Totan Kumar Ghosh, PhD

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh.

E- Email: totan@bsmrau.edu.bd
Cell: +8801879962527 (Bangladesh)
Office: +88(02)9205310-14(2495 Ext.)
Web: https://bsmrau.edu.bd/totan

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Present Position

Professor
Department of Crop Botany
Faculty of Agriculture &
Associate Director (Research, Project), BSMRAU

 Biography

Education

PhD, Saitama University, Japan (2012-2015)
MS, Bangladesh Agricultural University (2004-2005)
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honours), Bangladesh Agricultural University (1999-2002)

Professional experiences

Professor, BSMRAU (From 2019)
Associate Professor, BSMRAU (2015-2019)
Assistant Professor, BSMRAU (2011-2015)
Assistant Professor, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, PSTU, (2009-2011)
Lecturer, PSTU (2007-2009)

Research interest

Molecular stress physiology, abiotic stress signaling-mediated by phytohormones, exploration of evolutionary adaptive features of land plants using model bryophytes Physcomitrella patens and Marchantia polymorpha, In-vitro culture of rare and endangered medicinal plants.

Course affiliation

Plant Physiology and Plant Ecology (Undergraduate level)
Plant Physiology I, Stress Physiology and Plant Growth Regulators (Graduate level)

Publications

Selected:

  1. Ghosh TK, Kaneko M and Takezawa D. 2016. Transient assay of gemmalings of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha for studies of abscisic acid-induced gene expression. Cryobiology and Cryotechnology. 62(1):57-60.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.20585/cryobolcryotechnol.62.1_57_11

  2. Ghosh TK, Kaneko M, Akter K, Murai S, Komatsu K, Ishizaki K, Yamato KT, Kohchi T, Takezawa D. 2016. Abscisic acid-induced gene expression in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is mediated by evolutionarily conserved promoter elements. Physiologia Plantarum. DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12385. (IF-4.148, 2020)

  3. Saruhashi M, Ghosh TK, Arai K, Ishizaki Y, Hagiwara K, Komatsu K, Shiwa Y, Izumikawa K, Yoshikawa H, Umezawa T, Sakata Y, Takezawa D. 2015. Plant Raf-like kinase integrates abscisic acid and hyperosmotic stress signaling upstream of SNF1-related protein kinase2. Proceeding of the national academy of sciences, USA. 17;112(46): E6388-96. DOI: 10.1073/pnas. (IF-12.291, 2020)

  4. Kadowaki Y, Sato Y, Ghosh TK and Takezawa D. 2015. Inhibition by abscisic acid of cold-induced relocation of chloroplast in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Cryobiology and Cryotechnology. 61(2):145-150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20585/cryobolcryotechnol.61.2_145.

  5. Takezawa D, Watanabe N, Ghosh TK, Saruhashi M, Suzuki A, Ishiyama K, Somemiya S, Kobayashi M. and Sakata Y. 2014. Epoxycarotinoid-mediated Synthesis of Abscisic acid in Physcomitrella patens Implicating Conserved Mechanisms for acclimation to hyperosmosis in Embryophytes. New Phytologist. 206: 209-219. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13231 (IF-8.512, 2020)

Others:

  1. Binto SH, Ahmed JU, *Ghosh TK. 2020. Regeneration of medicinal plant Paederia foetida through direct organogenesis using nodal explants. Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture (accepted)

  1. Nazran A, Ahmed JU, Karim AJMS, *Ghosh TK. 2019. Physiological responses of mungbean (Vigna radiata) varieties to drought stress. Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research. 44(1): 1-11.

  2. *Ghosh TK, Binto SH, Ahmed JU, Al-Meraj SMZ, Alam MZ. Indirect shoot organogenesis of a valuable medicinal plant Paederia foetida using nodal explants. 2019. Fundamental and Applied Agriculture, 4(2): 806-814. DOI: 10.5455/faa.24912.

  3. Al-Meraj SMZ, Ghosh TK, Islam AKMA, Mohi-Ud-Din M. 2018. Antioxidant potentials of different potato genotypes. Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research. 43(3): 369-381.

  4. Nahar A, Mannan MA, Mamun MAA, Ghosh TK. Growth and yield performance of foxtail millets under salinity. 2018. Bangladesh Agronomy Journal. 21(1): 51-59.

  5. Al-Meraj SMZ, Mohi-Ud-Din M, Islam AKMA, *Ghosh TK. 2017. Evaluation of Potato genotypes for processing quality attributes. Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture. 21(2): 99-109.

  6. Hasan MM, *Ghosh TK, Howlader J, and Hasan ML. 2010. In vitro regeneration potentiality of cauliflower genotypes as influenced by growth regulators. J. Patuakhali Sci. and Tech. Univ. 2(1):105-117.

  7. Sutradhar GC, Howlader J, Ghosh TK, Goswami C and Hasan MK. Effect of modified atmosphere packaging and coating materials on biochemical changes in litchi during storage. 2010. Bangladesh J. Prog. Sci. & Tech. 8(2):177-180.

  8. Saha G, Sarker UK, Ghosh TK, Hasan MZ and Miah MA. 2010. Effect of integrated nitrogen nutrition on the yield of Boro rice. J Bangladesh Soc. Agric. Sci. Technol. 7(3&4):39-44.

  9. Hasan MM, Haque MZ, Ghosh TK, Howlader MHK and Azam AKMF. 2008. Stability of yield attributes in some selected wheat (Triticum aestivum) genotypes under late sown high temperature condition. 2008. J. Agric. educ. technol. 11(1&2):139-144.

  10.  *Ghosh TK, Karim MA, Kayum, MA and Rahman MS. 2007. Micropropagation of bamboo through nodal cutting explants.2007. Bangladesh J. crop. sci. 18(1):27-32.

  11. Karim MA, *Ghosh TK and Rahman MS. 2007. Somatic embryogenesis of bamboo from root tip explants. J. Bangladesh Agric. Univ. 5(1):75-79.

  12. Kayum MA, Karim MA and Ghosh TK. 2007. In-vitro callus proliferation in tomato. J. Bangladesh Soc. Agric. Sci. Technol. 4(1&2):77-80.

  13. Islam MS, Sattar MA, Chatterjee DD, *Ghosh TK and Howlader MHK. 2007. Biodiversity of surrounding areas of jamuna bridge. Bangladesh J. Prog. Sci. & Tech. 5(1):81-84.

* Indicates corresponding author

Thesis (PhD): Abscisic Acid Responses in Basal Land Plants Reveal Molecular Mechanisms Crucial for Stress Adaptation in Embryophytes

Thesis (MS): Micropropagation of Bamboo through Nodal Cuttings and Root Tip Explants