Introduction of Resource Persons & Memento Presentation
09:50
Card Exchange and Networking Session
10:00
Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area
Scientific Session I- Agronomics and Crop Improvement Strategies
10:20
Transformative Rice Breeding:Next Gen Integrated Breeding Initiative Sanjay K Katiyar, Senior Development Specialist-Technology Transfer, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
10:45
Achieving Self-Sufficiency in Pulses Production through Crop Improvement and Good Agronomic Practices Sushil K Chaturvedi, Head-Crop Improvement, ICAR Indian Institute of Pulses Research
11:10
Agronomics of Mushrooms- Their Production and Consumption Manjit Singh, Ex-Director, ICAR-DMR, Solan,
11:35
Agronomic and Crop improvement strategies for Mitigation to Climate Change Magan Singh, Principal Scientist, NDRI, Karnal
12:00
Recent Strategies for the Improvement of Tropical Forage Grasses Vijay K Yadav, Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) & Head Seed Technology Division, ICAR- Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute
12:15
Group Photograph
12:25
Poster Evaluation & Viewing
13:00
Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area
Scientific Session II- Developing Crops with Improved Abiotic Stress Tolerance
13:55
Understanding Abiotic Stresses in Plants: Taming the Untamable Ashwani Pareek, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
14:20
Keynote Presentation
Genomic Resources and their Applications for Developing Climate Resilient Crops K C Bansal, Area Convener, Nano Biotechnology Centre, TERI-Deakin Nano-Biotechnology Centre
14:50
Understanding Plant Response under Climate Change: A Genomics Perspective Anil Singh, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology
15:15
Emerging Recognition of Silicon and Arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi as Potential Candidates for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Legumes Neera Garg, Professor, Panjab University
15:40
Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area
Scientific Session III- Innovative Approaches for Better Plants
16:00
Peptide Elicitors in Defense Signaling against Biotic Stresses Ramcharan Bhattacharya, Professor & Principal Scientist, National Research Centre On Plant Biotechnology
16:25
Engineering Herbicide Resistance in Crop Plants for Effective Weed Management in Agriculture M K Reddy, Group Leader, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
16:50
Innovation in Agriculture : Using Various Tools to Develop Matching Traits for Better Climate Resilience L K Pandey, Managing Director, Ananya Seeds Private Limited
17:15
Conference Feedback
17:25
End of First Day of Conference
Friday, 20 July 2018
Scientific Session IV- Current Techniques for Plant Improvement
09:00
Genomics Approaches for Divulging Gene/Genome Regulation and Translational Research for Crop Improvement Mukesh Jain, Associate Professor, School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University
09:25
Next Generation Genomics of Non-Model Plants: Effort for Genetic Improvement of Commercially Important Bioresources Ram Kumar Sharma, Principal Scientist, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
09:50
The Role of miRNAs in Regulating Salt Stress Responses in Rice Neeti Sanan Mishra, Group Leader-Plant RNAi Biology, International Center For Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
10:05
Understanding Common bean Domestication and QTLs/Gene Discovery for Key Nutritional Traits in Common bean from North-Western Himalayas Reyazul Mir, Assistant Professor , Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
10:20
Assessment of Genome Size Diversity in Coconut by Flow Cytometry Analysis Ranjini T N, Scientist- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-CPCRI
10:35
Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area
Scientific Session V- Molecular & Omics Approaches for Next Gen Plants
10:55
Studying the Molecular Mechanism in which Heavy Fruit Load reduces Next Year Flowering in Fruit Trees Alon Samach, Associate Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
11:20
Transcriptome Characterization and Expression Profiling: Novel Insights into Cellulose and Lignin Genes of Sugarcane Lakshmi Kasirajan, Senior Scientist (Plant Biotechnology), ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute
11:35
Towards C4 Rice; Overexpression of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase, Phosphoenolpuruvate Carboxy Kinase and Carbonic Anhydrase in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa enhances its Photosynthesis, Productivity and Water Use Efficiency B C Tripathy, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
12:00
Phytoglobin, Mineral Nutrient Deficiency and Abiotic Stress in Plants: What we are Learning from Functional Genomic Approach? Girdhar Pandey, Professor, University of Delhi
12:25
D-LDH: The Missing Link of Glyoxalase Pathway Ananda Mustafiz, Assistant Professor, South Asian University
12:50
Enhancement of Cellulose Content in Eucalyptus tereticornis through Genetic Transformation M S Reddy, Professor, Thapar University
13:05
Isolation and Characterization of Novel Microalgae for Lipid Production in Pure Culture and Waste Water Shaili Srivastava, Associate Professor, Amity University
Larger Picture of Bioinoculants: Shaping up the Microbiome towards Plant Growth Promotion Shilpi Sharma, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
15:00
Role of Salicylic Acid in Bacterial Root Colonization in Rice Varieties Seema Garcha, Assistant Microbiologist, Punjab Agricultural University
15:15
Characterization of Microbial Diversity associated with Cor Leaf Aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) infesting Wheat Crop Poonam Jasrotia, Senior Scientist (Entomology), ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research
15:30
Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area
Scientific Session VII- Advanced Tools for Plant Gene Editing
15:45
Restoring an Evolutionary Lost Trait through the Understanding of Silicon uptake Mechanism in Tomato Rupesh Deshmukh, Ramalingaswami Fellow (Scientist D), National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute
16:00
Next Generation Yellow Mosaic Virus Resistant Greengram through CRISPR/Cas9 Approach Mallikarjuna Garladinne, Assistant Professor- Plant Molecular Biology, Agri Biotech Foundation
16:15
Editing Rice-Genome with CRISPR/Cas9: To Improve Agronomic Traits for Increased Productivity V Mohan Murali Achary, Principal Investigator, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Identification of Loci Conferring Resistance to Albugocandida isolate (AcB1) in Oilseed Mustard Brassica juncea Latika Bhayana, Research Scholar, University of Delhi, South Campus
16:37
WRR-BjuD encodes a CC-NB-LRR Protein that Confers White Rust Resistance in Brassica juncea to different Isolates of Albugo candida Heena Arora, Research Scholar, University of Delhi, South Campus
16:44
Genetic Mapping of the Serrated Leaf Trait in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea) Priyansha Singh, Research Scholar, University of Delhi, South Campus
16:51
Development of Selectable Marker Free Transgenics of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea) for Aphid Resistance Deepa Dhatwalia, Research Scholar, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology
16:58
Developing Glyphosate Resistant Maize Lines use CRISPR-Cas9 System Arul T Prakash, Research Scholar, ICGEB