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| BTISNET - Sub-Distributed Information
Centre |
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TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE |
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The Distributed Information
Sub Centre (DISC) housed at Centre for Plant Molecular
Biology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is functioning
with the financial support of DBT since 1989. It is actively
engaged in educational and research activities of biotechnology
and bioinformatics.
- The internet connectivity in the bioinformatics
lab has been upgraded to 2 mbps for the benefit of
scientists and students
- Organized 29 bioinformatics training programs since
inception
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| Major research activities
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- Development of genetically modified plants in rice
(drought and salinity tolerance), maize (low phytate),
brinjal (shoot and fruit borer resistant), cotton,
banana, papaya, ground nut and soybean for both biotic
and abiotic stresses
- Marker assisted selection for blast, bacterial leaf
blight and gall midge resistance genes in rice through
functional markers
- QTL mapping and marker aided selection for drought
tolerance in rice and cotton
- Characterization of root proteome of rice for water
stress
- Cloning and characterization of abiotic stress
inducible promoters from rice
- Development of agriculturally important databases
- Development of sequence analysis tools
For more information: http://www.tnau.ac.in/cpmb/cpmb/bti.html
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| Coordinator |
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Dr. R. Samiyappan
Centre for Plant Molecular Biology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore - 641 003
Phone: 91-422-6611262
Fax: 91-422-2431672
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