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Dr. Mahendra Kumar Modi

Dr. Mahendra Kumar Modi

About

Specialization:
Bioinformatics, Genomics-Assisted-Breeding

Qualification

Qualification

Board/University

Year

PhD

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

1995

MSc (Agri)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

1985
BSc (Agri)

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

1982

HSSLC

AHSEC

1977

HSLC

SEBA

1975

Personal Interest

Reading Books & Listening to Music

Working Experience

 

Position/Responsibilties

Duration

Organization

Professor & Executive Dean

 01/03/2024 to till date Assam down town University

Professor

 01/07/2005 to 31/08/2023 Assam Agricultural University

Head of Department

 27/07/2002 to 31/08/2023 Assam Agricultural University

Associate Professor

 10/10/1995 to 30/06/2005 Assam Agricultural University

Assistant Professor

 27/02/1986 to 09/10/1995 Assam Agricultural University

Research Fellow

 01/08.1985 to 26/02/1986 Assam Agricultural University

Research

My research area is mainly focussed on Genome Assisted Breeding, especially in rice. My research group have identified several QTLs associated with abiotic stress tolerance in rice. In collaboration with Assam Rice research Institute, Titabar, our group has develped several rice varieties, prominent among them is Ranjit-Sub1, a high-yielding rice variety that can tolerate submergence upto two weeks and this can give significant relief to farmers in case flood-prone areas.

Publication Details:

