CV Arvind Kumar (2)

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF ARVIND KUMAR
ARVIND KUMAR
Senior Scientist and Plant Breeder
Drought, Direct seeded Rice Trait development, Rainfed lowland varietal development
Division of Plant Breeding, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
Ph. +63(2) 580-5600; 845-0563 EXT 2586, Mobile: 0063-9177964365
Email: a.kumar@irri.org; Kumararvind@hotmail.com
Summary of Qualification
Possess ability to develop and lead multicultural team. Successfully led IRRI rainfed
lowland team over last eleven years. The team received the award for best research
support team at IRRI. Possess ability to establish and lead new research Centers.
Established IRRI South Asia Hub, Hyderabad in Telangana, India. Developed
infrastructure, budget estimates, staff set up and obtained funding support from Govt. of
India. Possess extensive ability to obtain funding support from international and national
donors. Successfully run fifteen research projects in different countries. Leader of the
CGIAR program across all CG Centers on rice varietal development-Flagship project 5 of
Rice CRP from 2015. Successfully transferred knowledge to scientific community
through publication of more than one hundred ten manuscripts. Possess experience of
over twelve years working at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur as well as
eleven years working experience at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines.
Awarded with Rafi Ahmed Kidwai award by Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR), Government of India in 2014 for contribution to Agriculture in India. Nepal
Council of Agricultural Research (NARC), Government of Nepal awarded with honor in
2016 for contribution to Agriculture in Nepal for development of drought tolerant
varieties.
Possess extensive knowledge of rice ecosystems, varieties needed for each ecosystem as
well as traits needed in inbred or hybrid varieties to be preferred by consumers and
markets. Possess knowledge of rice market and consumer preferences in different
countries and how these preferences will shift in few years from now. Extensive
knowledge of traits needed by rice inbreds and hybrids for sustaining yield losses under
changing climate scenario. One of the few plant breeders with combinations of
knowledge of conventional breeding and molecular breeding techniques, traits
development for both biotic and abiotic stresses tolerance as well as use of the traits in
varietal development. Extensive work experience on trait development for biotic stresses-
rice gall midge, blast, bacterial blight; abiotic stresses- drought, flood and water saving
conditions- aerobic, dry direct seeded rice. Identified donors, QTLs and developed high
yielding improved pre-breeding lines with QTLs. The developed QTLs, pre-breeding
lines are used across rice breeding programs. Extensive knowledge of marker, marker
assisted backcross and marker assisted forward breeding approaches. One of the few
breeders known to have successfully introgressed QTLs for grain yield under drought,
developed introgressed line IR64 drt1 released as varieties in India, Nepal and Myanmar.
Developed drought plus flood tolerant lines, these are under evaluation for release in
different countries. From breeding lines developed, more than forty varieties released in
nine countries- India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria,
Malawi, Mozambique and are becoming popular among farmers.

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Employment: More than 23 years
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Period Position Institute
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March 2016- Continue - Program Leader, Theme 5- IRRI, Philippines
Feb. 2012 – Feb. 2016 - Head, IRRI SA Hub - IRRI Philippines
April 01, 2014 - Continue - Senior Scientist II - IRRI, Philippines
Jan. 19, 10 - March 31, 14 - Senior Scientist I - IRRI, Philippines
Jan. 19, 07 – Jan. 18, 10 - Scientist - IRRI, Philippines
Oct. 30, 04 – June 30, 06 - Post Doc. Fellow - IRRI, Philippines
Jan. 25, 10 – Jan 18, 13 - Principal Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, India
July 01, 06 – Jan. 24, 10 - Senior Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, India
Jan. 25, 04 – Oct. 29, 04 - Senior Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, India
Jan. 25, 95 – Jan. 24, 04 - Scientist - IGKV, Raipur, India
Nov. 04, 92 – Jan. 24, 95 - Research Associate - IGKV, Raipur
IRRI- International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
IGAU- Indira Gandhi Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Raipur,INDIA
Education:
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Exam Year Board/Univ. Marks (%) Remarks
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PhD 2002 ICGEB -IGKV 8.77 Ist position in Dept.
MS 1992 IGKV 7.95 IInd position in Univ.
BS 1989 IGKV 76.68 Ist position in Univ.
ICGEB: International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, INDIA
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Scholarships /Awards:
1. Awarded Honor from Government of Nepal, Nepal Agricultural Research Council
(NARC), Kathmandu in 2016 for contribution to Agriculture in Nepal for
development of eight drought tolerant and water saving rice varieties in Nepal.
2. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, 2014 in Crop and Horticultural Sciences, By
Government of India, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi,
India .
3. Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS), 2015
4. Best Scientist Award of Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur for the year
2002.
5. Young Scientist Award from Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology
(MPCOST), Madhya Pradesh, India for the Year 1996-97.
6. University Gold medal of Indira Gandhi Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Raipur for
Graduation course (1985-1989).

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Expertise:
1. Trait development for biotic stresses-rice gall midge (Orseolia Oryzae Wood
Mason) and bacterial leaf blight (Xanthomonas Oryzae); abiotic stresses–rice drought
tolerance, aerobic and dry direct seeded rice- adaptability and yield increase.
2. Translational research on marker assisted introgression and pyramiding of QTLs for
grain yield under drought, marker assisted introgression, pyramiding of genes/QTL
for tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses, marker assisted introgression of QTLs for
traits governing adaptation of rice under dry direct seeded situation.
3. Varietal development for drought prone ecosystem, aerobic rice and dry direct
seeded rice for water-labor short areas.
4. Water and labor saving rice technologies- aerobic rice, alternate wetting and drying
5. Multilocation evaluation of breeding lines in targeted ecosystems in different
countries in on-station trials as well as on-farm participatory varietal selection trials
6. Linkage with national partners in public sector, policy makers and farmers as well as
with private sector multinational as well as national companies
7. Training young staff , scholars and Post-Doctoral Fellows, training of scientists from
different national programs
8. Development of project proposals for obtaining funding support for research in
different researchable areas for rice crop.
9. Dissemination of knowledge through publication, review manuscripts and
supervision of scholars’ research
10. Leading multicultural teams, developing team work, inspiring young professionals
to excel in performance
Experience:
1. 12 years, 06 months experience working with the national system in India- Indira
Gandhi Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
2. 10 years, 09 months experience working with International Rice Research Institute,
Philippines
3. Administrative experience of establishing the new research station for IRRI – IRRI
South Asia Hub, Hyderabad.
4. Experience of developing stronger partnership-relationship with partners in
countries in South and South East Asia
5. CGIAR leader for Rice Consortium ResearchProject on Varietal development
(Flagship Project 5) across world. Developed the project in collaboration with
scientists from IRRI, Africa Rice, CIAT, CIRAD, JIRCAS, IRD and other
participating institutes.
6. Member DBT Task Force. Reviewed new research projects/projects’ progress for
on-going projects in agricultural biotechnology area for Department of
Biotechnology, Govt. of India and advised DBT take decisions on project selection
for funding support.

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ResearchAchievements:
1. Identified sevenof the ten known genes for resistance against rice gall midge:
These included- gm 3, Gm 4, Gm 5, Gm 7, Gm 8, Gm 9 and Gm 10 of the ten known -
Gm 1, Gm 2, gm 3, Gm 4, Gm 5, Gm 6, Gm 7, Gm 8, Gm 9 and Gm 10) genes that
imparts resistance against the rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason.
Developed near isogenic lines for different gall midge resistant genes.
2. Tagged and mapped three gall midge resistant genes (Gm 4, Gm 7 and Gm 8) in
collaboration with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
New Delhi. The identified genes and donors have been extensively used in the
breeding program by different national institutes in India to successfully overcome the
yield loss by gall midge infestation and also to successfully counter the problem of
emergence of new biotypes.
3. Identified fourteen QTLs for grain yield under drought: qDTY1.1, qDTY1.2,
aDTY2.1, qDTY2.2, qDTY2.3, qDTY3.1, qDTY3.2, qDTY4.1, qqDTY6.1, DTY6.2, qDTY8.1,
qDTY9.1, qDTY10.1, and qDTY12.1 major QTLs for grain yield under drought in rice.
Identified QTLs are being used on large scale in marker assisted breeding program all
over the world to develop rice varieties with improved yield under drought
4. Identified QTLs for grain yield and related traits under dry direct seeded
situation: qGYDS1.1, qGYDS2.1, qGYDS2.2, qGYDS6.1, qGYDS8.1, qGYDS10.1 for grain
yield under dry direct seeded situation; qEUE8.1-QTLs for early uniform emergence;
qEVV9.1- QTLs for high early vegetative vigor; qLDG3.1- QTLs for lodging resistance;
qRHD5.1- QTLs for high nutrient uptake (N,P), and root hair density.
5. Identified QTLs for grain yield under nematode infestation: qGYNT3.1, qGYNT10.1
co-locating with QTLs for low root galling
6. Introgressed drought grain yield QTLs in popular high yielding varieties and
developed improved versions of Vandana, Anjali, IR64, Sambha Mahsuri,
Swarna sub1, MTU1010 from India, Sabitri from Nepal, MR219, MRQ 74 from
Malaysia with yield advantage of 1.0t/ha under drought: Introgressed qDTY12.1 in
moderately drought tolerant upland cultivar ‘Vandna’ following marker assisted
backcrossing. Vandna QTL introgressed lines showed 0.5 t ha-1 yield improvement
over Vandna under severe drought condition. Introgressed qDTY12.1 and qDTY3.1 in
upland cultivar ‘Anjali’ following marker assisted backcrossing. Introgresed and
pyramided qDTY2.2, qDTY4.1, qDTY9.1 and qDTY10.1 in the popular mega rice variety
IR64. IR64 introgressd lines with QTLs showed 0.8 to 1.2 t ha-1 increased yield under
drought over IR64 while maintaining similar yield, quality and cooking traits under
normal irrigated situation. Developed lines combining tolerance to submergence and
drought by introgressing qDTY1.1, qDTY2.1, and qDTY3.1 in Swarna sub 1. Introgressed
lines are under testing in drought and submergence in India. Introgresed and
pyramided DTY2.2, and DTY4.1 in the popular mega rice variety Sambha Mahsuri.
Sambha Mahsuri introgressd lines showed 0.8 to 1.2 tha-1 increased yield under
drought over Sambha Mahsuri. Introgressed qDTY2.1, qDTY3.1 and qDTY12.1 in
popular high yielding variety MR219 and MRQ 74 from Malaysia. The introgressed
line show yield advantage of 1.0 tha-1 under drought over the recipient drought
susceptible variety NR219 and MRQ74. Developed improved versions of MTU1010,
from India, Sabitri from Nepal, IR64 sub 1 from IRRI and TDK sub 1 from Laos

