Dr. Ruchira Bajpai is an Academician, a Researcher in Plant biotechnology with three years of working experience in the field of Plant pathology.
Dr Bajpai did her Masters in Biotechnology from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi in 2009, she qualified CSIR NET with AIR 33. She completed her Ph.D. in Production of homozygous doubled haploid in neem and tea from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Her research profile includes 8 research publications with 2 book chapters, 54 citations, an h-index of 5 & and a 1-10 index of 2. She has published two patents during her Phd waiting for the grant of these two patents presently.
Education
Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati, India
Biotechnology, Bundelkhand University Jhansi
Microbiology, Bipin Bihari College , Jhansi -UP(India)
Research
Plant Biotechnology involving haploid and doubled haploid production, experience in plant pathology and molecular biology with hands on experience in cytology, histology, flow cytometry and plant pathology and field trails .
Key Publications
- Mishra, V. K., Bajpai, R., & Chaturvedi, R. (2017). An efficient and reproducible method for development of androgenic haploid plants from in vitro anther cultures of Camellia assamica ssp. assamica (Masters). In Vitro Cell Dev-Plant. 53, 239-248. (Impact factor-2.6; NASS score -8.6)
- Bajpai, R., Chaturvedi, R. (2021). Recurrent secondary embryogenesis in androgenic embryos and clonal fidelity assessment of haploid plants of tea, Camellia assamica ssp. assamica and Camellia assamica ssp. lasiocaylx. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult. 145, 127–141. (Impact factor-3.0; NASS score -9.0)
- Mishra, V. K., Bajpai, R., & Chaturvedi, R. (2022). Androgenic haploid plant development via embryogenesis with simultaneous determination of bioactive metabolites in Cambod tea, Camellia assamica ssp. lasiocaylx. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult. 148, 515-531. (Impact factor-3.0; NASS score -9.0)
- Bairwa, N. K., Jambhulkar, P. P., Sushmitha, V., Arya, M., Manjunatha, N., Bajpai, R., Chaturvedi, S.K., M, Chandra., Lakshman, D.(2022). Evaluation of fungicides and bacterial antagonists for management of Corynespora leaf spot on mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek). Arch. Phytopathol. Plant Prot. 55, 433-453. (Impact factor-1.28; NASS score -7.81)
- Bajpai, R., Chaturvedi, R. (2022). In vitro induction of doubled haploids in tea and assessment of homozygosity using microsatellite markers. J. Biotech. 361, 89-98. (Impact factor-4.1; NASS score -10.1)
- Harish, J., Jambhulkar, P., Bajpai, R., Arya, M., Babele, P. K., Chaturvedi, S. K., Kumar, A., & Lakshman, D. (2023). Morphological characterization, pathogenicity screening, and molecular identification of Fusarium spp. isolates causing post-flowering stalk rot in maize. Front. Microbiol. 14, 956. (Impact factor-6.06; NASS score -12.06)
- Jambhulkar, P., Bajpai, R., Harish, J., Tripathy, P S., Rout, AK., Varun, P., Lakshman, D., (2024). Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of Fusarium species from the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex causing Fusarium stalk rot of maize. J. Fungi. 10, 574 (Impact Factor 4.5; NAAS score 10.5)
- N. Vamsidharreddy and Sanjay H. B d Harish J., Jambhulkar P. P., Bajpai R, Karan R., Lakshmeesha R (2024) Evaluation of Inbreds for Resistance to Post-Flowering Stalk Rot Disease in Maize (Zea mays.) (Impact Factor 0.51; NAAS score 5.30)
Patent
- A method for in vitro production of pure lines haploids and doubled-haploids in Camellia ssp. (Patent application number: 201931024739, filed on 21/06/2019. Current status: Published; awaiting grant )
- A method for in vitro production of haploids and doubled-haploids in Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Patent application number: 201931033189, filed on 16/08/2019. Current status: Published; awaiting grant)
Book Chapters
- Bajpai R., Chaturvedi, R. (2018). Haploid Embryogenesis in Tea. In: Jain S., Gupta P. (Eds) Step Wise Protocols for Somatic Embryogenesis of Important Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences. Vol 85. Springer, Cham, pp. 349-368.
- Bajpai R., Puyam A., Kashyap P.L. (2023). Agro-nanodiagnostic for plant diseases. In: Ingle A. P. (Eds) Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Agroecosystems. Vol 1. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 169-184