Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, genomics and Translational Research and International Agriculture policy. Single-cell development and differentiation in plants (microspore- and protoplast-derived embryogenesis and artificial seed development in cereals; in vitro laticifer differentiation; cytodifferentiation and organ induced chemodifferentiation in plants).

Developed and demonstrated stable transgene expression using protoplast, Agrobacterium and Biolistic transformation driven by tissue-specific and constitutive-promoters in rice.

Developed the genetically engineered homozygous indica rice developed from haploid embrogenic cell suspension culture derived protoplasts.

Developed and field-evaluate the hybrid Bt rice, characterize sd1gene, and pyramid transgenes (Bt, Xa21 and PR-Protein genes) and define their function in rice.

Developed and demonstrated the marker free elite transgenic indica rice cultivars with biological and molecular characterization. Bio-engineered "Golden" indica rice with genes for beta-carotene (pro-vitaminA) and ferritin gene (iron) for nutrititious rice.

Actively participating in developing global vision of plant biotechnology and relevant use in India.

Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, particularly gene technology, haploidy, experimental embryology and crop improvement

DAAD Fellow (1985-1986) associated with Institute for Resistance Genetics, gruenbach, Germany.

FMI Fellow , (1987) Basel, Switzerland

Panchanan Maheshwari Medal (2006)

TATA Innovation Fellow (2007)

Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)

Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS)

Indian Science Congress Association

Society for Plant Molecular Biology

International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology

Indian Society for Coastal Agricultural Research

National Society for Nutrition

1. Datta SK (1987) Plant regeneration by pollen embryogenesis from cultured whole spikes of barley (Hordeum vulgare). Theor. Appl. Genet. 74:121-121

2. Datta SK, Peterhans A, Datta K, and Potrykus I (1990) Genetically engineered fertile Indica-rice plants recovered from protoplasts. Bio/Technology 8:736-740. (Current name, Nature Biotechnology)

3. Datta SK, Datta K, Parkhi V, Rai M, Baisakh N, Sahoo G, Rehana S, Bandyopadhyay A, Alamgir M, Ali MS, Abrigo E, Oliva N, Torrizo L (2007) Golden Rice: introgression, breeding, and field evaluation. Euphytica 154:271-278

4. Parkhi V, Rai M, Tan J, Oliva N, Rehana S, Bandyopadhyay A, Torrizo L, Ghole V, Datta K, Datta SK (2005) Molecular Characterization of marker free transgenic lines of indica rice that accumulate carotenoids in seed endosperm. Molecular Genetics Genomics 274:325-336

5. Datta K. Baisakh N, Thet KM, Tu J, and Datta SK (2002) Pyramiding transgenes for multiple resistance in rice against bacterial blight, yellow stem borer and sheath blight. Theor. Appl. Genet. 106:1-8.

6. Sasaki A, Ashikari M, Ueguchi-Tanaka M, Itoh H, Nishimura A, Datta SK, Ishiyamas K, Saito T, Kobayashi M, Khush GS, Kitano H, Matsuoka M (2002). A mutant gibberellin-synthesis gene in rice. Nature 416:701-702.

7. Tu J, Zhang G, Datta K, Xu C, He Y, Zhang Q, Khush GS, Datta SK (2000) Field performance of transgenic elite commercial hybrid rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis d-endotoxin. Nature Biotechnology 28:1101-1104

8. Reddy PM, Ladha JK, Ramos MC, Maillet F, Hernandez RJ, Torrizo LB, Oliva NP and Datta SK, and Datta K (1998) Rhizobial lipochitooligosaccharide nodulation factors activate expression of the legume early nodulin gene ENOD12 in rice. Plant Journal 14:693-702.

