Dr. Pratap Jyoti Handique

Book Published

Medicinal Plants of North East India - Status Diversity Conservation Cultivation & Trade,
Year: 2009, ISBN: 9788170893530 / 8170893534,
[Hardcover, 24 cm., pp. 314], [Price: RS. 950.00, US$ 20.79]
Published by: International Book Distributors, Dehradun.

Recent Publications

• P J Handique and SS Choudhury [2009] Micropropagation of Tinospora cordifolia: A Prioritized Medicinal Plant Species of Commercial Importance of NE India, The Icfai University Journal of Genetics & Evolution, Vol. II (2): 1-8.
• S Borchetia, S C Das, P J Handique, S Das [2009] High multiplication frequency and genetic stability for commercialization of the three varieties of micropropagated tea plants (Camellia spp.), Scientia Horticulturae, 120: 544-550.
• Pratap J. Handique, Mousmi Saikia, Ankita Kataky and Ranjit Singh [2009]: Genetic resources of Hippophae in North Eastern India and its status and utilization. Accepted for presentation in The 4th International Sea-Buckthorn Association Conference (ISA 2009), Altai, Russia.
• P.J.Handique [2008]: Biodiversity in North East India. In North-East India Geo-environmental Issues, edited by H Deka. Guwahati, Western Book Depot, pp 139-172.
• S. Borchetia and Handique PJ [2007]. Rapid In vitro propagation of Vitex negundo using nodal explants, ICFAI Journal of Biotechnology. Vol 1 (1): 7-14
• Nesa N and Handique PJ [2006] In vitro propagation of Piper longum , a commercially potent medicinal plant of NE India. J. Appl. Biosci. & Biotech., 2(1): 27-31
• Deka H, Gogoi DK, Gogoi HK & Handique PJ [2006] In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial properties of two species of genis Gomphostemma. J. Cell Culture & Tissue research, 6 (2): 787-791
• Handique PJ, Chetia S, Bhuyan P, Handique JG [2004] Screening of elite germplasm and micropropagation of Coptis teeta, a rare and endemic medicinal plant species of eastern Himalayas. INVITRO (USA), 40 (spring 2004), 51-A .
• Singh, IP, Parthasarathy VA & Handique PJ [2003] Comparative growth of micro-propagated plantlets and seedling of citrus varieties. Agrotropica, (Brasil) 15(1):9-16.
• Banu Sofia & Handique PJ [2003] In vitro propagation of Phyllanthus fraternus, Jr. Tropical Medicinal Plants (Malaysia), 4(1): 161-166

Recent Position and Awards

• Recipient of DBT's Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award (2004-05).
• Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Biology, University Leicester, UK (2005-06).
• Expert Member; Technical Committee, State Medicinal Plants Board-Assam (2007-09).
• Expert Member, Advisory Committee for Tissue Culture Lab under National Bamboo Mission, Forest Department, Assam (2008-09).
• Advisory-Member, Local Advisory Committee, DBT's DNA Club for the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura, coordinated by TERI-NE, Guwahati. (2007-09).