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through marker assisted introgression of drought grain yield QTLs.
7. Developednear isogenic lines (NILs) for different drought grain yield QTLs:
qDTY1.1, qDTY3.1, qDTY2.1, qDTY2.2, qDTY4.1, qDTY9.1, qDTY10.1 and qDTY12.1 major
QTLs for understanding the involved physiological and molecular mechanism
imparting tolerance to the major QTLs.
8. 44 varieties releasedin different countries: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines,
Indonesia, Mozambique and Nigeria: Developed number of drought tolerant
breeding lines from which 42 breeding lines are released/identified for release as
varieties in different countries. These include IR 74371-70-1-1 as Sahbhagi dhan for
Orissa and Jharkhand province, IR55423-01 as CR dhan 40 for Orissa province, IR
83380-B-B-124-1 as CR dhan 201 for Chhattisgarh and Bihar province, IR84899-B-
154 as CR dhan 202 for Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa province, IR
84899-B-185 as CR dhan 203 for Orrisa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh province,
IR83927-B-B-279 as CR dhan 204 for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh province,
IR83876-B for Tamilnadu, Pudicheri, Kerala and Karnataka, IR 93376-B-B-130 for
Haryana, Uttarkhand and Bihar, CR dhan 205 for Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Odisha,
Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, IET 22836/IR87707-445-B-B-B for Tamil nadu, M.P.
and Chhattisgarh provinces in India; IR74371-54-1-1 as Sahod Ulan 1, IR79913-B-
176-B-4 as Katihan 1, IR81412-B-B-82-1 as Sahod Ulan 3, IR81023-B-116-1-2 as
Sahod Ulan 5, IR72667-16-1-B-B-3 as Sahod Ulan 6, IR74963-262-5-1-3-3 as Sahod
Ulan 8 and IR 81047-B-106-2-4 in Philippines; IR74371-46-1-1 as Sookha dhan 1,
IR74371-54-1-1 as Sookha dhan 2, IR74371-70-1-1 as Sookha dhan 3 in Nepal;
IR74371-70-1-1 as BRRI dhan 56 in Bangladesh; IR 79971-B-191-B-B as Inpago Lipi
GO1, and IR 79971-B-227-B-B as Inpago Lipi GO 2 in Indonesia; and IR77080-B-34-
3 as variety M’ZIVA in Mozambique. The released breeding lines provide 1.0-1.2 t ha-
1 higher yield under drought as compared to presently cultivated varieties.
9. Developedand disseminated water saving technologies in India, Bangladesh,
Nepal and Pakistan: Safe alternate wetting and drying in transplanted situation with
around 20% water saving without any yield penalty and aerobic rice with around 30-
35% water saving under dry direct seeded situation has been identified as the two
promising water saving technologies in rice. Several advanced breeding lines were
developed and disseminated in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
10. Registeredsix germplasm accessions to National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi, India: RP2068-18-3-5, Abhaya, ARC 5984,
RP2333-156-8, Jhitpiti, and Line 9 carrying gall midge resistant genes were registered
with NBPGR, New Delhi.
11. Handled 15 international and national projects: Handled 15 international/national
projects on basic and applied genetics and plant breeding.
12. Supervised 22 Post Doctoral, Ph.D. and M.Sc. Scholars: Supervised 22
masters/Ph.D./Post Doctorate for their successful degree/research. These include 4
Post-Doctoral Fellows, 3 visiting Research Fellows, 10- Ph.D. and 5 M.Sc. students.
13. Establishment of IRRI South Asia Hub, Hyderabad: Successfully established the
IRRI South Asia Rice Hub at Hyderabad in 2012-13. The facility was inaugurated by
DG, IRRI Dr. Robert S. Zeigler and DG, ICRISAT, Dr. William Dar on July 09,
2012. The South Asia Rice Hub shall concentrate on initiating targeted breeding
efforts for India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The minimum

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necessary facility for research was put in place within one year of inauguration of the
facility by end of 2012. Obtained the funding support for the Hub from Indian
Council of Agricultural Research 9ICAR), New Delhi as well as from Department of
Biotechnology, New Delhi.
14. Leader of the IRRI’s Drought Breeding program: Led the IRRI drought breeding
program from January 2007 and developed breeding lines that combined high yield
potential with good yield under drought. The program under my leadership identified
several large effect QTLs and proved that the major effect QTLs show stable effects
under different environments and genetic backgrounds. At IRRI, initiated one of the
world’s first marker assisted breeding program to improve grain yield under drought
and developed improved drought tolerant versions of Vandana, IR64, MR219,
MRQ74, Sambha Mahsuri, Anjali and Swarna sub1. The developed lines show 0.8-
1.2 t/ha yield advantage under drought over the recipient parents with no yield
penalty under normal situation
15. IRRI product leader for dry direct seeded/aerobic rice breeding program:
Led the IRRI aerobic rice breeding program from January 2007 and developed
aerobic breeding lines with high yield potential in South Asia. Developed breeding
lines have been released as varieties in India and Nepal. The program under my
leadership identified large effect QTLs for early and uniform germination, early
vegetative vigor, aerobic adaptation, root traits having higher nutrient uptake under
aerobic situation, lodging resistance and nematode tolerance. A marker assisted
breeding program that introgress and combine the identified QTLs in improved
background has been initiated to develop new generation breeding lines with higher
yield potential with nematode tolerance for aerobic situation.
16. Member, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) – Government of India Project
Advisory and monitoring committee (PAMC) 2013-2017: Review research
projects submitted to DBT for funding support and provide feedback to DBT. Review
the progress of the on-going DBT supported projects and provide feedback to DBT
on projects achievements, modifications/ improvement needed if any in project
implementation in future years.
16. Member, DBT Task Force on Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of
Biotechnology (DBT) – Government of India Project Advisory and monitoring
committee (PAMC) 2014-2017: Nominated as member by DBT to the DBT task
force on Agricultural Biotechnology for the period 2014-2017. Provide to advise
DBT on research areas as well as projects for funding support.
17. Leader, CGIAR Consortium Research Program on varietal development
(Flagship Project 5). Developed the Flagship Project 5 research program in
collaboration with scientists from IRRI, AfricaRice, CIAT, CIRAD, JIRCAS and
other participating institutes.

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Varieties releasedin different countries: 44
SN Name Designation Matu
-rity
(days)
Plant
height
(cm)
Grain
type
Country, release
year, situation
1 Sahod Ulan 1 IR 74371-54-1-1 110 104 Medium
bold
Philippines 2009,
Rainfed Lowlan
2 Sahbhagi dhan IR 74371-70-1-1 110 104 Medium
bold
India 2010,
Rainfed Lowland
3 BRRI dhan 56 IR74371-70-1-1 110 108 Medium
cylinder
Bangladesh 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
4 Sookha dhan 1 IR74371-46-1-1 110 101 Medium
bold
Nepal 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
5 Sookha dhan 2 IR74371-54-1-1 110 104 Medium
bold
Nepal 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
6 Sookha dhan 3 IR 74371-70-1-1 110 108 Medium
cylinder
Nepal 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
7 Katihan 1 IR79913-B-176-B-4 105 90 Medium
bold
Philippines 2011,
Upland
8 Tarharra 1 IR 80411-B-49-1 125 100 Medium
cylinder
Nepal, 2009,
Rainfed lowland
9 Sahod Ulan 3 IR 81412-B-B-82-1 120 107 Medium
cylinder
Philippines 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
10 Sahod Ulan 5 IR 81023-B-116-1-2 115 130 Medium
cylinder
Philippines 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
11 Sahod Ulan 6 IR72667-16-1-B-B-3 115 100 Long
cylinder
Philippines 2011,
Rainfed Lowland
12 Inpago Lipi
GO1
IR 79971-B-191-B-B 110 115 Medium
bold
Indonesia 2011,
Upland
13 Inpago Lipi
GO2
IR 79971-B-227-B-B 113 114 Medium
bold
Indonesia 2011,
Upland
14 CRdhan 40 IR55423-01 105 115 Medium
bold
India 2012, Aerobic,
Orissa province
15 CR Dhan 201
IET 21924
IR 83380-B-B-124-1 115 100 Long
Cylinder
Chhattisgarh, Bihar
16 CR Dhan 202
IET 21917
IR 84899-B-154 115 100 Short
bold
Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar,
Odisha provinces
17 CR Dhan 203
IET 21920
IR 84899-B-185 115 100 Medium
slender
Odisha, Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
18 CR Dhan 204
IET 21922
IR 83927-B-B-279 115 100 Medium
slender
Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh
19 DRR dhan 43 IR 83876-B 115 105 Medium India 2013, Irrigated

