Pranay Bantawa

@kalimpongcollege.org.in

Assistant Professor, Department of Botany
Kalimpong College

EDUCATION

M.Sc. (Botany),
Ph.D. (Botany

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Botany, Plant Biotechnology (Plant Tissue Culture), Conservation of Threatened Plant Taxa, Plant Taxonomy

503

Scholar Citations

11

Scholar h-index

12

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Preliminary Observation on The Ecological Amplitude of Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker in Darjeeling and Kalimpong Himalayas
    R Rai, S Ali, P Bantawa
    University of North Bengal 2022

  • Polyethylene Gycol (PEG) Induced Water Stress in Four Different Genotypes of Pea Seedlings and Evaluation of The Induced Defense Mechanism
    P Bantawa, R Rai
    University of North Bengal 2022

  • Biological and phylogenetic advancements of Gaultheria fragrantissima: economically important oil bearing medicinal plant
    M Mukhopadhyay, P Bantawa, TK Mondal, SK Nandi
    Industrial Crops and Products 81, 91-99 2016

  • Trends in biochemical and molecular characterization of rhizobia and their nitrogen fixation mechanism: a review
    R Rai, P Bantawa, S Sur
    Biology of useful plants and microbes, 61-119 2014

  • Structural, physiological, and biochemical profiling of tea plantlets under zinc stress
    M Mukhopadhyay, A Das, P Subba, P Bantawa, B Sarkar, P Ghosh, ...
    Biologia plantarum 57, 474-480 2013

  • Cellular differentiation, regeneration, and secondary metabolite production in medicinal Picrorhiza spp.
    TK Mondal, P Bantawa, B Sarkar, P Ghosh, PK Chand
    Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 112, 143-158 2013

  • Changes of growth, photosynthesis and alteration of leaf antioxidative defence system of tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] seedlings under aluminum stress
    M Mukhopadyay, P Bantawa, A Das, B Sarkar, B Bera, P Ghosh, ...
    Biometals 25, 1141-1154 2012

  • Genetic variation of extremely threatened medicinal plant Nepalese Kutki (Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora)
    P Bantawa, A Das, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 72 (01), 103-106 2012

  • In vitro regeneration of an endangered medicinal plant Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
    P Bantawa, O Saha-Roy, SK Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Biologia plantarum 55 (1), 169-172 2011

  • Determination of essential oil contents and micropropagation of Gaultheria fragrantissima, an endangered woody aromatic plant of India
    P Bantawa, JAT Da Silva, SK Ghosh, TK Mondal
    The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 86 (5), 479-485 2011

  • Coll. No. 002/FI No. 002 or Gauri-UBKVM-1 (IC0569192; INGR10111), a Nepalease Kutki (Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora) Germplasm with High Picroside Content
    P Bantawa, S Maitra, SK Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 24 (1) 2011

  • Coll. No. SL No. 005/FL No. 008 or Shankar-UBKVM-2 (IC0569193; INGR10112), an Indian Winter Green (Gaultheria fragrantissima) Germplasm with High Essential Oil Content
    P Bantawa, S Maitra, SK Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 24 (1) 2011

  • Detection of natural genetic diversity of Gaultheria fragrantissima landraces by RAPDs: An endangered woody oil bearing plant of Indo-China Himalayas
    P Bantawa, A Das, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    NISCAIR-CSIR, India 2011

  • Micropropagation of an elite line of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora, Pennell, an endangered high valued medicinal plant of the Indo-China Himalayan region
    P Bantawa, SK Ghosh, P Bhandari, B Singh, PD Ghosh, PS Ahuja, ...
    Med Aromat Plant Sci Biotechnol 4, 1-7 2010

  • Micropropagation and field performance of ‘Malbhog’(Musa paradisiaca, AAB group): a popular banana cultivar with high keeping quality of North East India
    OS Roy, P Bantawa, SK Ghosh, JAT da Silva, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology 4 (1), 52-58 2010

  • Status and conservation threats of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell.(Scrophulariaceae): An endangered high valued medicinal plant of Indo-China Himalayan region
    P Bantawa, SK Ghosh, S Maitra, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Bioremediation, Biodiversity, Bioavailability 3, 15-22 2009

