GT-Biotechnology Publications - 2008


Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Conference Papers

 

Journal Articles

Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Vadez V and Sharma KK. 2008. Transgenic approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in plants: Retrospect and Prospects. Plant Cell Reports, 27:411-424

Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Jyostana Devi M, Vadez V and Sharma KK. 2009. Differential biochemical responses of transgenic groundnut under water deficit conditions. J Plant Physiology, 166: 1207-1217.

Castillio A, Budak H, Varshney RK, Dorado G, Graner A and Hernandz P. 2008. Transferability and polymorphism of barley EST-SSR markers for introgression and phylogenetic analysis in Hordeum chilense. BMC Plant Biology 8:97.

Chabane K, Varshney RK, Graner A and Valkoun J. 2008. Generation and exploitation of EST-derived SSR markers for assaying molecular diversity in durum wheat populations. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 55: 869-881.

Cuc LM, Mace ES, Crouch J, Quang VD, Long TD and Varshney RK. 2008. Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers and their application for diversity assessment in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea). BMC Plant Biology 8:55.

DeVillers S, Emongor Q, Njeri R , Gwata E, Hoisington D, Njagi I, Silim S and Sharma K. 2008. Evaluation of the shoot regeneration response in tissue culture of pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan [L.] Millsp.) varieties adapted to eastern and southern Africa. African Journal of Biotechnology 7:587-590.

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC and Smith CM. 2008. Implications of cytoplasmic male-sterility systems for development and deployment of pest resistant hybrids in cereals. CAB Reviews: Prospectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 3:1-16.

Fatema Hussain, Mallikarjuna N and Jadhav DR. 2008. Pollen preservation and germination Arachis species. Indian Journal of Genetics 68:1-4.

Gaur PM, Krishnamurthy L and Kashiwagi J. 2008. Improving drought-avoidance root traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): Current status of research at ICRISAT. Plant Production Science 11:3-11.

Guo P, Baum M, Varshney RK, Graner A, Grando S and Ceccarelli S. 2008. QTLs for chlorophyll and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in barley under post-flowering drought. Euphytica 163:203-214.

Jayashree B, Pradeep R, Kumar VA and Gopal B. 2008. Correlation between the sucrose synthase protein subfamilies, variations in structure and expression in stress derived EST datasets. Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics 1.8:408-423. http://www.omicsonline.com/Archive/November2008/JPB1.408.pdf

Jayashree B, Rajgopal S, Hoisington DA, Prasanth VP and Chandra S. 2008. Webstructure and VisualStruct: web interfaces and visualization for structure software implemented in a cluster environment. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics 5(1):89. http://journal.imbio.de/index.php?paper_id=89.

Kapila, RK, Yadav RS, Plaha P, Rai KN, Yadav OP, Hash CT and Howarth CJ. 2008. Analysis of genetic diversity in pearl millet inbreds using microsatellite markers. Plant Breeding 127(1):33–37. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01433.x

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, Gaur PM, Umezaki T , Zheng S, Hiraoka Y, Terauchi T and Iwama K. 2008. Genotype by environment interaction in chickpea ( C. arietinum L.) for its adaptation to humid temperate and semi-arid tropical environments. Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 52(4):89-96.

Kiambi DK, Newbury HJ, Maxted N and Ford-Lloyd BV. 2008. Molecular genetic variation in the African wild rice Oryza longistaminata A. Chev. et Roehr. and its association with environmental variables. African Journal of Biotechnology 7(10):1446-1460

Mallikarjuna N and Jadhav DR. 2008 . Techniques to produce hybrid between Cicer arietinum L. x C. pinnatifidum Jaub. Indian Journal of Genetics 68(4):20-26.

Mgonja MA, Chandra S, Obilana AB, Monyo ES, Kudita S, Chisi M, Saadan HM and Chinhema E.. 2008. Stratification of sorghum hybrid testing sites in southern Africa based on grain yield. Field Crops Research 108:193–197.

Prathibha K, Gaur PM, Katiyar SK , Crouch JH, Buhariwalla HK, Pande S and Kishore GK. 2008. Mapping and validation of QTLs for resistance to an Indian isolate of Ascochyta blight pathogen in chickpea. Euphytica DOI 10.1007/s10681-008-9762-x

Rai KN, Hash CT, Singh AK and Velu G. 2008. Adaptation and quality traits of a germplasm-derived commercial seed parent of pearl millet. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 154:20–24.

Reyes-Garcia, Vadez V, Martí N, Huanca T, Leonard WR, McDade T and Tanner S. 2008. Local ecological knowledge correlates with cultivar diversity. Evidence from a native Amazonian society. Human Ecology. 36(4):569-580.