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IET 22080 slender Tamil Nadu,
Puducheri, Kerala
and Karnataka
20 DRR dhan 44
IET 22081
IR 93376-B-B-130 115 105 Medium
slender
India 2013, Irrigated
Haryana,
Uttrakhand, Bihar
21 M'ZIVA IR 77080-B-34-3 120 130 Medium
slender
Mozaobique 2013
Rainfed lowland
22 Sahod Ulan 12
NSICRc348
IR 81047-B-106-2-4 105 119 Medium
slender
Philippines, 2013
Rainfed lowland DS
23 UPIA 3 IR 74371-54-1-1 110 104 Medium
bold
Nigeria, 2013
Rainfed Lowland
24 Sukha dhan 4 IR 87707-446-B-B-B 112 100 Medium
cylinder
Nepal, 2014
Rainfed Lowland
25 Sukha dhan 5 IR 83388-B-B-108-3 120 110 Medium
cylinder
Nepal, 2014
Rainfed Lowland
26 Sukha dhan 6 IR 83383-B-B-129-4 120 110 Medium
cylinder
Nepal, 2014
Rainfed Lowland
27 CR dhan 205
IET 22737
IR 86931-B-578 106 110 Short
bold
India 2014, Aerobic
TN, Gujarat,Odisha,
M.P., Punjab
28 DRR dhan 42
IET 22836
IR 87707-445-B-B-B 115 110 Medium
slender
India 2014, Rainfed
Lowland
TN, M.P., CG, JH
29 Kaithan 2
NSIC2014Rc25
IR 82635-B-B-47-2 105 105 Medium
slender
Philippines 2014
Upland
30 Kaithan 3
NSIC2014Rc27
IR 86857-101-2-1-3 100 95 Long
slender
Philippines 2014
Upland
31 Tripura Khara
dhan 1
Identified for
release
IR 87707-446-B-B-B 115 110 Medium
slender
India, Tripura, 2014
Rainfed lowland
32 Tripura Khara
dhan 2
Identified for
release
IR 87707-182-B-B-B 115 110 Medium
slender
Rainfed lowland
33 Tripura Hak chuk1
Identified for
release
IR 83928-B-B-56-4 100 123 Medium
slender
Rainfed upland
34 Tripura Hak chuk2
Identified for
release
IR 82589-B-B-138-2 105 124 Long
slender
Rainfed upland
35 Tripura Aus dhan
1
Identified for
release
IR 83928-B-B-42-4 100 119 Medium
slender
RL, Aus
36 Inpago Lipi G04 IR 79971-B-102-B-B 113 125 Medium
bold
Indonesia, 2014,
upland

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37 BRRI dhan 66 IR82635-B-B-75-2 120 110 Medium
slender
Bangladesh, Rainfed
Lowland, 2014
38 Yaenelo 4 IR 87707-44-B-B-B 115 110 Medium
slender
Myanmar, 2014, RL
BRRI dhan 71 IR 82589-B-B-84-3 115 112 Medium
slender
Bangladesh, 2015,
RL
39 Swarna Shreya
Identified for
release
IR 84899-B-179-16-
1-1-1-1
112 121 Medium
bold
India, 2015, RL
40 Ardhjal
Identified for
release
IR 87638-10-1-1-
3
120 115 Medium
slender
India, 2015, Aerobic
41 NSIC 2015
Rc422 Sahod
Ulan 15
IR 83383-B-B-
129-4
115 110 Medium
slender
Philippines, 2015,
RL
42 NSIC 2015
Rc432 Sahod
Ulan 20
IR 86781-3-3-1-1 115 112 Medium
slender
Philippines, 2015,
RL
43
MPATSA
IR 82077-B-B-71-1 120 110 Medium
slender
Malawai,
Irrigated ecology
44 KATETE IR 80411-B-49-1 118 112 Medium
slender
Malawai, Irrigated
ecology
Genes/improved germplasm registered: 06
1. Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (2004). RP2068-18-3-5 (INGR
No. 04005; IC296616), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene gm3 for
rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):208.
2. Shrivastava, M.N.; Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, S.K. and Sahu, R.K. (2004).
Abhaya (INGR No. 04006; IC296617), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with
gene Gm4 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
17(3):208.
3. Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (2004). ARC 5984 (INGR No.
04007; IC296618), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm5 for rice
gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):208-209.
4. Kumar, Arvind; Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (2004). RP2333-156-8 (INGR
No. 04008; IC296619), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene Gm7 for
rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 17(3):209
5. Kumar, Arvind; Bhandarkar, S.; Pophlay, D.J. and Shrivastava, M.N. (2004). Jhitpiti
(INGR No. 04009; IC296620), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm line with gene
Gm8 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
17(3):209
6. Shrivastava, M.N.; Kumar, Arvind; Bhandarkar, Shukla, B.C. and Agrawal, K.C.
(2004). Line 9 (INGR No. 04010; IC296621), Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm
line with gene Gm9 for rice gall midge resistance. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic
Resources 17(3):210

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Patents- Applied/obtained: 03
1. Mohan, M., Nair, S., Kumar, A., Sandesai, N. A method for preparing scar primers
for use in marker assisted selection of rice varieties susceptible to attack by Gall
Midge biotypes; method for preparing the same and method for screening rice
varieties. Priority Date: 17 October 2001. Indian Application No. 1065/DEL/2001.
Status: Indian Patent Granted n. 194336 – Licensed.
2. Kohli, Ajay, Henry, Amelia and Kumar, Arvind. Drought-resistant cereal grasses
and related materials and methods. US 61/994,558 filed 05-16-14. First provisional
US61/888,397 filed 10-08-2013.
3. Kumar, Arvind, Vikram, Prashant, Dixit, Shalabh, Kohli, Ajay and Singh, N.K.
Semi dwarf drought tolerant rice and related materials and methods. US 62/114, 430,
provisional application filed on February 10, 2015.
QTLs for grain yield under drought identified:
QTLs Donors Backgrounds Ecosystems
Manuscript
Reference
qDTY1.1
N22, Dhagaddeshi,
Apo, CT9993-10-
1-M, Kali Aus,
Basmati 334
Swarna, IR64,
MTU1010
Lowland,
Upland
Vikram et al. 2011,
Ghimire et al. 2012,
Kumar et al. 2007,
Sandhu et al., 2014
qDTY2.1 Apo, AUS 276
Swarna,
MTU1010 Lowland
Venuprasad et al.
2009, Sandhu et al.,
2014
qDTY2.2 Aday sel, Kali Aus
MTU1010,
IR64, Sambha
Mahsuri
Lowland,
Upland
Swamy et al. 2013,
Sandhu et al. 2014,
Palanog et al. 2014
qDTY2.3
Vandana, N22,
IR74371-46-1-1
IR64, Sabitri,
Way Rarem
Upland,
Lowland
Bernier et al. 2007,
Dixit et al. 2012a,
Vikram et al. 2011,
Mishra et al. 2013
qDTY3.1 Apo, IR55419-04
Swarna, TDK
1 Lowland
Venuprasad et al.
2009, Dixit et al
2014a
qDTY3.2
Vandana, N22,
IR77298-5-6-18,
IR74371-46-1-1,
Moroberekan
Way Rarem,
Swarna,
Sabitri
Lowland,
Upland
Dixit et al. 2012a,
Vikram et al. 2011,
Yadaw et al. 2013,
Dixit et al. 2014b
qDTY4.1 Aday Sel
IR64, Sambha
Mahsuri Lowland
Swamy et al. 2013
qDTY6.1
Apo, Vandna,
IR55419-04
Swarna, IR72,
TDK 1
Upland,
Lowland
Venuprasad et al.
2012, Dixit et al.
2014a

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qDTY6.2 IR55419-04 TDK 1 Lowland Dixit et al. 2014 a
qDTY8.1 Basmati 334 Swarna Lowland Not yet published
qDTY9.1 Aday sel IR64 Lowland Swamy et al.2013
qDTY10.1
N22, Aday sel,
Basmati 334
IR64,
MTU1010,
Swarna Lowland
Vikram et al. 2011,
Swamy et al.2013
qDTY11.1 IR55419-04
Sambha
Mahsuri Lowland
Not yet published
qDTY12.1
Way Rarem,
IR74371-46-1-1
Vandna,
Sabitri
Upland,
Lowland
Dixit et al. 2012b,
Mishra et al. 2013.
QTLs for grain yield and traits related to dry direct seededrice identified:
QTL Trait Donor Manuscript Reference
qGYDS1.1 Grain yield under DSR Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015
qNR4.1 Nodal root (Nutrient
uptake)
Aus 276
Nitika et al. 2015
qRHD5.1 root hair density
(Nutrient uptake)
Aus 276
Nitika et al. 2015
qRHD8.1 root hair density
(Nutrient uptake)
Aus 276
Nitika et al. 2015
qRHD1.1 root hair density Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015
qEVV9.1 Early Vigor Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015
qNR5.1 Early Vigor Aus 276 Nitika et al. 2015
qMG7.2 Nematode tolerance IR78877-208-B-1-2 Judith et al, unpublished
qGYLD5.1 Grain yield under
nematode infestation
IR78877-208-B-1-2 Judith et al, unpublished
qGYLD10.1 Grain yield under
nematode infestation
IR78877-208-B-1-2 Judith et al, unpublished
qEMM11.1 Early uniform
emergence
Moroberekan
Dixit et al. 2015
qEMM1.1 Early uniform
emergence
Moroberekan
Dixit et al. 2015
qLDG4.1 Lodging resistance Moroberekan Dixit et al. 2015

