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Praveen K Verma

Praveen K Verma
Praveen K Verma
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Life Sciences
Room No
217
Off. Phone
011-26704115
Residence
011-26735140
Email
praveenkverma[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, praveenkverma[at]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, pkv.jnu[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/praveenkverma/cv.pdf
Qualifications

M.Sc., School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Ph.D., School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Plant Immunity Laboratory

Our laboratory is working on biology of plant and pathogen interactions. We are trying to address two interrelated biological questions related to:

  • Pathogen strategies to counter and disease progression in a hostile host environment
  • Plant defence mechanisms against invading fungal pathogens

 

We adopted some important plant pathogens viz. Ascochyta rabiei (causal agent of Ascochyta Blight of chickpea), Bipolaris sorokiniana (causal agent of spot blotch of wheat) and Exobasidium vexens (causal agent of blister blight disease of tea). Some of our current research interests are:

  • Fungal genomics and identification of virulence determinants
  • Pathogen secreted effectors and their host targets
  • Pathogen invasion and role of cytoskeleton and endocytosis
  • Pathogen strategies to counter host-generated oxidative stress
  • Signalling and regulatory components of plant immunity and symbiotic association
  • Genome editing and host-induced gene silencing
  •  Genomics-assisted QTL identification for disease resistance, fine mapping and molecular breeding
Experience
  • Ex- Director, Research & Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • Professor, School of Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (December 7, 2020 onwards)
  • Staff Scientist VI, National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi (2016-2020)
  • Staff Scientist V, National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi (2012-2016)
  • Staff Scientist IV, National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi (2008-2012)
  • Staff Scientist III, National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi (2003-2008)
  • Staff Scientist II, National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi (1998-2003)
Awards & Honours

Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India

International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Sinha M, Shree A, Singh K, Kumar K, Singh SK, Kumar V, Verma PK (2021), Modulation of fungal virulence through CRZ1 regulated F-BAR-dependent actin remodeling and endocytosis in chickpea infecting phytopathogen Ascochyta rabiei. PLOS Genetics 17(5): e1009137.

Kumar K, Purayannur S, Kaladhar VC, Parida SK and Verma PK (2018) mQTL-seq and classical mapping implicates the role of an AT-HOOK MOTIF CONTAINING NUCLEAR LOCALIZED (AHL) family gene in Ascochyta blight resistance of chickpea. Plant, Cell & Environment 41:2128-2140.

Verma, S, Gazara, RK, Nizam, S, Parween, S, Chattopadhyay, D, Verma PK (2016) Draft genome sequencing and secretome analysis of fungal phytopathogen Ascochyta rabiei provides insight into the necrotrophic effector repertoire. Scientific Reports, 6:24638.

Kumar K, Srivastava V, Purayannur S, Kaladhar VC, Cheruvu PJ and Verma PK (2016) WRKY domain-encoding genes of a crop legume chickpea (Cicer arietinum): comparative analysis with Medicago truncatula WRKY family and characterization of group-III gene(s). DNA Research 23(3):225-239.

Singh A, Singh IK and Verma PK (2008) Differential Transcript Accumulation in Cicer arietinum L. in Response to a Chewing Insect Helicoverpa armigera and Defense Regulators Correlate with Reduced Insect Performance Journal of Experimental Botany 59(9):2379-2392.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

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Patents (if any)

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