Proceedings Book NCPP 2013, ICAR-DGR, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh

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Proceedings Book

of

National Conference of Plant Physiology-2013on

Current Trends in Plant Biology Research

Organized byDirectorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh

&Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh

In association withIndian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi


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PLATINUM SPONSOR


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National Conference of Plant Physiology on Current Trends in Plant Biology Research

ii

Publ ished by

Directorate of Groundnut Research, PB No. 05, Junagadh-362 001, Gujarat

Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh- 362 001, Gujarat andIndian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi-110012

EditorsDr AL SinghDr Radhakrishnan TDr GP MishraDr K ChakrabortyDr Ajay BC

Dr MK MahatmaDr KA KalariyaMs Nisha GoswamiMs Deepti MehtaDr Rupesh NakarMs Shubhangi OzaMs Vidya ChoudharyMr PV ZalaMr Lokesh KumarDr Chetna MandaviyaDr AS Joshi

Dr GK KatariaDr JB Misra

NCPP-2013, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh 362001.


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ORGANIZI NG COMMI TTEE

Chief Patron

Dr. S. Ayyappan

Secretary, DARE, Govt. of India and Director General,

ICAR, New Delhi

Patrons

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Sopory

Vice Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi &

President, ISPP, New Delhi

Dr. Swapan Kumar Datta

Deupty Director General (Crop Science), ICAR, New Delhi

Co-patrons

Dr. N.C. Patel

Vice Chancellor, JAU, Junagadh

Dr. J.B. Misra

Director, DGR, Junagadh

Advisors

Dr. Madan Pal

IARI, New Delhi

Dr. V.P. Singh

IARI, New Delhi

Organizing secretary

Dr. A.L. Singh

DGR , Junagadh

Co-organizing Secretari es

Dr. C. Mandavia, JAU, JunagadhDr. A.S. Joshi, JAU, Junagadh

Dr. G.K. Kataria JAU, Junagadh

Dr. K. Chakraborty DGR, JunagadhDr. K.A. Kalariya, DGR, Junagadh

Treasurers

Dr. Anita Mann Dr. Koushik Chakraborty

National Steering Committee

Dr. K.C.Bansal, NBPGR, New Delhi Dr. Anil Grover, Uni. Of Delhi, Delhi

Dr. M. Uday Kumar, UAS, Banglore Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi, NIPGR, New Delhi

Dr. B.B. Singh, Lucknow Dr. G.C. Srivastava, New Delhi

Dr. B.B. Singh, ICAR, New Delhi Dr. J.S. Chauhan, ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. Ravinder Kumar, ICAR, New Delhi Dr. Balraj Singh, NRCSS, Ajmer

Dr. P.S. Deshmukh, New Delhi Dr R.K. Sairam, New Delhi

Dr. R.D. Rai, IARI, New Delhi Dr. S.K. Sawhney, Univ. of Delhi, Delhi

Dr. M.B. Chetti, UAS, Dharwad Dr. C. Viswanathan, IARI, New Delhi

National Scientific Advisory Committee

Dr. G.S. Sirohi, New Delhi Dr. D.K. Das Gupta, Kolkata

Dr. Y.P. Abrol, New Delhi Dr. R.Ezekiel, ICAR, New Delhi

Dr. P.K. Agarwal, CCAFS, New Delhi Dr. A.S. Raghavendra, Uni.of Hyderabad

Dr. A. Narayanan, Coimbatore Dr. R. S. Dwivedi, Lucknow

Dr. M.C. Ghildiyal, New Delhi Dr. S.K. Sharma, CSSRI, Karnal

Dr. M. Kar, OAUT, Bhubaneswar Dr. M. Maheswari, CRIDA, Hyderabad

Dr. A.K. Dhawan, NIFTEM, New Delhi Dr. Udai Burman, CAZRI, Jodhpur

Dr. P. C. Nautiyal, IARI, New Delhi Dr. A Shivashankar, IIHR, Banglore

Dr. S.D. Singh, IARI, New Delhi Dr. A. S. Nandwal, HAU, HissarDr. S.R. Voleti, DRR, Hyderabad Dr. P.S. Basu, IIPR, Kanpur

