Profile of Dr. Kuntala Sarma Bordoloi
Qualifications: MSc, NET(JRF), Ph.D.
Area of Interests/Specialisation: Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding
Expertise Skill: Plant functional genomics, transcriptomics, RNA-seq data analysis
Contact Number: 8876264456
Email: mithukuntala@gmail.com, kuntalasb@gauhati.ac.in
Teaching: 3 years, 4 months
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Research Articles:
- Bordoloi, K.S., Dihingia, P., Krishnatreya, D.B., & Agarwala, N. (2021). Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of the expansin gene family under drought stress in tea (Camellia sinensis L.). Plant Science today, 8, 32-44.
- Bordoloi, K.S., & Agarwala, N. (2021). MicroRNAs in plant insect interaction and insect pest control. Plant Gene, 26, 100271.
- Bordoloi, K.S., Krishnatreya, D.B., Baruah, P.M., Borah, A.K., Mondal, T.K., & Agarwala, N. (2021). Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of chitinase genes in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) under biotic stress conditions. Physiology and molecular biology of plants: an international journal of functional plant biology, 27 2, 369-385.
- Bordoloi, K.S., Baruah, P.M., Das, M., & Agarwala, N. (2021). Unravelling lncRNA mediated gene expression as potential mechanism for regulating secondary metabolism in Citrus limon. Food Bioscience.
- Bordoloi, K.S., Baruah, P.M., Tanti, B., Gill, S.S., & Agarwala, N. (2022). Helopeltis theivora Responsive Transcriptomic Reprogramming Uncovers Long Non‐coding RNAs as Possible Regulators of Primary and Secondary Metabolism in Tea Plant. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 42, 6523–6548
- Bordoloi, K.S., Baruah, P.M., & Agarwala, N. (2023). Identification of circular RNAs in tea plant during Helopeltis theivora infestation. Plant stress, 8: 100150
- Baruah, P.M., Krishnatreya, D.B., Bordoloi, K.S., Gill, S.S., & Agarwala, N. (2021). Genome wide identification and characterization of abiotic stress responsive lncRNAs in Capsicum annuum. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB, 162, 221-236 .
- Baruah, P.M., Kashyap, P., Krishnatreya, D.B., Bordoloi, K.S., Gill, S.S., & Agarwala, N. (2021). Identification and functional analysis of drought responsive lncRNAs in tea plant. Plant Gene, 27, 100311.
- Baruah, P.M., Bordoloi, K.S., Gill, S.S., & Agarwala, N. (2023). CircRNAs responsive to winter dormancy and spring flushing conditions of tea leaf buds. Plant Science, 336: 111828
- Krishnatreya, D. B., Ray, D., Baruah, P. M., Dowarah, B., Bordoloi, K. S., Agarwal, H., & Agarwala, N. (2021). Identification of putative miRNAs from expressed sequence tags of Gnetum gnemon L. and their cross-kingdom targets. Biotechnologia, 102(2), 179–195.
- Krishnatreya, D.B., Baruah, P.M., Dowarah, B., Bordoloi, K.S., Agarwal, H., & Agarwala, N. (2020). Mining of miRNAs from EST data in Dendrobium nobile. Bioinformation, 16, 245 - 255.
- Agarwal, H., Dowarah, B., Baruah, P.M., Bordoloi, K.S., Krishnatreya, D.B., & Agarwala, N. (2020). Endophytes from Gnetum gnemon L. can protect seedlings against the infection of phytopathogenic bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum as well as promote plant growth in tomato. Microbiological research, 238, 126503.
Books/Book Chapters::
- "Folk medicinal knowledge and practices of the family Asteraceae" was published in the book "Medicinal, Aromatic and Spice Plants" by Dr. Akhil Baruah, published by Eastern Publications with ISBN: 978-93-8888-10-29.
- Bordoloi, K.S., & Agarwala, N. (2021). MicroRNAs in plant insect interaction and insect pest control. Plant Gene, 26, 100271.
- Book chapter entitled "Traditional knowledge and practices of the family Zingiberaceae" was published in the book "Medicinal, Aromatic and Spice Plants" by Dr. Akhil Baruah, published by Eastern Publications with ISBN: 978-93-8888-10-29.
Presentations/Talks:
- Presentation in National Seminar on Exploration and Utilization of Bioresources of NE India (28-29 October, 2018) organized by BSA, on the topic " biocontrol agent Bacillus pumilus" Comparative genomic analysis of a potential biocontrol agent Bacillus pumilus"
- Presentation in Assam Botany Congress & International Conference on Plant Science 2019 (4-6 February, 2019) organized by Botanical Society of Assam (BSA) on the topic "In-silico analysis of degradation of chitin in TMB by an enzyme, chitinase, from an MP- 13 strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens"
- Presented in Assam Botany Congress & International Conference on Plant Science 2021, organized by Botanical Society of Assam (BSA) and Department of Botany, Assam University, Silchar, on the topic "Helopeltis theivora responsive transcriptomic reprogramming in tea plant"
- Presented a paper entitled "Impact of ICT use in the lives of students and teachers in HEIs" in the NAAC sponsored National Seminar on "Revised Accreditation of NAAC: Understanding the parameters of quality assessment" held on 25-26 April, 2023
