Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Conference Papers
Miscellaneous
Books

 

Journal Articles

Aggarwal RK, Hendre PS, Varshney RK, Bhat PR, Krishnakumar V, and Singh L. 2007. Identification, characterization and utilization of EST-derived genic microsatellite markers for genome analyses of coffee and related species. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:359-372

Ashutosh, Sharma PC, Shyam Prakash and Bhat SR. 2007. Identification of AFLP markers linked to the male fertility restorer gene of CMS ( Moricandia-arvensis) Brassica juncea and conversion to SCAR marker. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:385-392

Bhatnagar Mathur P, Vadez V and Sharma KK. 2007. Transgenic approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in plants: Retrospect and Prospects. Plant Cell Reports. http://www.springerlink.com/content/
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Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Devi JM, Lavanya M, Reddy DS, Vadez V, Serraj R, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K and Sharma KK. 2007. Stress-inducible expression of At DREB1A in transgenic peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) increases transpiration efficiency under water-limiting conditions. Plant Cell Reports 26:2071-2082.

Bidinger FR and Blummel M . 2007. Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. I. Effects of management alternatives on stover quality and productivity. Field Crops Research 130:119-128.

Bidinger FR, Nepolean T, Hash CT, Yadav RS and Howrath CJ. 2007. Identification of QTL for grain yield of pearl millet [ Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] in environments with variable moisture during grain filling. Crop Science 47: 969-980.

Blummel M and Bidinger FR. 2007. Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. II Effects of genotype choice on stover quality and productivity. Field Crops Research 130:129-138.

Dhillon MK and Sharma HC. 2007. Effect of storage duration and temperature on viability of eggs of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 97:55-59.

Dwivedi SL, JH Crouch, D Mackill, Y Xu, MW Blair, M Ragot, HD Upadhyaya, and R Ortiz. 2007. The molecular characterization of public sector crop breeding: progress, problems, and prospects. Advances in Agronomy 95:163-318

Guo P, Baum M, Varshney RK, Graner A, Grando S and Ceccarelli S. 2007. QTLs for chlorophyll and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in barley under post-flowering drought . Euphytica, doi: DOI 10.1007/s10681-007-9629-6.

Hameeda B, Harini G, Rupela OP and Reddy G. 2007. Effect of composts or vermicomposts on sorghum growth and mycorrhizal colonization. African Journal of Biotechnology 6:9-12.

Hamidou F, Zombré G and Braconnier S. 2007 . Physiological and biochemical responses of cowpea genotypes to water stress under glasshouse and field conditions. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 193:229-237.

Hamidou F, Zombré G, Diouf O, Diop NN, Guinko S and Braconnier S. 2007. Physiological, biochemical and agromorphological responses of five cowpea genotypes (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) to water deficit under glasshouse conditions. Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment 11:225-234.

Jayashree B, Hanspal MS, Rajgopal S, Vigneshwaran R, Varshney RK, Spurthi N, Eshwar K, Ramesh N, Chandra S and Hoisington DA. 2007. An Integrated Pipeline of Open Source Software Adapted for Multi-CPU Architectures: Use in the Large-Scale Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. Comparative and Functional Genomics Article ID 35604, 7 pages, 2007. http://www.hindawi.com/getarticle.aspx?doi=10.1155/2007/35604

Jayashree B, Hanspal MS, Srinivasan R, Vigneshwaran R,Varshney RK, Nayak S, Eshwar K, Ramesh N, Chandra S, and Hoisington DA. 2007. An integrated pipeline of open source software adapted for multi - CPU architectures:use in the large-scale identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Comparative and Functional Genomics Article ID 35604, doi:10.1155/2007/35604

Jha G and Anjaiah V. 2007. Metabolites of rhizobacteria antagonistic towards fungal plant pathogens. Annals of Microbiology 57:127-130.

Jogeswar G , Ranadheer D, Anjaiah V and Kavi Kishor PB. 2007. High frequency somatic embryogenesis and regeneration in different cultivars of Sorghum bicolour (L.) Moench from immature inflorescence explants. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology Plant 43:159-166.