Dr. Ajay Arora, IARI, New Delhi Dr. H.S. Gaur, SVU of A & T, Modipuram

Dr. J. P. Srivastava, Varanasi Dr. Dhurjati Chaudhuri,RRII, Guwahati

Dr. C. Vijayalakshmi, TNAU, Coimbatore Dr. James Jacob, RRII, Kottayam

Dr. R.C. Shrivastava, Agartala Dr. V.K. Singh, CISH, Lucknow

Dr. V. S. Bhatia, DSR, Indore Dr. P. N. Gururaja Rao , SBI Coimbtore

Dr. Devendra Kumar, CPRI, Modipuram Dr. S.C. Bhatla, University of Delhi

Dr. Jitendra Khurana, Delhi University Dr. Renu Khanna-Chopra, IARI, New Delhi

Dr. P.K. Ghosh, IGFRI, Jhansi Dr. I.S. Dua, Panjab University, Chandigarh


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Dr. P.V. Rao, Hyderabad Dr. Naresh Kumar Soora, IARI, New DelhiDr. B.B. Jadhav, Dapoli Dr. Vijay Paul, IARI, New DelhiDr. Rajeev Angrish, HAU, Hisar Dr. Anjali Anand, IARI, New Delhi

Dr. Ishwar Singh, DMR, New Delhi Dr. A.G. Shankar, UAS BangaloreDr. H.S. Talwar, DSR, Hyderabad Dr. B.L. Kakralya, SKNAU, JobnerDr. Himansu Pathak, IARI, New Delhi Dr. J.S. Minhas, CPRI, ShimlaDr. Bhupinder Singh, IARI, New Delhi Dr. T. Ramarao, ANGRAU, BaptlaDr. K.K. Baruah, Tejpur University, Assam Dr. Brajesh Singh, CPRI, ShimlaLocal Advisory members

Dr J. B Misra, Chairman Dr T. RadhakrishnanDr. C. J. Dangaria, Co-chairman Dr. A.L. RathnakumarDr. A. M. Parekhiya Dr K. K. PalDr. A. V. Barad Dr. N. K. JainDr. N. K. Ghotia Dr. Rinku DeyDr. P.H. Vataliya Dr. S.K. BeraDr. B. A Golakiya Dr. Chuni LalDr. D. N. Vakharia Dr. M. K. MahatamaDr. Vijay Kumar Dr Sandeep Kumar, DFO, Sasan, Gir


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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES FOR NCPP 2013, DURING 13-16 DEC, JUNAGADH

Committees Name Designations Committees Name Designations

Secretariat Dr NC Patel, JAUDr JB Misra, DGRDr AL Singh, DGR

Dr CJ Dangaria, JAUDr AM Parakhiya, JAUDr Pramod Mohnot, JAUDr BA Golakia, JAUDr Chetna Mandavia, JAUDr GK Kataria, JAUDr A S Joshi, JAUDr Anita Mann, DGRDr K Chakraborty, DGR

ChairmanCo-chairmanOrg-Secretary

Members

TreasurerTreasurer

Reception and

transport committee

Dr KB Jhala, JAUDr MK Mahatma, DGRDr R S Yadav, DGR

Dr HN Meena, DGREr JV Bhuva, JAUEr PK Morasada, JAUMr DM Bhatt, DGRDr SD Savaliya, DGRMr VG Koradia, DGRMr HV Patel, DGRMr CB Patel, DGRMr R S Garhwal, DGR

ChairmanCo-chairmanMembers

Invitation

committee

Dr JB Misra, DGRDr AL Singh, DGRDr CJ Dangaria, JAUDr IU Dhruj, JAUDr Pramod Mohnot, JAUDr PH Vataliya, JAUDr AV Barad, JAUDr NB Babria, JAU

Dr K Chakraborty, DGR


Registration

committee

Dr Chuni Lal, DGRDr RA Jat, DGRDr A.R. Ahlawat DGRDr MK Sharma, JAUDr KA Kalariya DGRDr LL Jivani , JAUDr Narendra Kumar, DGRMs Vidya Chaudhari, DGR

Dr JR Dobaria, DGRMr Anil Maurya, DGR


Accommodation

committee

Er KD Makati, JAUDr SK Bera, DGRDr GK Kataria, JAUDr Prasanna Holajjer, DGRDr K Chakraborty, DGRDr MK Jadeja, JAUMr MG Valu, JAUMr HB Lalwani, DGRMr PV Zala, DGRMr MV Gedia, DGR


