Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Conference Papers
Miscellaneous
Books
Book Reviews

 

Journal Articles

Anjaiah V, Meher HC, Sharma SB, Sharma KK and Sivaramakrishnana S. 2005. Potential of legume lectins as antagonistic biomolecules to root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Journal of Plant Protection 33 (2): 277-281.

Jain R, Anjaiah V and Babbar SB. 2005. Guar gum: a cheap substitute for agar in microbial culture media. Letters in Applied Microbiology 41: 345-349.

Bidinger FR, Bhasker Raj AG, Negusse Abraha, Mohammed Ali A, Obilana AB and Jones RB. 2005. Topcross hybrids as an entry into commercial seed production of pearl millet in eastern Africa . Experimental Agriculture 41: 335-356.

Bidinger FR, Serraj R, Rizvi SMH, Howarth CJ, Yadav RS and Hash CT. 2005. Field evaluation of drought tolerance QTL effects on phenotype and adaptationin pearl millet [ Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. ] topcross hybrids. Field Crops Research 94:14-32.

Buhariwalla HK, Jarret RL, Jayashree B, Eshwar K, Crouch JH and Ortiz R . 2005. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from M.balbisiana . Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 327-330.

Buhariwalla HK, Srilakshmi P, Kannan S, Kanchi RS, Chandra S, Satyaprasad K, Waliyar F, Thakur RP and Crouch JH. 2005. AFLP analysis of Trichoderma spp. from India compared with sequence and morphological-based diagnostics. Journal of Phytopathology 153(7 - 8):389 - 400

Dhillon MK, Naresh JS, Ram Singh and Sharma NK. 2005. Evaluation of bitter gourd ( Momordica charantia L.) genotypes for resistance to melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae . Indian Journal of Plant Protection 33(1): 55-59.

Dhillon MK, Naresh JS, Ram Singh and Sharma NK. 2005. Influence of physico-chemical traits of bitter gourd, Momordica charantia L. on larval density and resistance to melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett). Journal of Applied Entomology 129(7): 393-399.

Dhillon MK, Ram Singh, Naresh JS and Sharma HC. 2005. Melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae : Biology and management. Journal of Insect Science 5:40, available online: insectscience.org/5.40 .

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC, Reddy BVS, Singh R, Naresh JS and Kai Z. 2005. Relative susceptibility of different male-sterile cytoplasms in sorghum to shoot fly, Atherigona soccata . Euphytica 144: 275-283.

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC, Singh R and Naresh JS. 2005. Mechanisms of resistance to shoot fly, Atherigona soccata in sorghum. Euphytica 144: 301-312.

Dwivedi SL and Nigam SN. 2005. Confectionery groundnuts: Issues and opportunities to promote export and food uses in India . Journal of Oilseeds Research 22: 1-4.

Dwivedi SL, Blair M , Upadhyaya HD , Serraj R, Balaji J, Buhariwala HK, Ortiz R and Crouch JH. 2005. Using genomics to exploit grain-legume biodiversity in crop improvement. Plant Breeding Review 26: 171-358.

Dwivedi SL, Upadhyaya HD and Hegde DM. 2005. Development of core collection using geographical information and morphological descriptors in safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 52:821-830.

Folkertsma RT, Rattunde H Fred W, Subhash Chandra, Soma Raju G and Tom Hash C. 2005. The pattern of genetic diversity of Guinea-race Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench landraces as revealed with SSR markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111: 399-409.

Folkertsma RT, Rattunde HFW, Chandra S, Soma Raju G and Hash CT. 2005. The pattern of genetic diversity of Guinea-race sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench landraces as revealed with SSR markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111: 399-409

Gowda CLL, Ramesh S, Chandra S and Upadhyaya HD. 2005. Genetic basis of pod borer ( Helicoverpa armigera ) resistance and grain yield in desi and kabuli chickpea ( Cicer arietinum Linn.). Euphytica 145: 199-214.

