SKILLS ON RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
- Crop growth and development: Seed germination, optimization of plant nutrients, testing effectiveness of plant nutrients, measurement of plant growth and yield related parameters and phenotyping of plants under normal and stress conditions.
- Advanced lines management: Hybridization techniques, selection based on desirable characters, breeder seed multiplication, technique of variety release.
- Analytical and Physiological: Phenological attributes, crop growth rate, portable photosynthetic System, leaf area meter, sunfleck ceptometer, SPAD, dry meter production, exudation rate, relative water content, water saturation deficit, water retention capacity, water uptake capacity, leaf water potentiality, cell membrane thermostability, stomatal frequency, seed vigour, root growth analysis, spectrophotometry, ultra Violet (UV) and Infra-Red (IR) spectrophotometry, salinity susceptibility index, proline estimation.
- Biochemical: Quantification of photosynthetic pigments, protein isolation and quantification, isolation and quantification of the non-enzymatic and enzymatic antioxidants and other metabolites, measurement of hydrogen peroxide, analysis of metal uptake and accumulation.