Technical programme

committee

Dr JB Misra, DGRDr CJ Dangaria, JAUDr AL Singh, DGRDr BA Golakiya, JAUDr Chetna MandaviaDr AS Joshi, JAUDr DN Vakharia, JAUDr GP Mishra, DGRDr Anita Mann, DGRDr K Chakraborty, DGR



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Mr DR Bhatt Dr KA Kalariya, DGRDr LK Sharma, JAU

Publication and

editorial

committee

Dr JB Misra, DGRDr AL Singh, DGRDr Radhakrishnan T, DGRDr BA Golakia, JAU

Dr Chetna MandaviyaDr DN Vakharia, JAUDr AS Joshi, JAUDr GK Kataria, JAUDr GP Mishra, DGRDr Anita Mann, DGRDr M K Mahatma, DGRDr K Chakraborty, DGRDr KA Kalariya, DGRDr Ajay BC, DGRDr Muralidhar Meena, DGR


Souvenir

publication

committee

Dr N C PatelDr JB Misra, DGRDr AL Singh, DGRDr CJ Dangaria, JAU

Dr IU Dhruj, JAUDr BA Golakia, JAUDr PH Vataliya, JAUDr Radhakrishnan T, DGRDr AS Joshi, JAUDr VM Bhatt, JAUDr GP Mishra, DGRDr Debarati Bhaduri, DGRMr NR Ghetia, DGR


Food and

Hospitality

committee

Dr KB Polara, JAUDr KK Pal, DGRDr RK Patel, JAUDr MU Vachani, JAUDr MC Dagla, DGRDr PPThirumalaisamy, DGR

Dr PK Bhalodia, DGRMr RD Padvi, DGR


Stage and Hall

arrangement

and decoration

committee

Dr RS Chouvatia, JAUDr AL Ratnakumar, DGRDr AN Makwana, JAUEr MV. Bangoria , JAUDr Nitin Patel, JAUDr KN Karetha, JAU

Dr DK Varu, JAUMr SN Vakharia, JAUMr AM Vakharia, DGR


Announcement Dr VM Bhatt , JAUDr G P Mishra, DGRDr Anita Mann, DGR


Exhibition, Press

and Media

committee

Dr Narendra Bharad, JAUDr NK Jain, DGRDr VM Bhatt, JAUDr GR Gohil, JAUDr Narayanan G. , DGRDr HK Gor, DGRMr Murlidhar Meena, DGRMr N R Ghetia, DGR



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Poster arrangement

committee

Dr KL Dobariya, JAUDr LF Akbari, JAUDr RA Jat, DGRDr Deen Dayal Garg, JAUDr A.R. Ahlawat, DGRDr SS Patil, JAUDr UD Patel, JAU

Dr Narendra Kumar, DGRDr HN Meena, DGRDr Ajoy Saha, DGRDr GU Kulkarni, JAUDr Rajiv Kumar , JAUMr Ranvir Singh, DGRMr Lokesh Kumar, DGR


Resource Generation

and purchase

committee

Dr AL Singh, DGRDr Radhakrishnan T, DGRDr KK Pal, DGRDr BA Golakiya, JAUDr AL Rathnakumar, DGRDr NK Jain, DGRDr Sunil Patel, JAU

Dr KL Dobariya, JAUDr Ram DuttaDr KA Kalariya, DGRDr K Chakraborty, DGR


Cultural and spouse

programme

committee

Dr Radhakrishnan T , DGRDr Chetna Mandavia, JAUDr Poonam Jasrotia, DGRDr VM Bhatt, JAUMr MV Natraja, DGRMs PH Dave, JAUMr Bhanudaria, JAUMr MV Shekhda, JAUMr SN Vakharia, JAUMs Lata Raval, JAUMs Rehana Niyaria, JAU


Local tour and

Excursion

Dr Sandip Kumar, DFODr HB Gandharia, JAUDr RS Yadav, DGRDr A.R. Ahlawat, JAUDr GR Gohil, JAUMr Puneel Gajjar, JAUMr P K Bhalodiya, DGRMr A D Makwana, DGR