Gowda CLL, Ramesh S, Chandra S, and Upadhyaya H. 2005. Genetic basis of Pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) resistance and grain yield in desi and Kabuli Chickpea [Cicer arietinum Linn.] under unprotected conditions. Euphytica 146: 213-222

Grirjashankar V, Sharma HC, Sharma KK, Swathisree V, Sivarama Prasad L, Bhat BV, Royer M, Secundo BS, Narasu LM, Altosaar I and Seetharama N. 2005. Development of transgenic sorghum for insect resistance against the spotted stem borer ( Chilo partellus ). Plant Cell Reports 24: 513-522.

Hash CT , Thakur RP and Azhaguvel P. 2005. Mapping-directed conventional backcrossing for improved pearl millet downy mildew resistance. Agronomy Abstracts 163-166.

Jayashree B, Ferguson M, Dan Ilut M, Doyle and Crouch JH. 2005. Analysis of genomic sequence from peanut ( Arachis hypogaea ). Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 8: 3. (Open-access)

Kalyani G, Sonali S, Reddy AS, Reddy AGS, Waliyar F and Nigam SN. 2005. Resistance to tobacco streak virus in groundnut, Arachis hypogaea . Journal of Oilseeds Research 22(1): 105-107.

Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Upadhyaya HD, Hari Kishana S, Chandra S, Vincent V and Serraj R . 2005. Genetic variability of drought-avoidance root trait in the mini core germplasm collection of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). Euphytica 146: 213-222.

Kresovich S, Barbazuk B, Bedell J, Borrell A, Buell R, Burke J, Clifton S Cordonnier-Pratt M-M, Cox S, Dahlberg J, Erpelding J, Fulton TM, Fulton B, Fulton L, Gingle A, Goff S, Hash CT, Huang Y, Jordan D, Klein P, Klein R, Magalhaes J, McCombie R, Moore P, Mullet JE, Ozias-Akins P, Paterson AH, Porter K, Pratt L, Roe B, Rooney W, Schnable P, Stelly DM, Tuinstra M, Ware D and Warek U. 2005. Toward sequencing the Sorghum genome. A U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop report. Plant Physiology 138: 1898–1902.

Kumar PL, Latha TK, Kulkarni NK, Raghavendra K, Saxena KB, Waliyar F, Rangaswamy KT, Muniyappa V, Sabitha D and Jones AT. 2005. Broad-based resistance to pigeonpea sterility mosaic disease in wild relatives of pigeonpea ( Cajanus: Phaseoleae). Annals of Applied Biology 146: 371-379.

Latha R, Senthilvel S and Thiyagarajan K. 2005. Grain and cooking quality characteristics of two-line hybrids in rice. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 65(1): 45-46.

Mallikarjuna N and Saxena KB. 2005. A new cytoplasmic male-sterility system derived from cultivated pigeonpea cytoplasm. Euphytica 142(1-2): 143-148.

Mallikarjuna N, Jadhav DR , Reddy MV and Usharani Dutta T. 2005. Introgression of Phytophthora blight disease resistance from Cajanus platycarpus into short duration pigeonpeas. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 65(4): 261-264.

Mallikarjuna N, Maheedhar G and Chandra S. 2005. Genetic diversity among Arachis species based on RAPDs. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 65(1): 5-8.

Mgonja MA, Chandra S, Gwata ET, Obilana AB, Monyo ES, Rohrbach DD, Chisi M and Saadan MH. 2005. Improving the efficiencies of national crop breeding programs through region-based approaches: The case of sorghum and pearl millet in southern Africa . Journal of Food Agriculture and Environment 3: 124-129

Nigam SN, Chandra S, Sridevi KR, Manohar B, Reddy AGS, Rao RCN, Wright GC, Reddy PV, Deshmukh MP, Mathur RK, Basu MS, Vasundhara S, Varman PV and Nagdda AK. 2005. Efficiency of physiological trait-based and empirical selection approaches for drought tolerance in groundnut. Annals of Applied Biology 146:433 - 439.

Pande S, Siddique KHM, Kishore GK, Baaya B, Gaur PM, Gowda CL, Bretag T and Crouch JH. 2005. Ascochyta blight of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.): A review of biology, pathogenicity and disease management. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56(4): 317-332.