Kalyani G, Reddy AS, Lava Kumar P, Prasada Rao RDVJ, Aruna R, Waliyar F and Nigam SN. 2007. Sources of Resistance to Tobacco streak virus in Wild Arachis (Fabaceae: Papilionoidae) Germplasm. Plant Disease 91:1585-1590.

Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Gaur PM, Chandra S and Upadhyaya HD. 2008. Estimation of gene effects of the drought avoidance root characteristics in chickpea ( C. arietinum L.). Field Crops Research 105:64-69.

Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Serraj R, Crouch JH and Panwar JDS. 2007. Rapid and reliable screening technique on root traits in chickpea ( C. arietinum L) for improving the drought tolerance. Journal of Food Legumes 20:67-70.

Kashiwagi J. 2007 . Breeding of root systems in chickpea to improve the drought tolerance in SAT . Agriculture and horticulture 82:1115-1119.

Kota R, Varshney RK, Prasad M, Zhang H, Stein N and Graner A. 2007. EST-derived single nucleotide polymorphism markers for assembling genetic and physical maps of the barley genome. Functional and Integrative Genomics, doi: 10.1007/s10142-007-0060-9 www.springerlink.com/index/17h7284374164m08.pdf

Krishnamurthy L, Serraj R, Hash CT, Dakheel AJ and Reddy BVS. 2007. Screening sorghum genotypes for salinity tolerant biomass production. Euphytica 156:15-24.

Krishnamurthy L, Serraj R, Rai KN, Hash CT and Dakheel AJ. 2007. Identification of pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. ]) lines tolerant to soil salinity. Euphytica 158:179-188.

Krishnamurthy L, Vadez V, Jyotsna Devi M, Serraj R, Nigam SN, Sheshshayee MS, Chandra S and Aruna R. 2007. Variation in transpiration efficiency and its related traits in a groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) mapping population. Field Crops Research 103:189-197.

Mace ES, Varshney RK,Mahalakshmi V , Seetha K, Gafoor A, Leela Devi Y and Crouch JH. 2007. In silico development of simple sequence repeat markers within the aeschynomenoid/ dalbergoid and genistoid clades of the Leguminosae family and their transferability to Arachis hypogaea, groundnut. Plant Science 174:51-60

Mace ES, Yuejin W, Boshou L, Upadhyaya HD, Chandra S and Crouch JH. 2007. Simple sequence repeat (SSR)-based diversity analysis of groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm resistant to bacterial wilt. Plant Genetic Resources 5:27-36.

Marcel TC, Aghnoum R, Durand J,Varshney RK and Niks RE. 2007. Dissection of the barley 2L1.0 region carrying the ‘Laevigatum’ quantitative 2 resistance gene to leaf rust using near isogenic lines (NILs) and sub-NILs.Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 20:1604-1615.

Marcel TC, Varshney RK, Barbieri M, Jafary H, De Kock MJD, Graner A and Niks RE. 2008. A high-density consensus map of barley to compare the distribution of QTLs for partial resistance to Puccinia hordei and of defence gene homologues. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:487-500.

Moudgal RK , Lakra RK, Dahiya B and Dhillon MK. 2007. Physico-chemical traits of Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. pod wall affecting Melanagromyza obtusa (Malloch) damage. Euphytica, Online first at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/a87j05l81p274352/fulltext.pdf

Naga Amrutha R, Nataraj Sekhar P, Varshney RK and Kavi Kishor PB. 2007. Genome-wide analysis and identification of genes related to potassium transporter families in rice ( Oryza sativa L.). Plant Science 172:708-721.

Odeny Da, Jayashree.B, Ferguson M, Hoisington DA, Crouch JH and Gebhardt C. 2007. Development, characterization and utilization of microsatellite markers in pigeonpea. Plant Breeding 126:130-136.

Sagnard F, Pichot C, Dreyfus P, Jordano P and Fady B. 2007. Modelling seed dispersal to predict seedling recruitment: recolonization dynamics in a plantation forest. Ecological Modelling 203:464-474.

Semagn K, Ndjiondjop MN , Cissoko M, Lorieux M, Jones M and McCouch S. 2007. Molecular profiling of an interspecific rice population derived from a cross between WAB 56-104 (Oryza sativa) and CG 14 (Oryza glaberrima). African Journal of Biotechnology 6:2014-2022.

