2018/19 ASc -INSANASI Summer Research Fellowship to Miss. Vidhya Vardhini, T. Y. B. Sc. Agri. Biotech
Miss. Vidhya Vardhini, a third-year student of college has selected for IASc -INSANASI Summer Research Fellowship – 2018 at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali. She was offered a fellowship of Rs.10,000/- per month to work for two months and travelling allowance as well. Her guide during summer internship would be Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma, Executive Director, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali. During her internship, she worked on "CONSTRUCTION OF LINKAGE MAP USING MICROSATELLITES IN A F2 MAPPING POPULATION OF BREAD WHEAT (Triticum aestivum) " Abstract: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is among the most important crop of the world, yet it has one of the most challenging genomes. Bread wheat is an allohexaploid (AABBDD, 2n=6x=42), with three genomes namely, A, B and D. It has an extremely large genome of about 16×109 bp/1C with more than 80% repetitive DNA. Understanding of genetics and genome organization by using molecular markers is of ...