Thursday, October 17, 2019 Agenda

Day 1

08:00 Registration
09:00 Inauguration
Welcome by Conference Chair
KC Bansal, Sr. Fellow, TERI-Deakin NanoBiotechnology Centre, and
Former Director, NBPGR (ICAR), New Delhi, India

09:10 Remarks by Conference Co-Chair

Henry Nguyen, Curators’ Distinguished Professor,University of Missouri,
Columbia, USA

09:20 Chairman’s Address

Deepak Pental, CSIR Distinguished Scientist and Former Vice-Chancellor,
University of Delhi, India

09:40 Inaugural Address

Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, India

10:10 Vote of Thanks by Organizing Secretary

Sanjay Bajaj, Managing Director, Select Biosciences India

10:15 Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Plenary Lecture 1
Chair: Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
11:00 Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – The
Backbone for Feeding Future Generations
Andreas Börner, Head Management and Evaluation, Leibniz Institute
of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany
 Session I: The Crop Germplasm - Realizing Hidden Potential
Chair: Ajay Parida, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar; Co-chair: SR Bhat, NRCPB, New Delhi

11:35 Keynote Talk

Crop Genetic Resources: International Conservation and
Utilization Status
Jai C Rana, National Coordinator. UN Environment GEF Project, Bioversity
International-India
11:55 Characterization of Physico-biochemical Attributes in Mango
Germplasm of Eastern India
Swosti Suvadarsini Das, ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Kakori, India
12:05 The Use of Wild Relatives to Bring Diversity Back into Indian Mustard
Navin Gupta, Scientist (SS), ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, India
12:15 Characterisation of 6778 Accessions of Barley (Hordeum vulgare
L.) Germplasm Conserved in the Indian Genebank for Agro-
morphological and Phenological traits
Vikender Kaur, Scientist, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi, India
12:25 Characterization of Horse Gram Germplasm by Developing and Using
DNA Based Markers
Rahul Kumar, Assistant Professor, DAV University, Jalandhar, India

12:35 Identification and Characterization of Nagina22 EMS Mutants of Rice for

Enhanced Heat Tolerance
S. Nagalakshmi, DST-Woman Scientist, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India

12:45 Unraveling the Genetic Potential of Conserved Wheat Germplasm

Collection in National Genebank- A Case Study
Sherry Jacob, Senior Scientist, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, India

12:55 Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Plenary Lecture 2
Chair: Ramesh Sonti, NIPGR, India
14:00 Plant Breeding in 21st Century: Integrating Germplasm,
Genomics, Phenotyping and Data Science
Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director, Genetic Gains,
ICRISAT, India

Session II: Conventional and Molecular Breeding of Crops

Chair: Deepak Pental, University of Delhi, New Delhi; Co-Chair: Andreas Boerner, IPK, Germany

14:30 Keynote Talk

Crop Breeding for Food and Nutritional Security in
India: Status and Future Prospects
DK Yadava, Assistant Director General (Seed), ICAR, India
14:50 Keynote Talk
Genomics Assisted Breeding for Developing Climate
Resilient Rice Varieties
Ashok K Singh, Head, Genetics Division and Joint Director
(Research), IARI, India
 15:10 Keynote Talk
Spring Wheat Pre-Breeding at CIMMYT: from Genetic
Resources to Physiological and Molecular Breeding
Sivakumar Sukumaran, Scientist & Lead, International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
15:30 Microbiome Says, “Hello, Plant Breeding”!
Murali Gopal, Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research
Institute, Kasaragod, Kerala
15:45 Improving Seed Filling under Drought Stress by Stem Reserve
Mobilization in Soybean, Glycine max
Gyanesh Kumar Satpute, Senior Scientist, (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Division of
Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of SoybeanResearch, Indore, India

15:55 Harnessing Wild Germplasm of Rice for Mitigating Biotic Stresses

K. Neelam, Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, PAU, Ludhiana,
India

16:05 Molecular Characterization of Shrunken2 gene, and Development

of Functional Markers for Utilization in Marker-assisted Sweet Corn
Breeding Programme
Rashmi Chhabra, DST-Woman Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi, India
16:15 Marker Trait Association Analysis for Root Traits in Relation to Drought
Tolerance in Upland Rice
Harendra Verma, Scientist, ICAR Research Complex for North East Hill Region,
Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, India

