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ACKNOWLEDMENTS
It is with h~gh regards and deep sense of gratitude I owe my sincere thnl~ks to Iny
Chairman Dr. K. Satya Prasad. Associate Professor. P.G. College of Sc~ence. Saifabad,
0. U. for his able gu~dance, the chalrman of Iny advlsory colnmlttee persistent
encouragernent, and cr~tical evaluation of the rnnnuscrlpt
I spec~ally thank Dr. K. P.Thakur. Senlor Scient~st (Plant Pathology) and C'o- Chairman
of the Advisory Committee. Chref Plant Quarantme Officer. ICRISAT. Patanchem, India.
the co-chairman of the advisory committee, for his pu~dance, constant encouragement
and moral support. 1 sincerely thank for h ~s help In hring~ng out the best of my research
ability. In th~s dlssertat~on.
I sincerely thank Dr. Farid Waliyar. Global Theme Leader (B~otechnology). Principal
Scientist (Pathology) for permitting me lo do Molecular work In Applied Genomlcs Lab.
ICKISAT and also for his able guldal~ce.
I thank Dr. Mrs. Hutokshi Buhariwala. Post Doctoral Fellow. Appl~ed Genomics Lab. for
guiding me during my molecular work. I also thank all the staff members who helped me
during my trying times in the lab.
My sincere thanks are to Prof. K. Janardhan Reddy, Head. Department of Botany, for his
encouragernent. I express my sincere gratitude to Prof. M. Radhakrishnaiah, Board of
studies in Botany. 0. U. for his constant enccuragenlent. My grateful thanks to Prof. C.
Manoharachary, senior professor. Department of Botany, O.U. for his timely advice,
encouragernent and inspiration throughout my research work.
I thank Prof. G. Venka;eshwarlu, Department of Biochemistry, and 0.U for his help and
also permitting me to work in their laboratory.