Australia should get smart with “Smart Food”

Australia has the right agroecology to be a leader in spreading the ‘smart food’ movement and benefit from what is hoped will be a new food trend. That was a key message delivered to the Crawford Fund annual conference in Canberra this week. Read more

Women farmers without phones vulnerable to climate risk

[ACCRA] Women smallholders’ limited access to mobile phones and call credits could derail use of climate information services (CIS) for adapting to climate change risks, a study in Ghana suggests. Read more

Agriculture officials interact with ICRISAT scientists

District Collector Vasam Venkateswarlu called upon officials to create awareness among the farmers on the upcoming technologies in farm sector. Read more

Postharvest insect resistance in maize

Authors: López-Castillo LM, Silva-Fernández SE, Winkler R, Bergvinson D, Arnason JT and García-Lara S

Published: 2018, Journal of Stored Products Research (TSI), 77. pp. 66-76. ISSN 0022474X

http://oar.icrisat.org/10539/

Protein, calcium, zinc, and iron contents of finger millet grain response to varietal differences and phosphorus application in Kenya

Authors: Wafula WN, Korir N, Ojulong H, Siambi M and Gweyi-Onyango J

Published: 2018, Agronomy (TSI), 8(2) (24). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2073-4395

http://oar.icrisat.org/10540/

Stress inducible overexpression of AtHDG11 leads to improved drought and salt stress tolerance in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Authors: Banavath JN, Chakradhar T, Pandit V, Konduru S, Guduru KK, Akila CS, Podha S and Puli COR

Published: 2018, Frontiers in Chemistry (TSI), 6 (34). pp. 1-22. ISSN 2296-2646

http://oar.icrisat.org/10541/

Towards defining heterotic gene pools in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]

Authors: Radhika Ramya A, Lal Ahamed M, Satyavathi CT, Rathore A, Katiyar P, Bhasker Raj AG, Kumar S, Gupta R, Mahendrakar MD, Yadav RS and Srivastava RK

Published: 2018, Frontiers in Plant Science (TSI), 8 (1934). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1664-462X

http://oar.icrisat.org/10542/

Genetic variability studies in forage type hybrid parents of pearl millet

Authors: Govintharaj P, Gupta SK, Maheswaran M and Sumathi P

Published: 2018, Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 8 (4). pp. 1265-1274. ISSN 0975-928X

http://oar.icrisat.org/10544/

Improving pearl millet for drought tolerance – Retrospect and prospects

Authors: Yadav OP, Singh DV, Vadez V, Gupta SK, Rajpurohit BS and Shekhawat PS

Published: 2018, Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (TSI), 77 (4). pp. 464-474. ISSN 0019-5200

http://oar.icrisat.org/10545/

Phenotypic and molecular diversity-based prediction of heterosis in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L. (R.) Br.)

Authors: Gupta SK, Nepolean T, Shaikh CG, Rai KN, Hash CT, Das RR and Rathore A

Published: 2018, The Crop Journal. pp. 1-11. ISSN 22145141

http://oar.icrisat.org/10546/