16:25 QTL Mapping for Yield and Yield Attributing Traits in Glycine soja Sieb.
and Zucc. derived RILs
Yashpal, Scientist, Division of Genetics, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India
16:35 Advances in Genotyping-by-sequence Approach for Plant Breeding
Vinod Goyal, Scientist, CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, India

16:45 Tea and Networking in Exhibition Area

Session III: Genomics for Crop Improvement
Chair: Akhilesh Tyagi, DUSC, New Delhi; Co-Chair: Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri, USA

17:15 Keynote Talk

Genomics Assisted Alien Introgression in Wheat
P Chhuneja, Director, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, PAU,
Ludhiana, India

17:35 Keynote Talk

Integrating Multi-omics Approaches for Divulging
Regulation of Seed Development for Crop Improvement
Mukesh Jain, Professor, SC&IS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
17:55 Keynote Talk
Toward Functional Genomics of Mineral Nutrient-use-
efficiency: K+ Deficiency Stress Management in Plants
Girdhar Kumar Pandey, Professor, University of Delhi, India
18:15 Keynote Talk
Advances in Trait Discovery and Genetic Improvement
of Legume
Babu Valliyodan, Associate Professor, Molecular Biology and
Genomics, Lincoln University, USA

18:35 Genomic Resources for Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus): An Ancient,

Resilient Legume for the Climate Change Era
Abhimanyu Sarkar, Scientist, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

18:50 Genome Sequence of Androgenic Dihaploid Potato Clone C-13

(Solanum tuberosum L.) Reveals Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
(SNPs) and Indels Variation
Jagesh Tiwari, Senior Scientist, CPRI, Shimla, India
19:00 Transcriptome Analysis of Dormant and Germinating Teliospores of
Tilletia indica Inciting Karnal Bunt of Wheat
Malkhan Singh Gurjar, Scientist SS, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi,
India

19:10 Genome Analysis, Identification and Characterization of MeSnRK Gene

Family in Cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz)
Senthilkumar Muthusamy, Scientist, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute
(CTCRI), Thiruvananthapuram, India

19:20 Genomic Selection in Autotetraploid Potato with Genotyped Cultivars

and Non-genotyped Breeding Populations using Single Step GBLUP
Salej Sood, Scientist, ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India
19:30 Poster Session, Networking and Dinner
21:30 End of First Day of the Conference
 Friday, October 18, 2019 Agenda
Day 2
Plenary Lecture 3
Chair: Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
09:00 Towards Low-input, High-output Agriculture – Breeding of
Oilseed Mustard as an Example
Deepak Pental, CSIR Distinguished Scientist, and Former Vice-Chancellor,
Delhi University, India

Session IV: Genetic Engineering for Crop Improvement

Chair: SK Datta, Visva Bharati University, West Bengal;Co-chair: NK Singh, ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi

09:30 Keynote Talk

Engineering of Rice for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
P Mahesh Reddy, Sr. Fellow, TDNBC, TERI, Gurgaon, India

09:50 Keynote Talk

Genetic Engineering and Genome Editing of Rice for
Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance
C Viswanathan, Principal Scientist & Head, Indian Agricultural
Research Institute, New Delhi, India
10:10 Keynote Talk
Engineering N Storage Capacity of Plants to Improve
Stress Tolerance
Rajeev Gupta, Principal Scientist & Theme Leader-Genomics & Trait
Discovery (GTD), ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India

10:30 Integrated Molecular Approaches to Address Micronutrient uptake and

Bioavailability in Wheat
Ajay Pandey, Scientist E, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Mohali, India

10:40 Exploiting microRNAs for Improving Yield

Neeti Sanan Mishra, Group Leader, ICGEB, New Delhi, India
10:50 Expression of GmFAD3 Alters Responses to Abiotic Stress in Soybean
Ajay Singh, Senior Scientist, NIASM, Baramati, Pune, India
11:00 Understanding the Mechanism of RNA Silencing and Salt Stress
Tolerance using Flock House Virus encoded B2 Protein
Veena Sinha, ICGEB, New Delhi, India
11:10 Status of Genetically Modified Crops in India and Role of Rapid DNA-
based Screening Assays to Check for Authorized GM Events
Monika Singh, Scientist Sr Scale, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi, India

