Prabir Kumar Saha
Professor, Botany
PhD: University of Calcutta (1977)
 

List of Full Publications

A. In peer-reviewed Journals:


1. P. K. Sircar, T. Ganguly, P. K. Saha, S. N. Ganguly and S. M. Sircar; 1974. Abscisic acid in the leaf of Cryptomaria japonica : Pl. Biochem. Jour. 1 : 1-4


2. A. Chatterjee. P. K. Saha, P. Dasgupta, S. N. Ganguly and S. M. Sircar; 1976. Chemical examination of viable and non-viable rice seeds : Physiol. Plant. 38 : 307-308


3. P. K. Saha, T. Ganguly, S. N. Ganguly and S. M. Sircar; 1978. Rhizophorine, a new indole acid plant growth inhibitor from Rhizophora mucronata : Pl. Biochem. Jour. 5 : 65-68


4. A. Sarker, P. K. Saha, and S. N. Ganguly, 1978. Chemical examination of the leaves of Sonneratia apetala Ham. : Trans. Bose Res. Inst. 42 : 13-14


5. P. K. Saha and S. N. Ganguly, 1979. Shorbic acid, a new phenolic acid from the seeds of Shorea robusta : Fitoterapia 50 : 7-9


6. P. K. Saha and N. Takahashi , 1981. Seed dormancy and water uptake in Crotalaria sericea Retz. : Ann. Bot. 47 : 423-425


7. P. K. Saha, S. Mukherjee, A. K. Shaw, T. Ganguly and S. N. Ganguly, 1981. Trewinine, a new cucurbitacin from Trewia nudiflora : Fitoterapia 52 : 231-233


8. P. K. Saha, K. Hatakeda, T. Kato, S. Yamanaka and N. Takahashi, 1981. A convenient method for analysis of momilactone : Japanese Jour. Crop Sci. 50 : 382-387


9. P. K. Saha and S. N. Ganguly, 1984. Effect of fatty acids and growth regulators on germination of Shorea robusta seeds : Trans Bose Res. Inst. 47 : 143-136

10. S. Mukherjee, T. Ganguly, A. K. Shaw, S. N. Ganguly and P. K. Saha, 1986. Amarinin : A new growth inhibitor from Luffa amara : Pl. & Cell Physiol. 27 : 935-938


11. P. K. Saha, T. Ganguly and S. N. Ganguly, 1986. Gibberellin from anther of Cassia tora : Trans. Bose Inst. 49 : 29-32


12. P. K. Saha and N. Takahashi, 1986. Chiling effect on seed longevity and secondary dormancy in Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : Environ. Control in Biol. 24 : 27-32


13. A. Bhattacharya and P. K. Saha, 1989. Spectrofluorometric determination of endogenous level of GA3 in the seeds of Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : Trans. Bose Res. Inst. 52 : 101-103

14. A. Bhattacharya and P. K. Saha, 1990. Ultrastructure of seed coat and water uptake pattern of seeds during germination in Cassia sp. : Seed Sci. & Technol. 18 : 97-103


15. S. Biswas, A. R. Bal and P. K. Saha, 1991. Chemical examination of the whole plant of Coix lacryma-jobi L. : Trans Bose Res. Inst. 54 : 1-2


16. A. Bhattacharya and P. K. Saha, 1991. Ultrastructure of seed coat and seed viability in Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : Phytomorphology; 41 : 1-5


17. A. Bhattacharya, P. K. Saha and S. N. Ganguly; 1992. n-tricontanol from the seeds of Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : Adv. in Pl. Sci. 5 : 225-227


18. P. K. Saha, A. Bhattacharya and S. N. Ganguly, 1992. Problem with regard to loss of viability of Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : Indian Forester; 118 : 70-76


19. A. Bhattacharya and P. K. Saha, 1992. SEM studies on morphological diversities in the seeds of Cassia tora Linn. : Seed Sci. & Technol. 20 : 85-91


20. S. Biswas and P. K. Saha, 1993. SEM studies on seed coat morphology and water uptake patterns in the seeds of Crotalaria striata Linn. : Trans Bose Res. Inst. 56 : 43-50


21. J. Sen, R. Poddar, J. S. Murthy, C. Roy, P. K. Saha and T. K. Ghose, 1994. Screening and breeding of aromatic rice suitable for South Bengal (West Bengal) : Rice Biotech Quart. 21 : 15-16


22. A. Bhattacharya, B. Das and P. K. Saha, 1994. Studies on breakage of dormancy in the classified seeds of Cassia tora L. : Trans. Bose Res. Inst. 57 : 1-4


23. A. Roy, R. Poddar and P. K. Saha, 1995. Salinity induced changes on some cultivars of rice : J. Natn. Bot. Soc. 49 : 21-25


24. P. K. Saha, S. Biswas, B. Das and S. N. Ganguly, 1995. Studies on seed viability of Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : J. of Non Timber Forest Product; 2 : 61-62


25. A. Roy, R. Poddar and P. K. Saha, 1997. Regeneration from cultured floral parts from two cultivars of Brassica juncea (Czern. and Coss.) : Environ. & Ecol. 15 ;1-3


26. A. Bhattacharya and P. K. Saha, 1997. Germination behaviour of two morphologically different types of seed of Cassia tora at different temperatures : Weed Res. 37 : 87-92


