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Prof Nataraja Karaba Nalkur

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Professor, Crop Physiology
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Expertise

  • Plant Sciences

Publications

Total Articles 249
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Professional Recognition

2020

INSA Teacher Award 2020

Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
2017

Sir CV Raman Young Scientist State Award 2017

Government of Karnataka
2017

Award for Research Publications (ARP award) 2017

Government of Karnataka
2018

J. C. Bose Award 2018

Indian Society of Plant Physiology, Pusa, New Delhi
2002

BOYSCAST Fellowship

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi;
2021

Fellowship of the KSTA

Karnataka Science & Technology Academy, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru
2014

NAMASTE Award 2014

Networking and Mobility Actions for Sustainable Technology and The environment in India, European Un
2016

Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute Mobility award 2016-17

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi (visiting professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Sa
2006

Visiting Scientist

Department of Plant Breeding, Plant Research, International, Wageningen University (WUR), the Nether
2011

Linnaeus_Palme Guest faculty

Umea Plant Science Center (UPSC), Umea University Sweden
1990

University Gold Medal (for UG)

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
1997

University Gold Medal (for PhD)

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
2023

Professor G.V. Joshi Memorial Lecture Award

Indian Society of Plant Physiology, New Delhi
1998

Dr. CS. Venkataram Memorial Award (for best original research paper)

PLACROSYM XIII (Plantation Crops Symposium), held at Coimbatore 1998
2024

The American Society of Plant Biologists-ISPP Plenary Lecture Award 2024

Indian Society For Plant Physiology (ISPP), New Delhi
2024

Fellow of ISPP

Indian Society For Plant Physiology (ISPP), New Delhi

Community & Membership

2019

Oranismal and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) - Plant Sciences; DST-SERB, Government of India

Member
2017

DST- Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE), GoI, New Delhi

Expert Member
2016

Life Sciences committee of the Science Academics’ Summer Research Fellowship programme

Expert
2019

ELEVATE Call-2 (FY 2019-20) Grand Finale, Department of IT & BT, Government of Karnataka

Expert Member

Life Sciences Selection Committee, 2021-Summer Research Fellowship Programme for students

Expert Member

Scientific Program Committee of XIII-Agriculture Science Congress-2017 on Climate-Smart Ag

Member

Research Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and Genome Analysis, Rubber Research Institut

Expert Member
2015

Institute Biosafety Committee (IBSC), DBT, Government of India

DBT Nominee
2021

SeriBiotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Kodathi, Bengaluru

Research Advisory Committee (RAC)
2020

Indian Science Congress (107th), UASB, Bengaluru

Sectional Secretary (Plant Science)
2014

Board of Studies, University of Mysore

Member
2022

Program Advisory Committee, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, SERB, DST, Govt of India

Core Member, PAC

Karnataka Science and Technology Academy, Department of Science and Technology, Government

2021
Fellow

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkotta

2020
Life Member

Indian Society of Plant Physiology (ISPP), New Delhi

2014
Life Member

The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Prayagraj, India

2013
Member

Bio

Prospecting Genes Linked to Stress Tolerant Traits and Manipulation of Traits Using Endophytes

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Professor , University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
  • Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UASB), GKVK Campus
PhD
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 1996
MSc(Agriculture) Crop Physiology
Other Institute 1991
BSc(Forestry)
Other Institute 1989
Professor Jan 1999 – Present
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore | Crop Physiology
Scientist C Mar 1998 – Apr 1999
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
N/A May 1996 – Mar 1998
Rubber Research Institute of India

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Scholarly Work

Endophytes and their utility for improvement of tea productivity and quality

Funding Agency: Unilever Industries (P) Ltd., Research Centre

Principal Investigator

68.45 lakhs

2023 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Improvement of stress adaptive traits in crops using endophytes under different agroecology

Funding Agency: Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

INR 73.45 lakhs

2022 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Genetic enhancement of mulberry by genomic resources: A multi component network project- Discovery and validation of growth and abiotic stress related genes in mulberry

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Principal Investigator

INR 48.01 lakhs

2018 - 2021

Completed
Genetic enhancement of mulberry by genomic resources: A multi component network project - Development of new generation transgenic mulberry for drought stress tolerance and characterisation of existing transgenic mulberry for confined field trials

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Principal Investigator

INR 29.36 lakhs

2018 - 2021

Completed
Center for Next Generation Technologies (NGT) in Adaptive Agriculture (AA) Supported by the Indian Council for Agriculture Research-Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science & Technology (CAAST)

Funding Agency: Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Co-Principal Investigator/PI

200.00 lakh

2018 - 2023

Completed
Multiplication and evaluation of transgenic mulberry for abiotic stress tolerance and suitability for silkworm rearing

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Principal Investigator

INR 39.07 lakhs

2013 - 2016

Completed
Phenomics and genomics of ragi (Eleusine coracana)

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Co-Principal Investigator

INRF 150.59 lakhs

2012 - 2015

Completed
DBT-UAS Biotech Hub

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Co-Principal Investigator

INR 434.50 lakhs

2011 - 2015

Completed
SNP discovery and trait specific transcriptome analysis of Indian mulberry