Serraj R, Hash CT , Rizvi SMH, Sharma A, Yadav RS and Bidinger FR. 2005. Recent Advances in Marker-Assisted Selection for Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet. Plant Production Science 8: 334-337.

Sharma HC, Pampapathy G, Lanka SK and Ridsdill-Smith TJ. 2005. Antibiosis mechanism of resistance to legume pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera in wild relatives of chickpea. Euphytica 142: 107-117.

Sharma KK, Bhatnagar-Mathur P and Thorpe TA. 2005. Genetic transformation technology: status and problems. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant 41: 102-112.

Sihag RC, Gahlawat SK , Dhillon MK and Yadav JS. 2005. Pollination in oilseed crop, taramira ( Eruca sativa Mill.): effects of crop management practices, plant population and number of honeybee colonies on various yield parameters. Asian Bee Journal 6(1-2): 52-65.

Sonali Shukla, Kalyani G, Kulkarni N, Waliyar F and Nigam SN. 2005. Mechanism of transmission of tobacco streak virus by Scirtothrips dorsalis, Frankliniella schultzei and Megalurothrips usitatus in groundnut. Journal of Oilseeds Research 22(1): 215-217.

Yadav OP, Sahai BT, Bidinger FR and Bhasker Raj AG. 2005. Exotic elite populations as sources for diversification of landraces of pearl millet [ Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. ]. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 65:15-19.

Book Chapters

Crouch JH, Gaur PM, Buhariwalla HK, Barman P and Sharma HC. 2005. Towards molecular breeding of Helicoverpa resistance in grain legumes. Pages 313-334 in Helicoverpa/Heliothis: Management Strategies for the Future (Sharma HC, ed.). New Delhi , India : Oxford & IBH/Enfield , USA & Plymouth , UK : Science Publishers Inc.

Jayashree B, Rangacharyulu AV, Sreedhar T and Chandra S. 2005. Design and implementation of an integrated database for genetic and genomic data: ICRIS. Pages 60-64 In Bioinformatics Computing (Garg D and Singh A, ds). Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi

Kameshwara Rao N, Mallikarjuna N, Sharma KK, Reddy LJ, Singh P and Gotmare V. 2005. Utilization of wild relatives of crops for resistance to Heliothis / Helicoverpa . Pages 243–253 in Helicoverpa/Heliothis: Management Strategies for the Future (Sharma HC, ed.). New Delhi , India : Oxford & IBH/Enfield , USA & Plymouth , UK : Science Publishers Inc. 

Kranthi KR, Jadhav DR, Kranthi S and Russel DA. 2005. Insecticidal resistance management strategies for Helicoverpa. Pages 405–430 in Helicoverpa/Heliothis: Management Strategies for the Future (Sharma HC, ed.). New Delhi , India : Oxford & IBH/Enfield , USA & Plymouth , UK : Science Publishers Inc. 

Serraj R, Hash CT, Buhariwalla HK, Bidinger FR, Folkertsma RT, Chandra S, Gaur PM, Kashiwagi J, Nigam SN, Rupakula A and Crouch JH. 2005. Marker-assisted breeding for crop drought tolerance at ICRISAT: Achievements and prospects. Pages 217-238 in In the Wake of the Double Helix: From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution (Tuberosa R, Phillips RL and Gale MD, eds.). Bologna , Italy : Avenue media.

Sharma KK, Ananda Kumar P Singh NP and Sharma HC. 2005. Insecticidal genes and their potential in developing transgenic crops for resistance to cotton bollworm/legume pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera . Pages 255-274 in Helicoverpa/Heliothis: Management Strategies for the Future (Sharma HC, ed.). New Delhi , India : Oxford & IBH/Enfield , USA & Plymouth , UK : Science Publishers Inc.

Subbarao GV, Ito O, Serraj R, Crouch JH, Tobita S, Okada K, Hash CT, Ortiz R and Berry WL. 2005. Physiological perspectives on improving adaptation to drought – Justification for a systemic component-based approach. Pages 577–594 in Handbook of Photosynthesis, 2 nd edition (Pessarakli M, ed.). CRC Press.