9. Lin W, Anuratha CS, Datta K, Potrykus I, Muthukrishnan S, and Datta SK (1995) Genetic engineering of rice for resistance to sheath blight. Bio/Technology 13:686-691 (Current name, Nature Biotechnology)

10. Narayanan NN, Baisakh N, Oliva, NP, Vera Cruz CM, Gnanamanickam SS, Datta K, and Datta SK (2004) Molecular breeding: marker-assisted selection combined with biolistic transformation for blast and bacterial blight resistance in Indica rice (cv. CO39). Molecular Breeding 14:61-71

11. Rai M, Datta K, Parkhi V, Tan J, Oliva N, Chawla HS, Datta SK (2007) Variable T-DNA linkage configuration affects inheritance of carotenogenic transgenes and carotenoid accumulation in transgenic indica rice Plant Cell Rep. 26 :1221-1231

12. Datta Karabi, Rai, M, Parkhi V, Oliva N, Tan J, Datta SK (2006) Improved 'golden' indica rice and post-transgeneration enhancement of metabolic target products of carotenoids (beta-carotene) in transgenic elite cultivars (IR64, BR29)Current Science 91:935-939

13. Baisakh, N, Rehana S, Rai M, Oliva N, Tan J, Mackill D, Khush GS, Datta K, Datta SK (2006). Marker-free transgenic (MFT) near-isogenic introgression lines (NILs) of 'golden' indica rice (cv IR64) with accumulation of provitaminA in the endosperm tissue. Plant Biotechnol. J 4:467-475.

14. Chen NE, Ye GY, Liu ZC, Yao HW, Chen XX, Shen SZ, Hu C, Datta SK (2006) Field assessment of the effects of transgenic rice expressing a fused gene of cryIAb and cryIAc from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner on non-target planthopper and leafhopper populations. Environ Entomol 35:127-134

15. Datta K and Datta SK (2006) Indica rice (Oryza sativa, BR29 and IR64) In, Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 343, Agrobacterium protocols, ed, Kan Wang, Humana press, New Jersey, USA, Vol 1, pp 201-212

16. Khalekuzzaman M, Datta K, Oliva N, Alam MF, Joarder OJ, Datta SK (2006) Stable integration, expression and inheritance of the ferritin gene in transgenic elite indica rice cultivar BR29 with enhanced iron level in the endosperm. Ind J Biotech 5:26-31

17. Sivaprakash KR, Krishnan S, Datta SK, Parida AK (2006) Tissue-specific histochemical localization of iron and ferritin gene expression in transgenic indica rice Pusa Basmati (Oryza sativa L). Journal of Genetics 85:157-160

18. Tan J, Baisakh N, Oliva N, Torrizo L, Abrigo E, Datta K, and Datta SK (2005) The Screening of Rice Germplasm., including those transgenic rice lines which accumulate beta-carotene in polished seeds for their carotenoids profile. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 40:453-459.

19. Datta K, Baisakh N, Oliva N, Torrizo L, Abrigo E, Tan J, Rai M, Rehana S, Al- Babili S, Beyer P, Potrykus I, and Datta SK (2003) Bioengineered 'golden' indica rice cultivars with beta-carotene metabolism in the endosperm with hygromycin and mannose selection systems. Plant Biotechnology Journal 1:81-90

20. Vasconcelos M, Datta K, Oliva N, Khalekuzzaman M, Torrizo L, Krishnan S, Oliveira M, Goto F, Datta SK (2003) Enhanced iron and zinc accumulation in trangenic rice with the ferritin gene. Plant Science 64(3): 371-378.

21. Dey M, Complainville A, Charon C, Kondorosi A, Crespi M, Datta SK (2004) Phytohormonal responses in enod40-overexpressing plants of Medicago truncatula and rice. Physiol. Plant. 120: 132-139

22. Tu J, Datta K, Oliva N, Zhang G, Xu C, Khush GS, Zhang Q, and Datta SK (2003) Site-independently integrated transgenes in the elite restorer rice line Minghui 63 allow removal of a selectable marker from the gene of interest by self-segregation. Plant Biotechnology Journal 1:155-165

23. Reddy PM, Ladha JK, Ramos MC, Maillet F, Hernandez RJ, Torrizo LB, Oliva NP and Datta SK, and Datta K (1998) Rhizobial lipochitooligosaccharide nodulation factors activate expression of the legume early nodulin gene ENOD12 in rice. Plant Journal 14:693-702.

