The CropGen Lab

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Our plants have begun producing female flowers ♀️ - identified by the inferior ovary beneath the petals, which will develop into fruit once pollination occurs. 🐝 The flowers in the picture are from a round-fruited variety, as evident from the shape of the ovary! 🍈

Our gourd plants are in bloom! 💮 Gourds usually produce unisexual flowers. In pictures you can see male flowers ♂️ lacking the inferior ovary! @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali

@santosh7bhai @NewPhyt @sbslab_IISERM @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali Congratulations @santosh7bhai ! 👏🏼

Honored to join the Advisory Board of New Phytologist @NewPhyt frm 1 May 2026. Grateful to @NewPhyt for the invitation. I look frd to contributing to the journal’s continued excellence & supporting the global plant science community @sbslab_IISERM @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali

@DBS_IISERM @santosh7bhai @NewPhyt @sbslab_IISERM @IiserMohali Congratulations! @santosh7bhai 👏🏼

👏 Congratulations Dr. Santosh (@santosh7bhai) on joining the Advisory Board of New Phytologist @NewPhyt! Excited to see your contributions to advancing plant science and supporting the global research community 🌱 @sbslab_IISERM @DBS_IISERM @IISERMohali

Sperm have long been thought of as streamlined DNA delivery vehicles, carrying little more than a father’s genes to the egg. But a new study shows that in mice, sperm may transmit the father’s influence in another way. During their passage through the epididymis, the coiled tube where they mature after leaving the testes, sperm pick up messenger RNAs (mRNAs), RNA transcripts of genes that contain the genetic instructions for making proteins. These mRNAs seem to be transferred to the fertilized egg, where they may affect the developing embryo. Learn more: scim.ag/3R8RUZ2 @NewsfromScience

New Phytologist next generation scientists is coming to India! 📅 1–4 December 2026 📍 @IISERPune, India This event is exclusively for early career researchers in #PlantScience. Apply to attend by 20 May 👉 newphytologist.org/events/2026-ngs

We are delighted and grateful to receive the Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant. Thank you @ANRFIndia for the support. Excited to take this research forward!! 🤩

Today, our 3rd year BS-MS students had an enriching academic visit to @NABI_India where they explored high-end speed breeding & other advanced research facilities. Grateful to Dr. Joy & @wheat_biology for facilitating this & supporting student learning. @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali

@santosh7bhai @DBS_IISERM @ANRFIndia Thank you Santosh! 😀 🙏🏼

@DBS_IISERM @CropGenLab @ANRFIndia Congratulations Ravi!

Dr. Ravi’s team @CropGenLab @DBS_IISERM has been awarded the Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PMECRG) from @ANRFIndia. This will enable their research on elucidating sex determination systems ⚧️ in cucurbits 🥒🍈 through genomics and genetics 🧬. #PlantBiology #PMECRG