 Scientist | Academic Qualification:
Address: Division of Crop Production, ICAR – Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) |
- Plant Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
| Designation | Years | Institutions |
|---|---|---|
| Scientist | 1st July to 30th September 2015 | ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad |
| Scientist | 12th October, 2015 onwards | ICAR-CICR Nagpur |
- Developed chemo-sensing arrays for detection of volatiles emitted from cotton plants under different stress conditions in fields.
- Existence of a new pathway “Alarm Photosynthesis” was explored and validated in cotton for the first time.
- Identified allelochemicals in 12 different cover crops to correlate with their weed suppression efficiency or weed management in cotton.
- Standardized the GC-MS protocol for extraction and identification of antimicrobial compounds from fungal endophytes, for oviposition deterrents.
- Screened different cotton germplasms (total 1900 cotton germplasms including 539 exotic accessions) for drought tolerance by estimating the epicuticular wax content.
| Project title | Funding Agency | Period | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolite exploration of drought stress in cotton. | Institute | 2017-2021 | PI |
| Phytohormone profiling by targeted metabolomics in Cotton | Institute | 2021-2024 | PI |
| TMC 1.5 Simulation models and Sensor based gadgets for Cotton Protection and Production | Institute | 2016-2017 | Co-PI |
| Allelopathy as alternative weed management strategy for cotton | Institute | 2017-2018 | Co-PI |
| Exploring the productivity potential of long-linted G. arboreum cotton. | Institute | 2017-2020 | Co-PI |
| Identification of endophytes from cotton with special reference to desi cotton and evaluation of biocontrol activity against major diseases. | Institute | 2017-2021 | Co-PI |
| Push-Pull strategy for management of pink bollworm in cotton | Institute | 2016-2021 | Co-PI |
| Studies to understand, occurrence of parawilt and the effect of rhizosphere microorganism and chemicals on its management in North India. | Institute | 2017-2020 | Co-PI |
| Role of plant defense activators for management of cotton leaf spot diseases. | Institute | 2017-2020 | Co-PI |
| Evaluation of PGPR and microbial inoculants to alleviate drought stress in cotton (G.hirsutum L.) | Institute | 2019-2022 | Co-PI |
| Seed characterization based on protein quantification and profiling in cotton (Co-PI) | Institute | 2019-2022 | Co-PI |
| Exploration of genomic resources for identification of candidate genes and promoters for cotton improvement | Institute | 2020-2025 | Co-PI |
International Journals
- Verma, P., Blaise, D., Sheeba, J. A., & Manikandan, A. (2021). Allelopathic potential and allelochemicals in different intercrops for weed management in rainfed cotton. Current Science, 120(6), 1035. (NAAS rating 7.1)
- Verma Pooja, Venugopalan MV, Blaise D and Waghmare VN. (2020). Ethylene mediated regulation of fiber development in Asiatic cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.). South African Jounal of Botany, 135:349-354 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.09.0 14. (NAAS rating 8.31)
- Hiremani, N. S., Verma, P., Gawande, S. P. et al. (2020) Antagonistic potential and phylogeny of culturable endophytic fungi isolated from desi cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.), South African Journal of Botany doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2020.03.008 (NAAS rating 8.31)
- Blaise D, Manikandan A, Verma P, Nalayini P, Chakraborty M, Kranthi KR. (2020). Allelopathic intercrops and its mulch as an integrated weed management strategy for rainfed Bt transgenic cotton hybrids. Crop Protection, 135: 105214. (NAAS rating:8.57)
- Shah Vivek, Pande Rachna, Verma Pooja, Gokte-Narkhedkar Nandini and Waghmare Vijay N. (2020). Identification of oviposition deterrents from pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders). Journal of Environmental Biology, Vol. 41: 644-649. (NAAS rating:6.56)
- Kumar, M., Tomar, M., Punia, S., Grasso, S., Arrutia, F., Choudhary, J., Singh, S., Verma, P., Mahapatra, A., Patil, S. and Dhumal, S., 2021. Cottonseed: A sustainable contributor to global protein requirements. Trends in Food Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2021.02.058 (NAAS rating: 17.08)
- Kumari Arti, Kumar R R, Singh Jyoti Prakash, Verma Pooja, Singh Gyanendra P, Chinnusamy Viswanathan, Praveen Shelly, Goswami Suneha. (2020). Characterization of the starch synthase under terminal heat stress and its effect on grain quality of wheat. 3 Biotech, 10.1007/s13205-020- 02527-4. (NAAS rating:8.3)
- Verma, P., Rao, A. R., & Singh, P. J. (2018). In silico prediction and designing of potential siRNA to control cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius vectored cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV).
