Dr. Padma lay

Scientist

Plant Sciences & Agrotechnology

CSIR-IIIM(branch) Srinagar, Sanatnagar, Srinagar-190005
Email: Padma.lay@iiim.res.in

Profile

Bio Sketch

Dr Padma lay currently working as Scientist Agrotechnology & Genetic Resources division, CSIR-Indian institute of Integrative Medicine. She is working for the introduction, conservation & commercialization of endemic medicinal plants of Ladakh & Kashmir valley. She has done her B.Sc., M.Sc. & PhD in agriculture from ICAR institutes (TNAU, UAS Bangalore & SKUAST-Jammu) and has qualified ICAR NET and also recipient of UGC RGNF fellowship for her doctoral studies. Her core specialization is plant breeding, genetics & seed science technology She also worked in different projects like SERB SARTHI school of biotechnology SKUAST- Jammu & precision farming & development centre at HMARRI Stakna, Leh Ladakh.

Education

Degree	Subjects	University	Qualifying Year
PhD(Agri)	Pant breeding & Genetics	SKUAST-Jammu	2016
MSc (Agri)	Seed Science & Technology	UAS, GKVK, Bangalore	2011
BSc (Agri)	Agriculture	Tamil nadu Agricultural University (ADAC & RI, TRICHY)	2009

Position Held

Position Held	Period	Organization
SCIENTIST (Agrotechnology & genetic resources)	July 2020-Present	CSIR-IIIM, JAMMU

Area of Expertise

Plant breeding and various breeding techniques
Plant Molecular Biology, plant genomics and phenomics studies
Seed science technology
Conservation, characterization & multiplication of seeds, varietal development
Nursery generation & management

Project Involved / Ongoing Projects

Projects

CSIR -AROMA MISSION PHASE 2

Publications and Patents

Publications

Authors	Title	Journal
Lakdan,S., Stanzen,L.,Lay,P. and Dorjey,S	Economic analysis of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) based production system in Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh	International Journal of Current Microbiology Applied Sciences. 7, 2018, 1001-1005.
Dar, A.A., Mahajan, R., Lay,P. and Sharma,S.	Genetic diversity and population structure of Cucumis sativas L. by using SSR markers	3Biotech 2017, 7, 1-12.
Deepika, Mahajan,R., Lay,P., Sharma,P., Salgotra, R.K. and Sharma,S.,	Assessment of genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance among Pisum accessions	VEGETOS 2017, 30, 482-488
Lay,P. and Razdan, A.K	Genetic Analysis of grain yield and its components of maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines	International Journal of Current Microbiology Applied Sciences 2017, 6, 1366-1372.
Lay,P. and Razdan, A.K.	Genetic Divergence in maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines.	Crop Research & Research on Crops 2017, 18, 477–480.
Lay,P. and Razdan, A.K	Combining Ability Analysis of Morpho-Physiological traits in Maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines.	International Journal of Current Microbiology Applied Sciences 2017, 6, 470-476.
Spaldon,S.,Jabeen,N.,Hussain,S and Lay,P.	Heterosis studies for earliness, fruit yield and yield attributing traits in chilli (Capsicum Annum L.)	The Bioscan 2015, 10, 813-818.
Lay, P., Basvaraju, G. V., Pashte ,V. V. and Gowri M.	Studies on effect of giberellic acid (ga3) and potassium nitrate (kno3) on breaking of seed dormancy of papaya (Carica Papaya L.) cv. Surya	The Ecoscan 2015, 9, 109-113.
Lay, P., Basvaraju, G. V Sarika G.and Amrutha N.	Standardization of temperature and media for germination of papaya (Carica Papaya L.) cv. Surya	Global Journal of Biological and Health Sciences 2013, 2, 213-215.
Lay, P., Basva-raju, G. V Sarika G. & Amrutha N.	Effect of seed treatments to enhance seed quality of papaya (Carica Papaya L.) cv.Surya	Global Journal of Biological and Health Sciences. 2013, 2, 221-22.