  • Studies on ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional practitioners, Jhankri, Bijuwa and Phedangma in Darjeeling Himalaya
    P Bantawa, R Rai
    CSIR 2009

  • Effect of Bavistin and Adenine Sulphate on in vitro shoot multiplication of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
    P Bantawa, OS Roy, P Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology 19 (2), 237-245 2009

  • Population studies of Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. in Darjeeling district of West Bengal
    P Bantawa, TK Mondal
    CSIR 2008

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Changes of growth, photosynthesis and alteration of leaf antioxidative defence system of tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] seedlings under aluminum stress
    M Mukhopadyay, P Bantawa, A Das, B Sarkar, B Bera, P Ghosh, ...
    Biometals 25, 1141-1154 2012
    Citations: 108

  • Structural, physiological, and biochemical profiling of tea plantlets under zinc stress
    M Mukhopadhyay, A Das, P Subba, P Bantawa, B Sarkar, P Ghosh, ...
    Biologia plantarum 57, 474-480 2013
    Citations: 101

  • Micropropagation and field performance of ‘Malbhog’(Musa paradisiaca, AAB group): a popular banana cultivar with high keeping quality of North East India
    OS Roy, P Bantawa, SK Ghosh, JAT da Silva, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology 4 (1), 52-58 2010
    Citations: 49

  • Studies on ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional practitioners, Jhankri, Bijuwa and Phedangma in Darjeeling Himalaya
    P Bantawa, R Rai
    CSIR 2009
    Citations: 47

  • In vitro regeneration of an endangered medicinal plant Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
    P Bantawa, O Saha-Roy, SK Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Biologia plantarum 55 (1), 169-172 2011
    Citations: 40

  • Effect of Bavistin and Adenine Sulphate on in vitro shoot multiplication of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
    P Bantawa, OS Roy, P Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology 19 (2), 237-245 2009
    Citations: 35

  • Micropropagation of an elite line of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora, Pennell, an endangered high valued medicinal plant of the Indo-China Himalayan region
    P Bantawa, SK Ghosh, P Bhandari, B Singh, PD Ghosh, PS Ahuja, ...
    Med Aromat Plant Sci Biotechnol 4, 1-7 2010
    Citations: 30

  • Determination of essential oil contents and micropropagation of Gaultheria fragrantissima, an endangered woody aromatic plant of India
    P Bantawa, JAT Da Silva, SK Ghosh, TK Mondal
    The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 86 (5), 479-485 2011
    Citations: 20

  • Status and conservation threats of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell.(Scrophulariaceae): An endangered high valued medicinal plant of Indo-China Himalayan region
    P Bantawa, SK Ghosh, S Maitra, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Bioremediation, Biodiversity, Bioavailability 3, 15-22 2009
    Citations: 17

  • Cellular differentiation, regeneration, and secondary metabolite production in medicinal Picrorhiza spp.
    TK Mondal, P Bantawa, B Sarkar, P Ghosh, PK Chand
    Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 112, 143-158 2013
    Citations: 15

  • Biological and phylogenetic advancements of Gaultheria fragrantissima: economically important oil bearing medicinal plant
    M Mukhopadhyay, P Bantawa, TK Mondal, SK Nandi
    Industrial Crops and Products 81, 91-99 2016
    Citations: 14

  • Detection of natural genetic diversity of Gaultheria fragrantissima landraces by RAPDs: An endangered woody oil bearing plant of Indo-China Himalayas
    P Bantawa, A Das, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    NISCAIR-CSIR, India 2011
    Citations: 10

  • Trends in biochemical and molecular characterization of rhizobia and their nitrogen fixation mechanism: a review
    R Rai, P Bantawa, S Sur
    Biology of useful plants and microbes, 61-119 2014
    Citations: 7

  • Population studies of Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. in Darjeeling district of West Bengal
    P Bantawa, TK Mondal
    CSIR 2008
    Citations: 6

  • Genetic variation of extremely threatened medicinal plant Nepalese Kutki (Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora)
    P Bantawa, A Das, PD Ghosh, TK Mondal
    Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 72 (01), 103-106 2012
    Citations: 4