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Table of Contents

FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................. 31

LEAD PRESENTATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 34

L1-1. GENETIC ENGINEERING OF STAY GREEN TRAITS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DROUGHT TOLERANT

WHEAT .................................................................................................................................................... 35

Ajay Arora* and V.P. Singh .................................................................................................................. 35

L1-2. Gene expression analysis in response to water deficit stress in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) .. 38

Johnson George K*, Neema Malik, Vijesh Kumar I.P. and Krishnamurthy K.S. .................................. 38

L1-3. Salinity tolerance mechanisms in sugarcane ................................................................................. 44

S.Vasantha ........................................................................................................................................... 44

L 2-1. Cracking the Mystery of Photorespiration .................................................................................... 46

J.B. Misra ............................................................................................................................................. 46

L 2-2. Challenges of enhanced fodder production: The role of plant biology and physiology ............... 53

P.K. Ghosh*, H.V. Singh and R.V. Kumar ............................................................................................. 53

L 2-3. Enhancing pulses productivity and quality through physiological interventions ......................... 68

P.S. Basu and Jagdish Singh ................................................................................................................. 68

L 3-1. Radiotracer and mineral nutrition of plants ................................................................................. 79

Bhupinder Singh1*,Prashant Kumar Hanjagi2, Manoj Shrivastava1,Achchelal Yadav1, Sumedha Ahuja1

and Rinki2 ............................................................................................................................................ 79

L 3-2. Impact of interventions on productivity in arid zone: physiological basis and future prospects 95

Uday Burman and Praveen-Kumar ..................................................................................................... 95

L 4-1. Phytohormones regulation of seed growth and development ................................................... 104

Vrinda Thaker .................................................................................................................................... 104

L 4-2. How flowers wither ..................................................................................................................... 106

InayatullahTahir* and Syed Sabhi Ahmad ........................................................................................ 106

L 4-3. Development of climate resilient pulse varieties........................................................................ 118

B.B. Singh1, Aditya Pratap2and P.S. Basu3 ........................................................................................ 118

L 5-1. Super sweet plants can solve national sugar scarcity, sugar mediated health disorders and

energy crisis, if nurtured and tapped .................................................................................................... 130

R. S. Dwivedi ...................................................................................................................................... 130


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L 5-2. Cause and prevention of internal breakdown disorder (spongy tissue) in alphonso mango

influence of staggered flowering .......................................................................................................... 133

V. Ravindra ........................................................................................................................................ 133

L 5-3. Physiology of pre-mature fruit drop and remedial measures for increasing coffee production inIndia ...................................................................................................................................................... 149

C. G. Anand1, G. F. Dsouza2, Pradeep Kumar1and Jayarama1. ........................................................ 149

L 6-1. Quality Seed and Productivity Enhancement in Major Crops in India ........................................ 160

J.S. Chauhan1, S. Rajendra Prasad

2and Satinder Pal

1....................................................................... 160

L 6-2. Waging green war on diabetes by in vitroculture and germplasm conservation of anti-diabetic

medicinal plants with special reference to Stevia rebaudianaBertoni ................................................ 169

Padmanabh Dwivedi ......................................................................................................................... 169

SPECIAL SESSIONSS-1. Irrigation management a potential solution to the problem of drought in

groundnut ............................................................................................................................................. 180

SS-1. Irrigation management a potential solution to the problem of drought in groundnut .............. 181

Man Singh ......................................................................................................................................... 181

Ss-2. Role of photosynthesis and carbon sequestration for better climate ......................................... 182

Ajay.................................................................................................................................................... 182

SS-3. Physiological strategies for improved livelihood in flooded and waterlogged areas .................. 195

S Roy Chowdhury*, P.S. Brahmanand and Ashwani Kumar ............................................................. 195

SS-4. Submergence tolerance and productivity in rice ......................................................................... 211

Ramani Kumar Sarkar ........................................................................................................................ 211

SS-5. Seed priming and quality enhancement in field crops ................................................................ 224

P.C. Nautiyal, Sudipta Basu, Sandeep Kumar Lal and Neeta Dwevedi* ............................................ 224

SS 6. Nitrate toxicity in leafy vegetables ............................................................................................... 225

Shahid Umar ...................................................................................................................................... 225

