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Acknowledgement<br />

Among the many who I wlsh to acknowledge, my deep sense of regard is for my supervisor,<br />

Prof. JK Bhalla, Department of Botany, Osmanio University, Hyderabad, for her valuable<br />

guidance, support and understanding of the many problems which came up and, my most<br />

sincere and respectful sense of gratitude is for Dr. JP Moss, Director, Cellular and Molecular<br />

Biology Division, ICRISAT Asia Center, Hyderabad, for being my co-guide and also for his<br />

invaluable guidance and enthusiastic involvement in my research throughout this five year<br />

period. I am indebfed to Dr. Moss for his unliring efforts in forging the collaboration between<br />

Osmania Unlverslty and ICRISAT which has enabled me to carry out my research to<br />

completion. Dr. Moss' constant encouragement, subtle criticism and timely advice helped me<br />

to strive, what i Imagined would be difficult, tor excellence.<br />

I am grateful to Dr. KK Sharma (Scientist, CMBD, ICRiSAn tor his active participation with all<br />

aspects of the research project. My thanks ore also due to Dr. N Seetharomo (Scientist, CMBD,<br />

ICRISAT) for his etforts in Me molecular analysis of the somaclones. I wish to express my<br />

gratitude to Dr. YL Nene, Deputy Director General and Dr. B Diwakar, Acting Programme<br />

Leader, TAFP, ICRISAT, for their advice and involvement in the collaboration between Osmania<br />

University and ICRISAT.<br />

I greatly appreciate Dr. Laxman Singh, Principal Scientist (GED, ICRlSAn and Prof. NC<br />

Subrahmanyam (former Dean, School of Life Sciences) for their advice and helpful discussions<br />

related to my thesis.<br />

I am thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, for the financial<br />

support in the form of Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from November 1992 to Octobec 1995<br />

and also to the Tralning And Fellowship Programme CIAFP), ICRISAT for fhe research<br />

scholarship providing all the laboratory, glasshouse and lleld facilities from December 1990 to<br />

October 1995.<br />

My special thanks are to Prof. M Malla Reddy, (former Vice Chancellor, Omania University),<br />

Prof. C Loelonandarn, (former Dean, Science Faculty, 0.U) and Prof. M Nusrath, (former Head,

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