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Projects handled: 15
S.N
.
Title of the project Funding Agency Period PI/Co-
PI
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Development and Dissemination of Climate
Resilient Rice Varieties for Water Short Areas of
South and Southeast Asia (1.3M)
Development of high Zinc content rice for South
Asia (200,000$)
Marker assisted introgression of different traits to
develop new generation climate adapted
varieties (2.0 M $)
Genomic selection for resources use efficiency in
rice (GS-Ruse) (150,000 Euro) “French-Italian Rice
Science and Technology Initiative”
Dissemination and community of practice for
newly developed drought tolerant QTLs pyramided
breeding lines ($179,292)
From QTLs to variety: pyramiding major drought‐
responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia
and Africa (1.2 M Euro)
Introgression and pyramiding of major QTLs for
grain yield under drought in rice hybrid parental
lines ($337,183)
Development of drought tolerant japonica rice
using marker-assisted back crossing (MAB) ($
160,000)
Stress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and
South Asia Developing and Disseminating (Two
phases -Ist - $ 20M, IInd- $20 M, 30 M III phase)
Resilient and Productive Rice varieties for
Drought-prone Environments in India
($751,217)
Detecting and Fine-Mapping QTLs with Major
Effects on Rice Yield under Drought Stress for
deployment via Marker‐Aided Breeding ($500,000)
Developing and Disseminating water ‐Saving Rice
Technologies in South Asia ($1.0 M)
Gene pyramiding of rice gall midge resistant Gm 2,
Gm 4, Gm 7 and Gm 8 genes by marker assisted
selection ($100,000)
Tagging and mapping of Gm 9 gene for gall midge
(Orseolia oryzae ) resistance using molecular
marker technology($100,000)
Identification of new gene(s) for gall midge
resistance. ($ 40,000)
Asian
Development
Bank (ADB)
Harvest PLUS
DBT, India
Agropolis
Fondation
Generation
Challenge
Program (GCP)
BMZ, Germany
Devgen
RDA, Korea
Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation
Rockefeller
Foundation (RF)-
GCP
GCP
ADB
Department of
Biotechnology
(DBT), INDIA
DBT , INDIA
RF
2014-15
2013-16
2013-17
2013-17
2011-14
2011-13
2010-14
2011-15
2008-10
2011-13
2014-18
2005-09
2007-12
2006-10
2005-08
2003- 06
1999- 01
PI
PI
PI
PI for
IRRI
PI
PI
PI
PI
C0-PI
PI
PI
PI
PI
C0-PI
PI

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Post Doctoral/Ph.D./M.S. Students supervised/ continue: 24
S
N
Student name University Degree
Start
date
Compl
etion
1 Nitika Sandhu IRRI Post Doc 15 Cont
2 Aditi Bhandari IRRI- Vanaspati Vidyapeeth Ph.D. 14 Cont
3 Shalabh Dixit IRRI Post Doc. 13 Cont
4 Nitika Sandhu IRRI- HAU, Hisar, Monsanto
Beachell -Borlaug fellowship
Ph.D. 20 14
5 Anshuman Singh IRRI VRF 13 14
6 Alvin Palanog IRRI-UPLB, Philippines M.S. 11 13
7 Shalabh Dixit IRRI VRF 11 12
8 Prashant Vikram IRRI VRF 11 12
9 B.P.M. Swamy IRRI Post Doc. 09 12
10
Noraziyah Abd
Aziz Shamsudin
IRRI Ph.D. July 09 13
11 Judith Galeng IRRI- Arenberg Doctoral
School, Netherland
Ph.D. April 11 Cont
12 Teodora Cabasan IRRI, - Arenberg Doctoral
School, Netherland
Ph.D. April 09 14
13 K.K. Mishra IRRI – Allahabad University,
India
Ph.D. April 08 12
14 R.B. Yadav IRRI– Tribhhuvan University,
Nepal
Ph.D. April 09 14
15 Site Noorzuraini
Abd Rahman
IRRI- UPLB, Philippines M.S. July 10 June 13
16 H.U. Ahmed IRRI PDF 08 10
17 Dule Zhao International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI), Philippines
PDF. 07 10
18 Shalabh Dixit IRRI Ph.D. April 07 11
19 Prashant Vikram IRRI–V.B.S. Purvanchal
Univ., India. Jawahar Lal
Nehru Award, Best thesis in
Agril Sciences, ICAR, India
Ph.D. April 07 10
20 Kuntal Das IRRI - Guru Ghasidas
University, Bilaspur, India
Ph.D. June 07 09
21 Krishna Ghimeye IRRI M.S. Mar 09 11
22 V. Ramaiah IRRI PDF Jan 07 Dec08
23 Naike Bawane
Subodh Sinh
Babasaheb
Indira Gandhi Agricultural
University (IGKV), Raipur,
India
M.S. 02 04
24 Abhay Jadhav IGKV, Raipur, India M.S. 02 04

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Training undergone:
S.N. Training Date Organizer
1 Computer aided data analysis and
improved written communication
Dec.01- 08, 1992 Eastern India Farming
system Research-Extension
Network and Ford
Foundation
2 Genome analysis and marker
assisted selection
Feb. 15- May 13,
2002
ICGEB, New Delhi
3 Amplified Fragment Length
Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis
for Rice Improvement
Nov. 26- Dec 20,
1996
International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI), Philippines
4 Planning Rice Breeding for Impact
Training
Feb. 07- 18, 2005 IRRI, Philippines
5 Basic Experimental Design and
Data Analysis using IRRISTAT
July 25- 29, 2005 IRRI, Philippines
6 Analysis of Mixed Models using
IRRISTAT
August 22- 25,
2005
IRRI, Philippines
7 Introduction to SAS system for
Windows
Nov. 7- 11, 2006 IRRI, Philippines
8 Scientific writing workshop May 15- 18, 2006 IRRI, Philippines
9 PRINCE2 Foundation Training February, 2013 APM Group Limited
Training organized/served as resource persons
1 Bioinformatics Workshop for Crop
Researchers
March 24- 28, 08 IRRI, Philippines
2 Marker assisted selection (MAS) in
rice: Theory, practice and
application
Nov. 24- Dec. 05, 08 IRRI, Philippines
3 Rice: Research to Production May 18- June 05, 09 IRRI, Philippines
4 Rice Breeding Course August 24 Sept. 08,
09
IRRI, Philippines
5 Refresher Course on Participatory
Adaptive Research
Oct. 12- 17, 2009 IRRI, Philippines
6 Rice: Research to Production May 17- June 04, 10 IRRI, Philippines
7 Rice Breeding Course Oct. 05- 20, 2010 IRRI, Philippines
8 National Training Course"
Advanced Molecular Breeding for
Selection of Traits under climate
change
October 15-19, 12 Malaysian Nuclear
Agency
9 Rice Breeding: recent
developments, emerging challenges
and future needs
Sept. 05- Sept. 18,
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IRRI, SA Hub, Hyderabad

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Publications:
Book/ Chapter(s) in book/ Chapters in proceedings: 18
Books
1. Kumar, Arvind, Katagami, Michiko (2016). Developing and Disseminating Water-
Saving Rice Technologies in Asia. Asian Development Bank. ISBN 978-92-9257-523-
6. http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/185485/water-saving-rice-tech.pdf
Chapters in books
2. Kumar, Arvind, Dixit, Shalabh, and Henry, Amelia (2013). Marker-assisted
introgression of major QTLs for grain yield under drought in rice. Eds- Roberto
Tuberosa and Rajeev Varshney, Genomics Applications in Plant Breeding” Wiley-
Blackwell Publishers, USA . DOI: 10.1002/9781118728482.ch4.
3. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, and Kumar, Arvind (2013).
PRACTICAL OMICS APPROACHES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN RICE.
Omics approaches in Plant and Agriculture. Ed: 2013 by Taylor & Francis LLC,
USA. 47-72.
4. Ciro DE PACE, Luigi RICCIARDI, Arvind KUMAR, Stefano PAVAN, Concetta
LOTTI, Shalabh DIXIT, Chandrakanth EMANI (2013). Identification of traits, genes
and crops of the future. In C. Kole (ed.), Genomics and Breeding for Climate-
Resilient Crops, Vol. 1,DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-37045-8_3, # Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg: 27-151.
5. Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Sustainable Rice Yield in
Water-Short Drought-Prone Environments: Conventional and Molecular
approaches. In: Irrigation Systems and Practices in Challenging Environments Teang
Shui Lee (Ed) ISBN: 978-953-51-0420.InTech Open Access Publication: 149-168 pp
6. Torress, Rolenido, Kumar, Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2012). Managed drought
screening in the field. Methodologies for Root Drought Studies in Rice eds. H.E.
Shashidhar, Amelia Henry, and Bill Hardy. Pp. 43-51, IRRI, Philippines
7. Prashant Vikram, Arvind Kumar, Alok Singh and Nagendra Kumar Singh. Rice:
Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Drought Tolerance. In : Improving Crop Resistance
to Abiotic Stress, First Edition. Edited by Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet Singh Gill,
Antonio F. Tiburcio, and Renu Tuteja _ 2012 . Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag
GmbH & Co. KGaA. Pages: 715-731.
8. Kumar, Arvind (2010) Breeding rice for drought tolerance and adaptation to climate
change. Approach Paper for Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP),
Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India.
9. Mackill, DJ, Ismail, AM, Kumar, A, and Gregorio, GB (2010). The role of stress-
tolerant varieties for adapting to climate change environments: coping with adverse
conditions. Advanced technologies of rice production for coping with climate change:
no regret options for adoption and mitigation and their potential uptake. 31-35pp.
10. Mackill, D.J., Singh, U.S., Thomson, M.J., Septiningsih, E., and Kumar, A. (2010).
Technological opportunities for developing and deploying improved germplasm for

