Title of project: Rapid detection of Quality Protein Maize for Increased Farmer Remuneration
Funding agency: DST
Total approved cost of the project: Rs 29.37 lakhs

Objective:

• Refinement of in-house protocol for rapid detection of QPM.
• Development of PCR-based protocols to type causal polymorphisms resulting in differential protein quality
• Characterization of functional assay of o2 transcription factor by coupled transcription-translation system.
• Field validation of detection kits.

Project team: Dr. Alla Singh and Dr. Abhijit Das
Major achievements: – On-going