
Mechuselie KehieSustainable Development Research Centre
Mechuselie Kehie
M.Sc., Ph.D
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May 2013 - November 2013
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March 2008 - December 2012
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Biodiversity is the entire variety of genes, species and ecosystems, which is the sum total of life on Earth with a rough estimate of about 8.7 million species. The entire biological system is a web of life and is interdependent upon each other. Biological system was sustainable for a long period of time until recently where extinctions are happeni...
Naga King Chilli (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) was previously acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the world's hottest chili in 2006. This exotic chilli, native to North-Eastern India, was the first product from Nagaland to receive GI tag. Its production is limited and confined to North-Eastern India only. Scientific cultivation on a larger sc...
Naga King Chili is native to North Eastern region of India and was acknowledged as the hottest chili in the world by the Guinness World Records. The occurrence of cross pollination and adaptation to micro-climatic conditions in Naga King Chili has led to genetic diversity within the species. Start Codon Targeted (SCoT) polymorphism was used to stud...
In the present study, phytochemical screening revealed the presence of various Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Tannins, Saponins, Glycosides, Phenol, Amino Acids, Sterols, Terpenoids and absence of Phlobatannins, Quinones and oxalate in H. aromatica. Genetic analysis using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method namely inter simple sequence repeat (I...
Traditional alder (Alnus nepalensis) based agroforestry system is an age-old ecological farming practice of some indigenous tribes viz., Angami, Chakhesang, Chang, Yimchunger and Konyak of Nagaland state in India. Alder is a deciduous or semi-deciduous tree naturally grown throughout the Himalayas. In this system of farming, crops are grown as inte...
An efficient in vitro regeneration protocol has been developed from shoot tips of Drosera burmannii Vahl., a carnivorous plant of north-east India. Various plant growth regulators were used to study their efficacy in the induction of multiple shoots and roots. Of the various treatments, the maximum number of shoots (28.8 ± 1.5) and roots (9.7 ± 0.6...
Northeast India falls under the Indo-Burma mega biodiversity hotspot and is considered one of the richest repositories of aromatic and medicinal plants in the World. The region is also known for its rich ethnic diversity comprising about 130 major tribes and 300 sub-tribes or groups. Each ethnic tribal community utilizes wide varieties of plant spe...
Capsicum species commonly known as Chilli pepper is one of the world’s most important vegetable
and spice crop. India is the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of chilli pepper. Despite
comprising 38 species, only six species of Capsicum namely, Capsicum annuum, C. assamicum, C.
baccatum, C. frutescence, C. chinense and C. pubescens ar...
Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) of nuclear ribosomal DNAs were explored to study the genetic diversity and molecular evolution of Naga King Chili. Our study indicated the occurrence of nucleotide polymorphism and haplotypic diversity in the ITS regions. The present study demonstrated that the variability of ITS1 with r...
Cell suspension cultures were initiated from hypocotyl derived callus to induce capsaicin biosynthesis in suspension cultures of Naga King Chili (Capsicum chinense Jacq.). Efficient capsaicin production with high growth index (GI) was obtained by exposing cells to salicylic acid (SA) and calcium channel modulators in suspension cultures. The time c...
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The resistance to Diamondback moth insect in cabbage is governed by many minor loci in quantitative nature, and at least four genetic loci should be incorporated in marker-assisted breeding program for developing partially resistant DBM cabbage cultivars.
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The Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.), is the most dest...
An efficient regeneration protocol for the medicinal plant, Paris polyphylla Sm. was developed through the formation of mini-rhizomes (MRs) using transverse thin cell layer (tTCL) culture technique. MRs were induced from tTCL explants derived from the basal and middle stem portions while apical portion failed to show any kind of response. Highest r...
One of the main characteristics of chili pepper fruit is its pungent taste due to the presence of a group of compounds known as capsaicinoids. Capsaicinoids biosynthesis in chili plant is defined by two pathways: phenylpropanoid, which determines phenolic structure; and fatty acid metabolism, which determines the molecule’s fatty acids. The potency...
In the present investigation, literature survey on ethnobotanical plants published by different workers was conducted to records data on ethnobotanical uses of plants by the indigenous Naga tribal community. A total of 37 published papers covering about 13 different tribes of the Naga were investigated. Analysis of the taxonomic diversity recorded...
An in vitro plantlet regeneration system has been developed from cotyledon segments of Capsicum chinense Jacq. cv. Naga King Chili, a very pungent chili species of India. Rosette-like structures (RLS) were induced on the explants which on transfer to medium containing indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) resulted in multiple shoots in course of time. Agar-ba...
Capsicum species commonly known as Chili peppers are economically important group of plants belonging to the Solanaceae family. Of the 38 species reported, only six species namely, Capsicum annuum, C. assamicum, C. baccatum, C. frutescence, C. chinense and C. pubescens are cultivated. They are very important component of the human being as peppers...
Manipulation of culture strategies was adopted to study the influence of nutrient stress, pH stress and precursor feeding on the biosynthesis of capsaicin in suspension and immobilized cell cultures of C. chinense. Cells cultured in the absence of one of the four nutrients (ammonium and potassium nitrate for nitrate and potassium stress, potassium...
The influence of osmotic stress on capsaicin production was investigated in cell suspension cultures of Capsicum chinense Jacq.cv. Naga King Chili, a chili species native to Northeastern India. The sterilized seeds were germinated in Murashige and Skoog medium. Two-week-old hypocotyls were excised from in vitro germinated seedlings and implanted in...
In vitro plant regeneration from leaf and petiole explants of Begonia rubrovenia meisneri C.B. Clarke, an endemic and rare plant of Meghalaya, has been established. Multiple shoots were induced on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with various concentrations of 6-benzyl aminopurine (BAP) and thidiazuron (TDZ). In vitro produced leaf and...
An in vitro regeneration protocol was developed for Capsicum chinense Jacq. cv. Naga King Chili, a very pungent chili cultivar and an important horticultural crop of Nagaland (Northeast India). Maximum number of shoot (13 ± 0.70) was induced with bud-forming capacity (BFC) index of 10.8, by culturing nodal segments in Murashige and Skoog (MS) mediu...
In vitro regeneration of Begonia rubrovenia var. meisneri C.B. Clarke— A rare and endemic ornamental plant of Meghalaya, India In vitro plant regeneration from leaf and petiole explants of Begonia rubrovenia meisneri C.B. Clarke, an endemic and rare plant of Meghalaya, has been established. Multiple shoots were induced on Murashige and Skoog (MS) m...