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Manipur Univ


YENGKHOM TUNGINBA SINGH

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

Faculty Details Faculty List

CURRICULLUM VITAE

YENGKHOM TUNGINBA SINGH, PhD

Professor, Department of Life Sciences (Botany)

Manipur University

Imphal-795003, Manipur, India

Ph: 91-9862604012

Email: tunginba [AT] manipuruniv.ac.in; tungin9 [AT] yahoo.co.in

 

Educational qualifications:

Ph. D.

University of Delhi, India

M.Sc. Botany

University of Delhi, India

B.Sc. (Hons) Botany

University of Delhi, India

 

Research Experience/ employment:

  • Professor of Botany, Manipur University, Manipur, India (January 2024- till date)

  • 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 (03)

S. No

Name of the student

Thesis Title

1.

 

2.

3.

Dr. Vanlalsanga

 

Dr. Laldinfeli Ralte

Dr. S. Priyokumar Singh

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

Publications:

  • Ralte L, Sailo H, Kumar R, Khiangte L, Senthilkumar N, Singh YT (2024) Identification of novel AKT1 inhibitors from Sapria himalayana bioactive compounds using structure-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations. BMC Complimentary Medicine and Therapies (Accepted).

  • Ralte L, Sailo H, Singh YT (2024) Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 20, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00642-z.

  • Sailo H, Ralte L, Hnamte R, Singh YT (2023). The Assessment of Rice and Paddy Fields in Mizoram, India, Suggests a Need for Better Health Risk Management. Water Air Soil Pollution, 234, 378, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06389-3.

  • 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.

  • Singh SP, Vanlalsanga, Mehta SK, Singh YT (2022) New insight into the pigmented rice of northeast India revealed high antioxidant and mineral compositions for better human health. Heliyon, 8, e10464.

  • Ralte L, Khiangte L, Thangjam NS, Kumar A, Singh YT (2022) GC–MS and molecular docking analyses of phytochemicals from the underutilized plant, Parkia timoriana revealed candidate anti-cancerous and anti-inflammatory agents. Scientific Reports, 12:3395, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07320-2

  • Ralte L, Bhardwaj U, Singh YT (2021) Traditionally used edible Solanaceae plants of Mizoram, India have high antioxidant and antimicrobial potential for effective phytopharmaceutical and nutraceutical formulations. Heliyon, 7 (9), e07907.

  • 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:

  • 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. (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:

S.No

Project Title

Funding Agency

Duration

Status

1

Assessment of genetic diversity of local land races of rice of Manipur

UGC, New Delhi

2013-2015

Completed

2

Assessment of genetic diversity of local land races of rice of Northeast india using SSR markers

SERB, DST, New Delhi

2013-2016

Completed

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

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

 

Current Research

  • 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 2021; 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 2024; Ralte et al 2022; Ralte et al 2021).

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(Dr. Yengkhom Tunginba Singh)

as on 01/03/2024