- Kumar RR, Goswami S, Gupta R, Verma P, Singh K, Singh JP, Kumar M, Sharma SK, Pathak H, Rai RD (2016). The stress of suicide: temporal and spatial expression of putative heat shock protein 70 protect the cells from heat injury in wheat (Triticum aestivum L). J Plant Growth Regul. DOI 10.1007/s00344-015- 9508-7
- Kumar RR, Goswami S, Verma P, Singh K, Dixit N, Sharma SK, Pathak H, Viswanathan C, Rai RD (2015). Salicylic acid alleviates the heat stress-induced oxidative damage of starch biosynthesis pathway by modulating the expression of heat-stable genes and proteins in wheat (Triticum aestivum L). Acta Physiol Plant. 37:143
National journals
- Verma P, Kumar R.R., Goswami S., Sharma S.K., Nirjal M.K., Singh J.P., Dubey K., Pathal H., Rai R.D. (2015). Identification of novel starch synthase genes using de novo assembly and heat-induced expression and activity in developing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Indian J. Biochem Biophy. 52:254-266
- Kumari M, Wankhede D.P., Verma M and Verma P. (2017). Genome wide identification of calcium dependent protein kinase and related kinase gene families in Solanum melongena L. Indian J. Hort. 74(4), December 2017: 526-532
- Kumar M, Kumar RR, Goswami S, Verma P, Rai RD, Chinnusamy V and Praveen S. (2017). miR430: the novel heat-responsive microRNA identified from miRNome analysis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Ind J Plant Physiol. 22(4):566–576
Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings
- N. L. Meena, Pooja Verma, Rachna Pande, Manoj Kumar, Anshul Watts, and O. P. Gupta. (2020). Bioavailability and Nutritional Analysis of Flavonoids. In Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture. Edited by Lone, Rafiq, Shuab, Razia, Kamili, Azra N.Pp.135- 156
- Verma, P., Hiremani, N. S., Pande, R. and Md. Shamim. 2019. PGPRs for the control of soil-borne diseases. In: Biofertilizers and biopesticides in sustainable agriculture. (Eds) Kaushik, B. D., Kumar, D. and Shamim Md. Apple Academic Press
- Kumar D, Kumar M, Verma P and Shamim M. Microbial Biotechnology: Role of Microbes in Sustainable Agriculture, Plant Biotechnology, Volume 2; Transgenics, Stress Management, and Biosafety Issues. E-Book ISBN: 781315213736
Paper Presented in Conference/ Seminar / Symposia International
- Verma P, Rao AR, Hiremani NS, Phuke R and Santosh S (2017). Selection and designing of potential siRNA to control cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) in cotton. International Conference on “Recent trends in agriculture, Biotechnology & Food Processing” at Hassan, Karnataka, July 5-7, 2017 (Oral presentation)
- Verma P, Sheeba J. A., Ramkrushna G I and Blaise D. (2017). Utilizing “Plant gemstones” to deal with drought in Cotton. Seventh Asian Cotton Research and Development Network (ACRDN) Meeting” September 15-17, 2017, Hotel Le Méridien, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (PosterPresentation)
- Pooja Verma, Ramkrushna G I and V N Waghmare (2019). Diurnal dynamics of calcium oxalate crystals under drought stress in Cotton. “Global Organic Convention 2019: Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Health and Quality Food,” at Le Meridien Hotel, Nagpur during September 15-17, 2019 (Oral presentation)
Popular articles/ short notes/ short communications Research bulletin/ extension bulletins
- Shah Vivek, Rachna Pande and Pooja Verma. (2021). Identification of oviposition deterrents for ethological pest management: collection, extraction and identification method for American boll worm and Pink boll worm in cotton. Cotton Innovate ,2 (1).
- Bandeppa S, Savitha S, and Verma P. (2020). Development in Designing Escherichia coli for Better Utilization of Lignin. Biomolecule report. BR/08/20/01.
- Bandeppa S, Priyanka C, Santosh HB, Savitha S, and Pooja V. (2020). Riboswitches and Regulation of Gene Expression. Food and Scientific Reports,1(1),13.