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

  1. Phukon, M., Das, J., Sruthi, R., Verma, R. K., Modi, M. K., Bhattacharyya, A., & Chetia, S. K. (2024). Study on submergence tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in a core panel of North-East India using GWAS. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The), 84(02), 193–201.
  2. Ahmed, R., Dey, K. K., Senthil-Kumar, M., Modi, M. K., Sarmah, B. K., & Bhorali, P. (2024). Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals differential defense responses among Alternaria brassicicola resistant Sinapis alba and susceptible Brassica rapa. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14(January), 1–16.
  3. Maharana, J., Hwang, S.-K., Singha, D. L., Panda, D., Singh, S., Okita, T. W., & Modi, M. K. (2024). Exploring the structural assembly of rice ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits using MD simulation. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 129, 108761.
  4. Barua, P., Phukon, M., Munda, S., Ranga, V., Jyoti, R. S., Borah, L., Das, J., Pompi Dutta, Bhattacharyya, A., Modi, M. K., & Chetia, S. K. (2024). Identification of significant SNPs and candidate loci for blast disease resistance via GWAS and population structure analysis in ARC panel of Oryza sativa. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants.
  5. Kaldate, R., Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Dey, P. C., Mahalle, M. D., Singh, S. K., Baruah, A. R., & Modi, M. K. (2023). Mapping of QTLs associated with yield and related traits under reproductive stage drought stress in rice using SNP linkage map. Molecular Biology Reports.
  6. Roy, N., Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Sharma, V., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2022). Molecular mapping of drought-responsive QTLs during the reproductive stage of rice using a GBS (genotyping-by-sequencing) based SNP linkage map. Molecular Biology Reports, 50(1), 65–76.
  7. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Sharma, V., Devi, K., Kumar, A., & Modi, M. K. (2022). Identification and characterization of genes for drought tolerance in upland rice cultivar ‘Banglami’ of North East India. Molecular Biology Reports, 49(12), 11547–11555.
  8. Bordoloi, S. ., Ravi, N. ., Modi, M. K., & Jayaraj, R. S. C. (2022). Genome-wide mining of simple sequence repeats and development of polymorphic SSR markers in Aquilaria malaccensis. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The), 82(02), 236–239.
  9. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Sharma, V., Baishya, S., Sharma, H., & Modi, M. K. (2022). GWAS to spot candidate genes associated with grain quality traits in diverse rice accessions of North East India. Molecular Biology Reports, 49(6), 5365–5377.
  10. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Sharma, V., Singh, S. K., Sarmah, B. K., & Modi, M. K. (2022). Genetic analysis for detection of genes associated to drought tolerance in rice accessions belonging to north east India. Molecular Biology Reports, 50, 1993–2006.
  11. Gautam, A., Chetia, S. K., Sharma, V., Modi, M. K., Ahmed, T., & Phukon, M. (2022). Morpho-molecular investigation of recurrent parent genome recovery of Sub1 introgressed advance lines of rice ( Oryza sativa L .). Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., 82(4), 411–418.
  12. Rajguru, T., Bora, D., & Modi, M. K. (2022). Identification of promising inhibitors for Plasmodium haemoglobinase Falcipain-2, using virtual screening, molecular docking, and MD Simulation. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1248, 131427.
  13. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Tamuly, A., Sharma, V., Dey, P. C., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2021). Morphological characterization of sali rice accessions of North East India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 20(July), 838–845.
  14. Kakoti, M., Hazarika, D. J., Kumar, A., Barooah, M., Modi, M. K., Bhattacharyya, A., & Boro, R. C. (2021). Genetic Diversity and DNA Barcoding of Wild Mushrooms from Northeast India. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions A: Science, 45(2), 469–479.
  15. Sharma, R., Devi, K., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2021). In silico characterization and differential expression analysis of 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) of Centella asiatica. 3 Biotech, 11(4), 184.
  16. Mahalle, M. D., Chetia, S. K., Dey, P. C., Sarma, R. N., Baruah, A. R., Kaldate, R. C., Verma, R. K., & Modi, M. K. (2021). Assessing the leaf shape dynamic through marker–trait association under drought stress in a rice germplasm panel. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 19(6), 477–483.
  17. Bora, S. S., Dey, K. K., Borah, M., Rahman, M., Gogoi, M., Modi, M. K., & Barooah, M. (2021). Niche differentiation of belowground microorganisms and their functional signatures in Assam type tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica). Archives of Microbiology, 203(9), 5661–5674.
  18. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Dey, P. C., Rahman, A., Saikia, S., Sharma, V., Sharma, H., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2021). Genome-wide association studies for agronomical traits in winter rice accessions of Assam. Genomics, 113(3), 1037–1047.
  19. Mahalle, M. D., Dey, P. C., Chetia, S. K., Baruah, A. R., Ahmed, T., Sarma, R. N., Kaldate, R. C., Kumar, A., Singh, S. K., & Modi, M. K. (2021). Association mapping for yield traits under drought stress in Autumn rice germplasm collection of Assam. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 30(1), 26–36.
  20. Hazarika, D. J., Gautom, T., Parveen, A., Goswami, G., Barooah, M., Modi, M. K., & Boro, R. C. (2020). Mechanism of interaction of an endofungal bacterium Serratia marcescens D1 with its host and non-host fungi. PLoS ONE, 15(4), 1–19.
  21. Rajguru, T., Bora, D., & Modi, M. K. (2020). Combined CADD and Virtual Screening to Identify Novel Nonpeptidic Falcipain-2 Inhibitors. Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, 17(4), 579–588.
  22. Singha, D. L., Maharana, J., Panda, D., Dehury, B., Modi, M. K., & Singh, S. (2020). Understanding the thermal response of rice eukaryotic transcription factor eIF4A1 towards dynamic temperature stress : insights from expression profiling and molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 39(7), 2575-2584.
  23. Singh, S., Kumar, A., Panda, D., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2020). Identification and characterization of drought responsive miRNAs from a drought tolerant rice genotype of Assam. Plant Gene, 21, 100213.
  24. Baldodiya, G. M., Devi, K., Borah, B. K., Debnath Palash, & Modi, M. K. (2019). Characterization and in silico proteomic analysis of C2 and C3 proteins of squash leaf curl China virus associated with pumpkin leaf curl disease in Assam, India. Acta Virologica, 63(02), 139–148.
  25. Sahoo, J. P., Sharma, V., Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Baruah, A. R., Modi, M. K., & Yadav, V. K. (2019). Linkage analysis for drought tolerance in kharif rice of assam using microsatellite markers. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 18(2), 371–375.