27. A. Roy and P. K. Saha, 1997. Induction and plant regeneration from microspore callus in two Indian cultivars of mustard (B. juncea Czern. & Coss.) : Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad. B 63 : 89-98


28. A. Roy and P. K. Saha, 1997. Factors involved during in vitro culture of Calamus rotang : J. of Tropical Forest Science ; 10 : 225-232


29. S. Biswas, B. Das and P. K. Saha, 1997. Dormancy status as influenced by hilum in phenotypically characterised seeds of Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich. Ex. Dc. and breaking of dormancy : J. Natn. Bot. Soc. 51 : 53 – 60


30. A. Bhattacharya, B. Das and P. K. Saha, 1999. Qualitative and quantitative estimation of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in the seeds of Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. : J. of Tropical Forest Research; 11 : 528 – 536


31. B. Das and P. K. Saha, 1999. Effect of dormancy breaking treatments on testa ultrastructures and water uptake patterns of Albizia procera seed : Seed Sci. & Technol. 27 : 615 – 625


32. A. Roy and P. K. Saha, 2000. Altered segregation ratio in microspore derived plant
progenies generated from F1 hybrids in Brassica juncea (Czern. & Coss.) : Pl. Cell
Biotech. & Mol. Biol. : 1 : 115 – 122


33. K.K. Mukherjee, M. Roy, P. K. Saha and S.N. Ganguly, 2000. Surface
morphology of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) leaves : Phytomorpholgy 50 : 125 - 131


34. A. Roy and P. K. Saha, 2001. Development of low glucosinolate containing
genotype in Brassica juncea (Czern. & Coss.) : J. Natn. Bot. Soc. 55 : 49 – 54


35. P. K. Saha and A. Roy, 2001. Determination of optimal bud size for higher
frequency of microspore derived callus induction and regeneration in two cultivars
of mustard (Brassica juncea) : Plant Tissue Culture 11 : 127 – 132


36. S. K. Das, A. Bhattacharjee and P. K. Saha, 2002. Viability extension of Indian
bean seeds by herbal methods : J. Natn. Bot. Soc. 56 : 17 – 26


37. S. K. Das, S. Biswas, A. Bhattacharjee and P. K. Saha, 2003. SEM studies and
water uptake patterns in the seeds of Bauhinia variegata Linn. : Environ. & Ecol.
21 : 317 – 320


38. S. K. Das, C. K. Pati, A. Bhattacharjee and P. K. Saha, 2003. Effect of some plant
extracts on maintenance on viability of Indian bean seeds under artificial stress
storage environment : Environ. & Ecol. 21 : 780 – 786


39. S. K. Das, C. K. Pati, A. Bhattacharjee and P. K. Saha, 2004. Invigoration of
deteriorating Indian bean seeds by some plant extracts : Sci. & Cult. 70 167 - 168


40. J. Bhar, R. K. Das, P. K. Saha and A. Bhattacharjee, 2004. Enhancement of
potential status of mung bean and gram seeds by herbal method : Environ. & Ecol.
22 (3) : 696 – 700


41. A. Roy and P. K. Saha, 2004. Study of androgenesis using morphometrics and
regeneration in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea Czern. and Coss.). Plant Cell
Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. 5 : 59-64.


42. J. Bhar, R.K. Das, P. K. Saha and A. Bhattacharjee, 2005. Successful storage of
mung bean and gram seeds by herbal method: J. Botan. Soc. of Bengal. 59 (63-66).


43. A. Roy and P. K. Saha, 2006. Isolation of low erucic acid-containing genotype of
Indian mustard (Brassica juncea Czern. and Coss.) : African Journal of
Biotechnology. 5 : 2092-2096.


44. B. Das, S. Roy, G. Gangopadhyay, R. Poddar and P. K. Saha, 2006. Testa
ultrastructures, water uptake pattern and seed germination of some medicinally
important plants of Fabaceae : J. Botan. Soc. of Bengal J. Botan. Soc. of Bengal. 60
: 50-64.


45. B. Das and P. K. Saha, 2006. Ultrastructural dimorphism of micropyle determines
differential germinability of Sesbania cannabina seeds : Seed Sci. & Technol. 34 :
384-395.



B. Publications in Proceedings:


1. A. Roy, P. K. Saha, B. B. Mukherjee and S. Gupta, 1996. In: In vitro propagation of
cane (Calamus rotang Linn.) : Management of Minor Forest Products for
Sustainability (Eds. M. P. Shiva and R. B. Mathur) ; Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.
Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, pp. 160-163


2. P. K. Saha, A. Bhattacharya, M.B. Chetti, S.M. Hiremath and C.M. Nawalagatti,
1997. Effect of physical and chemical treatments on testa of.: In First International
Conference on Parthenium (Vol. II); Ed. M. Mahdevappa and V.C. Patil;
Vishwakala Printers, Bangalore, pp. 65 – 69


3. B. Das, A. Bhattacharya, P. K. Saha, M.B. Chetti and S.M. Hiremath, 1997. Water
uptake patterns in Cassia tora L. as influenced by different seed types : Ibid.. pp. 70
- 73

4. S. K. Das, C. K. Pati, A. Bhattacharjee and P. K. Saha, 2005. Enhancement of
storage longevity of safflower seeds by some plant extracts under adverse storage
environment : In Proceedings of the National Conference, 2003 ‘Recent
environmental changes-impact on health, agriculture and ecosystem’ pp. 30-35;
World View, Kolkata.

 

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