Basanagouda Gonal

Degree	Discipline	Institute/ University	Year of completion
M. Sc. / M. Tech	Genetics & Plant Breeding	University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore	2017–2019
Ph. D.	Genetics & Plant Breeding	University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore	2019–2023

Designation	Institute	Period From -To
Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding)	ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur	07-07-2025 to Present
Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding)	Central Silk Board-CSR&TI, Pampore Srinagar	04-12-2023 to 05-04-2025

• Cotton Genetics and Improvement – Genetics, breeding and genomics of cotton (Gossypium spp.) for yield, fibre quality and stress tolerance
• Molecular Plant Breeding – Marker-assisted selection (MAS), QTL mapping, KASP assay-based SNP genotyping, SSR genotyping
• Legume Crop Improvement – Genetics of economic traits in dolichos bean, mungbean, blackgram, cowpea and pigeon pea
• Molecular Diversity and Population Genetics – SSR and SNP-based diversity, DUS testing of breeding lines

TRAINING ATTENDED 

• Winter/ Summer school/ Short duration (10 to 20 days)

TRAINING CONDUCTED

• List of trainings conducted (5 days or more) 

INVITED LECTURES 

• List of Invited lectures delivered (outside institute) in the last 3 years

• JRF-NET, CSIR – 2020
• SRF-ICAR – 2020
• Best Oral Presentation Award – PG Science Week 2022, UAS GKVK Bengaluru (Ph.D. work)
• 2nd Rank with cash prize of Rs. 50,000 in Bio-Quiz 2016 finals at Bengaluru Tech Summit 2016
• Young Scientist Award 2023

RESEARCH ARTICLES (not more than 10)

Gonal, B., Sampangi, R., Mugali, K.P., Chindi, S.B., Chandana, B.R., Satish, H., Prashantha, V., Karthik, N., Sindhu, D., Kemparaju, M. and Sinchana, B.V. (2025). Discovery and validation of SSR marker-based QTL governing fresh pod yield in dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus L. Sweet). Scientific Reports, 15(1), p.8613.

Kalpana, M.P., Ramesh, S., Siddu, C.B., Basanagouda, G., Madhusudan, K., Sathish, H., Sindhu, D., Kemparaju, M. and Anilkumar, C. (2025). Low density marker-based effectiveness and efficiency of early-generation genomic selection relative to phenotype-based selection in dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus L. Sweet). The Plant Genome, 18(2), p.e70039.

Basanagouda, G., Ramesh, S., Chandana, B.R., Kalpana, P.M., Siddu, C.B. and Kirankumar, R. (2023). Selective genotyping for discovery of QTL controlling flowering time in dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus L.). Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology.

Ranjitha, G.V., Rao, A.M., Basanagouda, G. et al. (2023). Identification of stable sources of resistance to gummy stem blight (GSB) disease in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). Genet Resour Crop Evol.

Siddu, C.B., Ramesh, S., Kalpana, M.P., Basanagouda, G. et al. (2023). Identification of inbred lines harbouring favourable dominant alleles not present in the parents of three elite maize (Zea mays L.) single cross hybrids. Genet Resour Crop Evol.

Chandana, B.R., Ramesh, S., Kirankumar, R., Basanagouda, G. (2023). Isolation and bioinformatics characterization of horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) homologs (MuTFL1 and MuLFY) of genes controlling growth habit. Genetika.

Basanagouda, G., Ramesh, S., Chandana, B.R., Kalpana, P.M., Siddu, C.B. and Kirankumar, R. (2022). A non-synonymous SNP in homolog of BADH2 gene associated with fresh pod fragrance in dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus L.). Genet. Resour. Crop Evol.

Basanagouda, G., Ramesh, S., Chandana, B.R., Kalpana, P.M., Siddu, C.B. and Kirankumar, R. (2022). Inheritance of growth habit under photoperiod insensitive genetic background in dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus L.). Genet. Resour. Crop Evol.

Basanagouda, G., Ramesh, S., Nagaraju, N. and Padmaja, A. (2020). Inheritance of mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) disease resistance in mungbean under natural infection conditions. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 18(3): 196-199.

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