  26. Devi, K., Dey, K. K., Singh, S., Mishra, S. K., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2019). Identification and validation of plant miRNA from NGS data—an experimental approach. Briefings in Functional Genomics, 18(1), 13–22.
  27. Hwang, S.-K., Singh, S., Maharana, J., Kalita, S., Tuncel, A., Rath, T., Panda, D., Modi, M. K., & Okita, T. W. (2019). Mechanism Underlying Heat Stability of the Rice Endosperm Cytosolic ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 70. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00070
  28. Sahu, J., Panda, D., Baruah, G., Patar, L., Sen, P., Borah, B. K., & Modi, M. K. (2019). Revealing shared differential co-expression profiles in rice infected by virus from reoviridae and sequiviridae group. Gene, 698, 82–91.
  29. Baldodiya, G. M., Baruah, G., Borah, B. K., Modi, M. K., & Nath, P. D. (2019). Molecular characterization and sequence analyses of Banana bunchy top virus infecting banana cultivar Jahaji (Dwarf Cavendish) in Assam, India. 3 Biotech, 9(3), 110.
  30. Pradhan, S. K., Singh, N. R., Dehury, B., Panda, D., Modi, M. K., & Thatoi, H. (2019). Insights into the mode of flavin mononucleotide binding and catalytic mechanism of bacterial chromate reductases: A molecular dynamics simulation study. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, jcb.28960.
  31. Gautam, A., Chetia, S. K., Modi, M. K., & Ahmed, T. (2018). Phenotypic Screening and Evaluation of Sub1 Introgressed Lines in Popular Rice Varieties Ranjit and Bahadur of Assam. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 7(09), 1744–1755
  32. Goswami, G., Panda, D., Samanta, R., Boro, R. C., Modi, M. K., Bujarbaruah, K. M., & Barooah, M. (2018). Bacillus megaterium adapts to acid stress condition through a network of genes: Insight from a genome-wide transcriptome analysis. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 16105.
  33. Chetia, S. K., Kalita, M., Verma, R. K., Barua, B., Ahmed, T., Modi, M. K., & Singh, N. K. (2018). Flood proofing of Ranjit, a popular variety of North-Eastern India through transfer of Sub1 rice QTL by modified marker-assisted backcross breeding. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The), 78(2), 166.
  34. Kalita, R., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2018). RNAi mediated silencing of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductases (HMGR) in Centella asiatica. Gene Reports, 11, 52–57.
  35. Verma, R. K., Dey, P., Chetia, S., & Modi, M. K. (2017). Development of advanced breeding lines of rice for drought tolerance based on physiological and yield traits. ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice, 54(2), 169.
  36. Sharma, V., Verma, R. K., Dey, P., Chetia, S., Baruah, A., & Modi, M. K. (2017). QTLs associated with yield attributing traits under drought stress in upland rice cultivar of Assam. ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice, 54(3), 253.
  37. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Dey, P. C., Sharma, V., Baruah, A. R., & Modi, M. K. (2017). Development of advanced breeding lines for high grain yield under drought stress in elite rice genetic background. Research on Crops, 18(4), 705.
  38. Devi, K., Gogoi, M. B., Singh, S., Sarmah, B., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2017). In vitro Regeneration of Banana and Assessment of Genetic Fidelity in the Regenerated Plantlets through RAPD. Annual Research & Review in Biology, 17(6), 1–11.
  39. Verma, R. K., Dey, P. C., Chetia, S. K., & Modi, M. K. (2017). Correlation coefficient of yield traits in Advanced breeding lines under drought stress. Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences, 6, 372.
  40. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Rahman, A., Dey, P. C., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2017). Study on genetic diversity and population structure of upland rice accessions using SSR markers associated with grain yield under drought. Crop Research, 52(4and5), 180.
  41. Sarmah, R., K. Modi, M., & Begum, S. A. (2017). ANN Based Features Selection Approach Using Hybrid GA-PSO for Sirna Design. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, 9(4), 57–75.
  42. Verma, R. K., Chetia, S. K., Dey, P. C., Baruah, A. R., & Modi, M. K. (2017). Mapping of QTLs for Grain Yield and its Component Traits under Drought Stress in Elite Rice Variety of Assam. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6(6), 1443–1455.
  43. Devi, K., Patar, L., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2017). An Insight Into Structure, Function, and expression Analysis of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-CoA Reductase of Cymbopogon winterianus. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 11(0), 117793221770173.
  44. Sarma, K., Roychoudhury, S., Bora, S., Dehury, B., Parida, P., Das, S., Das, R., Dohutia, C., Nath, S., Deb, B., & Modi, M. (2017). Molecular Modeling and Dynamics Simulation Analysis of KATNAL1 for Identification of Novel Inhibitor of Sperm Maturation. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, 20(1), 82–92.
  45. Agarwalla, N., Panda, D., & Modi, M. K. (2016). Deep Learning using Restricted Boltzmann Machines. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, 7(3), 1552–1556.
  46. Chutia, R., Borah, B. K., Modi, M. K., & Sarmah, B. K. (2016). Population Polymorphism Study Among Tulsi (Ocimum sp.) Ecotypes In Assam, India Using Morphological And Biochemical Parameters. International Journal of Crop Science and Technology, 2(1).
  47. Sarma, K., Borkakoty, B., Parida, P., Jakharia, A., Dey, D., Biswas, D., Panda, D., K. Modi, M., K. Mohapatra, P., & Mahanta, J. (2016). In Silico Identification of Natural Lead Molecules from the Genus of Phyllanthus Against Hepatitis B Virus Reverse Transcriptase. The Natural Products Journal, 6(4), 292–304.
  48. Deka, D., Zaman, S., Namdev, R., Phukon, M., Borthakur, A., Kalita, R., Devi, K., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2016). Efficient protocol for isolation of high-quality RNA from tea without using liquid nitrogen for molecular analysis. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 15(1), 81–84.
  49. Devi, K., Mishra, S. K., Sahu, J., Panda, D., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2016). Genome wide transcriptome profiling reveals differential gene expression in secondary metabolite pathway of Cymbopogon winterianus. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 21026.
  50. Sarmah, R., Begum, S. A., & Modi, M. K. (2015). In SILICO Approach to Design Potential Small Interfering RNA ( siRNA ) against Plant Pathogens and Diseases. International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 4(12), 93–107.
  51. Kalita, R., Patar, L., Shasany, A. K., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2015). Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase gene from Centella asiatica L. Molecular Biology Reports, 42(9), 1431–1439.
  52. Devi, K., Dehury, B., Phukon, M., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2015). Novel insights into structure-function mechanism and tissue-specific expression profiling of full-length dxr gene from Cymbopogon winterianus. FEBS Open Bio, 5(1), 325–334.