Richard Bruskiewich, Martin Senger, Guy Davenport, Manuel Ruiz, Mathieu Rouard, Tom Hazekamp, Masaru Takeya, Koji Doi, Kouji Satoh, Marcos Costa, Reinhard Simon, JAYASHREE B,Akinnola Akintunde, Ramil Mauleon, Samart Wanchana, Trushar Shah, Mylah Anacleto, Arllet Portugal, Victor Jun Ulat, Supat Thongjuea, Kyle Braak, Sebastian Ritter, Alexis Dereeper, Milko Skofic, Edwin Rojas, Natalia Martins, Georgios Pappas, Ryan Alamban, Roque Almodiel, Lord Hendrix Barboza, Jeffrey Detras, Kevin Manansala, Michael Jonathan Mendoza, Jeffrey Morales, Barry Peralta, Rowena Valerio, Yi Zhang, Sergio Gregorio, Joseph Hermocilla, Michael Echavez, Jan Michael Yap, Andrew Farmer, Gary Schiltz, Jennifer Lee, Terry Casstevens, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ayton Meintjes, Mark Wilkinson, Benjamin Good, James Wagner, Jane Morris, David Marshall, Anthony Collins, Shoshi Kikuchi, Thomas Metz, Graham McLaren and Theo van Hintum. 2008. The Generation Challenge Programme Platform: Semantic Standards and Workbench for Crop Science, Volume 2008 Article ID 369601, 6 pages, doi: 10.1155/2008/369601. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2375972

Sagnard F, Barnaud A, Deu M, Barro C , Luce C, Billot C, Rami F-F, Bouchet S, Dembele D , Pomies V, Calatayud C, Rivallan R, Joly H, Vom Brocke K, Toure A , Chantereau J, Bezancon G and Vaksmann M. 2008. Analyse multi-échelle de la diversité génétique des sorghos: compréhension des processus évolutifs pour la conservation in situ. Cahiers d’Agricultures 17:114–121.

Senthilvel S, Jayashree B, Mahalakshmi V, Sathish Kumar P, Nakka S, Nepolean T and Hash CT. 2008. Development and mapping of Simple Sequence Repeat markers for pearl millet from data mining of Expressed Sequence Tags. BMC Plant Biology 8:119

Senthilvel S, Vinod KK, Malarvizhi P and Maheswaran M . 2008. QTL and QTL×Environment Effects on Agronomic and Nitrogen Acquisition Traits in Rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 50(9):1108-1117.

Senthilvel S, Jayashree B, Mahalakshmi V, Sathish Kumar P, Nakka S, Nepolean T and Hash CT. 2008. Development and mapping of Simple Sequence Repeat markers for pearl millet from data mining of Expressed Sequence Tags. BMC Plant Biology 8:119. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/8/119

Sharma HC, Varshney RK, Gaur PM and Gowda CLL. 2008. Potential for using morphological, biochemical, and molecular markers for resistance to insect pests in grain legumes. Jour of Food Legumes 21(4): 211-217

Sharma HC, Dhillon MK and Arora R. 2008. Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin-fed Helicoverpa armigera on the survival and development of the parasitoid Campoletis chlorideae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 126:1-8.

Sharma M, Pande S, Varshney R, Kannan S, Gowda CLL and Hoisington D. 2008. Use of genetic fingerprinting to study the diversity in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris, chickpea wilt pathogen. Journal of Plant Pathology 90(3):68.

Singh R, Sharma P, Varshney RK, Sharma SK and Singh NK. 2008. Chickpea improvement: Role of wild species and genetic markers. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews 25:267-314

Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Baum M, Varshney RK, Udupa SM, Gowda CLL, Hoisington D and Sube Singh. 2008. Genetic structure, diversity, and allelic richness in composite collection and reference set in chickpea Cicer arietinum L. BMC Plant Biology. 8:106. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/8/106

Vadez V, Rao S, Kholova J, Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi J, Ratnakumar P, Sharma KK, Bhatnagar-Mathur P and Basu PS. 2008. Roots research for legume tolerance to drought: Quo vadis? Journal of Food Legumes 21(2)77-85

Varshney RK, Bertioli DJ, Moretzsohn M, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Aruna R, Nigam SN, Moss B, Kannan S, Ravi K, He G, Knapp SJ and Hoisington  DA. 2008. The first SSR-based genetic linkage map for cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics DOI 10.1007/s00122-008-0933-x

Valluru R, Rizvi R, Hash CT and Vadez V. 2008. Efficient Microdosing of Phosphorus to Pearl millet Hybrids (Pennisetum americanum L.) for Improved Seedling Establishment under Nutrient-Stressed Environments. In: Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Markers Their Role in Improving Crop Productivity, Chapter 45, 669-682. Ashwani Kumar / N.S. Shekhawat (eds), ISBN: 8189866105, I.K. International Group Publisher, New Delhi, India

Varshney RK, Pande S, Kannan S, Sharma M , Mahendar Thudi, Gaur PM, Narayana Rao and Hoisington DA. 2008. Assessment and comparison of AFLP and SSR based molecular genetic diversity in Indian isolates of Ascochyta rabiei, a causal agent of ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer aeritinum L.). Mycological Progress DOI 10.1007/s11557-008-0581-1.