SS 7. Crop water stress index and canopy air temperature difference for scheduling irrigation ......... 227

N. K. Gontia1

and K. N. Tiwari2

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SS-8. Enhancing food legume production under climate change scenario .......................................... 243

P.S. Deshmukh* and T.P. Singh** ..................................................................................................... 243

SS-9. Silicon nutrition of plants: an overview ....................................................................................... 246

J. P. Srivastava* and Anuj Kumar Singh ............................................................................................ 246

SS-10. Medicinal plants: The need of the hour ..................................................................................... 260


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Manish Das ........................................................................................................................................ 260

SS-11. Morpho-physiological transformation during the evolution of dwarf cultivars ........................ 264

S.D. Singh .......................................................................................................................................... 264

ORAL PRESENTATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 271

o 1-1. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of genes encoding ABA core signaling

components in sorghum (Sorghum bicolorL. Moench)........................................................................ 272

Monika Dalal1, Madhuri Annapurna

2and Santosh Kumar V.V.

2....................................................... 272

O 1-3. Growth and yield response variability of maize genotypes at elevated CO2concentration ..... 274

M.Vanaja, N. Jyothi Lakshmi, M. Maheswari, S. K. Yadav, P. Sathish, P. Vagheera, G. Vijay Kumar,

Abdul Razak and B. Venkateswarlu ................................................................................................... 274

O 1-4. Evaluation of greengram genotypes for tolerance to water logging ......................................... 276

Y. Laxmi Prasanna, G. RamaRao, Y. Ashokarani, V.S. Rao and K.L.N. Rao......................................... 276

O 1-5. Effect of terminal heat on morpho-physiological and quality traits of wheat germplasm ........ 278

T.P. Singh, Jyoti Kumari, Sandeep Kumar, R.K. Sharma, Mamta Yadav and M. Dutta ...................... 278

O 1-6. Development of potato dwarfs through mutagenesis and their yield response under heat stress

condition ............................................................................................................................................... 280

Devendra Kumar1, Anjali Chmail

3JS Minhas

2and Brajesh Singh

3.................................................... 280

O 1-7. Physiological potential of rice genotypes for carbon sequestration - biological control of

atmospheric carbon .............................................................................................................................. 282

K.K. Baruah andAshmita Bharali ....................................................................................................... 282

O 1-8. Impact of high temperature stress on growth and yield of Vigna mungogenotypes ............... 284

H. Vijayaraghavan, M. Pandiyan, S. Vincent and C.N. Chandrasekhar ............................................. 284

O 1-9. Physiological and biochemical changes in groundnut under high temperature stress ............. 286

K. Chakraborty, Nisha Goswami, Deepti Mehta, K.A. Kalariya and A.L. Singh .................................. 286

O 1-10. Comparison of different crop models to simulate temperature and moisture stress effects on

growth and yield of wheat .................................................................................................................... 288

Krishnan P.1, Sharma R.K.4, Kukreja A.1, Das A.2, Lal K.3, Verma A.P.S.1and Tyagi S.K.1................... 288

O 2-1. Zinc oxide nanoparticle induced morphological, biochemical and photosynthetic responses in

Oryza sativa plants, grown hydroponically ........................................................................................... 290

Prabhat K. Sharma and Maria Vera J. DaCosta ................................................................................. 290

O 2-2. Physiological approaches for ideotype breeding in rice ............................................................ 292

P. Raghuveer Rao, K.N. Swamy, A.S. Hariprasad and V.P. Bhadana ................................................. 292

O 2-3. Variation in leaf photosynthetic response of rice genotypes to post-anthesis water deficit .... 294


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Gauthami P1, Subrahmanyam D

2, Padma V

1, Raghveer Rao P

2and

Voleti SR

2................................. 294

O 2-4. Field pea seed yield as affected by physio-chemical traits under normal and late seeding

conditions.............................................................................................................................................. 296

Vijay Laxmi ........................................................................................................................................ 296

O 2-5. Petal senescence ........................................................................................................................ 298

Archana Mankad ............................................................................................................................... 298

O 2-6. Moisture-deficit-stress induced changes in SLA and SCMR in Spanish groundnut cultivars ..... 299