  53. Sahu, J., Das Talukdar, A., Devi, K., Choudhury, M. D., Barooah, M., Modi, M.K. , & Sen, P. (2015). E-Microsatellite Markers for Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) Genome: Validation and Cross-Transferability in Apiaceae Family for Plant Omics Research and Development. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 19(1), 52–65.
  54. Dehury, B., Maharana, J., Sahoo, B. R., Sahu, J., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., & Barooah, M. (2015). Molecular recognition of avirulence protein (avrxa5) by eukaryotic transcription factor xa5 of rice (Oryza sativa L.): Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 57, 49–61.
  55. Kalita, R., Barooah, M., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2014). Development of “Assam” type tea specific SCAR marker from RAPD products. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 13(3), 376–380.
  56. Sarma, K., Sen, P., Barooah, M., Choudhury, M. D., Roychoudhury, S., & Modi, M. K. (2014). Structural Comparison, Substrate Specificity, and Inhibitor Binding of AGPase Small Subunit from Monocot and Dicot: Present Insight and Future Potential. BioMed Research International, 2014, 1–20.
  57. Dehury, B., Patra, M. C., Maharana, J., Sahu, J., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., Choudhury, M. D., & Barooah, M. (2014). Structure-Based Computational Study of Two Disease Resistance Gene Homologues (Hm1 and Hm2) in Maize (Zea mays L.) with Implications in Plant-Pathogen Interactions. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e97852.
  58. Sahu, J., Sen, P., Choudhury, M. D., Dehury, B., Barooah, M., Modi, M. K., & Talukdar, A. Das. (2014). Rediscovering Medicinal Plants’ Potential with OMICS: Microsatellite Survey in Expressed Sequence Tags of Eleven Traditional Plants with Potent Antidiabetic Properties. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 18(5), 298–309.
  59. Panda, D., Dehury, B., Sahu, J., Barooah, M., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2014). Computational identification and characterization of conserved miRNAs and their target genes in garlic (Allium sativum L.) expressed sequence tags. Gene, 537(2), 333–342.
  60. Sahu, M., Dehu, Sarmah, R., Sahoo, S., Sahu, J., Sarma, K., Sen, P., Modi, M., & Barooah, M. (2013). In silico prediction and characterization of three-dimensional structure of Actin-1 of Arabidopsis thaliana. Biotechnologia, 94(4), 432–443.
  61. Dehury, B., Sarma, K., Sarmah, R., Sahu, J., Sahoo, S., Sahu, M., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., Sharma, G. D., Choudhury, M. D., & Barooah, M. (2013). In silico analyses of superoxide dismutases (SODs) of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 22(1), 150–156.
  62. Dehury, B., Sahu, M., Sarma, K., Sahu, J., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., Sharma, G. D., Choudhury, M. D., & Barooah, M. (2013). Molecular Phylogeny, Homology Modeling, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Race-Specific Bacterial Blight Disease Resistance Protein ( xa 5) of Rice: A Comparative Agriproteomics Approach. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 17(8), 423–438.
  63. Dehury, B., Sahu, M., Patra, M. C., Sarma, K., Sahu, J., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., Choudhury, M. D., & Barooah, M. (2013). Insights into the structure–function relationship of disease resistance protein HCTR in maize (Zea mays L.): A computational structural biology approach. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 45, 50–64.
  64. Dehury, B., Sahu, M., Sahu, J., Sarma, K., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., Barooah, M., & Choudhury, M. D. (2013). Structural analysis and molecular dynamics simulations of novel δ-endotoxin Cry1Id from Bacillus thuringiensis to pave the way for development of novel fusion proteins against insect pests of crops. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 19(12), 5301–5316.
  65. Dehury, B., Panda, D., Sahu, J., Sahu, M., Sarma, K., Barooah, M., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2013). In silico identification and characterization of conserved miRNAs and their target genes in sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas L.) Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs). Plant Signaling & Behavior, 8(12), e26543.
  66. Sahu, J., Sen, P., Choudhury, M. D., Barooah, M., Modi, M. K., & Das, T. A. (2012). Towards an efficient computational mining approach to identify EST-SSR markers. Bioinformation, 8(4), 201–202.
  67. Sahu, J., Sarmah, R., Dehury, B., Sarma, K., Sahoo, S., Sahu, M., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2012). Mining for SSRs and FDMs from expressed sequence tags of Camellia sinensis. Bioinformation, 8(6), 260–266.
  68. Sarmah, R., Sahu, J., Dehury, B., Sarma, K., Sahoo, S., Sahu, M., Barooah, M., Sen, P., & Modi, M. K. (2012). ESMP: A high-throughput computational pipeline for mining SSR markers from ESTs. Bioinformation, 8(4), 206–208.
  69. Sahu, M., Sahu, J., Sahoo, S., Dehury, B., Sarma, K., Sarmah, R., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., & Barooah, M. (2012). An approach to delineate primers for a group of poorly conserved sequences incorporating the common motif region. Bioinformation, 8(4), 181–184.
  70. Phukon, M., Namdev, R., Deka, D., Modi, M. K., & Sen, P. (2012). Construction of cDNA library and preliminary analysis of expressed sequence tags from tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze]. Gene, 506(1), 202–206.
  71. Sarma, K., Dehury, B., Sahu, J., Sarmah, R., Sahoo, S., Sahu, M., Sen, P., Modi, M. K., & Barooah, M. (2012). A comparative proteomic approach to analyse structure, function and evolution of rice chitinases: a step towards increasing plant fungal resistance. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 18(11), 4761–4780.
  72. Sarma, C., Borthakur, A., Singh, S., & Modi, M. K. (2011). Efficient in vitro plant regeneration from cotyledonary explants of Citrus reticulata L . Blanco. Annals of Biological Research, 2(6), 341–348.
  73. Sarma, C., Sen, P., Singh, S., & Modi, M. K. (2011). Optimization of an In Vitro Transformation Protocol in Citrus reticulata L . Blanco cv . Khasi Mandarin. International Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 1(2), 201–210.
  74. Wang, C., Washida, H., Crofts, A. J., Hamada, S., Katsube-Tanaka, T., Kim, D., Choi, S.-B., Modi, M., Singh, S., & Okita, T. W. (2008). The cytoplasmic-localized, cytoskeletal-associated RNA binding protein Os Tudor-SN: evidence for an essential role in storage protein RNA transport and localization. The Plant Journal, 55(3), 443–454.
  75. Boro, R. C., Goswami, C., Thakuria, D., Modi, M. K., & Talukdar, N. C. (2004). Molecular and functional characteristics, growth promoting effect and persistence of selected parent isolates and streptomycin resistant derivatives of rice rhizobacteria. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 42(12), 1186–1194.
  76. Singh, S., Choi, S.-B., Modi, M. K., & Okita, T. W. (2002). Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones encoding ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) large and small subunits from chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). Phytochemistry, 59(3), 261–268.

