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Plant Pathology      (25 scientists)

Dr Malkhan Singh Gurjar

   

Field of Specialisation : Fungal Pathology

Dr Malkhan Singh Gurjar
Sr. Scientist

M.Sc. : Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Rajasthan (SKN College of Ag Jobner)

Ph.D : ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi

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PG School, Faculty Disciplines : Plant Pathology

No. of Students Guided : -    M.Sc :   5 MSc - Guided, 1 MSc- Pursuing

   Ph.D :   6 PhD-Pursuing

Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

  1. Manakkatt, H.M., Gurjar, M.S*., Saharan, M.S. et al. (2024). Expression analysis of genes involved in teliospores germination of Tilletia indica inciting Karnal bunt of wheat. Molecular Biology Reports 51: 726 (Correspondence)
  2. Kashyap N., Reddy Y.N., Gurjar M.S*., Kumar T.P.J., Basak P., Mahendra M., Smita S., Prashant B., Saharan M.S. and Aggarwal R. 2025. Pathological and multi locus sequence analysis in Bipolaris sorokiniana inciting spot blotch of wheat reveals the predominant virulent haplotypes in India. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., 85(1): 50-59. (Correspondence).
  3. Basak P, Gurjar Malkhan Singh*, Kumar TPJ, Kashyap N, Singh D, Jha SK and Saharan MS (2024) Transcriptome analysis of Bipolaris sorokiniana - Hordeum vulgare provides insights into mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction. Front. Microbiol. 15:1360571. (Correspondence)
  4. Haritha Mohan M, Malkhan Singh Gurjar*, Prachi Jain1, Naresh Kumar, Mahender Singh Saharan1 Rashmi Aggarwal (2023). Differential gene expression analysis in germinating and dormant teliospores of Tilletia indica using RNA seq approach. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 61(3) 214-223. (Correspondence)
  5. Malkhan Singh Gurjar*, Kumar TPJ, Shakouka MA, Saharan MS, Rawat L and Aggarwal R (2023). Draft genome sequencing of Tilletia caries inciting common bunt of wheat provides pathogenicity-related genes. Front. Microbiol. 14:1283613. (First author & Correspondence)
  6. Shakouka MA, Gurjar MS, Aggarwal R, Saharan MS, Gogoi R, Bainsla Kumar N, Agarwal S, Kumar TPJ, Bayaa B and Khatib F (2022) Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Virulence Genes in Wheat Karnal Bunt Fungus Tilletia indica Using Double Digest Restriction-Site Associated DNA-Genotyping by Sequencing Approach. Front. Microbiol. 13:852727. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.852727) (Correspondence)
  7. Malkhan Singh Gurjar.; Aggarwal, R.; Jain, S.; Sharma, S.; Singh, J.; Gupta, S.; Agarwal, S.; Saharan, M.S. (2021) Multilocus Sequence Typing and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis in Tilletia indica Isolates Inciting Karnal Bunt of Wheat. J. Fungi 7: 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020103 (First author & Correspondence)
  8. Malkhan Singh Gurjar, Rashmi Aggarwal, Abhimanyu Jogawat, Deepika Kulshreshtha, Sapna Sharma, Amolkumar U. Solanke, Himanshu Dubey, Rakesh Kumar Jain (2019). Genome Sequencing and Secretome analysis of Tilletia indica inciting Karnal bunt of wheat Provides Pathogenesis-related genes. Biotech 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-019-1743-3. (First author)
  9. Malkhan Singh Gurjar*; Jain, S.; Aggarwal, R.; Saharan, M.S.; Kumar, T.P.J.; Kharbikar, L. (2022) Transcriptome Analysis of Wheat–Tilletia indica Interaction Provides Defense and Pathogenesis-Related Genes. Plants 2022, 11, 3061. (First author & Correspondence)
  10. Malkhan Singh Gurjar, A Jogawat, MS Saharan, R Aggarwal (2018). Response of putative pathogenicity related genes in Tilletia indica inciting Karnal bunt of wheat. Cereal Research Communications 46(1):89-103. (First author and correspondence)

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

  1. Full Genome sequence of wheat pathogens like Tilletia indica, Tilletia caries, Bipolaris sorokiniana, Bipolaris maydis
  1. Identified key virulence genes via Genome wide association mapping in Tilletia indica, Developed diagnostic marker to detect Tilletia indica; LAMP Assay for detection of Tilletia indica.
  1. Developed a process to analyse the population structure of Tilletia indica, Developed a process the in planta transcriptional behavior of Tilletia indica revealed that a majority of CDS were associated with response to stimulus, response to stress.
  1. Identified the resistant sources against Karnal bunt, spot blocth of wheat, late blight of potato in NEH region of India.
  1. Developed Aeroponics system at CPRS, Shillong and New strains/phylotype of Ralstonia solancearum infecting potato from Meghalaya state.

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

  1. Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, FPSI (2022),
  1. MK Patel Young Scientist Award, Indian Phytopathological Society (2020)
  1. Bursary Assistance award (ICPP 2018)-Boston USA
  1. Best Oral and Poster presentation awards of research papers (08)
  1. Treasurer, Indian Phytopathological Society; Editor: Indian Phytopath News