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Dr Harsh Raman
BSc (Agr) (Khalsa College, Punjab), MSc (Agr) (Guru Nanak Dev U), PhD (Punjab Agr U)
Position Principal Research Scientist (Molecular Biology)
Molecular analysis of genes controlling key traits in canola, cereals, and legumes
Adjunct Professor
Location NSW DPI, Wagga Wagga
Phone 02 6938 1925
Fax 02 6938 1809
Email harsh.raman@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Career Brief
Dr Raman graduated BSc Agriculture from Khalsa College Amritsar, Punjab (India) in 1984, and PhD from Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab (India) which involved investigation of somatic cell culture and wide hybridisation.
Since joining NSW Agriculture (now NSW Department of Primary Industries) in 1996, Dr Raman has overseen plant molecular biology research at the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute. This continues more than 20 years of research in plant biotechnology to harness the considerable benefits available to the breeders, from molecular biology.
Dr Raman has been actively involved in the development/validation of markers for several major qualitative and quantitative trait loci associated with quality, disease resistance, phenological and other physiological traits in wheat, barley and canola. Some of the markers identified by Dr Raman are being implemented internationally in basic and applied research. He has published over 150 research articles including 60 scientific research papers in the refereed journals and book chapters.
Research
- Development of molecular markers for application in Australian canola breeding
- Candidate gene discovery of flowering genes in canola (NSW Agricultural Genomics Centre and BioFirst Initiative - NSW Government)
- Exploiting Septoria tritici blotch resistance in wheat (Funded by GRDC and NSW DPI)
- Genetic diversity of putative spelt genotypes (funded by EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, George Westons Pty Ltd)
- Molecular mapping of loci involved in resistance to root pathogen Pleiochaeta setosa in albus lupin (EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation)
Professional Links
- Adjunct Professor Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
- Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Interests
- Genome mapping of cereal (wheat and barley) and dicots (canola and lupins) with a focus on improving quality and yield to improve human health.
- Molecular biology of acid soils tolerance and other plant-root-soil interactions
- Cataloguing and characterisation of germplasm to identify useful genes for crop improvement
Selected Publications
Ryan PR, Raman H, Gupta S, Sasaki T, Yamamoto Y and Delhaize E (2010). The multiple origins of aluminium resistance in hexaploid wheat include Aegilops tauschii and more recent cis mutations to TaALMT1. The Plant Journal 64:446-455.
Ryan P, Raman H, Gupta S, Horst Walter J and E Delhaize (2009). A second mechanism for aluminum resistance in wheat maps to chromosome 4BL and relies on citrate efflux. Plant Physiology 149: 340-351.
Raman H, Ryan P, Raman R, Stodart B, Zhang K, Martin P, Wood R, Sasaki T, Yamamoto Y, Mackay M, Hebb D and Delhaize E (2008). Analysis of TaALMT1 traces the transmission of aluminum resistance in cultivated common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116 (3), 343-354.
Wenzl P, Raman, H, Wang J, Zhou M, Huttner E and A Killian (2007). A DArT platform for quantitative bulked segregant analysis. BMC Genomics (http://www.biomedcentral. com/ bmcgenomics ). 8 , 196 .
Wang J, Raman H, Zhou M, Ryan PR, Delhaize E, Hebb DM, Coombes N, and Mendham N (2007). High-resolution mapping of the Alp locus and identification of a candidate gene HvMATE controlling aluminium tolerance in barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 115 , 265-276.