Book Chapters:

  1. Singh, S., Modi, M. K., Gill, S. S., & Tuteja, N. (2012). Rice: Genetic Engineering Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance - Retrospects and Prospects. In N. Tuteja, S. S. Gill, & R. Tuteja (Eds.), Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture (pp. 203–236). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. 
  2. Singh, S., Sudhakar, D., & Modi, M. K. (2012). Rice: Genetic Engineering Approaches to Enhance Grain Iron Content. In N. Tuteja, S. S. Gill, & R. Tuteja (Eds.), Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture (1st ed., pp. 237–260). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527665334.ch11
  3. Sahu, M., Dehury, B., Modi, M. K., & Barooah, M. (2014). Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Approach to Understand Regulation of Abiotic Stress in Cereal Crops. In R. R. (Ed.), Crop Improvement in the Era of Climate Change. I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.Sarmah,
  4. R., Begum, S. A., & Modi, M. K. (2018). Neuro-Genetic Hybrid Approach to Predict siRNA Ef fi cacy in Plant Viruses. In Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications ERCICA 2016 (pp. 679–694). Springer Singapore.
  5. Rajguru, T., Bora, D., & Modi, M. K. (2020). Role of CADD in Antimalarial Drug Discovery: A Review. In A. Kachari, S. Biswas, & J. Sonowal (Eds.), Glimpses of Biological Research in Upper Brahmaputra Basin (pp. 313–326). EBH Publishers.
  6.  Modi,MK., SJ Neog, PC Deka (2001). Leguminous vegetable In Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, Volume II, , Pages 284-325

