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Women in Research and Science

Launch of Women in Research and Science (WIRES), an employee-led resource group at CGIAR on 21 January, 3 pm CET. To participate in the event register at https://cgiar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hL_uKrRiSkOLbiG9AI–Xg

13th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)

18-22 January 2021

GFFA is an international conference on agri-food policy issues. The forum is organized by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. This year’s conference is about feeding the world in times of pandemics and climate change.

To know more about GFFA, click here https://www.gffa-berlin.de/en/

Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

25-26 January 2021

The Climate Adaptation Summit is being held online this year and will be hosted by Netherlands. It convenes global leaders and local stakeholders and will see the launch of a comprehensive adaption action agenda for a world more resilient to climate change.

To know more about the summit, click here https://www.cas2021.com/

Enhancement of local network in Patancheru office area

The Information Systems Unit (ISU) at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, recently upgraded the local internet network to 10 Gigabits Per Second (GBPS) backbone speed, a hundred times faster than the previous network operating at 100 mbps.

This enhanced network was commissioned using around 30 new hi-tech networking switches and a new 8000-meter-long, 12-core fiber. It covers all the buildings and departments with 10 GBPS backbone speed and 1 GBPS speed at desktop levels. In the new network, department-specific Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN – virtual segmentation of network) have been configured for better monitoring and traffic segmentation. The new network, which replaces obsolete switches, comes with a five-year warranty and support, and offers new configuration options. It will strengthen security and will be helpful in overcoming several IT challenges.

The ISU team led by Mr Pradyut J Modi commissioned the new network during June-August 2020 at a time of limited staff availability, and had complete support from the Director General, Assistant Director General-External Relations, Director Corporate Services, and Capital Assets Acquisition Committee (CAAC). In this, ISU was well supported by Purchase, Farm and Engineering Services, Corporate Service office and Security unit.

Tapping the economic potential of chickpea in Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Fikre A, Desmae H and Ahmed S

Published: Agronomy (TSI), 10 (11). pp. 1-22. ISSN 2073-4395

http://oar.icrisat.org/11683/

Exploitation of hybrid vigor for identification of promising sorghum F1 hybrid for high grain yield and resistance to sorghum midge

Authors: Hamidou M, Souleymane O, Salifou M, Ba MN, Kapran I, Gracen V, Ofori K, Yirenkyi Danquah E and Marques I

Published: International Journal of Agronomy (TSI), 2020. pp. 1-5. ISSN 1687-8159

http://oar.icrisat.org/11684/

The celery genome sequence reveals sequential paleo-polyploidizations, karyotype evolution and resistance gene reduction in apiales

Authors: Song X, Sun P, Yuan J, Gong K, Li N, Meng F, Zhang Z, Li X, Hu J, Wang J, Yang Q, Jiao B, Nie F, Liu T, Chen W, Feng S, Pei Q, Yu T, Kang X, Zhao W, Cui C, Yu Y, Wu T, Shan L, Liu M, Qin Z, Lin H, Varshney RK, Li XQ, Paterson AH and Wang X

Published: Plant Biotechnology Journal (TSI). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1467-7644

http://oar.icrisat.org/11685/

Conventional and molecular breeding approaches for biofortification of pearl millet

Authors: Govindaraj M, Yadav OP, Srivastava RK and Gupta SK

Published: In: Quality Breeding in Field Crops. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 85-107. ISBN 978-3-030-04608-8

http://oar.icrisat.org/11686/

Culm strength: key trait to identify lodging tolerant genotypes in pearl millet

Authors: Gupta SK, Shaikh CG, Ponnaiah G, Kalleshappa CC, Kholova J, Jayalekha AK and Verma YS

Published: In: 16th ROME International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences (RAABE-20), Feb. 3-5, 2020, Rome, Italy

http://oar.icrisat.org/11687/

Small RNA sequencing reveals the role of pearl millet miRNAs and their targets in salinity stress responses

Authors: Shinde H, Dudhate A, Anand L, Tsugama D, Gupta SK, Liu S and Takano T

Published: South African Journal of Botany (TSI), 132. pp. 395-402. ISSN 0254-6299

http://oar.icrisat.org/11688