Receives American Society of Agronomy fellowship for contributions to Genomics & Molecular breeding Hyderabad, 22 November 2018: The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) conferred its prestigious 2018 fellowship to Dr Rajeev K Varshney...
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Dr Lee Hickey, University of Queensland, elaborating on Speed Breeding at the symposium. Photo: S Punna, ICRISAT Scientists from varied areas of crop research called for a mix of molecular techniques to accelerate genetic gains and meet the...
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FeFA, an ICRISAT and ICMR-NIN joint initiative will address malnutrition and follow a systematic approach for understanding adolescent girls’ health needs in Telangana In order to address malnutrition among adolescents, ICMR-National Institute of...
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Research also maps the center of origin and migration route of chickpea Original post: ICRISAT Press release Hyderabad, 30 April 2019: In a major breakthrough, scientists from 21 research institutes globally, have successfully completed...
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Original Post: India Science Wire Peanuts address nutritional demands in underdeveloped countries as they are a rich source of proteins and fatty acids. In a significant development, an international team of researchers led by plant geneticists...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings ICRISAT’s CEGSB conducts two-week training in next generation genomics for PJTSAU scientists To accelerate crop improvement in Telangana, ICRISAT’s Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology (CEGSB)...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings To strengthen the competencies of Indian scientists in climate change-related topics and to foster a generation of high-level teachers in India, 30 scientists/assistant professors and 16 students were...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings New partnership with global agriculture research giant to focus on tackling challenge of health, environmental and social sustainability in food Reading/Hyderabad, 14 November: Farmers around the world can be...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings Two new groundnut varieties with more than 78% oleic acid have captured the attention of the Indian groundnut industry which is keen on marketing ‘healthier’ oil to consumers in the next 2-3 years. Information on...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings India and Australia have joined hands in a multi-institutional project to enhance drought tolerance in chickpea. The project, ‘Functional Genomics of Chickpea to enhance drought tolerance’, will see The...
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Original Post: ICRISAT Happenings A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area of genomics-assisted crop breeding for climate-resilient agriculture. The participants were from partner institutes...
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India will provide free food grains to more than 800 million poor people during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, nutrition security is more important than food security in the coronavirus crisis, experts say. Original post in Nature India Amidst...
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