Semagn K , Skinnes H, Bjørnstad A, Mary AG and Tarkegne Y. 2007. QTLs controlling FHB resistance and low DON accumulation in a hexaploid wheat population derived from Arina and NK93604. Crop Science 47:294-303.

Sharma HC, Dhillon MK and Arora R. 2007. d-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis influences the survival and development of the parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae through intoxicated Helicoverpa armigera larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00637.x

Sharma HC, Dhillon MK, Pampapathy G and Reddy BVS. 2007.Inheritance of resistance to spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus in sorghum, Sorghum bicolor. Euphytica 156:117-128.

Sinclair TR , Purcell LC, King CA, Sneller CH, Chen P and Vadez V. 2007 Drought tolerance and yield increase of soybean resulting from improved symbiotic N2 fixation. Field Crops Research 101:68–71.

Stein N, Prasad M, Scholz U, Thiel T, Zhang H, Wolf M, Kota R, Varshney RK, Perovic D, Grosse I and Graner A. 2007. A 1000 loci transcript map of the barley genome- new anchoring points for integrative grass genomics. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114: 823-839.

Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Gowda CLL and Sube Singh. 2007. Identification of diverse germplasm lines for agronomic traits in a chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) core collection for use in crop improvement. Field Crops Research 100:320-326.

Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Gaur PM, Upadhyaya HD, Hoisington DA, Varshney RK, Turner NC and Siddique KHM. 2007. Large variation in salinity tolerance is explained by differences in the sensitivity of reproductive stages in chickpea. Field Crop Research 104:123–129.

Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Gaur PM, Upadhyaya HD, Hoisington DA, Varshney RK, Turner NC and Siddique KHM. 2007. Large variation in salinity tolerance is explained by differences in the sensitivity of reproductive stages in chickpea. Field Crop Research 104:123–129.

Varshney RK , Horres R, Molina C, Nayak S, Jungmann R, Swamy P, Winter P, Jayashree B, Kahl G, and Hoisington DA. 2007. Extending the repertoire of microsatellite markers for genetic linkage mapping and germplasm screening in chickpea. Jour of SAT Agriculture 5:1 (http://www.icrisat.org/Journal/chickpea_pigeonpeav5.htm).

Varshney RK, Beier U, Khlestkina E, Kota R, Korzun V, Röder M, Graner A and Börner A. 2007. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in rye: discovery, frequency and applications for genome mapping and diversity studies. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:1105-1116.

Varshney RK, Chabane K, Hendre PS, Aggarwal RK and Graner A. 2007. Co mparative assessment of EST-SSR, EST-SNP and AFLP markers for evaluation of genetic diversity and conservation of genetic resources using wild, cultivated and elite barleys. Plant Science 173:638-649.

Varshney RK, Langridge P and Graner A. 2007. Application of genomics for molecular breeding of wheat and barley. Advances in Genetics 58:122-155.

Varshney RK, Marcel TC, Ramsay L, Russell J, Röder M, Stein N, Waugh R, Langridge P, Niks RE and Graner A. 2007. A high density barley microsatellite map with 775 SSR loci. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:1091-1103.

Varshney RK, Nayak S, Jayashree B, Eshwar K, Upadhyaya HD, and Hoisington DA (2007) Development of cost-effecive SNP assays for chickpea genome analysis and breeding. Jour of SAT Agriculture 3: 1 (http://www.icrisat.org/Journal/chickpea_pigeonpea3.htm)

Varshney RK , Prasad M, Zhang H, Stein N, and Graner A 2007 EST-derived single nucleotide polymorphism markers for assembling genetic and physical maps of the barley genome. Functional and Integrative Genomics 8:223-233

Yadav OP and Bidinger FR. 2007. Utilization, diversification and improvement of landraces for enhancing pearl millet productivity in arid environments. Annals of Arid Zone 46:49-57.

