Designation: Professor
Specialization: Genetics and Plant Molecular Biology
Contact: 91-9862604012
Email: tunginba[AT]manipuruniv.ac.in; tungin9[AT]yahoo.co.in
PhD, MSc, BSc
CURRICULLUM VITAE
YENGKHOM TUNGINBA SINGH, PhD
Professor, Department of Life Sciences (Botany)
Manipur University
Canchipur, Imphal-795003, Manipur, India
Email: tunginba [AT] manipuruniv.ac.in
Educational qualifications:
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Ph. D. |
University of Delhi, India |
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M.Sc. Botany |
University of Delhi, India |
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B.Sc. (Hons) Botany |
University of Delhi, India |
Research Experience/ employment:
Professor of Life Sciences (Botany), Manipur University, Manipur, India (January 2024-Till date)
Head, Department of Botany, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India (February 2023-January 2024)
Professor of Botany, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India (November 2022-January 2024)
Associate Professor of Botany, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India (November 2019-November 2022)
Assistant Professor of Botany, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India (December 2011-November 2019)
Post Doctoral Research Associate, PMB Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India (December 2010 to December 2011)
Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, Hindu College, University of Delhi, India (November 2009 to September 2010)
Scholarships/ Awards:
CSIR (India)- Junior/Senior Research Fellowship (for doctoral research) (2004-2009)
UGC (India) Start-up grant for newly recruited faculties (2013)
DST (India) Young Scientist Award (2013)
Research Guidance: Ph. D Awarded (04)
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S. No |
Name of the student |
Thesis Title |
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1.
2. 3.
4. |
Vanlalsanga
Laldinfeli Ralte S. Priyokumar Singh
Hmingremhlua Sailo
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Study of genetic diversity of selected indigenous rice varieties of Mizoram. DNA barcoding of ethno-medicinal species of Solanaceae in Mizoram. Responses to zinc (Zn2+) stress by selected rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties of North East India Evaluation of selected essential and toxic elements in rice consumed in Mizoram for potential health risk management |
Publications:
Lalremliani, Malsawmthanga, Sailo H, Khiangte L, Ralte L, Singh YT (2024) Grain quality and physicochemical evaluation coupled with untargeted metabolic identification provide new insight into the upland pigmented rice of Manipur, India. LWT-Food Science and Technology. (Accepted)
Malsawmthanga, Lalremliani, Singh YT (2024) Exploring the grain quality of the pigmented rice from Mizoram, India for its use as foods, food products and in breeding programs. International Journal Gastronomy and Food Science, 38:101062, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgfs.2024.101062
Ralte L, Sailo H, Senthilkumar N, Singh YT (2024) Exploring the pharmacological potential of Lepionurus sylvestris blume: from folklore medicinal usage to modern drug development strategies using in vitro and in silico analyses. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 24:289, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04567-2
Ralte L, Sailo H, Singh SP, Khiangte L, Singh YT (2022) New distribution record and DNA barcoding of Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae), a rare and endangered holoparasitic plant from Mizoram, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 14 (12), 22215-22220
Anand R, Singh SP, Sahu N, Singh YT, Mazumdar-Leighton S, Bentur JS, Nair S (2022) Polymorphisms in the hypervariable control region of the mitochondrial DNA differentiate BPH populations. Fronteirs in Insect Science. 2:987718.doi: 10.3389/finsc.2022.987718
Ralte L, Singh YT (2021) Use of rbcL and ITS2 for DNA barcoding and identification of
Solanaceae plants in hilly state of Mizoram, India. Research on Crops, 22 (3), 616-623
Singh SP, Singh YT (2021) Impact assessment of zinc stress on pigmented rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars in northeast India. Research on Crops, 22(1), 18–23.
Vanlalsanga, Singh SP, Singh YT (2019) Rice of Northeast India harbor rich genetic diversity as measured by SSR markers and Zn/Fe content. BMC Genetics 20:79 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-019-0780-6.
Vanlalsanga and Singh YT (2019) Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Upland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) of Mizoram, North East India as Revealed by Morphological, Biochemical and Molecular Markers. Biochemical Genetics, 57, 421-442
Ralte L, Vanlalhruaia, Laha RC and Singh YT (2019) Ethnobotanical use of Solanaceae plants of Mizoram, India. Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Science, 21(1): 225-229
Vanlalsanga and Singh YT (2019) Salt tolerance profiles in indigenous rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties of Mizoram, India based on physiological and salt-linked microsatellite markers. Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Science, 21(1): 220-224
Divya D*, Singh YT*, Nair S, Bentur JS (2016) Analysis of SSH library of rice variety Aganni reveals candidate gall midge resistance genes. Functional and Integrative Genomics 01; DOI:10.1007/s10142-016-0474-3 (*contributed equally)
Singh YT, Vanlalsanga, Devi NS (2015) Genetic relationship of some economically important medicinal plants of Northeast India. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 2015, 6 (10),7118-7120
Singh YT (2014) A Study of Antheraea assamensis Helfer: Population biology, Genetics and Genome. Archers and Elevators Publishing House, Bangalore, India.