Completed Extramurally Funded Projects:

S. No.

Title of Project

Funding Agency

Date of completion

1.

Generation and Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) from Camellia species

DBT, Govt. of India

June 2006 to March 2010

2.

Marker Assisted Introgression of Sub1 locus Conferring Tolerance to Submergence into Elite Rice Varieties of Assam

DBT, Govt. of India

August 2009 to September, 2012

3.

Agri-Bioinformatics Programme

DeitY, Govt of India

April 2009 to March 2014

4.

Carbon contribution and regulation for tri-terpene asiaticoside using RNAi approach

DBT, Govt. of India

April 2011 to September 2014

5.

Engineering ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) enzyme for heat tolerance in rice

Obama Singh 21st Century Indo-US Grant

April 2013 to March 2016

6.

Genome and transcriptome sequencing of aromatic rice of North-Eastern region

DBT, Govt. of India

19/10/2016 to 18/10/2020

7.

Biodiversity studies of Aromatic rice of North-East India

DBT, Govt. of India

19/10/2016 to 18/10/2020

8.

Whole genome and transcriptome study of stress-tolerant banana cultivars

DBT, Govt. of India

22/03/2018 to 30/09/2021

9.

Genetic improvement of rice for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance using molecular breeding, especially drought, submergence, and bacterial blight disease

DBT, GoI through DBT-NECAB

30/09/2018 to 31/03/2022

Awards & Achievements

GS Khush Award for Best PhD Student in 1995

McKnight Fellowship for Post-Doctorl Research at Washington State University, Pullman, USA from 1999 to 2001

Visiting faculty at Aberdeen University, UK in 2013

Developed Mega Rice varieties "Ranjit-Sub1" & "Bahadur-Sub1" in collaboration with Assam Rice Research Institute, AAU, Titabor