Conference Papers

Buhariwalla HK, Jayashree B, Eshwar K and Crouch JH. 2005. Development of ESTs from chickpea roots and their use in diversity analysis of the Cicer genus. BMC Plant Biology (Open-access), 2005, 5:16. http://www.biomedcentral.com/ 1471-2229/5/16 .

Clarke H, Wilson J, Croser J, Lulsdorf M, Mallikarjuna N and Siddique K. 2005. Embryo rescue and plant regeneration of selfed chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) and its wild relatives. Pages 55-64 in Contributing to a Sustainable Future (Bennet IJ, Bunn E, Clarke H and McComb JA, eds.). Proceedings of the Australian Branch of the IAPTC&B, 21-24 Sep 2005. Perth , Western Australia .

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC and Reddy BVS. 2005. Agronomic characteristics of different cytoplasmic male-sterility systems and their reaction to sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata . Journal of SAT Agricultural Research ( http://icrtest: 8080/journal/cropimprovement /ismn46/v1i1agronomic.pdf), 1(1): 1-4.

Gaur PM, Pande S, Sharma HC, Gowda CLL, Sharma KK, Crouch JH and Vadez V. 2005. Genetic enhancement of stress tolerance in chickpea: Present status and future prospectus. In: Sustainable Crop Production, 12-14 February 2005, Indian Society of Crop Improvement, Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishvavidalaya, Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh , India .

Kumar PL , Waliyar F and Saxena KB. 2005. Management of pigeonpea sterility mosaic disease. Pages 45-51 in Proceedings of IPM Research at ICRISAT: Present Status and Future Priorities. Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India : International Crops Research Institte for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

Mallikarjuna N, Sharma HC, Jadhav DR, Pampapathy G, Upadhayaya HD and Hoisington D. 2005. Use of wide hybridization to improve Helicoverpa resistance in pigeonpea [ Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. Page 138 in IVth International Food Legumes Research Conference: Food Legumes for Nutritional Security and Sustainable Agriculture, 18-22 October 2005. New Delhi , India : Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

Ngugi K, Muthamia Z and Folkertsma R. 2005. Molecular marker-assisted selection of three intractable traits of maize and sorghum inKenyan genetic backgrounds: myth or reality? Paper presented at the Conference on Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crops, 24-27 January 2005, Nairobi , Kenya .

Ntare BR, Waliyar F and Ndjeunga J. 2005. Advances in groundnut improvement in West Africa . Paper presented at the Groundnut Rediscovery Summit 2005, 27-29 September 2005, Kaduna , Nigeria .

Opoku SY, Bhattacharjee R, Kolesnikova-AllenM, Enu-KwesiL, Asante E and Adu-Ampomah Y. 2005. Impact of Breeders' Collection on Cocoa Plantings of Ghana : Assessment by Molecular Marker Analysis and Farmers' Field Survey. A paper presented in First COCOBOD Conference and Promotion of Local Consumption of Cocoa Products and 24 th Biennial Conference of The Ghana Science Association. Accra Ghana . 1-4 August 2005.

Opoku SY, Bhattacharjee R, Kolesnikova-Allen M and Adu-Ampomah Y. 2005 Profile of cacao farms and its implications on cacao breeding and cultivation in Ghana . A paper presented in the African regional coordination and resistance testing meeting, CFC/ICCO/IPGRI project. 27 th Nov – 3 rd December 2005. Yaounde , Cameroon .

Pande S, Basandrai AK, Kishore GK, Gaur PM, Kannan S, Rao JN, Crouch JH, Siddique KHM and Gowda CLL. 2005. Morphological, pathogenic and genetic variability in Indian isolates of Ascochyta rabiei of chickpea. Page 365 in Proceedings of the 15 th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, 26 - 29 September 2005, Geelong , Australia .

Ramakrishna Babu, A, Sharma, H.C, Subaratnam, G.V and Sharma KK. 2005. Development of transgenic chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) with Bt cry1Ac gene for resistance to pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera. Page 58 in IVth International Food Legumes Research Conference: Food Legumes for Nutritional Security and Sustainable Agriculture, 18-22 October 2005. New Delhi , India : Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

Ranga Rao GV, Rupela OP, Pande S, Waliyar F, Wani SP and Nigam SN. 2005. Strengthening Agricultural Research – Extension Linkages in Andhra Pradesh: Presented in workshop on ‘Strengthening Research – Extension Linkages' organized by Department of Agriculture, 1 July 2005.