K.A. Kalariya, K. Chakraborty, A.L. Singh, P.V. Zala and C.B. Patel .................................................... 299

O 2-7. Effect of water stress on photosynthetic attributes, membrane injury and yield in contrasting

wheat genotypes................................................................................................................................... 301

N. K. Gupta ........................................................................................................................................ 301

O 2-8. Role of pollen starch and sugar content on fruit set in tomato under heat stress .................... 303

Pravin Prakash and Surender Kumar ................................................................................................ 303

O 2-9. Characterization of root and establishment traits in relation to morpho-physiological indices

and yield attributes of wheat genotypes .............................................................................................. 305

D.C. Saxena, RenuParashar, S.V. Sai Prasad, K.C. Sharma and A.K. Singh ........................................ 305

O 2-10. Effect of salicylic acid on growth, yield and physiology of mungbean (Vigna radiate L.Wilczek)

under salinity stress .............................................................................................................................. 307

Saroj Kumar Mohanty, Bijay Kumar Mishra and Tapas Behera ........................................................ 307

O 3-1. Nanotechnology for improving nutrient use efficiency of crops ............................................... 309

R. Elanchezhian, K. Ramesh and A.K. Biswas .................................................................................... 309

O 3-2. Effect of silicon solubilizers on stress tolerance and productivity in rice (Oryza sativaL.) ....... 311

I.M. Khan1, R.K. Tiwari2, Smita Singh2, O.P. Dhurve1, S.R. Voleti3..................................................... 311

O 3-3. Iron biofortification of rice grains by the application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

.............................................................................................................................................................. 313

Ashish Sharma1, Deepti Shankhdhar

2and S.C. Shankhdhar

2............................................................ 313

O 3-4. Iron toxicity induced changes in nutrient status in rice cultivars .............................................. 315

Tarun Saikia and K.K. Baruah ............................................................................................................ 315

O 3-5. Effect of citric acid on phosphorus use efficiency and productivity of groundnut (Arachis

hypogaea) in calcareous-alkaline soils .................................................................................................. 317

R.S. Jat1, H.N. Meena2 and N.K. Jain2 ................................................................................................ 317

O 3-6. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus induced improvement in physiological traits and yield of wheat

(Triticum aestivum L.) ........................................................................................................................... 319


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K.D. Sharma, Shital and Ashok Kumar .............................................................................................. 319

O 3-7. Influence of micronutrients on growth and yield of fenugreek ................................................. 321

G. Lal, R.S. Mehata, S.P.Mahariya and Yash sharma ......................................................................... 321

O 3-8. Application of molybdenum and seed dressing agents influence enzyme activity in rhizosphere

of different groundnut cultivars ........................................................................................................... 323

Debarati Bhaduri, K. Chakraborty, A.L. Singh, Mahesh Bhadarka and Deepali Desai ...................... 323

O 3-9. In vitro antifungal activity of rhizobacteria against Rhizoctonia and Sclerotinia species:

biocontrol approach.............................................................................................................................. 325

Rita S. Chudasama1and Reema D. Lumbhani2.................................................................................. 325

O 4-1. Physiology of apical dominance in grain filling of rice. .............................................................. 327

P. K. Mohapatra1, B.B. Panda

2and B.P. Shaw

2.................................................................................. 327

O 4-2. Application of DAPG-producing fluorescent pseudomonads for suppressing stem rot pathogen

and enhancing yield of groundnut ........................................................................................................ 329

R. Dey, K.K. Pal, S.P. Singh, P. Dash, V. Parmar, A. Chudasma and S.M. Chauhan ............................ 329

O 4-3. Performance of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) cv. Prajwal in response to gibberellic acid

presoaking treatment ........................................................................................................................... 331

Pooja Rani, Nisha Kataria and NarenderSingh ................................................................................. 331

O 4-4. Putrescine: an efficient allelochemical in modulation of metal scavenging activities in Salvinia

natans Linn. ........................................................................................................................................... 333

M. K. Adak1, C. Mandal and N. Ghosh ............................................................................................... 333

O 4-5. Impact of bio-regulators on gas exchange parameters, yield and quality of Manjari Naveen

grape variety ......................................................................................................................................... 335

Sahadeo D. Ramteke, Ravindra J. Kor, Mahadev A. Bhange and Abhijeet P. Khot ........................... 335