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key target traits. Rice in the global economy: strategic research and policy issues for
food security. Sushil Pandey, Derek Byerlee, David Dawe, Achim Dobermann,
Samarendu Mohanty, Scott Rozelle, and Bill Hardy, editors. 2010. Los Baños
(Philippines): International Rice Research Institute.433-447p p.
11. Atlin, G.N., Venuprasad, R., Bernier J., Kumar, A., Verulkar, S., Sahu, R.K., Lafitte,
H.R., Serraj, R., Cairns, J., Sinha, P.K., Mandal, N.P., Shashidhar, H.E.,
Chandrababu, R., Robin, S., Dwivedi, J.L. and Rathi, S. 2007. Breeding rice with
tolerance of highly variable abiotic stresses: submergence and drought. In: Agrawal,
P.K., Ladha, J.K., Singh, R.K., Devakumar, C., and Hardy, B. (eds). Science,
technology, and trade for peace and prosperity. Proceedings of the 26th International
Rice Research Conference, 9-12 October 2006, New Delhi, India. Los Banos
(Philippines) and New Delhi (India): International Rice Research Institute, Indian
Council of Agricultural Research, and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Macmillan India Ltd. Pp. 197-208.
12. Kumar, A. and Atlin, G. 2006. Germplasm development for drought-prone
environments: progress and implications for crop and natural resource management.
Proceedings of the natural resource management workshop organized by
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines at Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8-9 March,
2006.pp. 21-30.
13. Atlin, G.N., Venuprasad, R., Bernier, J., Zhao, D., Virk, P. and Kumar, A. 2008.
Rice germplasm development for drought prone environments: progress made in
breeding and genetic analysis at International Rice Research Institute. In: In: Serraj,
J., Bennet, J., and Hardy, B. (eds). Drought frontiers in rice: crop improvement for
increased rainfed production. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing and Los Banos
(Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. pp. 35-60.
14. Shrivastava, M.N. and Kumar, Arvind (2004). Genetic Improvement of Rice
varieties in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. In: Rice Varieties of India. Eds. S.D.
Sharma and U. Prasada Rao. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New
Delhi, India Pp. 435-475.
15. Shrivastava, M.N. and Kumar, Arvind (2002). A chapter on “Rice” by in book
“Genetic Improvement of Field Crops. Manual on Field crops” edited by Dr. C.B.
Singh and Dhirendra Khare. Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur. Pp. 11-43.
16. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N., Nair, Suresh and Mohan, Madan (2002). A book
on “Current status of gall midge (Orseolia oryzae) research in rice”. Publication of
Mini net-work on rice gall midge. The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. 28 p.
17. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N., Sahu, R.K., Shukla, B.C. and Shrivastava, S.K.
2003. Inheritance and allelic relationships of rice gall midge resistance genes in some
new donors. Khush, G.S., Barar, D.S., Hardy, B. (eds.) Advances in Rice Genetics.
Supplement to Rice genetics IV. Proceedings of the Fourth International Rice
Genetics Symposium, 22-27, Oct. 2000, IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines. 51-54 p.
Manuscripts published in peer reviewed journals: 112
1. Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz, Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Ratnam,
Wickneswari, Sta. Cruz, Ma. Teressa, Sandhu, Nitika, Raman, Anitha K. and
Kumar, Arvind (2016). Pyramiding of drought yield QTLs into a high quality

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Malaysian rice cultivar MRQ74 improves yield under reproductive stage drought.
Rice (2016) 9:21,DOI 10.1186/s12284-016-0093-6.
2. Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz, Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Ratnam,
Wickneswari, Sta. Cruz , Ma. Teressa, Raman, Anitha and Kumar, Arvind (2016).
Marker assisted pyramiding of drought yield QTLs into a popular Malaysian rice
cultivar, MR219. BMC Genetics 17:30 DOI 10.1186/s12863-016-0334-0
3. Sandhu, Nitika, Raman, K. Anitha, Torres, Rolando O., Audebert, Alain, Dardou,
Audrey, Kumar, Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2016). Rice root architectural
plasticity traits and genetic regions for adaptability to variable cultivation and stress
conditions. Plant Physiology, DOI:10.1104/pp.16.00705
4. Anantha, M.S., Patel, Devraj, Quintana, Marinell, Swain, Padmini, Dwivedi,
Jawaharlal L., Torres, Rolando O., Verulkar, Satish B., Variar, Mukund, Mandal,
Nimai P., Kumar, Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2016). Trait Combinations That
Improve Rice Yield under Drought: Sahbhagi Dhan and New Drought-Tolerant
Varieties in South Asia. Crop Sci. 56:408–421 (2016).
5. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy,B. P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Trinidad, Jennylyn,
Sta Cruz, Ma Teresa, Maturan, Paul C., Amante, Modesto, Kumar, Arvind (2016).
Linkages and Interactions Analysis of Major Effect Drought Grain Yield QTLs in
Rice. PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0151532
6. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy B.P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Renu, Singh,
Bikram P., Miro, Berta, Kohli, Ajay, Henry, Amelia, Singh N. K. and Kumar,
Arvind (2015). Drought susceptibility of modern rice varieties: an effect of linkage
of drought tolerance with undesirable traits. Scientific Reports | 5:14799 | DOI:
10.1038/srep14799
7. Shalabh Dixit, Akshaya Kumar Biswal, Aye Min, Amelia Henry, Rowena H.
Oane, Manish L Raorane , Toshisangba Longkumer, Isaiah M Pabuayon, Sumanth
K Mutte, Adithi R Vardarajan, Berta Miro, Ganesan Govindan, Blesilda
AlbanoEnriquez, Mandy Pueffeld, Nese Sreenivasulu, Inez Slamet-Loedin,
Kalaipandian Sundarvelpandian, Yuan-Ching Tsai, Saurabh Raghuvanshi, Yue-Ie
C. Hsing, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Kohli (2015). Action of multiple intra-QTL genes
concerted around a co-localized transcription factor underpins a large effect QTL.
Scientific Reports: 5:15183 | DOI: 10.1038/srep15183
8. Singh, Renu, Singh,Yashi, Xalaxo, Suchit, Verulkar, S. Yadava, Neera, Singh,
Shweta, Singh, Nisha, Prasad, K.S.N., Kondayya, K., Ramana Rao, P.V., Girija
Rani, M., Anuradha, T., Suraynarayana, Y., Sharma, P.C., Krishnamurthy, S.L.,
Sharma, S.K., Dwivedi, J.L., Singh, A.K., Singh, P.K., Nilanjay, Singh, N.K.,
Kumar, Rajesh, Chetia, S.K., Ahmad, T., Rai, M., Perraju, P., Pande, Anita, Singh,
D.N., Mandal, N.P., Reddy, J.N., Singh, O.N., Katara, J.L., Marandi, B., Swain,P.,
Sarkar, R.K., Singh, D.P., Mohapatra, T., Padmawathi, G., Ram,T., Kathiresan,
R.M., Paramsivam, K., Nadarajan, S., Thirumeni, S., Nagarajan, M., Singh, A.K.,
Vikram, Prashant, Kumar, Arvind, Septiningshih, E., Singh, U.S., Ismail, A.M.,
Mackill, D., Singh Nagendra K. (2015). From QTL to variety-harnessing the
benefits of QTLs for drought, flood and salt tolerance in mega rice varieties of India
through amulti-institutional network. Plant science.2015.08.008 0168-9452
9. Raorane Manish L, PabuayonIsaiah M., Miro Berta, Kalladan, Rajesh, Reza-
Hajirezai, Mohammad, Oane Rowena H., Kumar, Arvind, Sreenivasulu Nese,

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Henry, Amelia, Kohli, Ajay (2015). Variation in primary metabolites in parental
and near isogenic lines of the QTL qDTY12.1: altered roots and flag leaves but
similar spikelets of rice under drought. Mol Breeding 35:138, DOI 10.1007/s11032-
015-0322-5
10. Raorane, Manish L., Pabuayon, Isaiah M., Miro, Varadarajan, Adithi R.,
Mutte,Sumanth Kumar, Kumar, Arvind, Treumann, Achim and Kohli, Ajay.
(2015) Proteomic insights into the role of the large-effect QTL qDTY12.1 for rice
yield under drought. Mol Breeding 35:139, DOI 10.1007/s11032-015-0321-6
11. Shalabh Dixit, Alexandre Grondin, Cheng-Ruei Lee, Amelia Henry, Thomas-Mitchell
Olds, Arvind Kumar (2015) Understanding rice adaptation to varying agro-
ecosystems: trait interactions and quantitative trait loci. BMC Genetics. 16(86).
12. Henry, Amelia, Dixit, Shalabh, Mandal, Nimai P. , Anantha, M. S., Torres,
Rolando and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Grain yield and physiological traits of rice lines
with the drought yield QTL qDTY12.1 showed different responses to drought and soil
characteristics in upland environments. Functional Plant Biology,
http://dx.doi.org /10.1071/FP13324
13. Dixit, Shalabh, Huang, B. Emma, Sta Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Maturan, Paul, Ontoy,T. Jhon
C., and Kumar, Arvind (2014). QTLs for Tolerance of Drought and Breeding for
Tolerance of Abiotic and Biotic Stress: An Integrated Approach. PLOSONE:DOI:
Volume 9 | Issue 10 | e109574
14. Kumar, Arvind, Dixit, Shalabh, Ram, T., Yadaw, R.B., Mishra ,K.K. and Mandal,
N.P. (2014). Breeding high-yielding drought-tolerant rice: Genetic variations and
conventional and molecular approaches. JXB doi:10.1093/jxb/eru363
15. Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Anshuman and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Rice Breeding for High
Grain Yield under Drought: A Strategic Solution to a Complex Problem. International
Journal of Agronomy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/86368. 1-15
16. Nuruzzaman, Mohammed, Sharoni, Akhter Most, Satoh, Kouji, Kumar, Arvind,
Leung, Hei, Kikuchi, Shoshi (2014). Comparative transcriptome profiles of the
WRKY gene family under control, hormone-treated, and drought conditions in near-
isogenic rice lines reveal differential, tissue specific gene activation. Journal of Plant
Physiology 171 (2014) 2– 13.
17. Palanog, Alvin D., Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz,
Dixit, Shalabh, Hernandez , Jose E. Pompe, H. Boromeo, . Sta. Cruz Ma Teresita, and
Kumar, Arvind (2014). Grain yield QTL with consistent-effect under reproductive
stage drought stress in rice. Field Crops Research 161:46-54
18. Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Anshuman, Sta Cruz, M.T, Maturan, Paul T., Amante,
Modesto, and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Multiple major QTLs lead to stable yield
performance of rice cultivars across variable drought intensities. BMC Genetics
2014, 15:16
19. Sandhu, Nitika, Singh, Anshuman, Dixit, Shalabh, Sta. Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Maturan,
Paul Cornelio, Jain, R.K. and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Identification and mapping
of stable QTLs with main and epistasis effect on rice grain yield under upland
drought stress. BMC Genetics. BMC Genetics 2014, 15:63
20. Henry Amelia, Swamy BP Mallikarjuna, Dixit Shalabh, Torres Rolando O, Batoto
Tristram, Manalili Mervin, Anantha MS, Mandal Nimai P and Kumar Arvind
(2014). Physiological mechanisms contributing to the QTL-combination effects on

