Dr. Chirravuri Naga Neeraja

Research Scientist
Directorate of Rice Research, India


Highest Degree
PostDoc Fellow in Plant Sciences from International Rice Research Institute, Philppines

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Rice Molecular Breeding
Marker Assisted Backcrossing
Rice Production
Rice Biotechnology

Selected Publications

  1. Sakthivel, K., N.S. Rani, M. Pandey, K. Sivaranjani and C.N. Neeraja et al., 2009. Development of a simple functional marker for fragrance in rice and its validation in Indian Basmati and non-Basmati fragrant rice varieties. Mol. Breed., 24: 185-190.
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  2. Neeraja, C.N., L.R. Vemireddy, S. Malathi and E.A. Siddiq, 2009. Identification of alternate dwarfing gene sources to widely used Dee-Gee-Woo-Gen allele of sd1 gene by molecular and biochemical assays in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Electron. J. Biotechnol., Vol. 12. 10.2225/vol12-issue3-fulltext-11.
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  3. Neeraja, C.N., R. Maghirang-Rodriguez, A.Pamplona, S. Heuer and B.C.Y. Collard et al., 2007. A marker-assisted backcross approach for developing submergence-tolerant rice cultivars. Theor. Applied Genet., 115: 767-776.
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