24. Ye G, Tu J, Hu C, Datta K, and Datta SK (2001) Transgenic IR72 with fused Bt gene cry1AB/cry1Ac from Bacillus thuringiensis is resistant against four lepidopteran species unde field conditions.Plant Biotechnology 8(2):125-133

25. Quimio CA, Torrizo LB, Setter TL, Ellis M, Grover A, Abrigo EM, Oliva NP, Ella ES, Carpena AL, Ito O, Peacock WJ, Dennis E, and Datta SK (2000)Enhancement of submergence tolerance in transgenic rice overproducing pyruvate decarboxylase.J. Plant Physiology 156: 516-521.

26. Datta K, Tu J, Oliva N, Ona I, Velazhahan R, Mew TW, Muthukrishnan S, and Datta SK (2001)Enhanced resistance to sheath blight by constitutive expression of infection-related rice chitinase in transgenic elite indica rice cultivars. Plant Science 160:405-414

27. Datta K, Koukolíková-Nicola Z, Baisakh N, Oliva N, and Datta SK (2000) Agrobacterium- mediated engineering for sheath blight resistance of indica rice cultivars from different ecosystems. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100:832-839.

28. Tu J, Datta K, Khush GS, Zhang Q, and Datta SK (2000) Field performance of Xa21 transgenic indica rice (Oryza sativa L.), IR72. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:15-20.

29. Alam MF, Datta K, Vasquez A, Tu J, Virmani SS, and Datta SK (1999) Transgenic insect resistant maintainer line (IR68899B) for improvement of hybrid rice. Plant Cell Reports 18:572-575.

30. Datta K, Velazhahan R, Oliva N, Mew T, Khush GS, Muthukrishnan S, and Datta SK (1999) Over expression of the cloned rice thaumatin-like protein (PR-5) gene in transgenic rice plants enhances environmental friendly resistance to Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight disease Theor. Appl. Genet. 98:1138-1145.

31. Chareonpornwattana S, Krishnarajapuran VT, Wang L, Datta SK, Panbangred W, and Muthukrishnan S Inheritance, expression, and silencing of a chitinase transgene in rice. Theor. Appl. Genet 98:371-378.

32. Datta K, Vasquez A, Tu J, Torrizo L, Alam MF, Oliva N, Abrigo E, Khush GS, and Datta SKConstitutive and tissue-specific differential expression of cryIA(b) gene in transgenic rice plants conferring resistance to rice insect pest. Theor. Appl. Genet. 97:20-30.

33. Tu J, Ona I, Zhang Q, Mew TW , Khush GS, and Datta SK (1998) Transgenic rice variety IR72 with Xa21 is resistant to bacterial blight. Theor. Appl. Genet. 97:31-36.

34. Tu J, Datta K, Alam MF, Khush GS, and Datta SK (1998) Expression and function of a hybrid Bt toxin gene in transgenic rice conferring resistance to insect pests. Plant Biotechnology (Japan) 15:183- 191.

35. Alam MF, Datta K, Abrigo E, Vasquez A, Senadhira D, and Datta SK (1998) Production of transgenic deepwater indica rice plants expressing a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cryIA(b) gene with enhanced resistance to yellow stem borer. Plant Science 135:25-30.

36. Ling DH, LZ Tao, ZR Ma, Zhang SP, and Datta SK (1998) Engineered male sterile transgenic plants of rice (Oryza sativa L.) with ps1-barnase gene transformation by particle bombardment. Acta Genetica Sinica 25(5) 433-442.