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improved performance of IR64 rice NILs under drought. JXB doi:10.1093/jxb/
eru506
21. Fischer, K. S., Fukai, Shu, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, Joongdee, Boonrat (2014).
Phenotyping Rice for Adaptation to Drought. In: Drought phenotyping in crops:
From theory to practices, pp1-59
22. Sandhu, Nitika, Tores Ronaldo, Sta Cruz Ma. Teresa, Maturan Cornelio Paul, Jain
Rajinder, Kumar Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2013). Traits and QTLs for
development of dry direct seeded rainfed rice varieties. Journal of experimental
Botany doi.10.1093/jxb/eru413.
23. Noorzuraini, Site A.R., Borromeo, T.H., Nestor, N.C., Diaz, G.M. and Kumar,
Arvind (2013). Diversity assessment of Malaysian rice germplasm accessions for
drought tolerant grain yield QTLs J. Trop. Agric. and Fd. Sc. 41(1): 27-40.
24. Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genomics based precision
breeding approaches to improve drought tolerance in rice. Biotechnology
Advances: 31 1308–1318
25. Sandhu, Nitika, Jain, Sunita, Jain, Rajinder and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genetic
variation and linkage mapping of QTLs for yield, root and agronomic traits for
aerobic adaptation. BMC Genetics 2013, 14:104
26. Cabasab, Teodora Ma. Nadong, Kumar, Arvind, Bellafiore, Stéphane and De
Waele, Dirk (2013). Histopathology of the rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne
graminicola, on Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima. Nematology 00 (2013) 1-9
27. Swamy, B. P Mallikarjuna, Ahmed, Helal Uddin, Henry, Amelia, Mauleon, Ramil,
Dixit, Shalabh, Vikram, Prashant, Tilatto, Ram, Verulkar, Satish B., Perraju,
Puvvada, Mandal, Nimai P., Variar, Mukund, Robin S., Chandrababu, Ranganath,
Singh, Onkar N. Dwivedi, Jawaharlal L., Das, Sankar Prasad, Mishra, Krishna K.,
Yadaw, Ram B., Aditya,Tamal Lata, Karmakar, Biswajit, Satoh, Kouji, Moumeni,
Ali, Kikuchi, Shoshi Leung, Hei, and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genetic,
Physiological, and Gene Expression Analyses Reveal That Multiple QTL Enhance
Yield of Rice Mega-Variety IR64 under Drought. PLOS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 5,
e62795
28. Li ,Tao, Raman, Anitha K. , Marcaida, Manuel, Kumar, Arvind, Angeles,
Olivyn and Radanielson, Mariot (2013).Simulation of Genotype Performances
Across a Larger Number of Environments for Rice Breeding Using ORYZA2000.
Field Crops Research 149: 312-321.
29. Yadaw, Ram Baran, Dixit, Shalabh, Raman Anitha, Mishra, Krishna Kumar,
Vikram, Prashant B.P. Swamy, Mallikarjuna, Sta Cruz Ma. Teresa, Maturan, Paul
T., Pandey, Madhav, Kumar, Arvind ( 2013). A QTL for high grain yield under
lowland drought in the background of popular rice variety Sabitri from Nepal. Field
Crops Research 144 (2013) 281–287
30. De Waele, D., Das, K., Zhao, D., Tiwari, R.K.S., Shrivastava, D.K., Vera-Cruz,
C. and Kumar, A. (2013). Host response of rice genotypes to the rice root-knot
nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) under aerobic soil conditions. Archives of
Phytopathology and Plant Protection. Volume 46, Issue 6, April 2013, pages 670-
681
31. Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Vikram, Prashant, Yadaw, Ram Baran, Swamy, BP
Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Sta Cruz, Ma Teresa, Maturan, Paul, Marker,

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Shailesh, Kumar, Arvind (2013). qDTY12.1: a locus with a consistent effect on
grain yield under drought in rice. BMC Genetics 14:12 1471-2156/14/12
32. Boopathi, N. Manikanda, Swapanshri, Gat, Kavitha, P., Satish, S., Nithya, R.,
Ratnam, Wickneswari, and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Evaluation and Bulked
Segregant Analysis of Major Yield TLqtl12.1 Introgressed into Indigenous Elite
Line for Low Water Availability under Water Stress. Rice Science, 20(1):25-30
33. Yadaw RB, Ghimire SK, Dixit S, Raman A, Khatiwada SP and Kumar A.
(2013). High yielding drought tolerant lines with stable performance across
rainfed lowland drought prone areas of Nepal. Eco-friendly Agril. J. 6(10): 224-
233
34. Kumar, A., Verulkar, S.B., Mandal, N.P. Variar, M., Shukla, V.D., Dwivedi,
J.L., Singh, B.N., Singh, O.N., Swain, P. Mall, A.K. Robin, S., Chandrababu, R.,
Jain, A., Haefele, S.M., Piepho, H.P., and Raman. A. 2012. High-yielding, drought-
tolerant, stable rice genotypes for the shallow rainfed lowland drought-prone
ecosystem. Field Crops Res. 133:37-47.
35. Raman, Anita, Verulkar, Satish. B., Mandal, Nimai. P., Variar, Mukund, Shukla,
V.D., Dwivedi, J.L., Singh, B.N., Singh, O.N., Swain, Padmini, Mall, Ashutosh K.,
Robin, S., Chandrababu, R., Jain, Abhinav, Ram, Tilatoo, Hittalmani, Shailaja,
Haefele, Stephan, Piepho, Hans-Peter and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Drought yield
index and mean yield index to select rice lines with good yield under different
severities of drought stress and high yield under irrigated non-stress situations. Rice
5 (31)
36. Dixit, Shalabh, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Vikram, Prashant, Bernier, Jerome,
Sta. Cruz, M.T., Amante, Modesto, Atri, Dinesh, and Kumar, Arvind (2012).
Increased drought tolerance and wider adaptability of qDTY12.1 conferred by its
interaction with qDTY2.3 and qDTY3.2 . Mol. Breeding: 30 (4): 1767-1779
37. Yadaw RB, Ghimire SK, Dixit S, Kumar A, Khatiwada SP and Thapa Resham
B. (2012). Participatory varietal selection: an efficient approach to validate newly
developed drought rice varieties under rainfed lowland conditions in Nepal. Nepal
Agric. Res. J. 12: 1-11.
38. Vikram, Prashant, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Ahmed, Helaluddin,
Sta Cruz, M.T., Singh, Alok K., Ye Guoyou and Kumar, Arvind (2012). Bulk
Segregant Analysis: "An effective approach for mapping consistent-effect drought
grain yield QTLs in rice". Field Crops Research 134: 185-192.
39. Ma. Carmelita R. Albertoa, Hirano,Takashib, Miyata, Akirac, Wassmann, Reiner,
Kumar, Arvind, Agnes, Padrea and Modesto, Amante (2012). Influence of climate
ariability on seasonal and interannual variations of ecosystem CO2 exchange in
flooded and non-flooded rice fields in the Philippines. Field Crops Res.134:80-94.
40. Ghimire, Krishna Hari, Quiatchon, Lenie A., Vikram, Prashant, Swamy,
Mallikarjuna B.P., Dixit, Shalabh Hernandez, Jose E., Borromeo, Teresita H.,
Kumar, Arvind (2012). Identification and mapping of a QTL (qDTY1.1) with a
consistent effect on grain yield under drought. Field Crops Res 131:88–96
41. Jagadish S.V.K., Septiningsih, E.M., Kohli, A., Thomson, M.J .T., Ye, C., Redona,
E., Kumar, A. Gregorio, G.B., Wassmann, R., Ismail, A.M. and Singh, R.K.
(2012). Genetic advances in adapting rice to a rapidly changing climate. Journal of
Agronomy and Crop Science 198 (5): 360-373.