Book Chapters

Arunachalam V, Arun Kumar Sit and Malay Bhattacharya. 2007. Edible leaves of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. Pages 563-570, Volume 752 in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Indigenous Vegetables and Legumes Prospectus for Fighting Poverty, Hunger and Malnutrition, Hyderabad, India (Chadha MI, Kuo G and Gowda CLL, eds.). Acta Horticulturae. ISSN: 0567-7572; ISBN: 978 90 6605 580 3.

Bharnagar-Mathur P and Sharma KK. 2007. Genetic manipulation for oilseed improvement: current status an opportunities. Pages 35-46 in Changing global vegetable oil scenario: issues and challenges before India (Hegde SM, ed.). Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, India. UDC 665.3:633.85

Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Daniel Nakkapalli S, Anjaiah V, Kirti PBK and Sharma KK. 2007. Agro-bacterium-mediated genetic transformation of peanut. Pages 282-312 in Handbook of new technologies for genetic improvement of legumes (Kirti PB, ed.). NY, USA: The Haworth Press, Inc.

Bhattacharjee R and Kumar PL. 2007. Cacao. Pages 127-142, Volume 7 in Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding (Kole C, ed.). Technical Crops, Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York, Tokyo. ISBN 13: 9783540345374.

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC and Ram Singh. 2007. Effect of transgenic crops on natural enemies of insects. Pages 136-142 in Application of Ecological Methods for Management of Crop Pests (Bhanot JP, Saini RK and Yadav GS, eds.). Centre of Advanced Studies, Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125 004, Haryana, India.

Gaur PM, Pande S, Sharma HC, Gowda CLL, Sharma KK, Crouch JH , Vadez V and Kashiwagi J. 2007. Genetic enhancement of stress tolerance in chickpea: present status and future prospects. Pages 85-94 i n Crop Production in Stress Environment: Genetic and Management Options (Singh DP, Tomar VS, Behl RK, Upadhayaya SD, Bhale MS and Khare D, eds.). Publ. Agrobios International (ISBN 81-904309-0-4). http://www.agrobiosindia.com

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Sharma HC, Gowda CLL, Dhillon MK and Ram Singh. 2007. Ecological Management of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner). Pages 126-135 in Application of ecological methods for management of crop pests (Bhanot JP, Saini RK and Yadav GS, eds.). Centre of Advanced Studies, Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125 004, Haryana, India.

Sharma KK, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Hoisington D and Dar W. 2007. Biosafety and commercial issues related to GM crops. Pages 65-69 in Biosafety issues and web resources in GMOs (Sharma TR, Koundal KR and Katiyar RK, eds.). NRCPB, IARI, New Delhi.

Vadez V, Hash CT, Rizvi SMH, Bidinger FR, Banttee, K, Sharma KK, Devi JM, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Hoisington D, Varshney RK, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Aruna R and Upadhyaya HD. 2007. What is the scope for molecular breeding and genetic engineering to improve crops drought tolerance? Pages 323-334, Chapter 41 in Changing lives (Serageldin I and Masood E, eds.). Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.

Vadez V. 2007. Development of drought and salinity tolerant crop varieties. Pages 107-116, Chapter 10 in Food and Water security (U Aswathanarayana, ed.) Taylor and Francis Group, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Varshney RK , Coyne CJ, Swamy P and Hoisington D. 2007. Molecular identification of genetically distinct accessions in the USDA chickpea core collection. Pisum Genetics, Volume 39 pp 32-33

Varshney RK and Tuberosa R. 2007. Genomics-assisted crop improvement: an overview. Pages 1-12, Volume 1 in Genomic Assisted Crop Improvement: Genomics Approaches and Platforms (Varshney RK and Tuberosa R, eds.). Springer, The Netherlands.

Varshney RK, Hoisington DA, Upadhyaya HD, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Saxena KB, Vadez V, Shetty NK, Bhatia S, Aruna R, Gowda MVC and Nagendra KS. 2007. Pages 207-241, Chapter 10, Volume 2 in Molecular genetics and breeding of grain legume crops for the semi-arid tropics. Genomic Assisted Crop Improvement: Genomics Applications in Crops (Varshney R and Tuberosa R, eds.). Springer. ISBN # 978-1-4020-6296-4.

