Transcription Factors for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He is currently working on disease resistance breeding and genomics in soybean. He has developed soybean varieties like NRC 128, NRC 130 and NRC 136. He registered two leaf rust resistant wheat germplasm lines (TMD 6-4 and TMD 11-5) with ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi. He has published about 20 research papers in internationally reputed journals.

Dr. Gyanendra Pratap Singh is an accomplished and dedicated agricultural researcher & manager having a rich experience in multiple crops and system perspective spanning over three decades, his overall contribution was towards developing 48 wheat & barley varieties benefitting multitude of farmers, consumers and industries including the mega varieties like HD 2967 & HD 3086 in wheat which occupies around 15 mha of area of wheat (nearly 50 % of the total area);46genetic stocks, developing strategies and policies aimed for agricultural development. Holding the current position of research manager for the national wheat & barley improvement programme, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of fulfilling the programme objective of ensuring food and nutrition security to all class of people. Within his leadership role, he has had the opportunity to plan, redefine the programme objectives and activities based on the vision 2050, ground realties and feedback of stakeholders which led the country to reach an all-time highest wheat production. Given the responsibility, a strategy document was developed to double the farmers' income by 2022 in a system perspective comprising rice-wheat-maize. He has established new research programmes and ethics in R&D, developed work plans to outperform objectives, implemented various training and capacity building programs under the MGMG scheme on the lines of the Indian Government aiming for skilling and overall development. Having a core understanding across disciplines and department, he has developed a strong and