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42. Dixit, Shalabh , Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Vikram, Prashant , Ahmed, H. U.,
Sta Cruz, M. T., Amante, Modest, Atri, Dinesh, Leung, Hei and Kumar, Arvind
(2012). Fine mapping of QTLs for rice grain yield under drought reveals sub-
QTLs conferring a response to variable drought severities. Theor Appl
Genet. 125(1):155-69
43. Sharoni, Akhter Most, Nuruzzaman, Mohammed, Satoh, Kouji, Moumeni, Ali,
Attia, Kotb, Venuprasad, Ramiah, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei
Islam, A. K. M. RaWul, and Kikuchi, Shoshi. (2012). Comparative transcriptome
analysis of AP2/EREBP gene family under normal and hormone treatments, and
under two drought stresses in NILs setup by Aday Selection and IR64 . Mol Genet
Genomics. 287:1-19.
44. Nuruzzaman,Mohammed, Sharoni, Akhter Most, Satoh, Kouji, Moumeni, Ali,
Venuprasad, Ramiah, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, Attia, Kotb,
Kikuchi, Shoshi (2012). Comprehensive gene expression analysis of the NAC gene
family under normal growth conditions, hormone treatment, and drought stress
conditions in rice using near-isogenic lines (NILs) generated from crossing Aday
Selection (drought tolerant) and IR64. Mol Genet Genomics 287:389–410
45. Fischer, Ken S., Fukai, Shu, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei and Jongdee, Boonrat
(2012). Phenotyping rice for adaptation to drought. Frontiers in physiology 3:282.
46. Noorzuraini Site, A.R., Borromeo, T.H., Altoveros, N.C. and Kumar, A.(2012).
Growth performance of selected Malaysian rice germplasm under drought stress
environment. J. Trop. Agric. and Fd. Sc. 40(2)(2012):A 169-–179
47. Cabasan, Ma. Teodora Nadine, Kumar, Arvind, and De Waele, Dirk (2011).
Comparison of migration, penetration, development and reproduction of
Meloidogyne graminicola on susceptible and resistant rice genotypes. Nematology.
14(4): 405-415.Swamy, B. P. M., Vikram, P., Dixit, S., Ahmed, H. U. and Kumar,
A. (2011). Meta- analysis of grain yield QTL identified during agricultural drought
in grasses showed consensus. BMC Genomics 12:319.
48. Vikram, P., Swamy, B. P. M., Dixit, S., Sta Cruz, T., Ahmed, H. U., Singh, A. K.,
and Kumar, A. (2011). qDTY1.1, a major QTL for rice grain yield under
reproductive-stage drought stress with a consistent effect in multiple elite genetic
backgrounds. BMC Genetics 12:89.
49. Jagadish, S. V., Krishna , Cairns, E. Jill., Kumar, Arvind, Somayanda, M. Impa
and Craufurd, Q. Peter (2011). Does susceptibility to heat stress confound screening
for drought tolerance in rice? Functional Plant Biology, 38: 261–269.
50. Mall, A.K. Swain, P. Das S., Singh, O.N. and Kumar, A. (2011). Effect of Drought
on Yield and Drought Susceptibility Index for Quality Characters of Promising Rice
Genotypes. Cereal Research Communications 39(1), pp. 22–31 (2011). DOI:
10.1556/CRC.39.2011.1.3
51. Albertoa, R. Ma. Carmelita, Wassmann, Reiner, Hirano, Takashi, Miyata, Akira,
Hatano, Ryusuke, Kumar, Arvind, Padre, Agnes, Modesto, Amante. (2011).
Comparisons of energy balance and evapotranspiration between flooded and
aerobic rice fields in the Philippines. Agricultural Water Management 98: 1417–
1430.
52. Das, Kuntal, Zhao, Dule, De Waele, Dirk, Tiwari, Raj Kumar Singh, Shrivastava,
Dhirendra Kumar, and Kumar, Arvind (2011). Reactions of traditional upland and

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aerobic rice genotypes to rice root knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola).
Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science Vol. 3(7), pp. 131-137.
53. Moumeni, Ali, Satoh, Kouji, Kondoh, Hiroaki, Asano,Takayuki, Hosaka, Aeni,
Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei, and Kikuchi,
Shoshi (2011).Comparative analysis of root transcriptome profiles of two pairs of
drought-tolerant and susceptible rice near-isogenic lines under different drought
stress. BMC Plant Biology 2011, 11:174
54. Serraj, Rachid, McNally, Kenneth L., Slamet-Loedin, Inez, Kohli, Ajay, Haefele,
Stephan M., Atlin, Gary and Kumar, Arvind. (2011). Drought resistance
improvement in rice: An integrated genetic and resource management strategy
Plant Prod. Sci. 14(1): 001-014.
55. Murthy, Keshava B. C, Kumar, Arvind and Hittalmani, Shailaja (2011).
Response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes under aerobic conditions. Electronic
Journal of Plant Breeding, 2(2):194-199
56. Zhao, D.L., Amante, M., Sta Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Atlin, G.N. and Kumar, A. (2010).
Developing aerobic rice cultivars for water short irrigated and drought prone rainfed
ecosystems. Crop Sci. 50: 2268-2276
57. Mandal, N.P., Sinha, P.K., Variar, M., Shukla,V.D., Perraju, P., Mehta, A., Pathak,
A.R., Dwivedi, J.L., Rathi, S.P.S., Bhandarkar, S., Singh, B.N., Singh, D.N., Panda,
S., Mishra, N.C., Singh, Y.V., Pandya, R. , Singh, M.K., Sanger, R.B.S., Bhatt,
J.C., Sharma, R.K., Raman, A., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G. (2010). Implications of
genotype x input interactions in breeding superior genotypes for favorable and
unfavorable rainfed upland environments. Field Crops Res. 118: 135–144
58. Verulkar, S.B., Mandal, N.P., Dwivedi, J.L. , Singh, B.N., Sinha, P.K., Mahato,
R.N., Dongre, P., Singh, O.N., Bose, L.K., Swain, P., Robin, S., Chandrababu, R.,
Senthil, S., Jain, A., Shashidhar, H.E., Hittalmani, S., Vera Cruz, C., Paris, T.,
Raman, A., Haefele, S., Serraj, R., Atlin, G. and Kumar, A. (2010). Breeding
resilient and productive genotypes adapted to drought-prone rainfed ecosystem of
India. Field Crops Res. 117: 199-208.
59. Kumar, Arvind, Verulkar, Satish, Dixit, Shalabh, Chauhan, Bhagirath, Bernier,
Jerome, Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Zhao, Dule and Shrivastava, M.N. (2010). Yield
and yield –attributing traits of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under lowland drought and
suitability of early vigor as a selection criterion. Field Crops Res. 114: 99-107.
60. Venuprasad, R., Dalid C.O., Marilyn, D.V., Bool, M.E., Zhao, D., Espiritu, M., Sta
Cruz, M.T., Amante, M., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G.N. (2009). Identification and
characterization of large-effect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for grain yield under
lowland drought stress and aerobic conditions in rice using bulk-segregant analysis
(BSA). Theor Appl Genet: 120:177–190.
61. Venuprasad, R., Bool M.E., Dalid C.O., Bernier, J., Kumar, A. and Atlin, G.N.
(2009). Genetic loci responding to two cycles of divergent selection for grain yield
under drought stress in a rice breeding population. Euphytica 167: 261-269.
62. Serraj, R., Kumar, A., McNally, K.L., Slamet-Loedin, I., Bruskiewich, R.,
Mauleon, R., Cairns, J. and Hijmans, R.J. 2009. Improvement of drought resistance
in rice. Adv. Agron. 103: 41-99
63. Bernier, Jérôme, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind *, Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Impa,

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Somayanda, Gowda, Veeresh R.P, Oane, Rowena, Spaner, Dean and Atlin, G.N.
(2009). The large-effect drought-resistance QTL qtl12.1 increases water uptake in
upland rice. Field Crops Res. 110: 139-146.
64. Bernier, Jerome, Kumar, Arvind, Spaner, Dean, Verulkar, Satish , Mandal, Nimai
P., Sinha, Pramod K., Peeraju, Puvvada, Dongre, Praba R., Mahto, R.N. and Atlin,
G.N. (2009). Characterization of the effect of rice drought tolerance qtl12.1 over a
range of environments in the Philippines and eastern India. Euphytica: 166:207-
217.
65. Alberto, Ma. Carmelita, Wassmann, Reiner, Hirano, Takashi Miyata, Akira,
Kumar, Arvind, Padre, Agnes and Amante Modesto. (2009). C02/Heat Fluxes in
rice fields: comparative assessment of flooded and non flooded fields in the
Philippines. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: 149: 1737-1750.
66. Kumar, A., Bernier, J., Verulkar, Satish, Lafitte, H.R., and Atlin, G.N. (2008).
Breeding for drought tolerance: direct selection for yield, response to selection and
use of drought-tolerant donors in upland and lowland-adapted populations. Field
Crops Res. 107:221-231.
67. Naikebwane S.B., Thorat, A.S. and Kumar, Arvind. (2008). Genetics of gall
midge (Orseola oryzae Wood Mason) resistance in some new donors of rice (Oryza
sativa L.). International journal of Plant Sciences 3(2): 518-521.
68. Bernier, J., Atlin, G., Kumar, A., Serraj, R. and Spaner, D. (2008). Review:
Breeding upland rice for drought resistance. J Sci Food Agric 88:927–939.
69. Venuprasad, R., Sta Cruz, M.T., Amante, M. Magbanua, R. Kumar, A. and Atlin,
G.N. (2008). Response to two cycles of divergent selection for grain yield under
drought stress in four rice breeding populations. Field Crops Res. 107 (3):232-244.
70. Swain, Padmini, Singh, Omkar Nath, Bose, Lotan Kumar, Baig, Mirza Jaynul,
Kumar, Arvind, and Serraj, Rachid (2008). Rice Varieties for Vegetative Dnd
Reproductive Stage Drought Tolerance. Journal of Korea Society of Crop Science
Conference Proceedings 2008.4, 185-186
71. Persaud, Mahendra, Kumar, A., Sengar, R.B.S., Sao, Abhinav, Dantre, R.K. and
Shrivastava, M.N. (2007). Genetic analysis of blast (Pyricularia grisea Sacc.)
resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of biological sciences. 7(1): 215-217.
72. Bernier, J. Kumar, A., Ramaiah, V. Spaner, D. and Atlin, G. (2007). A large-effect
QTL for grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress in upland rice. Crop
Sci. 47: 505-516.
73. Venuprasad, R., Zenna, N., Choi, I.R., Amante, M. ,Virk, P.S., Kumar, A. and
Atlin, G.N. (2007). Identification of marker loci associated with tungro and drought
tolerance in near-isogenic rice lines derived from IR64/Aday Sel. IRRN 32.1:27-29.
74. Tiwari, Shalini, Bentur , J. S. ,Mishra B., Kumar, Arvind, Kole, C. (2006).
Reaction of gene differential rice varieties against gall midge biotypes in the
greenhouse. Indian Jr. Genet. 65(4):313-314.
75. Dongre, Prabha, Kumar, Arvind and Sahu, R.K. (2006). Genetics of resistance to
rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason) in some new donors. Plant
Archives. 6(1):185-188.
76. Kumar, Arvind, Jain, Abhinav, Sahu, R.K., Shrivastava, M.N., Nair, Suresh and
Mohan, Madan. (2005). Genetic analysis of resistance genes for the rice gall midge
in two rice genotypes. Crop Sci. 45 (4): 1631-35.