11:20 Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Plenary Lecture 4
Chair: P K Gupta, INSA Honorary Scientist, Meerut
Superior Haplotype Based Breeding in Rice
11:50 Arvind Kumar, Director, IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC),
India

Session V: Genome Engineering and New Breeding Techniques

Chair: Paramjit Khurana, University of Delhi; Co-chair: Ashok K Singh, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Keynote Talk:
12:20 CRISPR-Cas Enabled Advanced Plant Breeding,
Towards the Next Green Revolution?
Amitabh Mohanty, Program Director, National Genomics and
Genotyping Facility (NGGF), NIPGR, India
12:40 Keynote Talk:
Tweaking the Genomes of Small Grain Cereals with
Transposons and New Biotechnological Approaches
Jaswinder Singh, Associate Professor, McGill University, Canada
13:00 Keynote Talk:
New Breeding Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production
and Breeding for Nutritional Quality and Safety
Sachin Rustgi, Assistant Professor of Molecular Breeding, Clemson University,
USA
13:20 CRISPR Library Screen for Plant Mutagenomics
Sangram Keshari Lenka, Associate Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),
New Delhi, India
13:35 Patent Estate of CRISPR Technology: Licenses and Pools for furthering
Innovation by Genome Editing
Neeti Wilson, Partner Anand and Anand, New Delhi, India
13:45 Identification of Genome Wide G-quadruplexes and their Role in Plant
Development
Rohini Garg, Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University, India

13:55 Development of Beta-Carotene Rich Tomato through CRISPR/cas9

Amita Yadav, Post-doc, University of Hyderabad, India

14:00 Poster Session, Lunch and Networking in Exhibition Area

 PANEL DISCUSSION
Genome Engineering: Regulatory Issues, Opportunities and Challenges
Moderators: Deepak Pental University of Delhi; KC Bansal, TERI-Deakin, New Delhi

Panelists
15:00 • Amitabh Mohanty, NGGF, NIPGR, New Delhi, India
• Shivendra Bajaj, FSII, New Delhi, India
• Jaswinder Singh, McGill University, Canada
• Rajeev Gupta, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
• Shelly Praveen, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India

Plenary Lecture 5
Chair: PK Chakrabarty, ASRB, New Delhi
16:00 The Role of Genomics in Utilization of Germplasm
Resources for Soybean Improvement
Henry Nguyen, Curators’ Distinguished Professor,
University of Missouri, USA
16:30 Poster Session, Tea and Networking in Exhibition Area
Session VI
Chair: Girdhar Pandey, University of Delhi; Co-chair: Sangram K Lenka, TERI, New Delhi

17:30 Development of Single Chain Fragment Variable (scFv) Antibody

Targeting Papaya Ringspot Virus Coat Protein
Narayan Moger, Professor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka

17:40 An Insight into Machine Learning Based Computational Approach for

Prediction of Putative miRNA
Mir Asif Iquebal, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

17:50 Computational Perspective of Identification of Polymorphic

Microsatellite DNA Markers from whole Genome Re-sequencing Data
Sarika, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, India
18:00 Comparative and Evolutionary Studies of Rpp1 Disease Resistance
Gene in Soybean
Milind Ratnaparkhe, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research,
Indore, India

18:10 Deploying QTL-seq Approach for Identification of Genomic Regions

Responsible for Grain Weight in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Bommisetty Reddyyamini, Ph.D. Scholar, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, India

18:20 Assessment of Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Sex

Identification in Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) Employing DNA
Fingerprinting
Jatin Kumar, Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, India
 Valedictory Session
Chair: Deepak Pental, University of Delhi; Co-Chair: Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri, USA

18:30 Remarks: Sabhyata Bhatia, NIPGR, India

Remarks: Tara Bharadwaj, Project Coordinator, ICAR, India
Remarks: Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri, USA
Chairman’s Concluding Remarks: Deepak Pental, University of Delhi, India

Vote of Thanks: K C Bansal, TERI-Deakin NanoBiotechnology Centre, India

19:30 End of the Conference