Award of recognition for leadership and contributions to peanut research Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT, was recognized and felicitated for his leadership in the development and application of...
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Achieving greater impact by aligning with national priorities With the objective of achieving greater impact at scale, CGIAR centers and the Indian government agreed to draw up a framework to identify gaps and opportunities that would align the...
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Improving Chickpea Adaptation to Environmental Challenges in Australia and India Principal Investigator: Rajeev Varshney Period: 2016-2019 Investor: Indo-Australian Biotechnology Fund (IABF), Department of Biotechnology, Government of...
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New Projects with Government of Karnataka Integrated genomics-assisted breeding for efficient development of superior finger millet varieties for Karnataka Principal Investigator: Stefania Grando Period: 2016-2018 Investor: Govt of...
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Modern genomic tools for crop improvement help farmers withstand shocks Using modern genomic tools to improve dryland crops – finger millet, sorghum, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut – is a top priority for the Government of Karnataka...
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Next-generation genomics key to global food and nutritional security Over 300 delegates from 30 countries worldwide representing, both private and public sector, convened at ICRISAT-India to deliberate on future collaborations and ways to...
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Fruitful partnerships for improving disease resistance in groundnut In a first of its kind, introgression lines using Marker Assisted Backcross Breeding (MABC) for foliar fungal disease resistance have been bred in groundnut. This distinction was...
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Australian horticulture sector to collaborate with ICRISAT in genomics research The Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA) and ICRISAT, have joined hands to undertake joint research and development (R&D) in plant genomics. This will...
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Joint biotech lab set up in China for genome sequencing To accelerate collaborative work on genome sequencing of peanut, the Shandong Peanut Research Institute (SPRI) and ICRISAT have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to jointly set...
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Intensifying genome sequencing work for drought proofing crops in Karnataka, India The Government of Karnataka, India, has requested ICRISAT to lead the coordination of the state government’s initiative on sequencing and molecular breeding...
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Genomics strides in grain legumes presented in France To celebrate the contribution of genomics in plant research, the French Plant Genomic Resources Center (CNRGV) organized “Plant Genomes’ Day” to coincide with its 10th anniversary...
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India’s Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh visits ICRISAT “Taking technologies that are ready to the doorstep of every smallholder farmer in the country is a priority for the Union Government. With support from ICRISAT and other...
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