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77. Jain, A., Ariyadasa, R., Kumar, A., Shrivastava, M.N., Mohan, M. and Nair, S.
(2004). Tagging and mapping of a rice gall midge resistance gene, Gm 8 and
development of SCARs for use in marker –aided selection and gene pyramiding.
Theor Appl Genet 109:1377-1384.
78. Sardesai, Nagesh, Kumar, Arvind, Rajyashri, K.R., Nair Suresh and Mohan, M.
(2002). Identification and mapping of an AFLP marker linked to Gm 7, a gall midge
resistance gene and its conversion to a SCAR marker for its utility in marker aided
selection in rice. Theor App Genet 105:691-698.
79. Bhandarkar, S., Kumar, Ravinder and Kumar, Arvind. (2002). Genetic variability
and correlation analysis in early duration rice. Plant Archives 2: 95-98.
80. Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Bhandarkar, Sandeep, Shukla, B.C. and
Agrawal, K.C. (2002). A new gene for resistance to Asian rice gall midge (Orseolia
oryzae Wood Mason) biotype 1 population at Raipur. Euphytica 130 (1):143-145.
81. Kumar, Arvind, Sarawgi, A.K., Sengar, S.S., Bhambri, M.C., Siopongeo, J.,
McLaren, C.G. and Wade, L.J. (2003). Genotype X Environment interactions in
lowland rice cultivars for Chhattisgarh. Oryza 40 (3& 4):50-53.
82. Kumar, Arvind. (2001). Reaction of new rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood
Mason) donors against biotype 1 in Madhya Pradesh (India). Oryza 38 (3 & 4): 58-
159.
83. Tiwari, R.K.S., Kumar, Arvind. (2000). Evaluation of New Plant Type rice
breeding lines for resistance against biotic stresses. Indian Journal of Mycology
and Plant Pathology. 30 (1):57-59.
84. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Pathogenic variability
of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae. Indian Phytopathology 53 (1):19-21.
85. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Genetics of resistance
against rice bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae) in some new donors
Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 70 (3):191-193.
86. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Inheritance and allelic
relationships of bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) resistance in
some new donors from Madhya Pradesh Rice Germplasm. Oryza 37 (4):313-315.
87. Kumar, Arvind, Bhandarkar, S., Pophlay, D.J. and Shrivastava, M.N. (2000). A
new gene for gall midge resistance in rice accession Jhitpiti. RGN 17:83-84.
88. Siopongco J, Quintana L, Harnpichitvitaya D, Rajatasereekul S, Sarawgi AK,
Kumar A, Ahmed HU, Singh AK, Sarkarung S, McLaren CG, Rodriguez R, Wade
LJ (2000). Genotype environment interactions in rainfed lowland rice and
implications for rice improvement. Philippine Journal of Crop Science
(Philippines),
89. Kumar, Arvind. (1999). Genetics of resistance to bacterial leaf blight of rice
(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae) in some Oryza nivara accessions of Madhya
Pradesh Rice Germlasm. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 69 (2):78-81.
90. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (1999). Genetic analysis of
ARC 5984 for gall midge resistance- a reconsideration. RGN 15: 142-143.
91. Kumar, Arvind, Tiwari, R.K.S., Parihar, S.S.; Pandya, K.S. and Janoria, M.P.
(1999). Performance of prototype rice lines from ideotype breeding. Oryza 36
(2):146-148.
92. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1999). Genetic analysis of

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gall midge (Orseolia oryzae Wood Mason) biotype 1 in the rice cultivar RP2333-
156-8. Oryza 37 (2):179-180.
93. Kumar, Arvind, Tiwari, R.K.S, Parihar, S.S. and Pandya, K.S. and Janoria, M.P.
(1999). Performance of prototype rice lines from ideotype breeding. IRRN 24
(2):18-19.
94. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1999). A new gene for
resistance to gall midge in rice cultivar RP2333-156-8. RGN 16:85-87.
95. Kumar, Arvind and Tiwari, R.K.S. (1999). Low ODAP grass pea genotypes for
cultivation in Chhattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Pulse
Research 12 (2):266-269.
96. Motiramani, N.K., Kumar, Arvind and Bose, Prabhas. (1999). Genetics of
resistance against biotype 1 of rice gall midge in some rice cultivars. Oryza 36
(4):396-397.
97. Wade, L.J., McLaren, C.G., Quintana, L., Harnpichitvitaya, D., Rajatasereekul, S.,
Sarawgi, A.K., Kumar, A., Ahmed, H.U., Sarwoto, Singh, A.K., Rodriguez, R.,
Siopongco, J. and Sarkarung, S. (1999). Genotype by environment interactions
across diverse rainfed lowland rice environments. Field Crops Research 64:35-50.
98. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1998). Inheritance and
allelic relation-ship of gall midge biotype-1 resistant gene(s) in some new donors.
Oryza 35(1):70-73.
99. Kumar, Arvind, Tiwari, R.K.S., Parihar, S.S., Pandya, K.S., and Janoria, M.P.
(1998). Performance of new plant type rice breeding lines. Agric. Sci. Digest 18
(3):198-202.
100. Mohan, Madan, Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Nair, S. (1997).
Molecular mapping of a resistance -specific PCR - based marker linked to a gall
midge resistance gene (Gm4t) in rice. Theor App Genet 95:777-782.
101. Kumar, Arvind, Sharma, D.J., Sahu, R.K. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1997).
Association between bacterial blight resistance, Gall midge resistance and
anthocyanin pigmentation in Rice. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture
15 (1-4):187-93.
102. Nair, S., Kumar, A., Shrivastava, M.N. and Madan Mohan. (1996). PCR-based
DNA marker linked to a gall midge resistance gene, Gm4 (t), has potential for the
marker aided selection in rice. Theo Appl Genet 92:660-665.
103. Jain, P.K., Kumar, A., Sahu, R.K. (1996). Inheritance of bacterial leaf blight
resistance in some rice cultivars. Oryza 33:294 - 296.
104. Reddy, R. Arjual, Scheffer, Brain, Madhuri, G., Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar,
Arvind, Sathyanaraynan, P.V., Nair, Suresh and Madan, Mohan. (1996). Chalcone
synthase in rice (Oryza sativa L.): Detection of chs locus protein in seedlings and
molecular mapping of the chs locus. Plant Molecular Biology 32:735-743.
105. Gupta, Amol, Pophlay, D.J. and Kumar, Arvind. (1996). Response of selected
bacterial leaf blight resistant varieties to brown plant hopper and their agronomic
traits at Raipur. Current Research 25:142.
106. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (1996). Inheritance and allelic
relations of gene(s) for resistance to rice bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae
pv.oryzae) in some new donors. Indian Journal of Genetics & Plant Breeding
57(3): 290 - 295.

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107. Kumar, Arvind, Thrimurty, V.S. and Mottiramani, N.K. (1996). Oryza nivara
accessions, a new potential donor of resistance against bacterial blight and brown
spot. Oryza 33:297 - 299.
108. Kumar, Arvind, Verulkar, S.B. and Kotasthane, A.S. (1995). Failure of induced
resistance in rice against bacterial leaf blight of paddy pretreated with killed
bacteria (X. campestris PV. oryzae). Advances in Plant Sciences 8 (2):297-300.
109. Kumar, A., Baghel, S.S. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1994). Inheritance and allelic
relations of genes governing resistance to biotype 1 of rice-gall midge (Orseolia
oryzae). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 64(7): 504-506.
110. Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Motiramani N.K. and Sahu, R.K. (1994).
Evaluation of rice genotypes and their agronomic traits for adaptability under
drought prone rainfed lowland ecology of Eastern Madhya Pradesh. Oryza 31:173-
180.
111. Kumar, Arvind, Sahu, R.K. and Shrivastava, M.N. (1993). Germination from
deeper soil depth as an index of varietal adaptability to Biasi system of rice
cultivation. Oryza 30:254-255.
112. Shrivastava, M.N., Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, S.K. and Sahu, R.K. (1993). A
new gene for resistance to gall midge in rice variety Abhaya. RGN 10:79 - 80.
113. Thrimurty, V.S., Kumar, Arvind, Lakpale, N., Agrawal, K.C., Kotasthane, A.S.
and Shrivastava, M.N. (1993). Pathogenic variability of Xanthomonas campestris
pv.oryzae in Chhattisgarh region of India. Oryza 30:239-244.
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