O 4-6. Relative herbicidal activity of sesquiterpene lactone parthenin on pondweed (Potamogeton

crispusl.) And rice (var. Kranti) ............................................................................................................. 337

D. K. Pandey ...................................................................................................................................... 337

O 4-7. Use of plant metabolites to control ciliates, ostrocods, copepods and rotifers in algal cultures

.............................................................................................................................................................. 339

Seema Menon, Ganesh Iyer, Yash Gupte , Yogesh Pawar, Samruddha Phadnis and Kruti Dave ..... 339

O 4-8. Whether optimum pollen germination and tube length attained in the same concentrations of

growth medium by five cultivars of Apocynaceae? .............................................................................. 341

S. A. Salgare ....................................................................................................................................... 341

O 4-9. Isolation and characterization of DAPG-producing fluorescent pseudomonads for plant growth

promoting and biocontrol traits ........................................................................................................... 342


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D. Sherathia, R. Dey and K.K. Pal ....................................................................................................... 342

O 4-10. Use of plant growth substances in gum tapping and propagation in Karaya gum tree Sterculia

urensRox B. for improvement of production and livelihood in Chhattisgarh ..................................... 344

Pratibha Katiyar, S. Patel, R and Gupta and R. Modi ....................................................................... 344

O 5-1. Post harvest application of calcium and wax on storage performance of kiwifruit .................. 345

F.A. Khan, M.Y. Mir and H.R. Naik ..................................................................................................... 345

O 5-2. Morpho-physiological characterization and diversity analysis with developed EST SSRs in Castor

(Ricinus communis L.) ............................................................................................................................ 347

Ramesh Thatikunta,1 J. Sree LAKSHMI1*, Ch. V. Durga Rani3, A. Siva Sankar4, V. Gouri Shankar5, P.

Gouthami1, C. Leela1and Mangesh Y. Dudhe6.................................................................................. 347

O 5-3. Diversity in morpho-physiological traits and antioxidant potential of peach (Prunus persica). 349

A.K. Trivedi1, S.K. Verma1, R.K. Tyagi2 andR.R. Arya1 ........................................................................ 349

O 5-4. Morpho-agronomic variations in exotic wildArachis species.................................................... 351

Archana Singh, R.V. Kumar, R.S. Chaurasia and J.P. Singh ................................................................ 351

O 5-5. Identification and characterization of salt responsive miRNAs in mangrove plants and rice ... 353

Sachin A. Gharat and Birendra P. Shaw ............................................................................................ 353

O 5-6. Acclimatization of Hevea ortets to environmental stress of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal:

evaluation in early stage ....................................................................................................................... 355

Gitali Das1, Sandeep Kumar

2, Gopal C. Mondal

1, S.K. Dey

3, R.P. Singh

4, Meena Singh

5, Dhurjati

Chaudhuri1and R. Krishnakumar6 ..................................................................................................... 355

O 5-7. Effect of water stress on different seed sources of Pinus roxburghii sarg(Chir pine)............... 357

S. Nautiyal and Seema Chaudhary .................................................................................................... 357

O 5-8. Long term performance of certain clones of Hevea brasiliensis in dry sub humid climate of

North Konkan region in Maharashtra ................................................................................................... 359

Meena Singh1, Chandrashekhar

2, Kavitha, K. Mydin

3and James Jacob

3.......................................... 359

O 5-9. Evaluation of small cardamom hybrids for growth, yield and physiological parameters under

different soil moisture regimes ............................................................................................................. 361

SJ Ankegowda1and K.S. Krishnamurthy2 .......................................................................................... 361

O 6-1. Effect of storage conditions on germination and physiology of seeds of Withania somnifera- a

commercial medicinal herb .................................................................................................................. 363

Anju Thakur and Himangini ............................................................................................................... 363

O 6-2. Genetic purity study of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)) genotypes through RAPD and SSR

markers ................................................................................................................................................. 365

Sudeshna Chakraborty, Ruchi Trivedi, Avadh Shah, Bhushan Aher and Sasidharan N. .................... 365


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O 6-3. Carbohydrate metabolism in developing seeds of Isabgol (Plantago ovataforsk.) .................. 367

Ruchi Bansal ...................................................................................................................................... 367

