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Professor
Agricultural and Food Engineering
The major focus of my group is on plant natural product biotechnology. Our broad aim is the investigation of the properties of plants as they relate to food and other post-harvest uses, including for example, flavour/fragrance and bioactive compounds. In addition to phytochemical analysis, we continue to do plant cell and organ cultures for isolation of enzymes and genes responsible for the synthesis of natural products of our interest.
The current research areas of this group are -
Understanding molecular oscillations of scent volatiles emission in evening blooming flowers
Improvement of floral scent in evening-blooming plants by induced mutagenesis
Ultra-structural analysis of floral tissues for understanding scent volatiles emission
Diversion from phenolics to volatile terpenoids biosynthesis in transformed roots of carrot
Evaluating metabolic perturbations in genetically-engineered root cultures of tobacco
Selection of superior scented rice cultivars through targeted metabolomics
Our facilities include two HPLCs, two UV-VIS spectrophotometers, GC-MS, GC-FID, low pressure chromatography system, refrigerated centrifuge, several microcentrifuges, deionized water purification system, three thermocyclers for PCR, horizontal and vertical electrophoresis systems, two minus 20 freezers, minus 80 freezer, gel documentation system, several refrigerators, lyophilizer, vacuum concentrators, fine electronic balances, rotary vacuum evaporator, fluorescence and stereo-zoom microscopes, rotary microtome, portable air sampling pumps for volatiles collection, SPME devices, pH and conductivity meters, UV lamps for TLC analysis, incubator shakers, two laminar flow cabinets, plant growth chamber, plant tissue culture facility, experimental garden with shade net, and a dedicated temperature and humidity controlled greenhouse with photoperiodic illumination facility.
Current research projects are supported by a variety of funding sources, including, CSIR, DBT, SERB (DST), and MHRD. A number of projects involve collaboration with other partners such as, NRC on Orchids (ICAR), University of Calcutta and IIT Roorkee and Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) under DAAD IIT-TU9 programme.
Morphological, physiological and ultrastructural changes in flowers explain the spatio-temporal emission of scent volatiles in Polianthes tuberosa L. by Maiti S., Mitra A. Plant & Cell Physiology 58 2095-2111 (2017)
Enzymatic production and emission of floral scent volatiles in Jasminum sambac by P Bera, C Mukherjee and A Mitra* Plant Science 256 25-38 (2017)
A mechanistic insight into hydrogen peroxide-mediated elicitation of bioactive xanthones in Hoppea fastigiata shoot cultures by U R Moon and A Mitra* Planta 244 259-274 (2016)
Redirection of metabolites biosynthesis from hydroxybenzoates to volatile terpenoids in green hairy roots of Daucus carota by C Mukherjee, T Samanta and A Mitra* Planta 243 305-320 (2016)
Tobacco plantlets ameliorate oxidative stress upon expression of a cryptogein gene by M Kumar, A Basu, P Kumari, S Jha and A Mitra* PCTOC: Journal of Plant Biotechnology 125 553-570 (2016)
Metabolic shifts from withasteroid formation to phenylpropanoid accumulation in cryptogein-cotransformed hairy roots of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal by B Sil, C Mukherjee, S Jha and A Mitra* Protoplasma: An International Journal of Cell Biology 252 1097-1110 (2015)
Combating photooxidative stress in green hairy roots of Daucus carota cultivated under light irradiation by C Mukherjee, D Sircar, M Chatterjee, S Das and A Mitra* Journal of Plant Physiology 171 179-187 (2014)
Shikimate pathway modulates the elicitor-stimulated accumulation of fragrant 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzaldehyde in Hemidesmus indicus roots by A Kundu and A Mitra* Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 56 104-108 (2012)
Accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid in hairy roots of Daucus carota 2: Confirming the biosynthetic steps through feeding of inhibitors and precursors by D Sircar and A Mitra* Journal of Plant Physiology 166 1370-1380 (2009)
Histochemical Localization, Extraction and Chemical Analysis of Floral Wax and Absolute in Polianthes Tuberose L. Cultivars Aiming at Value Addition in Tuberose Floriculture Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of West Bengal
Assessing Post-harvest Physiological Deterioration in Banana Pre-treated with Plant-based Natural Products using Fruit Volatiles Status and Ripening as Indicators DBT, NEW DELHI
Understanding Essential Oils Secretory System in Vegetative Organs of Seed-raised and in-vitro Propagated Cinnamomum Species of Commercial Importance DBT, NEW DELHI
Comparative Metabolomic & Molecular Studies of Floral Volatilome in a few Commercially-Cultivated Jasminum Species for Understanding Scent Biosynthesis & Emission with Relevance to Fragrance Improvement CSIR, NEW DELHI
Elucidating Scent Volatiles Emission & Pollinators Attraction in Murraya Paniculata Flowers Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Gaikwad Nitin Kundlikrao
Area of Research: Bio Prospecting of Medicinal Plant
Ishita Paul
Area of Research: Plant Biotechnology
Jhansi Narmada Reddy Kotamreddy
Area of Research: Agricultural Biotechnolgy
Nithya N Kutty
Area of Research: Agricultural Biotechnology
Monica Barman
Area of Research: Agricultural Biotechnology
Upashana Ghissing
Area of Research: Agricultural Biotechnology
Subhadip Mukherjee
Area of Research: Agricultural Biotechnology
Sulagna Saha
Area of Research: Plant Natural Product Biotechnology
Raktim Bhattacharya
Area of Research: Plant Natural Product Biotechnology
