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Dr. Anshul Watts

Dr. Anshul Watts
Scientist (S.S.)
Anshul[dot]watts[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in
Phone :
8745081986

Discipline: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Education :

Ph.D. (2010-2016): NRCPB, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012.

M.Sc. (2008-2010): NRCPB, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012.

B.Sc. (2004-2008): College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, M.P.K.V. Rahuri university

Research Interest

  • Development of haploid inducer line in Brassica juncea and Brassica oleracea through genetic engineering of CENH3 gene
  • Genome editing in Brassica juncea
  • Understanding Brassica-Orobanche interaction for developing Orobanche resistance in B. juncea

Awards & Honors

  • IARI Merit Medal award for Ph.D. research in 2017
  • ICAR-SRF (2012) for Ph.D.
  • ICAR-JRF (2008) for M.Sc.
  • Watts A.,Bhadouria J, Kumar V & Bhat SR. (2016). Assessment of Arabidopsis thaliana CENH3 promoter in Brassica juncea for development of haploid inducer lines Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 54:425-430
  • Watts A, Kumar V, Bhat SR. (2016). Centromeric histone H3 protein: from basic study to plant breeding applications J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol.DOI 10.1007/s13562-016-0368-4
  • Naresh V, Singh SK, Watts A, Kumar P, Kumar V, Rao KRSS, Bhat SR(2016). Mutations in the mitochondrial orf108 render Moricandia arvensis restorer ineffective in restoring male fertility to Brassica oxyrrhina-based cytoplasmic male sterile line of B. juncea. Mol Breeding 36:67 DOI 10.1007/s11032-016-0489-4
  • Watts A, Kumari A, Muthusamy S K, Meena  RP (2015) Genetically Modified Crops: Need for Rational Evaluation. Science Reporter  52(11):14-17
  • Watts A, Kumar V, Raipuria RK., Bhattacharya R.C. 2018. In Vivo Haploid Production in Crop Plants: Methods and Challenges. Plant Mol Biol Rep. 36: 685-695
  • Sharma P, Watts A, Kumar V, Srinivasan R, Siwach P. 2018. Cloning, characterization, and expression analysis of APETALA2 genes of Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 56: 604-610.
  • Malhotra EV, Watts A, Watts A,  Kumar, NR, Singh S,  MISHRA P, Saini RP, Karthik K,  Singh S, Maniraj R, Muralimohan N, Arulprakash T,  Tyagi S, Pattanayak D & Sreevathsa R. 2017. Targeted Genome Engineering by CRISPR/Cas9: The New Perspective of Functional Genomics. In: Functional Genomics: Novel Insights, Applications and Future Challenges (Uffe H & Philip O, eds. ), pp 35-66, nova science publisher
  • Lata S, Watts A, Bhat SR (2019). Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana lines with T-DNA insertions in the mitochondrial ribosomal protein genes Rps14 and Rps19.Indian J. Genet 79 (2), 467-473
  • Watts A,  Sankaranarayanan S, Raipuria RK, Watts A. (2020). Production and Application of Doubled Haploid in Brassica Improvement. Brassica Improvement, 67-84.
Name of the Project Funding Agency
Development of haploid inducer line in Brassica oleracea var. botrytis through CRISPR-Cas mediated engineering of Centromeric Histone H3 (CENH3) gene

Science and Engineering Research Board

Statutory Body Established through an Act of Parliament: SERB Act 2008

Government of India
Name Designation Education Mobile Number Profile Picture
R Hari Chandana MSc student BSc (Agricultural Sciences)
Samrita Garnaik PhD student MSc (Molecular Biology & Biotechnology)
Kanishk Diwekar PhD student MSc (Molecular Biology & Biotechnology)
Anuj Kumar PhD student MSc (Molecular Biology & Biotechnology)
Muhammed Shamnas v PhD student MSc (Molecular Biology & Biotechnology)
Kanchan BM Singh SRF PhD
Name Designation
Priyanka Kumari MSc
Muhammed Shamnas v MSc
Akash Paul MSc
Amresh Kumar JRF/SRF