Varshney RK, Hoisington DA, Upadhyaya, HD, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Saxena K, Vadez V, Sethy NK, Bhatia S, Aruna R, Gowda MVC and Singh NK. 2007. Molecular genetics and breeding of grain legume crops for the semi-arid tropics. Pages 207-242, Volume II in Genomic Assisted Crop Improvement: Genomics Applications in Crops (Varshney RK and Tuberosa R, eds.). Springer, The Netherlands.

Varshney RK, Mahender T, Aggarwal RK and Börner A. 2007. Genetic molecular markers in plants: development and applications. Pages 13-30, Volume 1 in Genomic Assisted Crop Improvement: Genomics Approaches and Platforms (Varshney RK and Tuberosa R, eds.). Springer, The Netherlands.

Waliyar F, Lava Kumar P, Aoua Traore, Bonny R Ntare, Bamory Diarra and Ondie Kodio. 2007. Pages 211-220, Chapter 18 in Pre- and post-harvest management of aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts. CGIAR research-for-development program on mycotoxins. (Leslie JF, Bandyopadhyay R and Visconti A, eds.). Ghana Proceedings of a conference on Reducing Impact of Mycotoxins: in Tropical Agriculture with Emphasis on Health and Trade in Africa. Accra, Ghana. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Myco-Globe.CABI Publishing, UK.

William HM, Morris M ,Warburton M and Hoisington DA. 2007. Technical, Economic and Policy Considerations on MAS. Pages 381-404 in Crops: Lessons from the experience at an International Agricultural Research Center (Guimaraes E, Ruane J, Scherf BD, Sonnino A and Dargie JD, eds.), Marker-Assisted Selection: Current status and future perspectives in crops, livestock, forestry and fish. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 2007.

Conference Papers

Gaur PM, Srivastava R, Gowda CLL, Pande S, Sharma HC, Sharma KK, Vadez V, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Varshney R and Hoisington D. 2007. Breeding chickpea for improved adaptation to the semi-arid tropical environments. Pages 85-94 in Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Crop Production in Stress Environments: Management and Genetics Options (Singh DP, Tomar VS, Bhel RK, Upadhyaya SD, Bhale MS and Khare D, eds.). February 9-12, 2005. Jointly organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India, and Society for sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management, SAARM, Hisar (Haryana), India.

Gaur PM, Srivastava R, Gowda CLL, Pande, S, Sharma HC, Sharma KK, Vadez V, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Varshney R and Hoisington D. 2007. Breeding chickpea for improved adaptation to the semi-arid tropical environments. International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Bio-energy and Livelihood Security, 14-16 Feb 2007. Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidalaya, Jabbalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Sridhar Kumar Ch, Lava Kumar P, Ranga Rao GV, Reddy AS, Waliyar F and Rambabu C. 2007. Production of Polyclonal Antibidies for the Detection of Helicoverpa armigera Nucleopolyhedrovirus (HaNPV). Pages 223-226 in Proceedings of workshop on National Conference on Organic Waste Utilization and Eco-friendly Technologies for Crop Protection organized by Plant Protection Association of India, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, Andhra Pradesh, held on 15-17, March 2007.

Miscellaneous

Varshney RK , Horres R, Molina C, Nayak S, Jungmann R, Swamy P, Winter P, Jayashree B, Kahl G and Hoisington DA. 2007. Extending the repertoire of microsatellite markers for genetic linkage mapping and germplasm screening in chickpea. Jour of SAT Agriculture 5:1

Books

Kumar PL, Jones RAC and Waliyar F. 2007. (eds). Controlling Epidemics of Emerging and Established Plant Virus Diseases – the Way Forward. ICRISAT, Patancheru, India. ICRISAT, Patancheru, India. 209 pp.

RK Varshney and R Tuibersoa (Eds). 2007. Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement. Vol I – Genomics Approaches and Platforms (Springer; 2007, pages 380 (ISBN 978-1-4020-6294-0)

RK Varshney and R Tuibersoa (Eds). 2007. Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement. Vol II – Vol II- Genomics Applications in Crops, Springer; 2007, pages 504, (ISBN 978-1-4020-6296-4)