Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
Open Access

Abstract

Pulses form a major source of protein for a huge section of India particularly for the poor, backward classes and are an important part of the vegetarian diet. Vigna radiate, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna mungo, Vigna acontifolia, Vigna umbellate are some of the key dietary staples of millions of people of India and across Asia. The annual worldwide production of the species is very high and almost all of the production is in the developing countries. The productivity of pulses in India is low and thus to make the pulses production internationally competitive, the yields on an average need to be increased. In the present study, comparative analysis of few Vigna species was studied to get fast and efficient regeneration protocol. Effect of media, growth factors was studied and best suitable protocol was developed.

Biography

Susmita Shukla has completed her PhD in Biotechnology from Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University. She is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida. She is having more than 12 years of Teaching and Research Experience. She has been awarded with IASc- INSA-NASI Fellowship and Career Advancement Award from DBT (Department of Biotechnology, Government of India). She is also recepient of DBT travel grant for participating in an international conference at Singapore. Currently, she is having an ongoing project under BioCARe scheme of DBT. She has published more than 14 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute.

Email: Sshukla3@amity.edu