Serraj R, Hash CT (sic), Buhariwalla HK, Bidinger FR, Folkertsma RT, Chandra S, Gaur PM, Kashiwagi J, Nigam SN, Rupakula A and Crouch JH. 2005. Marker-assisted breeding for crop drought tolerance at ICRISAT: Achievements and prospects. Pages 217 – 238 in Proceedings of the International Congress “In the Wake of the Double Helix: From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution”, 27–31 May 2003, Bologna , Italy (Tuberosa, R., R.L. Phillips, and M.D. Gale, eds.). Bologna , Italy : Avenue media

Serraj R, Hash TC, Buhariwalla HK, Bidinger FR, Folkertsma RT, Chandra S, Gaur PM, Kashiwagi J, Nigam SN, Rupakula A and Crouch JH. 2005. Marker-assisted breeding for crop drought tolerance at ICRISAT: Achievements and prospects. Pages 217 – 238 in Proceedings of the International Congress on In the Wake of the Double Helix: From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution, 27–31 May 2003, Bologna, Italy (Tuberosa R, Phillips RL and Gale MD, eds.). Bologna , Italy : Avenue media.

Sharma HC, Dhillon MK and Romies J. 2005. Biosafety of insect-resistant transgenic plants to non-target organisms. Paper presented at the National Symposium on Recent Trends in Environmental Biology and Biotechnological Approaches to Conserve Biodiversity, 22-24 October 2005. Academy of Environmental Biology, Gulburga University , Gulburga, Karanataka , India .

Sharma HC, Gaur PM and Hoisington DA. 2005. Physico-chemical and molecular markers for host plant resistance to Helicoverpa armigera . Pages 84-121 in Recent Advances in Helicoverpa Management (Saxena H, Rai AB , Ahmad R and Gupta S, eds). Kanpur , India : Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, Indian Institute of Pulses Research.

Sharma HC, Reddy BVS, Dhillon MK, Venkateswaran K, Singh BU, Pampapathy G, Folkertsma RT, Hash CT and Sharma KK. 2005. Host plant resistance to insects in sorghum: Present status and need for future research. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research ( http://icrtest: 8080/journal/cropimprovement/ismn46/ v1i1host.pdf), 1(1): 1-8.

Shew BB and Waliyar F. 2005. Peanut diseases, ecology and control. In: Encyclopedia of Pest Management, D. Pimentel (ed.). Published on-line as DOI: 0.1081/E-EPM-120041160.

Sreelatha G, Sharma HC, Manohar Rao D, Royer M and Sharma KK. 2005. Genetic transformation of pigeonpea [ Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] with Bt cry1Ac gene and the evaluation of transgenic plants for resistance to Helicoverpa armigera. Page 58 in IVth International Food Legumes Research Conference: Food Legumes for Nutritional Security and Sustainable Agriculture, 18-22 October 2005. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi , India .

Thakur RP and Waliyar F. 2005. Biocontrol of preharvest aflatoxin contamination in groundnut. Pages 56-67 in Biocontrol Research at ICRISAT: Present Status and Future Priorities. Proceedings of the In-house Review, 5 April 2005. ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh , India .

Upadhyaya HD and Gowda CLL. 2005. Using core and mini core approaches to identify germplasm: Adding values to the working germplasm collection. In ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, USA , 6-10 November 2005. http://crops.confex.com/crops/2005am/techprogram/p7129. HTM.

Upadhyaya HD , Baum M, Dwivedi SL, Udupa SM, Buhariwalla HK, Furman BJ, Chandra S, Hoisington D, Crouch JH, Gowda CLL and Singh Sube. 2005. Mining allelic variation associated with beneficial traits in composite collection of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). Presented at Generation Challenge Program Meeting, 25 September-1 October 2005, Rome , Italy .

