Specialization:
Entomology.
Ph.D. Thesis:
Studies on
whitefly as vector of plant viruses in West Bengal
Project/ programme carried out:
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Utilization
of Syngenic lines for improvement of shell weight and
survival in silkworm, Bombyx mori. L. (1998-2004)
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Introgression
of higher shell weight, higher survival character/gene
through the development of multivoltine and bivoltine
cogenic breeds and identification of
biochemical marker in silkworm, Bombyx mori. L.
(2002-05)
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Institute Village Linkage Programme (IVLP). (2007-13)
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Validation
trial of the Ready Reckoner of sulphur fertilizer
application for obtaining targeted yields of mulberry.
(2010-12)
Total Publications:
19 Research papers and 35
Technical reports
Research publication (best 10):
1. G.K.
Chattopadhyay, A.K. Sengupta, A.K. Verma, S.K.
Sen and B. Saratchandra (2001c). Esterase isozyme
polymorphoism, Specific and nonspecific esterase, syngenic
line development and natural occurrence of a thermostable
esterase in tropical silkworm
Bombyx mori
L.,
Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 31: 1191-1199.
2. G.K.
Chattopadhyay, A.K. Sengupta,
A.K.
Verma, S.K. Sen and B. Saratchandra (2001).
Utilization of congenic line in silkworm breeding.
Perspectives
in Cytology
& Genetics.
10: 717-724.
3. G.K.
Chattopadhyay, A.K. Sengupta, A.K. Verma, S.K. Sen and B.
Saratchandra (2001b). Transgression of shell weight - A
multigenic trait, through development of congenic breed in
tropical silkworm
Bombyx mori
L.
Sericologia, 41(1): 33-42.
4. A.K.
Verma, G.K. Chattopadhyay, M. Sengupta, A.K. Sengupta,
S.K. Das and S. Raje Urs. (2003). Expression of
heterogenetic interaction among multivoltine recurrent
backcross / congenic line for higher shell weight of
silkworm
Bombyx mori
L.
International Journal of Industrial Entomology (IJIE), 7(1):
21-27.
5. G.K.
Chattopadhyay, A.K.
Verma,
A.K. Sengupta,
S.K. Das and S. Raje Urs. (2004). α and β-amylase isozyme
expresser native protein in tropical silkworm
Bombyx mori
L.
International Journal of Industrial Entomology (IJIE), 8(2):
189-194.
6. A.K.
Verma, G.K. Chattopadhyay, M. Sengupta, A.K. Sengupta,
S.K. Das and A. Sarkar(2005). Heterobeltiotic genetic
interaction between congenic and syngenic breeds of silkworm
Bombyx
mori
L. International Journal of Industrial Entomology (IJIE),
11(2): 119-124.
7. S.K.
Das, G.K.
Chattopadhyay, A.K. Verma, A.K. Sengupta and
A.Sarkar (2005). Development of superior Silkworm breeds of
Bombyx
mori L
suitable for Eastern, India through congenic line breeding
approach. The 20th Congress of the
International Sericulture Commission, Bangalore, 15th-18th
December, 2005, Vol.- 1, pp-268-272.
8. A.K.
Verma, S.S. Ghatak and S. Mukhopadhyay (1990). Effect
of temperature on the development of whitefly
B. tabaci
G. (Homoptera
: Aleyrodidae) in the plains of West Bengal.
J. Agric. Sci.
60(5):
332-338.
9. A.K.
Verma, G.K. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Das and A.Sarkar
(2005). New Multi x Bi hybrid for Eastern region. Workshop
on Appropriate Technology for
mulberry
Sericulture in Eastern
&
North-Eastern India, 17th – 18th
January, 2006, Proceedings, pp. 97-100.
10. A.K. Verma,
P. Mitra, A.K. Saha, S.S. Ghatak & A.K. Bajpai (2011).
Effect of Trap crops on the population of the whitefly
Bernisia Tabaci (Genn.) and the diseases transmitted by it. Bull. Ind. Acad.
Seri. Vol. 15(2): 99-106. |