Professional qualifications: M.Sc., Ph. D.
Main skills: Musa taxonomy
Genetic resources
Morphological characterization
Germplasm evaluation
Macropropagation
In vitro conservation
Describe past or present professional activities relevant to bananas:
I have been working on the Taxonomy and conservation of wild and cultivated bananas of India. Developed a germplasm of wild and cultivated bananas with about 36 wild taxa and 30 cultivated taxa with about 150 accessions. Several new Musa taxa have been published.