Singh YT, Mazumdar-Leighton S, Nair S (2013) Loktak, the largest floating lake of the world, needs restoration. Current science 01, 104(1):10-11.
Singh YT, Mazumdar-Leighton S, Saikia M et al., (2012) Genetic Variation within Native Populations of Endemic Silkmoth Antheraea assamensis (Helfer) from Northeast India Indicates Need for In Situ Conservation. PLoS ONE 11; 7(11): e49972. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0049972
Saikia M, Singh YT, Bhattacharya A, Mazumdar-Leighton S (2011) Expression of diverse midgut serine proteinases in the sericigenous Lepidoptera Antheraea assamensis (Helfer) is influenced by choice of host plant species. Insect Molecular Biology, 20(1):1-13. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01048.x
Patents Published:
Bioactive compounds of 1-phenylbicyclo(3.2.2.) nona-6,8-dien-2-one butylated hydroxytoluene from Castanopsis tribuloides as potential drug formulation for bacterial infectious diseases (Date of Publication: 25/10/2024)
Botanical extract and compounds from Parkia timoriana and methods of use. Application no. 202231022779 dated 18/04/2022 (Date of Publication: 21/10/2023)
Botanical extract and compounds from Sapria himalayana and methods of use. Application no. 202231024093 dated 22/04/2022 (Date of Publication: 27/10/2023)
Extraction of phytochemical compounds from Lepionurus sylvestris and their pharmacological potential against breast cancer and type II diabetes. Application no. 202331080834 dated 29/11/2023. (Date of publication: 12/01/2024)
Identification of bioactive compounds from Lobelia angulata, Maximaisoflavone A and Primuletin as potential drug formulation for stomach cancer. Application no. 202331080835 dated 29/11/2023. (Date of publication: 02/02/2024)
Research Projects:
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S.No |
Project Title |
Funding Agency |
Duration |
Status |
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1 |
Assessment of genetic diversity of local land races of rice of Manipur |
UGC, New Delhi |
2013-2015 |
Completed |
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2 |
Assessment of genetic diversity of local land races of rice of Northeast india using SSR markers |
SERB, DST, New Delhi |
2013-2016 |
Completed |
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3 |
Study of genetic diversity and population structure of Brown Plant Hopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stal.) from NE India |
DBT, New Delhi |
2017-2021 |
Completed |
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4 |
Bioactive compounds characterization, pharmacological perspective, and in silico molecular docking of the underutilized ethnomedicinal plant species from Mizoram |
CCRAS, Min. of AYUSH |
2021-23 |
Completed |
Research Interest
Rice is the main food of the people of Northeast India with maximum percentage of people involving in agriculture and allied activities. Large part of land area is under agricultural cultivation practicing in upland, lowland and water fed areas. Although over 2000 landraces of rice are available, most of rice cultivated in the region is high yielding varieties (HYV) developed scientifically. This trend implies a possible narrowing of the natural gene pool. However, it is also surprising to know that the farmers of the hilly areas are still practicing their own landrace cultivation that they inherit from their forefathers, which suit the local microclimate and adaptation. My main interest is exploration of genetic diversity of rice of NE India using molecular markers for better productivity (Singh et al 2022; Vanlalsanga et al 2019; Vanlalsanga and Singh 2019).
Another important issue is Brown Plant Hopper (BPH), which is a serious insect pest of rice. However, some rice germplasm collections and assessment from Northeast have shown the richness of the region with various resistant varieties to BPH. My interest is on molecular characterization of BPH and assessment of genetic diversity using molecular markers, from the NE region for designing effective breeding program (Anand et al. 2022).
Large parts of the people of NE region are mainly forest dwellers that rely on shifting cultivation for their livelihood. The majority of the population lives in rural areas and most of their resources such as timber, food, medicinal plants etc. are obtained from the forest and hence they have a plethora of traditional knowledge on the uses of different plant products. However, scientific data and documentation on ethnobotany, nutritional and phytochemical compositions of the traditional plants is lacking. Hence, my interest is to investigate the ethnobotanical uses; evaluate and analyse the bioactive phytochemicals, mineral nutrient compositions, antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of these plants for use in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical formulations (Ralte et al 2024a; Ralte et al 2024b; Ralte et al 2022; Ralte et al 2021).
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(Dr. Yengkhom Tunginba Singh)