37. Ashikari M, Sasaki A, Tanaka MU, Itoh H, Nishimura A, Datta SK, Ishiyama K, Saito T, Kobayashi M, Khush GS, Kitano H, Matsuoka M (2002) Loss-of-function of a Rice Gibberellin Biosynthetic Gene, GA20 oxidase (GA20-ox-2), Led to the Rice 'Green Revolution'. Breeding Science 52: 143-150.

38. Wu C, Fan Y, Zhang C, Oliva N, and Datta SK (1997) Transgenic fertile japonica rice pants expressing modified cryIA(b) gene resistant to yellow stem borer. Plant Cell Reports 17:129-132.

39. Lin W, Anuratha CS, Datta K, Potrykus I, Muthukrishnan S, and Datta SK (1995) Genetic Bio engineering of rice for resistance to sheath blight. Bio/Technology 13:686-691.

40. PH, Castiglione S, Giordani C, Li W, Wang G, Datta SK, Datta K, Potrykus I, and Sala F (1993) State of the foreign gene and of the genome in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa). Cytotechnology 11:123-125.

41. Alam MF, Oliva NP, Zapata FJ, and Datta SK (1995) Fertile transgenic Indica rice plants by PEG-mediated protoplasts transformation. J. of Genetics and Breeding 49:303-308.

42. Alam MF, Zapata FJ, Barrion AA, and Datta SK (1994) Plant regeneration from protoplasts of three indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars. J. Genet. & Breeding 48:359-366.

43. Ghosh-Biswas GC, Iglesia VA, Datta SK, and Potrykus I (1993) Transgenic Indica-rice (Oryza sativa) plants obtained by direct gene transfer to protoplasts. J. Biotechnology 32:1-10.

44. Kloti A, Iglesia VA, Wunn J, Burkhardts PK, Datta SK, and Potrykus I (1993) Gene transfer by electroporation into intact scutellum cells of wheat embryos. Plant Cell Reports 12:671-67541.

45. Datta SK, Datta K, Soltanifar N, Donn G, and Potrykus I (1992) Herbicide-resistant Indica rice plants from IRRI breeding line IR72 after PEG-mediated transformation of protoplasts. Plant Mol. Biol. 20:619-629.

46. Datta K, Potrykus I, and Datta SK (1992) Efficient fertile plant regeneration from protoplasts of the Indica rice breeding line IR72 (Oryza sativa). Plant Cell Reports 11:229-233.

47. Datta SK, Datta K, and Potrykus I (1990) Fertile Indica rice plants regenerated from protoplasts isolated from microspore derived cell suspensions. Plant Cell Reports 9:253-256.

48. Datta SK, Datta K, and Potrykus I (1990) Embryogenesis and plant regeneration from microspores of both Indica and Japonica rice (Oryza sativa). Plant Science 67:83-88.

49. Peterhans A, Datta SK, Datta K, Godall GH, Potrykus I, and Paszkowski J (1990) Recognition of efficiency of Dicotylendoneae-specific promoter and RNA processing signals in rice. Mol. Gen. Genet. 221:362-368.

50. Datta SK and Wenzel G (1987) Isolated microspore derived plant formation via embryogenesis in Triticum aestivum. Plant Science 48:49-54

51. Datta SK and Potrykus I (1989) Artificial seed in barley: encapsulation of microspore derived embryos.Theor Appl. Genet. 77:820-824.

52. Datta SK and Wenzel G (1988) Single microspore derived embryogenesis and plant formation in barley Hordeum vulgare). Arch Zeuchtungforch 18:125-131.

53. Datta SK and Kumar A (1987) Histochemical studies in the transition from sapwood to heartwood in Tectona grandis IAWA bulletin 8:363-

54. Kumar A, and Datta SK (1989) Histochemical and histoenzymological changes during heartwood formation in a timber tree Shorea robusta. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant Sci.), 99: pp. 21-27.

55. Datta SK and De S (1986) Laticifer differentiation in Calotropis gigantea. Annals of Botany 57:403-406.

56. Pramanik TK and Datta SK (1986) Plant regeneration and ploidy variation in culture derived plants of Asclepias curassavica. Plant Cell Reports 3:219-222.

