Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary
Scientist – C
Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group
Agharkar Research Institute
India
Biography
His Education & Scientific Career: Post Doctoral Fellow at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, S. Korea (2010 to 2013), Research Associate at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India (2009-2010), Research Fellow at Botanical Survey of India, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India (2004-2009) and Ph.D. (Botany) from Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Research Interest
The research scope of the laboratory covers phyto-diversity documentation and discovery utilizing modern tools and techniques and exploring questions of phylogeny, taxonomy and evolutionary process.
Publications
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Senthilkumar, U., R.K. Choudhary, M Sanjappa, D. Narasimhan, R. Uma Shaanker & G. Ravikanth (2014) Livelihood and Revenue: Role of rattans among Mongoloid tribes and settlers of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 12:141-154.
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Quang, B.H., R.K. Choudhary, Tran Thi Phuong Anh, Tran The Bach & J. Lee. Two new combinations in Chionanthus L. (Oleaceae) (2014). Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 21(2): 197-198.
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Dangi, R., S. Tamhankar, R.K. Choudhary & S. Rao (2015) Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of Trigonella L. Fabaceae based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast trnL intron sequences. Accepted for publication in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.
