vanishing taxa
of Tripura |
Pleione, 1(2): 15 -20, 2008 |
|
37. |
B. K. Datta |
Grasses of West Tripura District, |
Pleione, 2(1): 98-105, 2008 |
|
38. |
B. K. Datta |
Bee Foraging Plant Resources of North
District of Tripura |
Bioresource Conservation &
Management, 29-40, 2008 |
|
39. |
B. K. Datta |
Biochemical analysis of different unifloral honey samples collected from North district of
Tripura, |
Advances in Pollen & Spore Research. 26: 21-29, 2008. |
|
40. |
B. K. Datta |
Flowering calendar of trees with reference
to pollen incidence and density in Agartala, Tripura |
Advances in pollen and spore research. 26: 73-80, 2008 |
|
41. |
B. K. Datta |
Airborne pollen sampling in |
Advances in pollen and spore research. 26: 81-91, 2008 |
|
42. |
B. K. Datta |
Ethno-botanical observation on the
traditional usage of medicinal plants among the tribes of Tripura |
Ethnomedicianl plants of |
|
43. |
B. K. Datta |
Aquatic and marshland plants in Tripura in |
Pleione, 2(1): 3-11, 2008 |
|
44. |
B. K. Datta |
Epidermal morphology of two species of Alternanthera Forskal |
Pleione, 2(2): 229-232, 2008 |
|
45. |
B. K. Datta |
Inventory and Status of Medicinal trees of
Tripura |
Indian Medicianl Plants. Ed. P. C. Trivedi, Avishkar Publications,
Distribution |
7. List of Published
books:
|
Sl. No. |
Name of Teacher |
Name of Book |
Publisher |
|
01. |
R. C. Srivastava |
NERIST Entrance
Examination (2005-2006) |
Parul Library |
|
02. |
S. Sinha & B. K. Datta |
Environmental
studies (English &
Bengali version) |
|
|
03. |
B. K. Datta |
Jiban Vigyan Parichay (For Class IX &
X) Bengali version |
Good luck Publishers |
|
04. |
R. C. Srivastava & B. K. Datta |
Proc. Biodiver. Conserve. Sust.
Utilize. Environ. Resources |
Department of Life
Science, |
8. Major
Thrust Areas of Research:
i.
Molecular and biochemical basis of plant sex
ii. In vitro conservation and propagation of ethno-botanical plants
iii. Biological N2
fixation, industrial microbiology
iv. Biodiversity and
conservation
9.
Number of Ph. D. Scholars at present : 10
10.
Total number of Scholars awarded Ph. D. Degree since inception : 02