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Journal of Agricultural Science and Botany | Volume: 2
November 15-16, 2018 | Paris, France
Plant Science
Natural Products,Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines
International Conference on
Joint Event
&
Assessment of Agro Biodiversity through the foldscope
Jayateertha Diwan, Kashappa Chikkanaragund, Suma TC, Mahadevaswamy Y S, Amaresh P R Badariprasad
and
R Lokesh
University of Agricultural Sciences, India
T
he study on Agrobiodiversity is important in the present
context of Climate change as it helps to develop genotypes
which are resilience to climate change. This helps to design
climate smart plants. Agrobiodiversity includes the variability
among living organisms contributing to food and Agriculture.
This includes diversity within species, between species and
of ecosystems. Foldscope is the low cost paper microscope
which is durable, portable with magnification of 140X and 2
micron resolution. This is invented by Manu Prakash and Jim
Cybulski from Stanford University, USA. The Foldscope can
be used to study and understand biodiversity in crop plants,
microbes and insects. This also helps in educating students
and to design research strategies to meet desired goals.
In the present experiment we are trying to study the variability
present in cereals, pulses, oilseeds and commercial crops for
various parameters like Seed morphology, Seedling characters
(root, shoot, pigmentation), Leaf characters (Leaf serration,
Leaf sheath), Flower characters (Calyx, Corolla, Androecium,
Gynoecium) and special features. The variability is an important
part of genetic resources,whichenablesbreeders toexploit it for
interested trait and in desired direction for crop improvement
all over the world. Presently, we are carrying out investigations
on rice varieties for their root hair characteristics and quantified
it using Foldscope. The observations were recorded for root hair
length and density/mm2 for different rice varieties revealed
existence of variability which can be utilised to study nutrient
and water use efficiency. Similarly, other crop parameters will
be studied. The variability is also being studied in microbes,
disease causing pathogens and in insects for various parameters
like insect morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, insect resistant
and susceptible plants. It would be a significant contribution
if we utilise the variability assessed through Foldscope in
crop improvement, to study plant microbe interaction and
to obtain insect resistant plants, which will help in better
food and better Agriculture in the changing climate scenario.
Speaker Biography
Jayateertha R Diwan is currently working as Assistant Professor of Genetics and Plant
Breeding at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India. He
has completed his Master’s in Agriculture in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, INDIA. He worked as Scientist- Project
Lead at the Barwale Foundation, Hyderabad and presently serving as Assistant
Professor (Sr. Scale) at the University. He is awarded or honoured by National Merit
Scholarship and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Senior Research
Fellowship. He is presently handling Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt.
of India sponsored project and he also participated in International conferences.
e:
diwan@rediffmail.comJayateertha R Diwan et al.
, Plant science & Natural Medicine 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7897-C1-002