Naga Rashmitha GURIJALA

• I worked as an Intern for eight months on the project “Germplasm Characterization of Small Millets” at ICRISAT, Gene Bank, Patancheru, India.

· Mutation Breeding in Finger millet using EMS.

· Seeds of finger millet were treated with a Phosphate Buffer Solution (PBS) containing Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS), while a control tray received treatment with PBS alone. The germination percentage was then assessed for seeds in both groups, varying the soaking duration.

• Recorded data of traits in small millets (finger millet, kodo millet , barnyard millet, foxtail millet, little millet, proso millet).

• Assisted in DNA extraction and confirmation of F1 hybrids through polymorphism screening of SSR markers in proso millet.

• Conducted an experiment using GIBBERLINS in pearl millet seeds for breaking dormancy and initiating the germination.

• Able to do soil analysis [ph,EC,OC,N,P,K].