New Horizons in Wheat and Barley Research

Part 1 Global Trends and policy perspectives.- 1 Wheat and Barley Production Trends and Research Priorities: A Global Perspective.- 2 Policy Analysis for Food System Approach to Food and Nutrition Security.- 3 Wheat in Asia - Trends, Challenges and Research Priorities.- 4 Accelerating varietal replacement in wheat through strengthening of seed systems.- 5 Status of Wheat Variety Protection in India: Implications and Future Directions.- 6 Barley Improvement: Current Status and Future Prospects in Changing Scenario.- 7 Modern Extension Tools and Approaches for Upscaling, Outscaling and Deepscaling Wheat and Barley Technologies.- Part 2 Frontiers in breeding and genetic gain.- 8 Integration of emerging genomic tools in wheat improvement.- 9 Breaking the Yield Barriers to Enhance Genetic Gains in Wheat.- 10 Tackling a Cereal Killer on the Run: Unending Fight between Wheat Breeding and Foliar Rusts.- 11 Wheat blast: A Bio-Security Threat Looming Large.- 12 Breeding wheat for powdery mildew resistance.- 13 Breeding for spot blotch resistance in wheat.- 14 Common bunt and smuts in wheat and barley-Genetics, breeding and management: Current.- 15 Breeding wheat for conservation agriculture (CA) in the era of climate change.- 16 Breeding for aphid resistance in wheat: Status and future prospects.- 17 Broadening genetic base of wheat for improving rust resistance.- 18 Genetic interventions to improve salt and micro element toxicity tolerance in wheat.- 19 Prospects of durum wheat in the realm of climate change.- 20 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Physiological Interventions.- 21 Dicoccum wheat: Current status and future perspectives.- 22 Channelizing Novel Diversity Through Synthetics for Wheat Improvement.- 23 Genetic improvement of wheat and barley using transgenic approaches.- 24 Status and prospects of hybrid wheat: a brief update.-

Dr. Prem Lal Kashyap is a scientist (Plant Pathology) at ICAR -Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal. He obtained his M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. He has been actively engaged in wheat pathology research. His major research interests include molecular biology of wheat pathogens, population biology, host-pathogen interactions and biological disease management. He joined wheat pathology programme in 2016 and contributed to the development of multiple disease resistance cultivars and genetics stocks, identification of new races of yellow rust of wheat in India, molecular diagnostics technologies for precise and rapid identification of fungal pathogens and sustainable diseases management practices besides capacity building of several stakeholders across India for linking science with society. His interactions and visits to different countries including, the USA, Mexico, Kenya, Bolivia and Bangladesh have helped insignificant exchange of ideas and improved research outputs. He has published more than 70 research articles in high impact journals and edited 6 books. He served Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS) as a Zonal councilor and associated with several international peer reviewed journals in the capacity of associate editor and reviewer. Dr. Kashyap is a recipient of several awards including Dr. Basant Ram Young Scientist Award, Prof. Abrar Mustafa Memorial Award, M. K. Patel Memorial Young Scientist Award and Prof. Mahatim Singh Memorial Award. He received Young Scientist Award and Associateship of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India) for his outstanding contribution in the field of crop protection.

 

Dr. Vikas Gupta is a wheat breeder at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, India. He received his agricultural education from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (J&K), CCS