CURRICULUM VITAE OF ARVIND KUMAR

ARVIND KUMAR Senior Scientist and Plant Breeder Drought, Direct seeded Rice Trait development, Rainfed lowland varietal developmentDivision of Plant Breeding, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

Ph. +63(2) 580-5600; 845-0563 EXT 2586, Mobile: 0063-9177964365Email: a.kumar@irri.org; Kumararvind@hotmail.com

Summary of QualificationPossess ability to develop and lead multicultural team. Successfully led IRRI rainfed lowland team over last eleven years. The team received the award for best research support team at IRRI. Possess ability to establish and lead new research Centers. Established IRRI South Asia Hub, Hyderabad in Telangana, India. Developed infrastructure, budget estimates, staff set up and obtained funding support from Govt. of India. Possess extensive ability to obtain funding support from international and national donors. Successfully run fifteen research projects in different countries. Leader of the CGIAR program across all CG Centers on rice varietal development-Flagship project 5 of Rice CRP from 2015. Successfully transferred knowledge to scientific community through publication of more than one hundred ten manuscripts. Possess experience of over twelve years working at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur as well as eleven years working experience at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. Awarded with Rafi Ahmed Kidwai award by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Government of India in 2014 for contribution to Agriculture in India. Nepal Council of Agricultural Research (NARC), Government of Nepal awarded with honor in 2016 for contribution to Agriculture in Nepal for development of drought tolerant varieties.Possess extensive knowledge of rice ecosystems, varieties needed for each ecosystem as well as traits needed in inbred or hybrid varieties to be preferred by consumers and markets. Possess knowledge of rice market and consumer preferences in different countries and how these preferences will shift in few years from now. Extensive knowledge of traits needed by rice inbreds and hybrids for sustaining yield losses under changing climate scenario. One of the few plant breeders with combinations of knowledge of conventional breeding and molecular breeding techniques, traits development for both biotic and abiotic stresses tolerance as well as use of the traits in varietal development. Extensive work experience on trait development for biotic stresses- rice gall midge, blast, bacterial blight; abiotic stresses- drought, flood and water saving conditions- aerobic, dry direct seeded rice. Identified donors, QTLs and developed high yielding improved pre-breeding lines with QTLs. The developed QTLs, pre-breeding lines are used across rice breeding programs. Extensive knowledge of marker, marker assisted backcross and marker assisted forward breeding approaches. One of the few breeders known to have successfully introgressed QTLs for grain yield under drought, developed introgressed line IR64 drt1 released as varieties in India, Nepal and Myanmar. Developed drought plus flood tolerant lines, these are under evaluation for release in different countries. From breeding lines developed, more than forty varieties released in nine countries- India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria,

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Malawi, Mozambique and are becoming popular among farmers. Employment: More than 23 years

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Period Position Institute------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------March 2016- Continue - Program Leader, Theme 5- IRRI, PhilippinesFeb. 2012 – Feb. 2016 - Head, IRRI SA Hub - IRRI PhilippinesApril 01, 2014 - Continue - Senior Scientist II - IRRI, PhilippinesJan. 19, 10 - March 31, 14 - Senior Scientist I - IRRI, Philippines Jan. 19, 07 – Jan. 18, 10 - Scientist - IRRI, Philippines Oct. 30, 04 – June 30, 06 - Post Doc. Fellow - IRRI, PhilippinesJan. 25, 10 – Jan 18, 13 - Principal Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, IndiaJuly 01, 06 – Jan. 24, 10 - Senior Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, IndiaJan. 25, 04 – Oct. 29, 04 - Senior Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, IndiaJan. 25, 95 – Jan. 24, 04 - Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, IndiaNov. 04, 92 – Jan. 24, 95 - Research Associate - IGKV, Raipur

IRRI- International Rice Research Institute, PhilippinesIGAU- Indira Gandhi Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Raipur, INDIA Education:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Exam Year Board/Univ. Marks (%) Remarks------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PhD 2002 ICGEB -IGKV 8.77 Ist position in Dept.

MS 1992 IGKV 7.95 IInd position in Univ.

BS 1989 IGKV 76.68 Ist position in Univ.ICGEB: International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, INDIA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scholarships /Awards:

1. Awarded Honor from Government of Nepal, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Kathmandu in 2016 for contribution to Agriculture in Nepal for development of eight drought tolerant and water saving rice varieties in Nepal.

2. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, 2014 in Crop and Horticultural Sciences, By Government of India, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India .

3. Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS), 20154. Best Scientist Award of Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur for the year

2002.5. Young Scientist Award from Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology

(MPCOST), Madhya Pradesh, India for the Year 1996-97.6. University Gold medal of Indira Gandhi Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Raipur for

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Graduation course (1985-1989).Expertise:

1. Trait development for biotic stresses-rice gall midge (Orseolia Oryzae Wood Mason) and bacterial leaf blight (Xanthomonas Oryzae); abiotic stresses–rice drought tolerance, aerobic and dry direct seeded rice- adaptability and yield increase.

2. Translational research on marker assisted introgression and pyramiding of QTLs for grain yield under drought, marker assisted introgression, pyramiding of genes/QTL for tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses, marker assisted introgression of QTLs for traits governing adaptation of rice under dry direct seeded situation.

3. Varietal development for drought prone ecosystem, aerobic rice and dry direct seeded rice for water-labor short areas.

4. Water and labor saving rice technologies- aerobic rice, alternate wetting and drying5. Multilocation evaluation of breeding lines in targeted ecosystems in different

countries in on-station trials as well as on-farm participatory varietal selection trials6. Linkage with national partners in public sector, policy makers and farmers as well as

with private sector multinational as well as national companies7. Training young staff , scholars and Post-Doctoral Fellows, training of scientists from

different national programs8. Development of project proposals for obtaining funding support for research in

different researchable areas for rice crop.9. Dissemination of knowledge through publication, review manuscripts and

supervision of scholars’ research10. Leading multicultural teams, developing team work, inspiring young professionals

to excel in performance

Experience:

1. 12 years, 06 months experience working with the national system in India- Indira Gandhi Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

2. 10 years, 09 months experience working with International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

3. Administrative experience of establishing the new research station for IRRI – IRRI South Asia Hub, Hyderabad.

4. Experience of developing stronger partnership-relationship with partners in countries in South and South East Asia

5. CGIAR leader for Rice Consortium Research Project on Varietal development (Flagship Project 5) across world. Developed the project in collaboration with scientists from IRRI, Africa Rice, CIAT, CIRAD, JIRCAS, IRD and other participating institutes.

6. Member DBT Task Force. Reviewed new research projects/projects’ progress for on-going projects in agricultural biotechnology area for Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and advised DBT take decisions on project selection for funding support.

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Research Achievements:

1. Identified seven of the ten known genes for resistance against rice gall midge: These included- gm 3, Gm 4, Gm 5, Gm 7, Gm 8, Gm 9 and Gm 10 of the ten known -Gm 1, Gm 2, gm 3, Gm 4, Gm 5, Gm 6, Gm 7, Gm 8, Gm 9 and Gm 10) genes that imparts resistance against the rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason. Developed near isogenic lines for different gall midge resistant genes.

2. Tagged and mapped three gall midge resistant genes (Gm 4, Gm 7 and Gm 8) in collaboration with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. The identified genes and donors have been extensively used in the breeding program by different national institutes in India to successfully overcome the yield loss by gall midge infestation and also to successfully counter the problem of emergence of new biotypes.

3. Identified fourteen QTLs for grain yield under drought: qDTY1.1, qDTY1.2, aDTY2.1, qDTY2.2, qDTY2.3, qDTY3.1, qDTY3.2, qDTY4.1, qqDTY6.1, DTY6.2, qDTY8.1, qDTY9.1, qDTY10.1, and qDTY12.1 major QTLs for grain yield under drought in rice. Identified QTLs are being used on large scale in marker assisted breeding program all over the world to develop rice varieties with improved yield under drought

4. Identified QTLs for grain yield and related traits under dry direct seeded situation: qGYDS1.1, qGYDS2.1, qGYDS2.2, qGYDS6.1, qGYDS8.1, qGYDS10.1 for grain yield under dry direct seeded situation; qEUE8.1-QTLs for early uniform emergence; qEVV9.1- QTLs for high early vegetative vigor; qLDG3.1- QTLs for lodging resistance; qRHD5.1- QTLs for high nutrient uptake (N,P), and root hair density.

5. Identified QTLs for grain yield under nematode infestation: qGYNT3.1, qGYNT10.1

co-locating with QTLs for low root galling6. Introgressed drought grain yield QTLs in popular high yielding varieties and

developed improved versions of Vandana, Anjali, IR64, Sambha Mahsuri, Swarna sub1, MTU1010 from India, Sabitri from Nepal, MR219, MRQ 74 from Malaysia with yield advantage of 1.0t/ha under drought: Introgressed qDTY12.1 in moderately drought tolerant upland cultivar ‘Vandna’ following marker assisted backcrossing. Vandna QTL introgressed lines showed 0.5 t ha-1 yield improvement over Vandna under severe drought condition. Introgressed qDTY12.1 and qDTY3.1 in upland cultivar ‘Anjali’ following marker assisted backcrossing. Introgresed and pyramided qDTY2.2, qDTY4.1, qDTY9.1 and qDTY10.1 in the popular mega rice variety IR64. IR64 introgressd lines with QTLs showed 0.8 to 1.2 t ha-1 increased yield under drought over IR64 while maintaining similar yield, quality and cooking traits under normal irrigated situation. Developed lines combining tolerance to submergence and drought by introgressing qDTY1.1, qDTY2.1, and qDTY3.1 in Swarna sub 1. Introgressed lines are under testing in drought and submergence in India. Introgresed and pyramided DTY2.2, and DTY4.1 in the popular mega rice variety Sambha Mahsuri. Sambha Mahsuri introgressd lines showed 0.8 to 1.2 tha-1 increased yield under drought over Sambha Mahsuri. Introgressed qDTY2.1, qDTY3.1 and qDTY12.1 in popular high yielding variety MR219 and MRQ 74 from Malaysia. The introgressed line show yield advantage of 1.0 tha-1 under drought over the recipient drought susceptible variety NR219 and MRQ74. Developed improved versions of MTU1010,

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from India, Sabitri from Nepal, IR64 sub 1 from IRRI and TDK sub 1 from Laos through marker assisted introgression of drought grain yield QTLs.

7. Developed near isogenic lines (NILs) for different drought grain yield QTLs: qDTY1.1, qDTY3.1, qDTY2.1, qDTY2.2, qDTY4.1, qDTY9.1, qDTY10.1 and qDTY12.1 major QTLs for understanding the involved physiological and molecular mechanism imparting tolerance to the major QTLs.

8. 44 varieties released in different countries: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Mozambique and Nigeria: Developed number of drought tolerant breeding lines from which 42 breeding lines are released/identified for release as varieties in different countries. These include IR 74371-70-1-1 as Sahbhagi dhan for Orissa and Jharkhand province, IR55423-01 as CR dhan 40 for Orissa province, IR 83380-B-B-124-1 as CR dhan 201 for Chhattisgarh and Bihar province, IR84899-B-154 as CR dhan 202 for Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa province, IR 84899-B-185 as CR dhan 203 for Orrisa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh province, IR83927-B-B-279 as CR dhan 204 for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh province, IR83876-B for Tamilnadu, Pudicheri, Kerala and Karnataka, IR 93376-B-B-130 for Haryana, Uttarkhand and Bihar, CR dhan 205 for Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, IET 22836/IR87707-445-B-B-B for Tamil nadu, M.P. and Chhattisgarh provinces in India; IR74371-54-1-1 as Sahod Ulan 1, IR79913-B-176-B-4 as Katihan 1, IR81412-B-B-82-1 as Sahod Ulan 3, IR81023-B-116-1-2 as Sahod Ulan 5, IR72667-16-1-B-B-3 as Sahod Ulan 6, IR74963-262-5-1-3-3 as Sahod Ulan 8 and IR 81047-B-106-2-4 in Philippines; IR74371-46-1-1 as Sookha dhan 1, IR74371-54-1-1 as Sookha dhan 2, IR74371-70-1-1 as Sookha dhan 3 in Nepal; IR74371-70-1-1 as BRRI dhan 56 in Bangladesh; IR 79971-B-191-B-B as Inpago Lipi GO1, and IR 79971-B-227-B-B as Inpago Lipi GO 2 in Indonesia; and IR77080-B-34-3 as variety M’ZIVA in Mozambique. The released breeding lines provide 1.0-1.2 t ha-

1 higher yield under drought as compared to presently cultivated varieties. 9. Developed and disseminated water saving technologies in India, Bangladesh,

Nepal and Pakistan: Safe alternate wetting and drying in transplanted situation with around 20% water saving without any yield penalty and aerobic rice with around 30-35% water saving under dry direct seeded situation has been identified as the two promising water saving technologies in rice. Several advanced breeding lines were developed and disseminated in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.

10. Registered six germplasm accessions to National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi, India: RP2068-18-3-5, Abhaya, ARC 5984, RP2333-156-8, Jhitpiti, and Line 9 carrying gall midge resistant genes were registered with NBPGR, New Delhi.

11. Handled 15 international and national projects: Handled 15 international/national projects on basic and applied genetics and plant breeding.

12. Supervised 22 Post Doctoral, Ph.D. and M.Sc. Scholars: Supervised 22 masters/Ph.D./Post Doctorate for their successful degree/research. These include 4 Post-Doctoral Fellows, 3 visiting Research Fellows, 10- Ph.D. and 5 M.Sc. students.

13. Establishment of IRRI South Asia Hub, Hyderabad: Successfully established the IRRI South Asia Rice Hub at Hyderabad in 2012-13. The facility was inaugurated by DG, IRRI Dr. Robert S. Zeigler and DG, ICRISAT, Dr. William Dar on July 09, 2012. The South Asia Rice Hub shall concentrate on initiating targeted breeding

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efforts for India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The minimum necessary facility for research was put in place within one year of inauguration of the facility by end of 2012. Obtained the funding support for the Hub from Indian Council of Agricultural Research 9ICAR), New Delhi as well as from Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi.

14. Leader of the IRRI’s Drought Breeding program: Led the IRRI drought breeding program from January 2007 and developed breeding lines that combined high yield potential with good yield under drought. The program under my leadership identified several large effect QTLs and proved that the major effect QTLs show stable effects under different environments and genetic backgrounds. At IRRI, initiated one of the world’s first marker assisted breeding program to improve grain yield under drought and developed improved drought tolerant versions of Vandana, IR64, MR219, MRQ74, Sambha Mahsuri, Anjali and Swarna sub1. The developed lines show 0.8-1.2 t/ha yield advantage under drought over the recipient parents with no yield penalty under normal situation

15. IRRI product leader for dry direct seeded/aerobic rice breeding program:Led the IRRI aerobic rice breeding program from January 2007 and developed aerobic breeding lines with high yield potential in South Asia. Developed breeding lines have been released as varieties in India and Nepal. The program under my leadership identified large effect QTLs for early and uniform germination, early vegetative vigor, aerobic adaptation, root traits having higher nutrient uptake under aerobic situation, lodging resistance and nematode tolerance. A marker assisted breeding program that introgress and combine the identified QTLs in improved background has been initiated to develop new generation breeding lines with higher yield potential with nematode tolerance for aerobic situation.

16. Member, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) – Government of India Project Advisory and monitoring committee (PAMC) 2013-2017: Review research projects submitted to DBT for funding support and provide feedback to DBT. Review the progress of the on-going DBT supported projects and provide feedback to DBT on projects achievements, modifications/ improvement needed if any in project implementation in future years.

16. Member, DBT Task Force on Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) – Government of India Project Advisory and monitoring committee (PAMC) 2014-2017: Nominated as member by DBT to the DBT task force on Agricultural Biotechnology for the period 2014-2017. Provide to advise DBT on research areas as well as projects for funding support.

17. Leader, CGIAR Consortium Research Program on varietal development (Flagship Project 5). Developed the Flagship Project 5 research program in collaboration with scientists from IRRI, AfricaRice, CIAT, CIRAD, JIRCAS and other participating institutes.

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Varieties released in different countries: 44 SN Name Designation Matu

-rity(days)

Plant height (cm)

Grain type

Country, release year, situation

1 Sahod Ulan 1 IR 74371-54-1-1 110 104 Medium bold

Philippines 2009, Rainfed Lowlan

2 Sahbhagi dhan IR 74371-70-1-1 110 104 Medium bold

India 2010,Rainfed Lowland

3 BRRI dhan 56 IR74371-70-1-1 110 108 Medium cylinder

Bangladesh 2011, Rainfed Lowland

4 Sookha dhan 1 IR74371-46-1-1 110 101 Medium bold

Nepal 2011, Rainfed Lowland

5 Sookha dhan 2 IR74371-54-1-1 110 104 Medium bold

Nepal 2011,Rainfed Lowland

6 Sookha dhan 3 IR 74371-70-1-1 110 108 Medium cylinder

Nepal 2011,Rainfed Lowland

7 Katihan 1 IR79913-B-176-B-4 105 90 Medium bold

Philippines 2011, Upland

8 Tarharra 1 IR 80411-B-49-1 125 100 Medium cylinder

Nepal, 2009, Rainfed lowland

9 Sahod Ulan 3 IR 81412-B-B-82-1 120 107 Medium cylinder

Philippines 2011, Rainfed Lowland

10 Sahod Ulan 5 IR 81023-B-116-1-2 115 130 Medium cylinder

Philippines 2011, Rainfed Lowland

11 Sahod Ulan 6 IR72667-16-1-B-B-3 115 100 Long cylinder

Philippines 2011, Rainfed Lowland

12 Inpago Lipi GO1

IR 79971-B-191-B-B 110 115 Medium bold

Indonesia 2011, Upland

13 Inpago Lipi GO2

IR 79971-B-227-B-B 113 114 Medium bold

Indonesia 2011, Upland

14 CRdhan 40 IR55423-01 105 115 Medium bold

India 2012, Aerobic,Orissa province

15 CR Dhan 201IET 21924

IR 83380-B-B-124-1 115 100 Long Cylinder

India 2013, Aerobic, Chhattisgarh, Bihar

16 CR Dhan 202IET 21917

IR 84899-B-154 115 100 Short bold

India 2013, Aerobic, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha provinces

17 CR Dhan 203IET 21920

IR 84899-B-185 115 100 Medium slender

India 2013, Aerobic,Odisha, Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh

18 CR Dhan 204IET 21922

IR 83927-B-B-279 115 100 Medium slender

India 2013, Aerobic, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh

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19 DRR dhan 43IET 22080

IR 83876-B 115 105 Medium slender

India 2013, IrrigatedTamil Nadu, Puducheri, Kerala and Karnataka

20 DRR dhan 44IET 22081

IR 93376-B-B-130 115 105 Medium slender

India 2013, IrrigatedHaryana, Uttrakhand, Bihar

21 M'ZIVA IR 77080-B-34-3 120 130 Medium slender

Mozaobique 2013Rainfed lowland

22 Sahod Ulan 12NSICRc348

IR 81047-B-106-2-4 105 119 Medium slender

Philippines, 2013Rainfed lowland DS

23 UPIA 3 IR 74371-54-1-1 110 104 Medium bold

Nigeria, 2013Rainfed Lowland

24 Sukha dhan 4 IR 87707-446-B-B-B 112 100 Medium cylinder

Nepal, 2014Rainfed Lowland

25 Sukha dhan 5 IR 83388-B-B-108-3 120 110 Medium cylinder

Nepal, 2014Rainfed Lowland

26 Sukha dhan 6 IR 83383-B-B-129-4 120 110 Medium cylinder

Nepal, 2014Rainfed Lowland

27 CR dhan 205IET 22737

IR 86931-B-578 106 110 Short bold

India 2014, AerobicTN, Gujarat,Odisha, M.P., Punjab

28 DRR dhan 42IET 22836

IR 87707-445-B-B-B 115 110 Medium slender

India 2014, Rainfed LowlandTN, M.P., CG, JH

29 Kaithan 2 NSIC2014Rc25

IR 82635-B-B-47-2 105 105 Medium slender

Philippines 2014Upland

30 Kaithan 3 NSIC2014Rc27

IR 86857-101-2-1-3 100 95 Long slender

Philippines 2014Upland

31 Tripura Khara dhan 1Identified for release

IR 87707-446-B-B-B 115 110 Medium slender

India, Tripura, 2014Rainfed lowland

32 Tripura Khara dhan 2Identified for release

IR 87707-182-B-B-B 115 110 Medium slender

India, Tripura, 2014Rainfed lowland

33 Tripura Hak chuk1Identified for release

IR 83928-B-B-56-4 100 123 Medium slender

India, Tripura, 2014Rainfed upland

34 Tripura Hak chuk2Identified for release

IR 82589-B-B-138-2 105 124 Long slender

India, Tripura, 2014Rainfed upland

35 Tripura Aus dhan 1Identified for release

IR 83928-B-B-42-4 100 119 Medium slender

India, Tripura, 2014RL, Aus

36 Inpago Lipi G04 IR 79971-B-102-B-B 113 125 Medium Indonesia, 2014,

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bold upland37 BRRI dhan 66 IR82635-B-B-75-2 120 110 Medium

slenderBangladesh, Rainfed Lowland, 2014

38 Yaenelo 4 IR 87707-44-B-B-B 115 110 Medium slender

Myanmar, 2014, RL

BRRI dhan 71 IR 82589-B-B-84-3 115 112 Medium slender

Bangladesh, 2015, RL

39 Swarna ShreyaIdentified for release

IR 84899-B-179-16-1-1-1-1

112 121 Medium bold

India, 2015, RL

40 ArdhjalIdentified for release

IR 87638-10-1-1-3

120 115 Medium slender

India, 2015, Aerobic

41 NSIC 2015 Rc422 Sahod Ulan 15

IR 83383-B-B-129-4

115 110 Medium slender

Philippines, 2015, RL

42 NSIC 2015 Rc432 Sahod Ulan 20

IR 86781-3-3-1-1 115 112 Medium slender

Philippines, 2015, RL

43MPATSA

IR 82077-B-B-71-1 120 110 Medium slender

Malawai,Irrigated ecology

44 KATETE IR 80411-B-49-1 118 112 Medium slender

Malawai, Irrigated ecology

Genes/improved germplasm registered: 06

1. Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (2004). RP2068-18-3-5 (INGR No. 04005; IC296616), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene gm3 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):208.

2. Shrivastava, M.N.; Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, S.K. and Sahu, R.K. (2004). Abhaya (INGR No. 04006; IC296617), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm4 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):208.

3. Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (2004). ARC 5984 (INGR No. 04007; IC296618), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm5 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):208-209.

4. Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (2004). RP2333-156-8 (INGR No. 04008; IC296619), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm7 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):209

5. Kumar, Arvind; Bhandarkar, S.; Pophlay, D.J. and Shrivastava, M.N. (2004). Jhitpiti (INGR No. 04009; IC296620), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm8 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):209

6. Shrivastava, M.N.; Kumar, Arvind; Bhandarkar, Shukla, B.C. and Agrawal, K.C. (2004). Line 9 (INGR No. 04010; IC296621), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm9 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):210

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Patents- Applied/obtained: 03

1. Mohan, M., Nair, S., Kumar, A., Sandesai, N. A method for preparing scar primers for use in marker assisted selection of rice varieties susceptible to attack by Gall Midge biotypes; method for preparing the same and method for screening rice varieties. Priority Date: 17 October 2001. Indian Application No. 1065/DEL/2001. Status: Indian Patent Granted n. 194336 – Licensed.

2. Kohli, Ajay, Henry, Amelia and Kumar, Arvind. Drought-resistant cereal grasses and related materials and methods. US 61/994,558 filed 05-16-14. First provisional US61/888,397 filed 10-08-2013.

3. Kumar, Arvind, Vikram, Prashant, Dixit, Shalabh, Kohli, Ajay and Singh, N.K. Semi dwarf drought tolerant rice and related materials and methods. US 62/114, 430, provisional application filed on February 10, 2015.

QTLs for grain yield under drought identified:

QTLs Donors Backgrounds EcosystemsManuscript Reference

qDTY1.1

N22, Dhagaddeshi, Apo, CT9993-10-1-M, Kali Aus, Basmati 334

Swarna, IR64, MTU1010

Lowland, Upland

Vikram et al. 2011, Ghimire et al. 2012, Kumar et al. 2007, Sandhu et al., 2014

qDTY2.1 Apo, AUS 276Swarna, MTU1010 Lowland

Venuprasad et al. 2009, Sandhu et al., 2014

qDTY2.2 Aday sel, Kali Aus

MTU1010, IR64, Sambha Mahsuri

Lowland, Upland

Swamy et al. 2013, Sandhu et al. 2014, Palanog et al. 2014

qDTY2.3

Vandana, N22, IR74371-46-1-1

IR64, Sabitri, Way Rarem

Upland, Lowland

Bernier et al. 2007, Dixit et al. 2012a, Vikram et al. 2011, Mishra et al. 2013

qDTY3.1 Apo, IR55419-04Swarna, TDK 1 Lowland

Venuprasad et al. 2009, Dixit et al 2014a

qDTY3.2

Vandana, N22, IR77298-5-6-18, IR74371-46-1-1, Moroberekan

Way Rarem, Swarna, Sabitri

Lowland, Upland

Bernier et al. 2007, Dixit et al. 2012a, Vikram et al. 2011, Yadaw et al. 2013, Dixit et al. 2014b

qDTY4.1 Aday SelIR64, Sambha Mahsuri Lowland

Swamy et al. 2013

qDTY6.1

Apo, Vandna, IR55419-04

Swarna, IR72, TDK 1

Upland, Lowland

Venuprasad et al. 2012, Dixit et al.

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2014aqDTY6.2 IR55419-04 TDK 1 Lowland Dixit et al. 2014 aqDTY8.1 Basmati 334 Swarna Lowland Not yet publishedqDTY9.1 Aday sel IR64 Lowland Swamy et al.2013

qDTY10.1

N22, Aday sel, Basmati 334

IR64, MTU1010, Swarna Lowland

Vikram et al. 2011, Swamy et al.2013

qDTY11.1 IR55419-04Sambha Mahsuri Lowland

Not yet published

qDTY12.1

Way Rarem, IR74371-46-1-1

Vandna, Sabitri

Upland, Lowland

Bernier et al. 2007, Dixit et al. 2012b, Mishra et al. 2013.

QTLs for grain yield and traits related to dry direct seeded rice identified:

QTL Trait Donor Manuscript ReferenceqGYDS1.1 Grain yield under DSR Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qGYDS6.1 Grain yield under DSR Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qGYDS8.1 Grain yield under DSR Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qGYDS10.1 Grain yield under DSR Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qNR4.1 Nodal root (Nutrient

uptake)Aus 276

Nitika et al. 2015qRHD5.1 root hair density

(Nutrient uptake)Aus 276

Nitika et al. 2015qRHD8.1 root hair density

(Nutrient uptake)Aus 276

Nitika et al. 2015qRHD1.1 root hair density Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qEVV9.1 Early Vigor Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qNR5.1 Early Vigor Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015qMG7.2 Nematode tolerance IR78877-208-B-1-2 Judith et al, unpublishedqGYLD5.1 Grain yield under

nematode infestationIR78877-208-B-1-2 Judith et al, unpublished

qGYLD10.1 Grain yield under nematode infestation

IR78877-208-B-1-2 Judith et al, unpublished

qEMM11.1 Early uniform emergence

MoroberekanDixit et al. 2015

qEMM1.1 Early uniform emergence

MoroberekanDixit et al. 2015

qLDG4.1 Lodging resistance Moroberekan Dixit et al. 2015

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Projects handled: 15

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Development and Dissemination of Climate Resilient Rice Varieties for Water Short Areas of South and Southeast Asia (1.3M)Development of high Zinc content rice for South Asia (200,000$)Marker assisted introgression of different traits to develop new generation climate adaptedvarieties (2.0 M $)Genomic selection for resources use efficiency in rice (GS-Ruse) (150,000 Euro) “French-Italian Rice Science and Technology Initiative”Dissemination and community of practice for newly developed drought tolerant QTLs pyramided breeding lines ($179,292)From QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought‐responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa (1.2 M Euro)Introgression and pyramiding of major QTLs for grain yield under drought in rice hybrid parental lines ($337,183)Development of drought tolerant japonica rice using marker-assisted back crossing (MAB) ($ 160,000)Stress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia Developing and Disseminating (Two phases -Ist - $ 20M, IInd- $20 M, 30 M III phase)Resilient and Productive Rice varieties for Drought-prone Environments in India($751,217)Detecting and Fine-Mapping QTLs with Major Effects on Rice Yield under Drought Stress for deployment via Marker‐Aided Breeding ($500,000)Developing and Disseminating water ‐Saving Rice Technologies in South Asia ($1.0 M)Gene pyramiding of rice gall midge resistant Gm 2, Gm 4, Gm 7 and Gm 8 genes by marker assisted selection ($100,000)Tagging and mapping of Gm 9 gene for gall midge (Orseolia oryzae ) resistance using molecular marker technology($100,000) Identification of new gene(s) for gall midge

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Harvest PLUS

DBT, India

Agropolis FondationGeneration Challenge Program (GCP)BMZ, Germany

Devgen

RDA, Korea

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation (RF)-GCPGCP

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Department of Biotechnology (DBT), INDIA DBT , INDIA

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resistance. ($ 40,000)Post Doctoral/Ph.D./M.S. Students supervised/ continue: 24

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etion1 Nitika Sandhu IRRI Post Doc 15 Cont2 Aditi Bhandari IRRI- Vanaspati Vidyapeeth Ph.D. 14 Cont3 Shalabh Dixit IRRI Post Doc. 13 Cont4 Nitika Sandhu IRRI- HAU, Hisar, Monsanto

Beachell -Borlaug fellowship

Ph.D. 20 14

5 Anshuman Singh IRRI VRF 13 146 Alvin Palanog IRRI-UPLB, Philippines M.S. 11 137 Shalabh Dixit IRRI VRF 11 128 Prashant Vikram IRRI VRF 11 129 B.P.M. Swamy IRRI Post Doc. 09 12 10

Noraziyah Abd Aziz Shamsudin

IRRI Ph.D. July 09 13

11 Judith Galeng IRRI- Arenberg Doctoral School, Netherland

Ph.D. April 11 Cont

12 Teodora Cabasan IRRI, - Arenberg Doctoral School, Netherland

Ph.D. April 09 14

13 K.K. Mishra IRRI – Allahabad University, India

Ph.D. April 08 12

14 R.B. Yadav IRRI– Tribhhuvan University, Nepal

Ph.D. April 09 14

15 Site Noorzuraini Abd Rahman

IRRI- UPLB, Philippines M.S. July 10 June 13

16 H.U. Ahmed IRRI PDF 08 1017 Dule Zhao International Rice Research

Institute (IRRI), Philippines PDF. 07 10

18 Shalabh Dixit IRRI Ph.D. April 07 1119 Prashant Vikram IRRI–V.B.S. Purvanchal

Univ., India. Jawahar Lal Nehru Award, Best thesis in Agril Sciences, ICAR, India

Ph.D. April 07 10

20 Kuntal Das IRRI - Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, India

Ph.D. June 07 09

21 Krishna Ghimeye IRRI M.S. Mar 09 11

22 V. Ramaiah IRRI PDF Jan 07 Dec0823 Naike Bawane

Subodh Sinh Babasaheb

Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGKV), Raipur, India

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24 Abhay Jadhav IGKV, Raipur, India M.S. 02 04

Training undergone:

S.N. Training Date Organizer1 Computer aided data analysis and

improved written communicationDec.01- 08, 1992 Eastern India Farming

system Research-Extension Network and Ford Foundation

2 Genome analysis and marker assisted selection

Feb. 15- May 13, 2002

ICGEB, New Delhi

3 Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis for Rice Improvement

Nov. 26- Dec 20, 1996

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

4 Planning Rice Breeding for Impact Training

Feb. 07- 18, 2005 IRRI, Philippines

5 Basic Experimental Design and Data Analysis using IRRISTAT

July 25- 29, 2005 IRRI, Philippines

6 Analysis of Mixed Models using IRRISTAT

August 22- 25, 2005

IRRI, Philippines

7 Introduction to SAS system for Windows

Nov. 7- 11, 2006 IRRI, Philippines

8 Scientific writing workshop May 15- 18, 2006 IRRI, Philippines9 PRINCE2 Foundation Training February, 2013 APM Group Limited

Training organized/served as resource persons1 Bioinformatics Workshop for Crop

ResearchersMarch 24- 28, 08 IRRI, Philippines

2 Marker assisted selection (MAS) in rice: Theory, practice and application

Nov. 24- Dec. 05, 08 IRRI, Philippines

3 Rice: Research to Production May 18- June 05, 09 IRRI, Philippines4 Rice Breeding Course August 24 Sept. 08,

09IRRI, Philippines

5 Refresher Course on Participatory Adaptive Research

Oct. 12- 17, 2009 IRRI, Philippines

6 Rice: Research to Production May 17- June 04, 10 IRRI, Philippines7 Rice Breeding Course Oct. 05- 20, 2010 IRRI, Philippines8 National Training Course"

Advanced Molecular Breeding for Selection of Traits under climate change

October 15-19, 12 Malaysian Nuclear Agency

9 Rice Breeding: recent developments, emerging challenges

Sept. 05- Sept. 18, 14

IRRI, SA Hub, Hyderabad

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and future needs

Publications:

Book/ Chapter(s) in book/ Chapters in proceedings: 18

Books

1. Kumar, Arvind, Katagami, Michiko (2016). Developing and Disseminating Water-Saving Rice Technologies in Asia. Asian Development Bank. ISBN 978-92-9257-523-6. http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/185485/water-saving-rice-tech.pdf

Chapters in books

2. Kumar, Arvind, Dixit, Shalabh, and Henry, Amelia (2013). Marker-assisted introgression of major QTLs for grain yield under drought in rice. Eds- Roberto Tuberosa and Rajeev Varshney, Genomics Applications in Plant Breeding”  Wiley- Blackwell Publishers, USA . DOI: 10.1002/9781118728482.ch4.

3. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, and Kumar, Arvind (2013). PRACTICAL OMICS APPROACHES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN RICE. Omics approaches in Plant and Agriculture. Ed: 2013 by Taylor & Francis LLC, USA. 47-72.

4. Ciro DE PACE, Luigi RICCIARDI, Arvind KUMAR, Stefano PAVAN, Concetta LOTTI, Shalabh DIXIT, Chandrakanth EMANI (2013). Identification of traits, genes and crops of the future. In C. Kole (ed.), Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops, Vol. 1,DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-37045-8_3, # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg: 27-151.

5. Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Sustainable Rice Yield in Water-Short Drought-Prone Environments: Conventional and Molecular approaches. In: Irrigation Systems and Practices in Challenging Environments Teang Shui Lee (Ed) ISBN: 978-953-51-0420.InTech Open Access Publication: 149-168 pp

6. Torress, Rolenido, Kumar, Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2012). Managed drought screening in the field. Methodologies for Root Drought Studies in Rice eds. H.E. Shashidhar, Amelia Henry, and Bill Hardy. Pp. 43-51, IRRI, Philippines

7. Prashant Vikram, Arvind Kumar, Alok Singh and Nagendra Kumar Singh. Rice: Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Drought Tolerance. In : Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress, First Edition. Edited by Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Antonio F. Tiburcio, and Renu Tuteja _ 2012 . Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Pages: 715-731.

8. Kumar, Arvind (2010) Breeding rice for drought tolerance and adaptation to climate change. Approach Paper for Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP), Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India.

9. Mackill, DJ, Ismail, AM, Kumar, A, and Gregorio, GB (2010). The role of stress-tolerant varieties for adapting to climate change environments: coping with adverse

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conditions. Advanced technologies of rice production for coping with climate change: no regret options for adoption and mitigation and their potential uptake. 31-35pp.

10. Mackill, D.J., Singh, U.S., Thomson, M.J., Septiningsih, E., and Kumar, A. (2010). Technological opportunities for developing and deploying improved germplasm for key target traits. Rice in the global economy: strategic research and policy issues for food security. Sushil Pandey, Derek Byerlee, David Dawe, Achim Dobermann, Samarendu Mohanty, Scott Rozelle, and Bill Hardy, editors. 2010. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute.433-447p p.

11. Atlin, G.N., Venuprasad, R., Bernier J., Kumar, A., Verulkar, S., Sahu, R.K., Lafitte, H.R., Serraj, R., Cairns, J., Sinha, P.K., Mandal, N.P., Shashidhar, H.E., Chandrababu, R., Robin, S., Dwivedi, J.L. and Rathi, S. 2007. Breeding rice with tolerance of highly variable abiotic stresses: submergence and drought. In: Agrawal, P.K., Ladha, J.K., Singh, R.K., Devakumar, C., and Hardy, B. (eds). Science, technology, and trade for peace and prosperity. Proceedings of the 26th International Rice Research Conference, 9-12 October 2006, New Delhi, India. Los Banos (Philippines) and New Delhi (India): International Rice Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Macmillan India Ltd. Pp. 197-208.

12. Kumar, A. and Atlin, G. 2006. Germplasm development for drought-prone environments: progress and implications for crop and natural resource management. Proceedings of the natural resource management workshop organized by International Rice Research Institute, Philippines at Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8-9 March, 2006.pp. 21-30.

13. Atlin, G.N., Venuprasad, R., Bernier, J., Zhao, D., Virk, P. and Kumar, A. 2008. Rice germplasm development for drought prone environments: progress made in breeding and genetic analysis at International Rice Research Institute. In: In: Serraj, J., Bennet, J., and Hardy, B. (eds). Drought frontiers in rice: crop improvement for increased rainfed production. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing and Los Banos (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. pp. 35-60.

14. Shrivastava, M.N. and Kumar, Arvind (2004). Genetic Improvement of Rice varieties in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. In: Rice Varieties of India. Eds. S.D. Sharma and U. Prasada Rao. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, India Pp. 435-475.

15. Shrivastava, M.N. and Kumar, Arvind (2002). A chapter on “Rice” by in book “Genetic Improvement of Field Crops. Manual on Field crops” edited by Dr. C.B. Singh and Dhirendra Khare. Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur. Pp. 11-43.

16. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N., Nair, Suresh and Mohan, Madan (2002). A book on “Current status of gall midge (Orseolia oryzae) research in rice”. Publication of Mini net-work on rice gall midge. The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. 28 p.

17. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N., Sahu, R.K., Shukla, B.C. and Shrivastava, S.K. 2003. Inheritance and allelic relationships of rice gall midge resistance genes in some new donors. Khush, G.S., Barar, D.S., Hardy, B. (eds.) Advances in Rice Genetics. Supplement to Rice genetics IV. Proceedings of the Fourth International Rice Genetics Symposium, 22-27, Oct. 2000, IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines. 51-54 p.

Manuscripts published in peer reviewed journals: 112

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1. Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz, Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Ratnam, Wickneswari, Sta. Cruz, Ma. Teressa, Sandhu, Nitika, Raman, Anitha K. and Kumar, Arvind (2016). Pyramiding of drought yield QTLs into a high quality Malaysian rice cultivar MRQ74 improves yield under reproductive stage drought. Rice (2016) 9:21,DOI 10.1186/s12284-016-0093-6.

2. Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz, Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Ratnam, Wickneswari, Sta. Cruz , Ma. Teressa, Raman, Anitha and Kumar, Arvind (2016). Marker assisted pyramiding of drought yield QTLs into a popular Malaysian rice cultivar, MR219. BMC Genetics 17:30 DOI 10.1186/s12863-016-0334-0

3. Sandhu, Nitika, Raman, K. Anitha, Torres, Rolando O., Audebert, Alain, Dardou, Audrey, Kumar, Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2016). Rice root architectural plasticity traits and genetic regions for adaptability to variable cultivation and stress conditions. Plant Physiology, DOI:10.1104/pp.16.00705

4. Anantha, M.S., Patel, Devraj, Quintana, Marinell, Swain, Padmini, Dwivedi, Jawaharlal L., Torres, Rolando O., Verulkar, Satish B., Variar, Mukund, Mandal, Nimai P., Kumar, Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2016). Trait Combinations That Improve Rice Yield under Drought: Sahbhagi Dhan and New Drought-Tolerant Varieties in South Asia. Crop Sci. 56:408–421 (2016).

5. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy,B. P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Trinidad, Jennylyn, Sta Cruz, Ma Teresa, Maturan, Paul C., Amante, Modesto, Kumar, Arvind (2016). Linkages and Interactions Analysis of Major Effect Drought Grain Yield QTLs in Rice. PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0151532

6. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy B.P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Renu, Singh, Bikram P., Miro, Berta, Kohli, Ajay, Henry, Amelia, Singh N. K. and Kumar, Arvind (2015). Drought susceptibility of modern rice varieties: an effect of linkage of drought tolerance with undesirable traits. Scientific Reports | 5:14799 | DOI: 10.1038/srep14799

7. Shalabh Dixit, Akshaya Kumar Biswal, Aye Min, Amelia Henry, Rowena H. Oane, Manish L Raorane , Toshisangba Longkumer, Isaiah M Pabuayon, Sumanth K Mutte, Adithi R Vardarajan, Berta Miro, Ganesan Govindan, Blesilda AlbanoEnriquez, Mandy Pueffeld, Nese Sreenivasulu, Inez Slamet-Loedin, Kalaipandian Sundarvelpandian, Yuan-Ching Tsai, Saurabh Raghuvanshi, Yue-Ie C. Hsing, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Kohli (2015). Action of multiple intra-QTL genes concerted around a co-localized transcription factor underpins a large effect QTL. Scientific Reports: 5:15183 | DOI: 10.1038/srep15183

8. Singh, Renu, Singh,Yashi, Xalaxo, Suchit, Verulkar, S. Yadava, Neera, Singh, Shweta, Singh, Nisha, Prasad, K.S.N., Kondayya, K., Ramana Rao, P.V., Girija Rani, M., Anuradha, T., Suraynarayana, Y., Sharma, P.C., Krishnamurthy, S.L., Sharma, S.K., Dwivedi, J.L., Singh, A.K., Singh, P.K., Nilanjay, Singh, N.K., Kumar, Rajesh, Chetia, S.K., Ahmad, T., Rai, M., Perraju, P., Pande, Anita, Singh, D.N., Mandal, N.P., Reddy, J.N., Singh, O.N., Katara, J.L., Marandi, B., Swain,P., Sarkar, R.K., Singh, D.P., Mohapatra, T., Padmawathi, G., Ram,T., Kathiresan, R.M., Paramsivam, K., Nadarajan, S., Thirumeni, S., Nagarajan, M., Singh, A.K., Vikram, Prashant, Kumar, Arvind, Septiningshih, E., Singh, U.S., Ismail, A.M., Mackill, D., Singh Nagendra K. (2015). From QTL to variety-harnessing the

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benefits of QTLs for drought, flood and salt tolerance in mega rice varieties of India through amulti-institutional network. Plant science.2015.08.008 0168-9452

9. Raorane Manish L, PabuayonIsaiah M., Miro Berta, Kalladan, Rajesh, Reza-Hajirezai, Mohammad, Oane Rowena H., Kumar, Arvind, Sreenivasulu Nese, Henry, Amelia, Kohli, Ajay (2015). Variation in primary metabolites in parental and near isogenic lines of the QTL qDTY12.1: altered roots and flag leaves but similar spikelets of rice under drought. Mol Breeding 35:138, DOI 10.1007/s11032-015-0322-5

10. Raorane, Manish L., Pabuayon, Isaiah M., Miro, Varadarajan, Adithi R., Mutte,Sumanth Kumar, Kumar, Arvind, Treumann, Achim and Kohli, Ajay. (2015) Proteomic insights into the role of the large-effect QTL qDTY12.1 for rice yield under drought. Mol Breeding 35:139, DOI 10.1007/s11032-015-0321-6

11. Shalabh Dixit, Alexandre Grondin, Cheng-Ruei Lee, Amelia Henry, Thomas-Mitchell Olds, Arvind Kumar (2015) Understanding rice adaptation to varying agro-ecosystems: trait interactions and quantitative trait loci. BMC Genetics. 16(86).

12. Henry, Amelia, Dixit, Shalabh, Mandal, Nimai P. , Anantha, M. S., Torres, Rolando and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Grain yield and physiological traits of rice lines with the drought yield QTL qDTY12.1 showed different responses to drought and soil characteristics in upland environments. Functional Plant Biology, http://dx.doi.org /10.1071/FP13324

13. Dixit, Shalabh, Huang, B. Emma, Sta Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Maturan, Paul, Ontoy,T. Jhon C., and Kumar, Arvind (2014). QTLs for Tolerance of Drought and Breeding for Tolerance of Abiotic and Biotic Stress: An Integrated Approach. PLOSONE:DOI: Volume 9 | Issue 10 | e109574

14. Kumar, Arvind, Dixit, Shalabh, Ram, T., Yadaw, R.B., Mishra ,K.K. and Mandal, N.P. (2014). Breeding high-yielding drought-tolerant rice: Genetic variations and conventional and molecular approaches. JXB doi:10.1093/jxb/eru363

15. Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Anshuman and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Rice Breeding for High Grain Yield under Drought: A Strategic Solution to a Complex Problem. International Journal of Agronomy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/86368. 1-15

16. Nuruzzaman, Mohammed, Sharoni, Akhter Most, Satoh, Kouji, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, Kikuchi, Shoshi (2014). Comparative transcriptome profiles of the WRKY gene family under control, hormone-treated, and drought conditions in near-isogenic rice lines reveal differential, tissue specific gene activation. Journal of Plant Physiology 171 (2014) 2– 13.

17. Palanog, Alvin D., Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz, Dixit, Shalabh, Hernandez , Jose E. Pompe, H. Boromeo, . Sta. Cruz Ma Teresita, and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Grain yield QTL with consistent-effect under reproductive stage drought stress in rice. Field Crops Research 161:46-54

18. Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Anshuman, Sta Cruz, M.T, Maturan, Paul T., Amante, Modesto, and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Multiple major QTLs lead to stable yield performance of rice cultivars across variable drought intensities. BMC Genetics 2014, 15:16

19. Sandhu, Nitika, Singh, Anshuman, Dixit, Shalabh, Sta. Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Maturan, Paul Cornelio, Jain, R.K. and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Identification and mapping of stable QTLs with main and epistasis effect on rice grain yield under upland

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drought stress. BMC Genetics. BMC Genetics 2014, 15:63 20. Henry Amelia, Swamy BP Mallikarjuna, Dixit Shalabh, Torres Rolando O, Batoto

Tristram, Manalili Mervin, Anantha MS, Mandal Nimai P and Kumar Arvind (2014). Physiological mechanisms contributing to the QTL-combination effects on improved performance of IR64 rice NILs under drought. JXB doi:10.1093/jxb/ eru506

21. Fischer, K. S., Fukai, Shu, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, Joongdee, Boonrat (2014). Phenotyping Rice for Adaptation to Drought. In: Drought phenotyping in crops: From theory to practices, pp1-59

22. Sandhu, Nitika, Tores Ronaldo, Sta Cruz Ma. Teresa, Maturan Cornelio Paul, Jain Rajinder, Kumar Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2013). Traits and QTLs for development of dry direct seeded rainfed rice varieties. Journal of experimental Botany doi.10.1093/jxb/eru413.

23. Noorzuraini, Site A.R., Borromeo, T.H., Nestor, N.C., Diaz, G.M. and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Diversity assessment of Malaysian rice germplasm accessions for drought tolerant grain yield QTLs J. Trop. Agric. and Fd. Sc. 41(1): 27-40.

24. Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genomics based precision breeding approaches to improve drought tolerance in rice. Biotechnology Advances: 31 1308–1318

25. Sandhu, Nitika, Jain, Sunita, Jain, Rajinder and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genetic variation and linkage mapping of QTLs for yield, root and agronomic traits foraerobic adaptation. BMC Genetics 2013, 14:104

26. Cabasab, Teodora Ma. Nadong, Kumar, Arvind, Bellafiore, Stéphane and De Waele, Dirk (2013). Histopathology of the rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola, on Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima. Nematology 00 (2013) 1-9

27. Swamy, B. P Mallikarjuna, Ahmed, Helal Uddin, Henry, Amelia, Mauleon, Ramil, Dixit, Shalabh, Vikram, Prashant, Tilatto, Ram, Verulkar, Satish B., Perraju, Puvvada, Mandal, Nimai P., Variar, Mukund, Robin S., Chandrababu, Ranganath, Singh, Onkar N. Dwivedi, Jawaharlal L., Das, Sankar Prasad, Mishra, Krishna K., Yadaw, Ram B., Aditya,Tamal Lata, Karmakar, Biswajit, Satoh, Kouji, Moumeni, Ali, Kikuchi, Shoshi Leung, Hei, and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genetic, Physiological, and Gene Expression Analyses Reveal That Multiple QTL Enhance Yield of Rice Mega-Variety IR64 under Drought. PLOS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 5, e62795

28. Li ,Tao, Raman, Anitha K. , Marcaida, Manuel, Kumar, Arvind, Angeles, Olivyn and Radanielson, Mariot (2013).Simulation of Genotype Performances Across a Larger Number of Environments for Rice Breeding Using ORYZA2000. Field Crops Research 149: 312-321.

29. Yadaw, Ram Baran, Dixit, Shalabh, Raman Anitha, Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Vikram, Prashant B.P. Swamy, Mallikarjuna, Sta Cruz Ma. Teresa, Maturan, Paul T., Pandey, Madhav, Kumar, Arvind ( 2013). A QTL for high grain yield under lowland drought in the background of popular rice variety Sabitri from Nepal. Field Crops Research 144 (2013) 281–287

30. De Waele, D., Das, K., Zhao, D., Tiwari, R.K.S., Shrivastava, D.K., Vera-Cruz, C. and Kumar, A. (2013). Host response of rice genotypes to the rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) under aerobic soil conditions.  Archives of

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Phytopathology and Plant Protection. Volume 46, Issue 6, April 2013, pages 670-681

31. Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Vikram, Prashant, Yadaw, Ram Baran, Swamy, BP Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Sta Cruz, Ma Teresa, Maturan, Paul, Marker, Shailesh, Kumar, Arvind (2013). qDTY12.1: a locus with a consistent effect on grain yield under drought in rice. BMC Genetics 14:12 1471-2156/14/12

32. Boopathi, N. Manikanda, Swapanshri, Gat, Kavitha, P., Satish, S., Nithya, R., Ratnam, Wickneswari, and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Evaluation and Bulked Segregant Analysis of Major Yield TLqtl12.1 Introgressed into Indigenous Elite Line for Low Water Availability under Water Stress. Rice Science, 20(1):25-30

33. Yadaw RB, Ghimire SK, Dixit S, Raman A, Khatiwada SP and Kumar A. (2013). High yielding drought tolerant lines with stable performance across rainfed lowland drought prone areas of Nepal. Eco-friendly Agril. J. 6(10): 224-233

34. Kumar, A., Verulkar, S.B., Mandal, N.P. Variar, M., Shukla, V.D., Dwivedi, J.L., Singh, B.N., Singh, O.N., Swain, P. Mall, A.K. Robin, S., Chandrababu, R., Jain, A., Haefele, S.M., Piepho, H.P., and Raman. A. 2012. High-yielding, drought-tolerant, stable rice genotypes for the shallow rainfed lowland drought-prone ecosystem. Field Crops Res. 133:37-47.

35. Raman, Anita, Verulkar, Satish. B., Mandal, Nimai. P., Variar, Mukund, Shukla, V.D., Dwivedi, J.L., Singh, B.N., Singh, O.N., Swain, Padmini, Mall, Ashutosh K., Robin, S., Chandrababu, R., Jain, Abhinav, Ram, Tilatoo, Hittalmani, Shailaja, Haefele, Stephan, Piepho, Hans-Peter and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Drought yield index and mean yield index to select rice lines with good yield under different severities of drought stress and high yield under irrigated non-stress situations. Rice 5 (31)

36. Dixit, Shalabh, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Vikram, Prashant, Bernier, Jerome, Sta. Cruz, M.T., Amante, Modesto, Atri, Dinesh, and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Increased drought tolerance and wider adaptability of qDTY12.1 conferred by its interaction with qDTY2.3 and qDTY3.2 . Mol. Breeding: 30 (4): 1767-1779

37. Yadaw RB, Ghimire SK, Dixit S, Kumar A, Khatiwada SP and Thapa Resham B. (2012). Participatory varietal selection: an efficient approach to validate newly developed drought rice varieties under rainfed lowland conditions in Nepal. Nepal Agric. Res. J. 12: 1-11.

38. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Ahmed, Helaluddin, Sta Cruz, M.T., Singh, Alok K., Ye Guoyou and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Bulk Segregant Analysis: "An effective approach for mapping consistent-effect drought grain yield QTLs in rice". Field Crops Research 134: 185-192.

39. Ma. Carmelita R. Albertoa, Hirano,Takashib, Miyata, Akirac, Wassmann, Reiner, Kumar, Arvind, Agnes, Padrea and Modesto, Amante (2012). Influence of climate ariability on seasonal and interannual variations of ecosystem CO2 exchange in flooded and non-flooded rice fields in the Philippines. Field Crops Res.134:80-94.

40. Ghimire, Krishna Hari, Quiatchon, Lenie A., Vikram, Prashant, Swamy, Mallikarjuna B.P., Dixit, Shalabh Hernandez, Jose E., Borromeo, Teresita H., Kumar, Arvind (2012). Identification and mapping of a QTL (qDTY1.1) with a consistent effect on grain yield under drought. Field Crops Res 131:88–96

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41. Jagadish S.V.K., Septiningsih, E.M., Kohli, A., Thomson, M.J .T., Ye, C., Redona, E., Kumar, A. Gregorio, G.B., Wassmann, R., Ismail, A.M. and Singh, R.K. (2012). Genetic advances in adapting rice to a rapidly changing climate. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 198 (5): 360-373.

42. Dixit, Shalabh , Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Vikram, Prashant , Ahmed, H. U., Sta Cruz, M. T., Amante, Modest, Atri, Dinesh, Leung, Hei and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Fine mapping of QTLs for rice grain yield under drought reveals sub-QTLs conferring a response to variable drought severities. Theor Appl Genet. 125(1):155-69

43. Sharoni, Akhter Most, Nuruzzaman, Mohammed, Satoh, Kouji, Moumeni, Ali, Attia, Kotb, Venuprasad, Ramiah, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei Islam, A. K. M. RaWul, and Kikuchi, Shoshi. (2012). Comparative transcriptome analysis of AP2/EREBP gene family under normal and hormone treatments, and under two drought stresses in NILs setup by Aday Selection and IR64 . Mol Genet Genomics. 287:1-19.

44. Nuruzzaman,Mohammed, Sharoni, Akhter Most, Satoh, Kouji, Moumeni, Ali, Venuprasad, Ramiah, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, Attia, Kotb, Kikuchi, Shoshi (2012). Comprehensive gene expression analysis of the NAC gene family under normal growth conditions, hormone treatment, and drought stress conditions in rice using near-isogenic lines (NILs) generated from crossing Aday Selection (drought tolerant) and IR64. Mol Genet Genomics 287:389–410

45. Fischer, Ken S., Fukai, Shu, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei and Jongdee, Boonrat (2012). Phenotyping rice for adaptation to drought. Frontiers in physiology 3:282.

46. Noorzuraini Site, A.R., Borromeo, T.H., Altoveros, N.C. and Kumar, A.(2012). Growth performance of selected Malaysian rice germplasm under drought stress environment. J. Trop. Agric. and Fd. Sc. 40(2)(2012):A 169-–179

47. Cabasan, Ma. Teodora Nadine, Kumar, Arvind, and De Waele, Dirk (2011). Comparison of migration, penetration, development and reproduction of Meloidogyne graminicola on susceptible and resistant rice genotypes. Nematology. 14(4): 405-415.Swamy, B. P. M., Vikram, P., Dixit, S., Ahmed, H. U. and Kumar, A. (2011). Meta- analysis of grain yield QTL identified during agricultural drought in grasses showed consensus. BMC Genomics 12:319.

48. Vikram, P., Swamy, B. P. M., Dixit, S., Sta Cruz, T., Ahmed, H. U., Singh, A. K., and Kumar, A. (2011). qDTY1.1, a major QTL for rice grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress with a consistent effect in multiple elite genetic backgrounds. BMC Genetics 12:89.

49. Jagadish, S. V., Krishna , Cairns, E. Jill., Kumar, Arvind, Somayanda, M. Impa and Craufurd, Q. Peter (2011). Does susceptibility to heat stress confound screening for drought tolerance in rice? Functional Plant Biology, 38: 261–269.

50. Mall, A.K. Swain, P. Das S., Singh, O.N. and Kumar, A. (2011). Effect of Drought on Yield and Drought Susceptibility Index for Quality Characters of Promising Rice Genotypes. Cereal Research Communications 39(1), pp. 22–31 (2011). DOI: 10.1556/CRC.39.2011.1.3

51. Albertoa, R. Ma. Carmelita, Wassmann, Reiner, Hirano, Takashi, Miyata, Akira, Hatano, Ryusuke, Kumar, Arvind, Padre, Agnes, Modesto, Amante. (2011). Comparisons of energy balance and evapotranspiration between flooded and

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aerobic rice fields in the Philippines. Agricultural Water Management 98: 1417– 1430.

52. Das, Kuntal, Zhao, Dule, De Waele, Dirk, Tiwari, Raj Kumar Singh, Shrivastava, Dhirendra Kumar, and Kumar, Arvind (2011). Reactions of traditional upland and aerobic rice genotypes to rice root knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola). Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science Vol. 3(7), pp. 131-137.

53. Moumeni, Ali, Satoh, Kouji, Kondoh, Hiroaki, Asano,Takayuki, Hosaka, Aeni, Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, and Kikuchi, Shoshi (2011).Comparative analysis of root transcriptome profiles of two pairs of drought-tolerant and susceptible rice near-isogenic lines under different drought stress. BMC Plant Biology 2011, 11:174

54. Serraj, Rachid, McNally, Kenneth L., Slamet-Loedin, Inez, Kohli, Ajay, Haefele, Stephan M., Atlin, Gary and Kumar, Arvind. (2011). Drought resistance improvement in rice: An integrated genetic and resource management strategy Plant Prod. Sci. 14(1): 001-014.

55. Murthy, Keshava B. C, Kumar, Arvind and Hittalmani, Shailaja (2011). Response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes under aerobic conditions. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2(2):194-199

56. Zhao, D.L., Amante, M., Sta Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Atlin, G.N. and Kumar, A. (2010). Developing aerobic rice cultivars for water short irrigated and drought prone rainfed ecosystems. Crop Sci. 50: 2268-2276

57. Mandal, N.P., Sinha, P.K., Variar, M., Shukla,V.D., Perraju, P., Mehta, A., Pathak, A.R., Dwivedi, J.L., Rathi, S.P.S., Bhandarkar, S., Singh, B.N., Singh, D.N., Panda, S., Mishra, N.C., Singh, Y.V., Pandya, R. , Singh, M.K., Sanger, R.B.S., Bhatt, J.C., Sharma, R.K., Raman, A., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G. (2010). Implications of genotype x input interactions in breeding superior genotypes for favorable and unfavorable rainfed upland environments. Field Crops Res. 118: 135–144

58. Verulkar, S.B., Mandal, N.P., Dwivedi, J.L. , Singh, B.N., Sinha, P.K., Mahato, R.N., Dongre, P., Singh, O.N., Bose, L.K., Swain, P., Robin, S., Chandrababu, R., Senthil, S., Jain, A., Shashidhar, H.E., Hittalmani, S., Vera Cruz, C., Paris, T., Raman, A., Haefele, S., Serraj, R., Atlin, G. and Kumar, A. (2010). Breeding resilient and productive genotypes adapted to drought-prone rainfed ecosystem of India. Field Crops Res. 117: 199-208.

59. Kumar, Arvind, Verulkar, Satish, Dixit, Shalabh, Chauhan, Bhagirath, Bernier, Jerome, Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Zhao, Dule and Shrivastava, M.N. (2010). Yield and yield –attributing traits of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under lowland drought and suitability of early vigor as a selection criterion. Field Crops Res. 114: 99-107.

60. Venuprasad, R., Dalid C.O., Marilyn, D.V., Bool, M.E., Zhao, D., Espiritu, M., Sta Cruz, M.T., Amante, M., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G.N. (2009). Identification and characterization of large-effect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for grain yield under lowland drought stress and aerobic conditions in rice using bulk-segregant analysis (BSA). Theor Appl Genet: 120:177–190.

61. Venuprasad, R., Bool M.E., Dalid C.O., Bernier, J., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G.N. (2009). Genetic loci responding to two cycles of divergent selection for grain yield under drought stress in a rice breeding population. Euphytica 167: 261-269.

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62. Serraj, R., Kumar, A., McNally, K.L., Slamet-Loedin, I., Bruskiewich, R., Mauleon, R., Cairns, J. and Hijmans, R.J. 2009. Improvement of drought resistance in rice. Adv. Agron. 103: 41-99

63. Bernier, Jérôme, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind *, Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Impa, Somayanda, Gowda, Veeresh R.P, Oane, Rowena, Spaner, Dean and Atlin, G.N. (2009). The large-effect drought-resistance QTL qtl12.1 increases water uptake in upland rice. Field Crops Res. 110: 139-146.

64. Bernier, Jerome, Kumar, Arvind, Spaner, Dean, Verulkar, Satish , Mandal, Nimai P., Sinha, Pramod K., Peeraju, Puvvada, Dongre, Praba R., Mahto, R.N. and Atlin, G.N. (2009). Characterization of the effect of rice drought tolerance qtl12.1 over a range of environments in the Philippines and eastern India. Euphytica: 166:207-217.

65. Alberto, Ma. Carmelita, Wassmann, Reiner, Hirano, Takashi Miyata, Akira, Kumar, Arvind, Padre, Agnes and Amante Modesto. (2009). C02/Heat Fluxes in rice fields: comparative assessment of flooded and non flooded fields in the Philippines.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: 149: 1737-1750.

66. Kumar, A., Bernier, J., Verulkar, Satish, Lafitte, H.R., and Atlin, G.N. (2008). Breeding for drought tolerance: direct selection for yield, response to selection and use of drought-tolerant donors in upland and lowland-adapted populations. Field Crops Res. 107:221-231.

67. Naikebwane S.B., Thorat, A.S. and Kumar, Arvind. (2008). Genetics of gall midge (Orseola oryzae Wood Mason) resistance in some new donors of rice (Oryza sativa L.). International journal of Plant Sciences 3(2): 518-521.

68. Bernier, J., Atlin, G., Kumar, A., Serraj, R. and Spaner, D. (2008). Review: Breeding upland rice for drought resistance. J Sci Food Agric 88:927–939.

69. Venuprasad, R., Sta Cruz, M.T., Amante, M. Magbanua, R. Kumar, A. and Atlin, G.N. (2008). Response to two cycles of divergent selection for grain yield under drought stress in four rice breeding populations. Field Crops Res. 107 (3):232-244.

70. Swain, Padmini, Singh, Omkar Nath, Bose, Lotan Kumar, Baig, Mirza Jaynul, Kumar, Arvind, and Serraj, Rachid (2008). Rice Varieties for Vegetative Dnd Reproductive Stage Drought Tolerance. Journal of Korea Society of Crop Science Conference Proceedings 2008.4, 185-186

71. Persaud, Mahendra, Kumar, A., Sengar, R.B.S., Sao, Abhinav, Dantre, R.K. and Shrivastava, M.N. (2007). Genetic analysis of blast (Pyricularia grisea Sacc.) resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of biological sciences. 7(1): 215-217.

72. Bernier, J. Kumar, A., Ramaiah, V. Spaner, D. and Atlin, G. (2007). A large-effect QTL for grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress in upland rice. Crop Sci. 47: 505-516.

73. Venuprasad, R., Zenna, N., Choi, I.R., Amante, M. ,Virk, P.S., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G.N. (2007). Identification of marker loci associated with tungro and drought tolerance in near-isogenic rice lines derived from IR64/Aday Sel. IRRN 32.1:27-29.

74. Tiwari, Shalini, Bentur , J. S. ,Mishra B., Kumar, Arvind, Kole, C. (2006). Reaction of gene differential rice varieties against gall midge biotypes in the greenhouse. Indian Jr. Genet. 65(4):313-314.

75. Dongre, Prabha, Kumar, Arvind and Sahu, R.K. (2006). Genetics of resistance to

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rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason) in some new donors. Plant Archives. 6(1):185-188.

76. Kumar, Arvind, Jain, Abhinav, Sahu, R.K., Shrivastava, M.N., Nair, Suresh and Mohan, Madan. (2005). Genetic analysis of resistance genes for the rice gall midge in two rice genotypes. Crop Sci. 45 (4): 1631-35.

77. Jain, A., Ariyadasa, R., Kumar, A., Shrivastava, M.N., Mohan, M. and Nair, S. (2004). Tagging and mapping of a rice gall midge resistance gene, Gm 8 and development of SCARs for use in marker –aided selection and gene pyramiding. Theor Appl Genet 109:1377-1384.

78. Sardesai, Nagesh, Kumar, Arvind, Rajyashri, K.R., Nair Suresh and Mohan, M. (2002). Identification and mapping of an AFLP marker linked to Gm 7, a gall midge resistance gene and its conversion to a SCAR marker for its utility in marker aided selection in rice. Theor App Genet 105:691-698.

79. Bhandarkar, S., Kumar, Ravinder and Kumar, Arvind. (2002). Genetic variability and correlation analysis in early duration rice. Plant Archives 2: 95-98.

80. Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Bhandarkar, Sandeep, Shukla, B.C. and Agrawal, K.C. (2002). A new gene for resistance to Asian rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason) biotype 1 population at Raipur. Euphytica 130 (1):143-145.

81. Kumar, Arvind, Sarawgi, A.K., Sengar, S.S., Bhambri, M.C., Siopongeo, J., McLaren, C.G. and Wade, L.J. (2003). Genotype X Environment interactions in lowland rice cultivars for Chhattisgarh. Oryza 40 (3& 4):50-53.

82. Kumar, Arvind. (2001). Reaction of new rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason) donors against biotype 1 in Madhya Pradesh (India). Oryza 38 (3 & 4): 58-159.

83. Tiwari, R.K.S., Kumar, Arvind. (2000). Evaluation of New Plant Type rice breeding lines for resistance against biotic stresses. Indian Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology. 30 (1):57-59.

84. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Pathogenic variability of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae. Indian Phytopathology 53 (1):19-21.

85. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Genetics of resistance against rice bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae) in some new donors Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 70 (3):191-193.

86. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Inheritance and allelic relationships of bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) resistance in some new donors from Madhya Pradesh Rice Germplasm. Oryza 37 (4):313-315.

87. Kumar, Arvind, Bhandarkar, S., Pophlay, D.J. and Shrivastava, M.N. (2000). A new gene for gall midge resistance in rice accession Jhitpiti. RGN 17:83-84.

88. Siopongco J, Quintana L, Harnpichitvitaya D, Rajatasereekul S, Sarawgi AK, Kumar A, Ahmed HU, Singh AK, Sarkarung S, McLaren CG, Rodriguez R, Wade LJ (2000). Genotype environment interactions in rainfed lowland rice and implications for rice improvement. Philippine Journal of Crop Science (Philippines),

89. Kumar, Arvind. (1999). Genetics of resistance to bacterial leaf blight of rice (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae) in some Oryza nivara accessions of Madhya Pradesh Rice Germlasm. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 69 (2):78-81.

90. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (1999). Genetic analysis of

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ARC 5984 for gall midge resistance- a reconsideration. RGN 15: 142-143. 91. Kumar, Arvind, Tiwari, R.K.S., Parihar, S.S.; Pandya, K.S. and Janoria, M.P.

(1999). Performance of prototype rice lines from ideotype breeding. Oryza 36 (2):146-148.

92. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1999). Genetic analysis of gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason) biotype 1 in the rice cultivar RP2333-156-8. Oryza 37 (2):179-180.

93. Kumar, Arvind, Tiwari, R.K.S, Parihar, S.S. and Pandya, K.S. and Janoria, M.P. (1999). Performance of prototype rice lines from ideotype breeding. IRRN 24 (2):18-19.

94. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1999). A new gene for resistance to gall midge in rice cultivar RP2333-156-8. RGN 16:85-87.

95. Kumar, Arvind and Tiwari, R.K.S. (1999). Low ODAP grass pea genotypes for cultivation in Chhattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Pulse Research 12 (2):266-269.

96. Motiramani, N.K., Kumar, Arvind and Bose, Prabhas. (1999). Genetics of resistance against biotype 1 of rice gall midge in some rice cultivars. Oryza 36 (4):396-397.

97. Wade, L.J., McLaren, C.G., Quintana, L., Harnpichitvitaya, D., Rajatasereekul, S., Sarawgi, A.K., Kumar, A., Ahmed, H.U., Sarwoto, Singh, A.K., Rodriguez, R., Siopongco, J. and Sarkarung, S. (1999). Genotype by environment interactions across diverse rainfed lowland rice environments. Field Crops Research 64:35-50.

98. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1998). Inheritance and allelic relation-ship of gall midge biotype-1 resistant gene(s) in some new donors. Oryza 35(1):70-73.

99. Kumar, Arvind, Tiwari, R.K.S., Parihar, S.S., Pandya, K.S., and Janoria, M.P. (1998). Performance of new plant type rice breeding lines. Agric. Sci. Digest 18 (3):198-202.

100. Mohan, Madan, Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Nair, S. (1997). Molecular mapping of a resistance -specific PCR - based marker linked to a gall midge resistance gene (Gm4t) in rice. Theor App Genet 95:777-782.

101. Kumar, Arvind, Sharma, D.J., Sahu, R.K. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1997). Association between bacterial blight resistance, Gall midge resistance and anthocyanin pigmentation in Rice. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture 15 (1-4):187-93.

102. Nair, S., Kumar, A., Shrivastava, M.N. and Madan Mohan. (1996). PCR-based DNA marker linked to a gall midge resistance gene, Gm4 (t), has potential for the marker aided selection in rice. Theo Appl Genet 92:660-665.

103. Jain, P.K., Kumar, A., Sahu, R.K. (1996). Inheritance of bacterial leaf blight resistance in some rice cultivars. Oryza 33:294 - 296.

104. Reddy, R. Arjual, Scheffer, Brain, Madhuri, G., Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Sathyanaraynan, P.V., Nair, Suresh and Madan, Mohan. (1996). Chalcone synthase in rice (Oryza sativa L.): Detection of chs locus protein in seedlings and molecular mapping of the chs locus. Plant Molecular Biology 32:735-743.

105. Gupta, Amol, Pophlay, D.J. and Kumar, Arvind. (1996). Response of selected bacterial leaf blight resistant varieties to brown plant hopper and their agronomic

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traits at Raipur. Current Research 25:142. 106. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (1996). Inheritance and allelic

relations of gene(s) for resistance to rice bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae) in some new donors. Indian Journal of Genetics & Plant Breeding 57(3): 290 - 295.

107. Kumar, Arvind, Thrimurty, V.S. and Mottiramani, N.K. (1996). Oryza nivara accessions, a new potential donor of resistance against bacterial blight and brown spot. Oryza 33:297 - 299.

108. Kumar, Arvind, Verulkar, S.B. and Kotasthane, A.S. (1995). Failure of induced resistance in rice against bacterial leaf blight of paddy pretreated with killed bacteria (X. campestris PV. oryzae). Advances in Plant Sciences 8 (2):297-300.

109. Kumar, A., Baghel, S.S. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1994). Inheritance and allelic relations of genes governing resistance to biotype 1 of rice-gall midge (Orseolia oryzae). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 64(7): 504-506.

110. Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Motiramani N.K. and Sahu, R.K. (1994). Evaluation of rice genotypes and their agronomic traits for adaptability under drought prone rainfed lowland ecology of Eastern Madhya Pradesh. Oryza 31:173-180.

111. Kumar, Arvind, Sahu, R.K. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1993). Germination from deeper soil depth as an index of varietal adaptability to Biasi system of rice cultivation. Oryza 30:254-255.

112. Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, S.K. and Sahu, R.K. (1993). A new gene for resistance to gall midge in rice variety Abhaya. RGN 10:79 - 80.

113. Thrimurty, V.S., Kumar, Arvind, Lakpale, N., Agrawal, K.C., Kotasthane, A.S. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1993). Pathogenic variability of Xanthomonas campestris pv.oryzae in Chhattisgarh region of India. Oryza 30:239-244.

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