Dr. Krishna Ray
Assistant professor
Botany
West Bengal State University
India
Biography
DR. Krishna Chandra Ray has earned her doctorate degree in Science (Botany) from University of Calcutta (Bose Institute, Kolkata). She had an experience of 18 years in academics.
Research Interest
Bioremediation of waste water effluents and Bioreclamation of saline soil with the use of both bacteria and cyanobacteria as well as Biorestoration of degraded mangrove ecosystem in Sundarban exploiting biotechnological methodology.
Publications
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Krishna Ray, N.C. Bisht, D. Pental, P. K. Burma (2007) Developme nt of barnase/barstar transgenics for hybrid seed product ion in Indian oilseed mustard ( Brassica juncea L. Czern & coss) using a mutant acetolactate synthase gene ( ALS dm ) conferring resistance to Imidazolinone-based herb icide ‘Pursuit’. Current Science Vol.93, No.10: 1390-1396
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Preeti Rawat * , Amarjeet Kumar Singh * , Krishna Ray * , Bhupendra Chaudhary, Sanjeev Kumar, Taru Gautam, Shaveta Kanoria, Gurpre et Kaur, Paritosh Kumar, Deepak Pental and Pradeep Kumar Burma (2011) *These authors contributed equally to the work. The expression of Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin Cry1Ac has detrimental effect on the in vitro regeneration as well as in vivo growth and development of tobacco and cotton transgenics.
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Ray, K. , Mukherjee, C., Ghosh, A.N. (2013). A way to curb phosphorus toxicity in the environment: use of polyphosphate reservoir of cyanobacteria and microalga as a safe alternative phosphorus bioferti lizer for Indian agriculture. Environ. Sci. Technol . 47 (20), pp 11378–11379