- Pande, R. Ramkrushna G. I., Verma, P. and Shah V. (2020). Role of Honey Bees for Income Generation in Farming System. Biotica Research Today 2(2): 1122-1125
- Pooja Verma, Raghvendra K.P. and Shah Vivek. 2019. Quantification of Nucleic acids and Proteins. Training Manual of ICAR Short Course Training on ‘Molecular Approaches to Cotton Improvement’, 18-29 Sept 2019, Organized at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
- Pooja Verma, Savitha Santosh and Neelakanth Hiremani. 2019. Solutions and Dilutions. Training Manual of ICAR Short Course Training on ‘Molecular Approaches to Cotton Improvement’, 18-29 Sept 2019, Organized at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
- Pooja Verma and Raghvendra K P. 2019. Basics of Instrumentation in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Training Manual of ICAR Short Course Training on ‘Molecular Approaches to Cotton Improvement’, 18-29 Sept 2019, Organized at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
- Raghavendra K.P and Pooja Verma. 2019. Isolation of Good Quality Total Genomic DNA from Cotton Leaf Samples and Quality Check. Training Manual of ICAR Short Course Training on ‘Molecular Approaches to Cotton Improvement’, 18-29 Sept 2019, Organized at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur.
- Pooja Verma, Rakesh Kumar & Rachna Pande. (2018). Biochemical & Molecular Mechanisms for Insecticide Resistance. Lecture Notes ICAR Sponsored Winter School Insect Resistance to Bt toxins and Insecticides in Cotton, 18th January to 7 th February, 2018.
- Pooja Verma and Sandesh Waghmare. (2018). Data analysis and interpretation using Bioinformatics tool. Lecture Notes ICAR Sponsored Winter School Insect Resistance to Bt toxins and Insecticides in Cotton, 18th January to 7 th February, 2018.
- Rakesh Kumar, Joy Das, Raghavendra KP and Pooja Verma. (2018). Biochemical Mechanisms of Resistance: Esterase. Lecture Notes ICAR Sponsored Winter School Insect Resistance to Bt toxins and Insecticides in Cotton, 18th January to 7 th February, 2018.
Web Portals/ E-Publications/ Cd Development/ Mobile App
- Pooja Verma, Savitha Santosh and Chandrashekar N (2017). SWEET gene: Paving the way towards re-emergence of Bacterial Blight of Cotton. Cotton Innovate. 1(9): 1-2. available online at www.cicr.org.in
- Pooja Verma and D. Blaise (2021) An insight into metabolomics for cotton improvement. Cotton Innovate. 8 (1), Available online at https://www.cicr.org.in/newsletter
- International Conference on “Recent trends in agriculture, Biotechnology & Food Processing” at Hassan, Karnataka, July 5-7, 2017
- International Conference on Recent Trends in Science and Technology (ICRTS 2017), held at Shivaji Science College, Nagpur, July 12-14, 2017.
- Seventh Asian Cotton Research and Development Network (ACRDN) Meeting at Hotel Le Meridien, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Sept 15-17, 2017
- Global Organic Convention 2019: Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Health and Quality Food,” at Le Meridien Hotel, Nagpur during September 15-17, 2019
National
- Foundation Course on Agricultural Research Service (FOCARS) at ICAR–NAARM, Hyderabad from July 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015 (3 months).
- Institute Orientation Training at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur from October 12, 2015 to November 11, 2015.
- Professional Attachment Training at ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi, from November 12, 2015 to February 27, 2016.
- 21 days winter training school on “Bioinformatics and High Dimensional Genome Data Analysis” at ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi, INDIA, from November 25 to December 15, 2015.
Training Conducted
- Skill development training programme under Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP)
Invivted Lectures
- Bio-chemical and molecular mechanism of insecticide resistance. In: Training Programme on “Insect Resistance to Bt Toxins and Insecticides in Cotton” at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur from January 18 to February 07, 2018.
- Data analysis and interpretation using the Bioinformatics tools). In: Training Programme on “Insect Resistance to Bt Toxins and Insecticides in Cotton” at ICAR-CICR, Nagpur from January 18 to February 07, 2018.
- CSIR-NET, 2011, 2012
- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2011
- ICAR- Senior Research Fellowship, 2011
Association In Professional Societies
- Life Member, Society for Advancement of Agricultural Innovations
- Life Member, Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI), Mumbai
- Life member, Food and Scientific Reports (FSR)
- Member, Indian Journal of Horticulture (IJH)
Other official Assignments
- Member, PME Cell, ICAR-CICR-Nagpur
- Member, CICR Newsletter Committee
- Member, Editorial team, Cotton Innovate
- Member, Official Language Implementation Committee
- Member, Online/Offline Exam & Evaluation Committee (RA/SRF/YP)
- Member, CICR Campus welfare Committee
- Member, Celebrating CICR@100 Committee
Consultancies Provided
- Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav