About Me

Email: aolem_pongener@rediffmail.com

Education : B.Sc. Honours Botany (Lady Keane, Shillong), M.Sc. (Bangalore University), Ph.D. (N.U)

Teaching Experience: 6 years

Research Interest:Plant Tissue Culture, Biotechnology

Publications:
• Pongener A and Deb CR. 2009. Asymbiotic culture of immature embryos, mass multiplication of Cymbidium iridioides D.Don and the role of different factors. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 1(1): 1-14. ISSN: 0975-6299
• Deb CR and Pongener A. 2010. Search of alternative substratum for agar in plant tissue culture. Current Science, 98(1): 99-102. ISSN: 00113891.
• Deb CR and.Pongener A. 2011. Asymbiotic seed germination and in vitro seedling development of Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.: A multipurpose orchid. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 20(1): 90-95. DOI: (10.1007/s13562-010-0031-4).
• Pongener A and Deb CR. 2011. In vitro regeneration of plantlets of Cymbidium iridiodes D. Don. using nodal segments as explants. International Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 1(4): 389-400.ISSN: 2248-9886.
• Deb CR and Pongener A. 2012. Studies on the in vitro regenerative competence of aerial roots of two horticultural important Cymbidium species. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology., DOI: (10.1007/s13562-011-0099-5).
• Deb CR and Pongener A. 2012. Development of a cost effective in vitro regenerative protocol of Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. using nodal segments as an explants source. International Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, 1: 77-84.
• Deb CR and Pongener A. 2013. A study on the use of low cost substrata against agar for non-symbiotic seed culture of Cymbidium iridiodies D.Don. Australian Journal of Crop Sciences, 7(5): 642-649. ISSN: 1054-5476.
• Deb CR and Pongener A. 2013. In vitro regenerative competence of foliar explants of Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. and Cymbidium iridioides D.Don: Two horticultural important orchids. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 12: 402-408. ISSN: 0972-5849.
• Pongener A and Deb CR. 2016. In vitro seed germination and micropropagation of Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. On low cost alternative substrata. The Fazl Ali College Journal, 6:50-57. ISSN: 2319-6769.
• Pongener A, Deb CR and Paul A. 2017. Wild, Semi-domesticated and Underutilized Legumes of Nagaland, India. Pleione, 11(1):56-63. ISSN: 0973-9467.
• Pongener A and Deb CR. 2019. In vitro seed germination and propagation of Thunia marshalliana rchb. f. on substrata of low cost options. Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, 20(5&6):204-211. ISSN: 0972-2025

Courses Taught: Undergraduate BSc Pass and Honours

Discipline Related Extension Services:
• Vocational classes on Mushroom cultivation under RUSA MHRD