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Principal Investigator

INR 49.73 lakhs

2010 - 2013

Completed
Development of mulberry transgenics over expressing transcription factor associated with drought and epicuticular wax biosynthesis to increase stress tolerance and wax quality

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Principal Investigator

INR 33.00 lakhs

2007 - 2012

Completed
DBT-program support to develop drought tolerant crop varieties by biotechnological approaches: Genes for improving drought tolerance traits: validation of the stress transcriptome of adapted plant species to identify candidate genes

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India (under DBT-drought centre of Research- Coordinated projec

Principal Investigator (subproject-1)

INR 129.00 lakhs

2006 - 2012

Completed
Integrated center for drought research: Genetic engineering for developing crop plants resistant to abiotic stresses (Phase I & II))

Funding Agency: Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi

Co-Principal Investigator

INR 636.72 lakhs

2006 - Ongoing

Completed
Cloning and characterization of epicuticular wax synthesizing genes from mulberry (Morus alba L): A potential option to reduce transpiration and post harvest water loss

Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.

Principal Investigator

INR 19.13 lakhs

2004 - 2007

Completed
Post transcriptional gene silencing approach to understand the functional relevance of cer1 & 6 genes in regulating leaf temperature and water use efficiency

Funding Agency: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

INR 14.44 lakhs

2003 - 2007

Completed

Functional validation of root growth associated genes by overexpression in model plants for abiotic stress tolerance

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2011

Validation of abiotic stress responsive transcription factors by overexpression in crop plants

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2013

Engineering drought tolerant traits in rice

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2013

Development of transgenic crop plants to improve drought tolerance by over expressing root trait related genes

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2014

Transcriptional regulation to enhance drought tolerance in plants: Co-expression of AhBTF3, AhNF-YA7 and EcSAP-ZF in rice and characterization of novel regulator, EcTAF6 in model system

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2015

Prospecting genes associated with drought tolerance from Indian mulberry (Morus alba L.)

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2018

Epigenetic regulation under drought stress response in rice: Understanding the DNA methylation pattern

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2019

Overexpression of transcription factor (TF) associated with drought and epicuticular wax biosynthesis in mulberry (Morus alba L.)

University Kuvempu University
Year 2015

Improvement of resilience to abiotic stress using endophytic fungi in tomato

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2023

Plant-endophytic fungi interaction under contrasting habitats

University Groningen University, the Netherlands (Co-Guide/promoter)
Year 2023

Abiotic stress tolerance in crops:Characterization of genes contributing for cellular tolerance identified from Indian mulberry (Morus alba L.)

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2023

Identification and characterization of genes contributing to rapid foliage growth in Indian mulberry (Morus alba L.)

University University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Year 2024

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Scholarly Publications

Transcriptomic study reveals metabolic rearrangement and energy conservation under drought stress in mulberry

Open Access
Article
Authors: Dhanyalakshmi K.H.;Patil S.S.;Chaitra H.V.;Bidari P.;Nataraja K.N.

Co-expression of AtDREB2A and AtSHN1 in transgenic mulberry (Morus spp.) confers tolerance to drought and salinity and reduces post-harvest water loss

Open Access
Article
Authors: Sarkar T.;Nataraja K.N.;F L.K.;Sajeevan R.S.;Dhanyalakshmi K.H.;Doss S.G.;Raghunath M.K.;Sivaprasad V.

Comparative analysis of specimen processing methods for spatial imaging of mulberry bud ultrastructure using the Scanning Electron Microscope

Open Access
Article

Fusarium incarnatum Strain K23 Reprograms the Response of Tomato Seedlings to Salt Stress

Open Access
Article
Authors: Pallavi N.;Reddy Y.N.P.;Govind G.;Reichelt M.;Wekesa C.;Furch C.U.A.;Grabe V.;Shaanker R.U.;Oelmüller R.;Nataraja K.N.

Shaping root system architecture: holobiont-based phenotyping for root traits

Open Access
Review
Authors: Dhanyalakshmi K.H.;Pawar R.K.;Aishwarya G.;Ayesha M.S.;Nataraja K.N.

Fusarium sp. Strain K-23 Alleviates Salt Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana Through its Root Hair Growth-Promoting Effect

Open Access
Article
Authors: Onejeme F.C.;González Ortega-Villaizán A.;Rodríguez-Dobreva E.;Topel Prieto B.;Patel M.K.;Guendouzi S.;Reddy P.Y.N.;Lopez L.E.;Estevez J.M.;Nataraja K.N.;Shaanker R.U.;Benito B.;Vicente-Carbajosa J.;Oelmüller R.;Pollmann S.

Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of Seed Endobiome of Domesticated and Wild Finger Millet Species (Eleusine spp.): Unveiling Microbial Diversity and Composition

Open Access
Article
Authors: Hemapriya M.;Nataraja K.N.;Suryanarayanan T.S.;Uma Shaanker R.

Chlamydomonas as a model system for studying the relevance of plant genes for their involvement in multiple individual and combined stresses: a study unravelling PgCuZnSOD and PgAPX gene functions

Open Access
Article
Authors: Mamrutha H.M.;Govind G.;Ramanna H.;Sajeevan R.S.;Lokesha A.N.;Senthil-Kumar M.;Nataraja K.N.