Amitava Mitra Associate Professor (Ph.D., Montana State University, 1985) 406M Plant Sciences Hall (402) 472-7054 amitra1@unl.edu

Appointment:

• 90% Research

• 10% Teaching

Education:

• B.S. Agriculture, State Agricultural Univesity, Bengal, India, 1977

• M.S. Plant Pathology, INdian Agricultural Research Institute, 1980

• Ph.D. Virology, University of Montana, 1985

Professional Responsibilities and Activities:

Research:

• Plant gene regulation

• Direct repeat-induced gene silencing

• Plant promoter isolation and analysis

• Development of broad-spectrum disease resistance in transgenic plants

• Genetic transformation of cereals and legumes

Teaching:

• Principles of Plant Pathology II (PLPT 864B)

• Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory (PLPT 896)

University and Professional Service:

• Plant Pathology Graduate Committee, Chair

• Faculty Representative: UNL Outstanding Employee Award Committee

Publications:

Current through 7/1/2005

Books:

• Chapters 5

Publication

• 46 refereed journal articles

Selected Publication Examples:

• Ma, Chonglie and Mitra, A (2002) Expressing Multiple Genes in A Single Open Reading Frame with the 2A Region of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus as a Linker. Molecular Breeding 9(3): 191-199.

• Ma, Chonglie, and Mitra, A. (2002) Intrinsic Direct Repeats Generate Consistent Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing in Tobacco The Plant Journal 31(1):37-50.

• Zhang, L., Rybzniski, J., Langenberg, W., Mitra, A. and French, R (2000) An efficient wheat transformation procedure: transformed calli with long-term morphogenic potential for plant regeneration. Plant Cell Reports 19: 241-250

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