Upadhyaya HD, Bhattacharjee R, Pundir RPS, Hoisington D, Singh Sube and Reddy KN. 2005. Genotyping pigeonpea composite collection using SSR markers. Presented at Generation Challenge Program meeting, 25 September-1 October 2005, Rome , Italy .

Upadhyaya HD, Pundir RPS, Hash CT, Hoisington D, Chandra S, Gowda CLL, Singh Sube and Gopal Reddy V. 2005. Genotyping finger millet germplasm – Developing composite collection. Presented at Generation Challenge Program Meeting, 25 September-1 October 2005, Rome , Italy

Upadhyaya. HD and Gowda CLL. 2005. Establishment of the information sharing mechanism for monitoring the implementation of Global Plan of Action (GPA) Programme. Invited paper presented in the First National Stakeholders Workshop of FAO Sponsored Project on Global Plan of Action. 24-25 January. 2005, NBPGR New Delhi , India .

Vadez V, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Serraj R, Sharma KK, Devi J, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Hoisington D, Chandra S, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Rupakula A, Upadhyaya HD, Hash CT and Rizvi SMH. 2005. Recent advances in drought research at ICRISAT: Using root traits and rd29a::DREB1A to increase water use and water use efficiency in drought-prone areas. Paper presented in the Interdrought International Conference, 24-28 September. 2005. Rome , Italy .

Waliyar F, Kumar PL and Reddy SV. 2005. Integrated management of preharvest aflatoxin contamination in groundnut. Pages 33-40 in Proceedings of IPM Research at ICRISAT: Present Status and Future Priorities. ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh , India .

Waliyar F, Kumar PL and Reddy SV . 2005. Integrated management of preharvest aflatoxin contamination in groundnut. In Proceedings IPM Research at ICRISAT: Present Status and Future Priorities. ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, India . p33-40

Miscellaneous

Dhillon MK, Sharma HC and Reddy BVS. 2005. Agronomic characteristics of different cytoplasmic mate-sterility systems and their reaction to sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata . International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 46: 52-55.

Rangaswamy KT, Muniyappa V, Kumar PL, Saxena KB, Byregowda M, Raghavendra, N, Pandurangaiah K, Kumar RV, Waliyar F and Jones AT. 2005. ICP 7035 - A sterility mosaic resistant vegetable and grain purpose pigeonpea variety for Karnataka state of India . International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newslette r 12: 42-44.

Reddy AS, Kumar PL and Waliyar F. 2005. Rate of transmission of Indian peanut clump virus (IPCV) to groundnut by mechanical inoculation. International Arachis Newsletter 25: 37-39.

Sharma HC, Dhillon MK, Mukuru SZ and Kibuka J. 2005. Influence of irrigation regimes on expression of resistance to spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus in sorghum . International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 46: 49-52.

Sharma HC, Reddy BVS, Dhillon MK, Venkateswaran K, Singh BU, Pampapathy G, Folkerstma R, Hash CT and Sharma KK. 2005. Host plant resistance to insect pests in sorghum: Current status and future priorities. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 46: 36-43.

Sharma HC, Van Driesche, Arora R and Sharma KK. 2005. Biological activity of lectins from grain legumes and garlic against the legume pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera . International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter 12: 50-53. 

Vadez V , Srivastava N, Krishnamurthy L, Aruna R and Nigam SN. 2005. Standardization of a protocol to screen salinity tolerance in groundnut. International Arachis Newsletter 25, 42-48.

Vadez V, Srivastava N, Krishnamurthy L, Aruna R and Nigam SN. 2005. Standardisation of a protocol to screen for salinity tolerance in groundnut. International Arachis Newsletter 25: 42 - 47.

Books

Ntare BR, Waliyar F, Ramouch M, Masters E and Ndjeunga J. (eds.) . 2005. Market prospects for groundnut in West Africa . CFC Technical Paper No. 39, PO Box 7465 , 1070, BR Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Common Fund for Commodities; and Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh , India : International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 252 pp.

Book Reviews

Hash CT. 2005. Book review - Genetic diversity of cultivated tropical plants. (Hamon P, Seguin M, Perrier X and Glaszmann JC, eds.). Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 23:218.