57. Datta SK and De S (1986) Organ specific chemodifferentiation of cardenolides in Calotropis gigantea. Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 61:315-319.

58. Datta K and Datta SK (1984) Rapid clonal multiplication of Angelonia salicariefolia. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture 3:215-220.

59. Baisakh N, Datta K, Oliva N, Ona I, Rao GJN, Mew TW, and Datta SK (2001) Rapid development of homozygous transgenic rice using anther culture harboring rice chitinase gene for enhanced sheath blight resistance. Plant Biotechnology. 18(2):101-108

60. Krishnan S, Datta K, Baisakh N, de Vasconcelos M, Datta SK (2003) Tissue-specific localization of b- carotene and iron in transgenic indica rice (Oryza sativa L). Current Science 84:101-104.

61. Narayanan NN, Baisakh N, Vera Cruz CM, Gnanamanickam SS, Datta K, and Datta SK (2002) Molecular breeding for the development of blast and bacterial blight resistance in rice cv. IR50. Crop Science 42:2072-2079.

62. Baisakh N, Datta K, Rai M, Rehana S, Beyer P, Potrykus I, Datta SK (2001). Development dihaploid transgenic "golden rice" homozygous for genes involved in the metabolic pathway for b- carotene biosynthesis. Rice Genetics Newslett. 18:91-94.

63. Baisakh N, Datta K, Rashid H, Oliva NP, and Datta SK (2000) Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of an elite indica rice maintainer line IR68899B with a reconstructed T-DNA carrying multiple genes. Rice Genetics Newsletter 17:122-125.

64. Baisakh N, Datta K, Oliva NP, and Datta SK (1999) Comparative molecular and phenotypic characterization of transgenic rice with chitinase gene developed through biolistic and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Rice Genetics Newsletter 16:149-152.

65. Datta K, Vasquez A, Khush GS, and Datta SK (1999) Development of transgenic New Plant Type rice for stem borer resistance. Rice Genetics Newsletter 16:143-144.

66. Dey M, Datta SK, Torrizo LB, Reddy PM, Ladha JK, Day B, and Stacey G (1999) Integration into rice of a soybean apyrase gene proposed to play a central role in nodulation. Rice Genetics Newsletter 16:145-147.

67. Dey M, Torrizo LB, Chaudhuri RK, Reddy PM, Ladha JK, Datta K, and Datta SK (1999) Transgenic rice harboring legume ENOD40 gene. Rice Genetics Newsletter 16:147-149.

68. Datta K, Oliva N, Torrizo L, Abrigo E, Khush GS, and Datta SK (1996) Genetic transformation of Indica and Japonica Rice by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Rice Genetics Newsletter 13:136-139.

69. Datta SK and Purkayastha RP (1978) Spore germination behaviour of Acrocylindrium oryzae causing sheath rot disease of rice. Indian Phytopatho. 31:89-91.

70. De S and Datta SK (1988) Separation and HPLC identification of two cardiac glycosides from Calotropis gigantea. Indian Drugs 25:167:168.

71. Kumar A and Datta SK (1989) Plantlet Regeneration from Hypocotyl Tissue of Strychnos Nuxvomica Linn. Current Science 58: 812-813

72. Datta SK and Datta K (1984) Chemodifferentiation of diosgenin in Dioscorea composita. Phytochemistry 23:2684-2685.

73. Aguda RM, Datta K, Tu J, Datta SK, and Cohen MB (2001) Expression of Bt genes under control of didferent promoters in rice at vegetative and flowering stages. Int. Rice Res. Notes 26:26-27.

74. Datta SK, Torrizo L, Tu J, Oliva N, and Datta K (1997) Production and molecular evaluation of transgenic rice plants. IRRI Discussion Paper Series No. 21. International Rice Research Institute, Manila 1099, Philippines.