Varshney RK, Salem KFM, Baum M , Roder MS, Graner A and Börner A. 2008. SSR and SNP diversity in a barley germplasm collection. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization 6:167-174.

Varshney RK, Thiel T, Sretenovic-Rajicic T, B aum M, Valkoun J, Guo P, Ceccarelli S and Graner A. 2008. Identification and validation of a core set of informative genic SSR and SNP markers for assaying functional diversity in barley. Molecular Breeding 22:1-13

Weltzine E, Kanoute M, Toure A, Rattunde F, Diallo B, Sissoko I, Sangare A and Siart S. 2008. Sélection participative des variétés de sorgho a l’aide d’essais multi-locaux du Mali. Cahiers d’Agricultures 17:134–139.

Weltzine E , vom Brocke K, Toure A, Rattunde F and Chantereau J. 2008. Revue et tendance pour la recherche en sélection participative en Afrique de l’Ouest. Cahiers d’Agricultures 17:165–171

Book Chapters

Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Anjaiah V, Kirti PBK and Sharma KK. 2008. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of peanut. Pages 227-251 in Handbook of new technologies for genetic improvement of legumes (Kirti PBK, ed.). CRC Press, USA. ISBN: 978-1-56022-308-5

Dar WD, Bhatnagar-Mathur P and Sharma KK. 2008. Application of modern biotechnology for improving livelihoods in the semi-arid tropics: ICRISAT’s initiatives. Pages 171-194 in Agriculture for food, nutritional security and rural growth (Dhawan V, ed). TERI, New Delhi. ISBN: 8179931523

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC, and Ram Singh. 2008. Biosafety concerns of genetically modified organisms. Pages 83-91 in Use of biotechnological approaches in entomology (Bhanot JP, Ram Singh, Mrig KK and Dahiya KK, CCSHAU, Hisar, eds.). Centre of Advanced Studies, Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125 004, Haryana, India.

Jayashree B and Hoisington D. 2008 Bioinformatics tools for crop research and breeding. Volume II in Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement (Jain SM and Brar DS, eds.) Springer, The Netherlands. ISBN:978-1-4020-0528-2.

Kumar PL, Jones AT and Waliyar F. 2008. Virus diseases of pigeonpea, with particular reference to sterility mosaic and yellow mosaic diseases. Pages 235-257, Volume 3 in Characterization, Diagnosis and Management of Plant Viruses (Rao GP, Kumar PL and Penna RJH, eds.). Vegetable and Pulse Crops. Studium Press LLC, Texas, USA. ISBN:1-933699-33-7.

Kumar PL, Safaa MG, Kumari SG and Waliyar F. 2008. Characterization, diagnosis & management of plant viruses. Pages 213-234, Volume 3 in Vegetable and pulse crops (Govind P, Lava Kumar P and Ramon J Holguin-Pena, eds.). Stadium Press LLC, Texas, USA, 2008. ISBN:1-933699-33-

Sharma HC, Dhillon MK and Romeis J. 2008. Transgenic plants, pest management and environmental concerns: An overview. Pages 1-9 in Recent trends in insect pest management (S Ignasimuthu SJ and Jayaraj S, eds.). Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi, India: Elite Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Valluru R, Rizvi R, Hash CT and Vadez V. 2008. Efficient microdosing of phosphorus to pearl millet hybrids (Pennisetum americanum L.) for improved seedling establishment under nutrient-stressed environments. Pages 669-682, Chapter 45 i n Plant tissue culture and molecular markers their role in improving crop productivity (Ashwani Kumar and Shekhawat NS, eds.). ISBN: 8189866105, IK International Group Publisher, New Delhi, India.

Conference Papers


SAT Journals

Jayashree B and Keatinge JDH. 2008. The potential of institutional repositories in fulfilling current research communication needs. E-Journal of SAT Agricultural Research. 6:1-4. http://ejournal.icrisat.org/Volume6/ Editorial_Article/Jayashree%20Balaji2.pdf

Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Upadhyaya HD and Gaur PM. 2008. Rapid screening technique for canopy temperature status and its relevance to drought tolerance improvement in chickpea. E-Journal of SAT Agricultural Research. 6:1-4. http://intranet/Journal/Volume6/ChickPea_PigeonPea/Kashiwagil.pdf

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