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• Address:
  C/O. H. S. Kakade
  Ajinkya-B/1, Darshan Park, D. P. Road
  Pune-411007
   

• E-mail address:
  kirtanesa@yahoo.co.in, ksushama2004@yahoo.com
   

• Telephone (O) :
  91 9850412104
   

• Topic of Research (Ph.D):
  Cyto-physiological studies in onion (Allium cepa L.) with reference to mutagenesis.
   

• Area of Specilization:
  Cytogenetics, Plant breeding, Mutation breeding.
   

• Research Experience:
  Currently working as a Senior Research Fellow in DAE-BRNS project entitled as "Improvement in quality, yield and storage life of onion (Allium cepa L.) through mutation breeding" under Dr. K. N. Dhumal, Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune-411 007. Various types of desirable mutants for e.g. High yield, High TSS (Total soluble solid), early maturing and high storage life bulb mutants were obtained through sodium azide and gamma radiation treatments (alone and in combination). Physiological and biochemical characterization of these mutants proved that these mutants were superior to parent varieties. The work on molecular characterization of these mutants is going on.
  Fellow of Mendelian Academy of Sciences (F.M.A.)
  Elected Fellow of Mendelian Academy of Sciences (F.M.A.) in the meeting of Executive Council of the Mendelian Society of India, 194-B, S. K. Puri, Patana-800 001 (INDIA) held on June-2004 at Patana.
  
  Participation and presentation of Research papers in International Conferences/Seminars:
  Presented a Research paper in 3rd International Crop Science Congress held at CCH-Hamburg (Germany) on 17th -22nd Aug. 2000.
   

• LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
  1) Sushama Kirtane, S. L. Laware and K. N. Dhumal (1999). Effect of Ultragin and Tribhuvan kirti on root tip cells of Allium cepa L., J. Cytol. Genet. 34 (2): 147-151
  2) Sushama Kirtane, K. E. Lawande, Anil Khar and K. N. Dhumal (2000). Physiological and macromolecular variation induced by gamma radiation and sodium azide in onion (Allium cepa L), In:DAE-BRNS symposium on the "Use of nuclear and molecular techniques in crop improvement" Dec. 6-8, 2000 at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai-400085.pp. 285-288.
  3) Sushama Kirtane, K. E. Lawande, A. P. Trivedi and K. N. Dhumal. (2001). Pollen sterility in mutagen treated onion (Allium cepa L), Allium Improvement Newsletter (USA), 11: 4-6.
  4) A. P. Trivedi, K. E. Lawande, Sushama Kirtane and K. N. Dhumal (2001). Studies on growth parameters in different genotypes of onion (Allium cepa L.), Allium Improvement Newsletter (USA), 11: 23-26.
  5) Sushama Kirtane and K. N. Dhumal (2002). Cytotoxic and clastogenic effect of Gutkha on root tip meristem of Allium cepa L., Allium Improvement Newsletter (USA), 12: 1-4.
  6) Sushama Kirtane and K. N. Dhumal (2003). Role of induced mutation in onion (Allium cepa L) improvement, Int. J. Mendel, 211: 20(4).
  7) Sushama Kirtane and K. N. Dhumal (2004). Studies on induced mutations in onion: Biological and cytological effects of mutagen in M1 generation, Int. J. Mendel, 21(1-2): 11-13
  17-abstracts of research papers are published in abstract books of various National and International conferences/seminars.