Dr. Mritunjoy Barman

Dr. Mritunjoy Barman
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Arthropod vector of plant viruses

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About

Mritunjoy Barman is a motivated scientist with over 7 years of experience in the applied field of Entomology and advanced molecular biology, specializing in virus-vector interactions. Mritunjoy has conducted extensive research on whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses (Geminiviridae) and is currently focusing on Wheat Curl Mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella, and Aphid-transmitted plant viruses in Nebraska, supported by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Education

  • Ph.D. in Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, India
  • M.Sc. in Entomology, G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
  • B.Sc. Agriculture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, India

Publications

Barman, M., Samanta, S., Thakur, H., Chakraborty, S., Samanta, and Tarafdar, J., 2023. Transcription dynamics of heat-shock proteins (Hsps) and endosymbiont titres in response to thermal stress in whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Asia-I). Frontiers in Physiology.

Barman, M., Samanta, S., Thakur, H., Chakraborty, S., Samanta, A., Uppadhaya, G, Samanta, A, Tarafdar, J., 2023. Evidence of population expansion and insecticide resistance mechanism in invasive Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). BMC Biotechnology.

Barman, M., Samanta, S., Chakraborty, S., Samanta, A., Tarafdar, J., 2022. Copy number variation of two begomovirus acquired and inoculated by different cryptic species of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci in Okra. PLOS ONE.

Barman, M., Samanta, S., Uppadhaya, G., Thakur, H., Chakraborty, S., Samanta, A., Tarafdar, J. Unravelling the basis of neonicotinoid resistance in whitefly species complex: role of endosymbiotic bacteria and insecticide resistance genes. Frontiers in microbiology.

Barman, M., Samanta, S., Thakur, H., Chakraborty, S., Samanta, A., Ghosh, A. and Tarafdar, J., 2021. Effect of Neonicotinoids on Bacterial Symbionts and Insecticide-Resistant Gene in Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Insects.

Samanta, S., Barman, M., Chakraborty, S., Banerjee, A. and Tarafdar, J., 2021. Involvement of small heat shock proteins (sHsps) in developmental stages of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda and its expression pattern under abiotic stress condition. Heliyon.

Chakraborty, S., Barman, M., Samanta, S., Roy, M. and Tarafdar, J., 2021. Effect of Banana Bunchy Top Virus on the Heat Shock Protein Genes of Pentalonia nigronervosa during Temperature Susceptibility and Its Effect on Virus Transmission. Agronomy.

Tamta AK, Pandey R, Sharma JR, Rai R, Barman M, M. G. D, Mitra D, Mohapatra PKD, Sami R, Al-Mushhin AAM, Baakdah F, Mostafa YS, Alrumman SA, Helal M. First Pathogenic Record of Clonostachys rosea (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) as an Entomopathogenic Fungus against Mango Hopper (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae). Pathogens.

Barman M, Gour N, Joshi R, Mishra P, Rukesh P. 2019. RAPD-analysis of populations of  Spodoptera litura (f.) from Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Entomology.

Chakraborty, S., Das, Barman, M., S., Samanta, S. and Tarafder, J., Detection and in silico characterization of Banana bunchy top virus in West Bengal, India: Relevance to global genetic diversity and population structure. Virus Disease.


POPULAR ARTICLES

Prospects and Current Approaches in Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Virus

Swati Chakraborty, Mritunjoy Barman and Snigdha Samanta

Fall Army Worm: A Serious Threat to Maize Cultivation in India

Snigdha Samanta, Swati Chakraborty and Mritunjoy Barman

Use of Insects in Forensic Entomology for Detection of Crime

Mritunjoy Barman, Snigdha Samanta and Swati Chakraborty

Protein Secretion Systems in Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

Swati Chakraborty, Suryakant Manik, Snigdha Samanta, Mritunjoy Barman

 

Presentations

Upregulation in expression profile of heat shock protein genes in Pentalonia nigronervosa upon acquisition of Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) under temperature susceptibility. Swati Chakraborty, Mritunjoy Barman, Snigdha Samanta, Moupiya Roy, Sarbani Das, Subham Dutta and Jayanta Tarafdar. Plant Health and Food security: Challenges and Opportunities, Indian Phytopathological Society, March 25-27, 2021.

Diversity of DNA Plant Virus in West Bengal: Virus genomics, Functional analysis of protein and Host-vector-virus interaction. Jayanta Tarafdar, Swati Chakraborty, Sarbani Das, Mritunjoy Barman, Snigdha Samanta, Poorvasandhya R and Subham Dutta. Role of Plant Pathology in Global Environment and Food Security, Indian Phytopathological Society east zone Cum National Symposium 6th and 7th March, 2022.

In Silico characterization of banana bunchy top virus in West Bengal with host- virus- vector interaction and global population structure analysis. Swati Chakraborty, Subham Dutta, Mritunjoy Barman, Snigdha Samanta, and Jayanta Tarafdar. Role of Plant Pathology in Global Environment and Food Security, Indian Phytopathological Society east zone Cum National Symposium 6th and 7th March, 2022.

Awards and Honors

Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Junior Research Fellowship in 2017

Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Senior Research Fellowship in 2019

University Research Fellowship -BCKV (2019)

Best oral poster presentation NAHEP – ICAR (2021)

CROPS 2024 Travel Grant Award

Location

UNL Entomology Department
305A ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816