75. Khalekuzzaman M, Oliva N, Datta K, and Datta SK (2003) Transgenic BRRI Dhan 29 developed with enhanced iron in polished seeds. Rice Genetics Newsletter 20:77-79.

76. Laha GS, Rao MVR, Abrigo E, Oliva N, Datta K, and Datta SK (2003) Evaluation of durable resistance of transgenic hybrid maintainer line IR58025B for bacterial blight disease of rice. Rice Genetics Newsletter 20:88-91.

77. Rao MVR, Abrigo E, Rai M, Oliva NP, Datta K, and Datta SK (2003) Marker-free transgenic Bt rice conferring resistance to yellow stem borer. Rice Genetics Newsletter 20:98-101.

78. Rai M, Datta K, Baisakh N, Abrigo E, Oliva N, and Datta SK (2003) Agronomic performance of Golden indica rice (cv. IR64). Rice Genetics Newsletter 20:30-33.

79. Setter, TL, Ellis M, Laureles EV, Ella ES, Senadhira D, Mishra SB, Sarkarung, S and Datta SK (1997) Physiology and Genetics of Submergence Tolerance in Rice. Annals of Botany 79: 67-77.

80. Datta SK (2002) Recent development in transgenics for abiotic stress tolerance in rice. JIRCAS working report, pp. 43-53.

81. Datta SK and Khush GS (2002) Improving rice to meet food and nutrient needs: Biotechnological approaches. Journal of Crop Production 6(1): 229-247.

82. Dey M and Datta SK (2002) Promiscuity of hosting nitrogen fixation in rice: An overview from the legume perspective. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 22(3):281-314.

83. Datta SK 2001. The need for genetically engineered food when enough is produced and unused. British Food Journal (reproduced with the permission from ISAAA, Science) 103:791-795.

84. Datta SK (2000) Potential benefit of genetic engineering in plant breeding: Rice, a case study. Agric. Chem. and Biotechnol. 43:197-206.

85. Datta SK and Bouis HE (2000) Application of biotechnology to improving the nutritional quality rice. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 21:451-456.

86. Datta SK (2000) A Promising debut for Bt hybrid rice. In: Information Systems for Biotechnology.News Report, pp. 1-3, Virginia, USA. http://www/biotech-info.net/promising_debut.html OR ww.gophisb.biochem.vt.edu/news/2000/news00.dec.html

87. Potrykus I, Burkhardt PK, Datta SK, Futterer J, Ghosh-Biswas GC, Kloti A, Spangenberg G. and Wunn J (1995) Genetic engineering of Indica rice in support of sustained production of affordable and high quality food in developing countries. Euphytica 85: 441-449

1. DBT-COE/Programme support on "Translational Research on transgenic rice"(Rs. 402.90 Lakh over 5 years)

2. UGC-UPE project on "Jute Biology, Genomics and Biotechnology" (Rs 118.00 lakh over 5 years)

1. Dr Karabi Datta (PI of the DBT-Programme support)
2. Dr. Sailendra Nath Sarkar (Research Assistant Professor)
3. Dr Aryadeep Roy Chaudhury (Post-Doctoral fellow)
4. Nusrat Ali (PhD scholar)
5. Anuradha Banerjee (PhD scholar)
6. Sohini Chakraborty (PhD scholar)
7. Deepak Gayen (PhD scholar)
8. Soumitra Paul (PhD scholar)
9. Moumita Ganguly (PhD scholar)
10. Lopamudra Bhaduri (PhD scholar)
11. Kankana Sinha (PhD scholar)
12. Basudeb Ghosal (PhD scholar)
13. Sourav Gangopadhyay (PhD scholar)
14. Satarupa Sarkar (PhD scholar)

1. Rice Research Station, Chinsurah, Hooghly, W.B.
2. CRIJAF, Barrackpore, W.B.
3. UC-Davis, USA (Prof. P. Roland)
4. International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
5. Cornell University, USA
6. JIRCAS, Japan
7. Victorian AgBiosciences Center, Australia