O 6-4. Molecular variability analysis among non-toxigenic isolates of Aspergillus flavus using gene-

specific-PCR for aflatoxin gene cluster ................................................................................................. 369

Sneha M. Dodia, Radhakrishnan T, Abhay Kumar, G.P. Mishra, J.R. Dobaria and Kirankumar K. Patel

.......................................................................................................................................................... 369

O 6-5. Sweet Sorghum harvesting stage effects on stalk yield, sugar quality, and bioethanol production

in dryland condition .............................................................................................................................. 371

S.S. Rao, J.V. Patil, J.S. Mishra, O.V. Ramana, and N. Seetharama ................................................... 371

O 6-6. In vitroantioxidant potential of three important liverworts of Darjeeling Himalaya ................ 373

Sumira Mukhia and Palash Mandal .................................................................................................. 373

O 6-7. Development of an efficient protocol for regeneration of endangered Withania somnifera (L.)

Dunal ..................................................................................................................................................... 375

Deepika Sharma, Kalpana Maurya, S.C. Shankhdhar and Deepti Shankhdhar ................................. 375

O 6-8. Characterization of groundnut cultivars for ahFAD2allele polymorphism ............................... 377

Bhagwat Nawade, Sahil Patel, G.P. Mishra*, Radhakrishnan T., Abhay Kumar, A.L. Rathnakumar and

J.R. Dobaria ....................................................................................................................................... 377

O 6-9. Analysing Bambara groundnut for introduction to sub-tropical regions in India ...................... 379

P.C. Nautiyal, A.L. Singh and Ganesh Kulkarni ................................................................................. 379

YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD SESSION ......................................................................................................... 380

ys-1. Characterization of abiotic stress responsive Brassica juncea BjERD4gene ............................... 381

Archana N. Rai and P. Suprassana .................................................................................................... 381

YS-2. AtDREB1A transgenic groundnut shows tolerance to drought and salinity stresses .................. 383

Tanmoy Sarkar, Radhakrishnan T.*, A. Kumar, G.P. Mishra and J.R. Dobaraia ................................ 383

YS-3. Impact of varying temperatures on growth, photosynthesis and yield of chickpea varieties .... 385

Kanchan Jumrani1, V.S. Bhatia

2and G.P. Pandey

1 ............................................................................ 385

YS-4. Interactive role of ethylene and polyamines on drought tolerance in wheat ............................. 387

Pranjali H.G., Krishna K.G., Singh V. P. and Ajay Arora .................................................................... 387

YS-5. Evaluation of tolerance and sensitivity of selected plant species with special reference to

Gasoline Exhaust Pollution ................................................................................................................... 389

Pallavi Saxena#, Abhinav Garg and Chirashree Ghosh ...................................................................... 389

YS-6. Development and optimization of edible coating formulations for improving post-harvest quality

of pear (Pyrus communis L.) using RSM ................................................................................................ 391


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Rudri. K. Dave1, T. V. Ramana Rao

1, A. S. Nandane

2 ......................................................................... 391

YS-7. Nutraceutical properties and enzyme activity profiles of yellow fleshed watermelon fruit during

its development and ripening ............................................................................................................... 393

Soumya V. and T.V. Ramana Rao ...................................................................................................... 393

YS-8. Identification of unknown medicinal extract using DNA barcoding and structural analyses ...... 395

Bhavisha P. Sheth and Vrinda S. Thaker ........................................................................................... 395

YS-9. Investigation of roots from Mimosa hamata as potential source of natural antioxidant

compounds- An update ........................................................................................................................ 396

Renu Singh1, S.C. Jain2, R. Jain2and Y.T. Jasrai1................................................................................. 396

YS-10. Identification of efficient groundnut cultivars using chlorophyll fluorescence ......................... 397

R.N. Nakar and A.L.Singh................................................................................................................... 397

YS-11. Canopy temperature as a selection parameter for breeding strategies in relation to grain yield

and its components in durum wheat under terminal heat stress condition ........................................ 399

Amit Gautam1, S.V. Sai Prasad

1and Anjana Jajoo

2 ........................................................................... 399

YS-12. Cytokinin induced amelioration of growth, metabolism and yield under water stress in wheat

(Triticum aestivum L.) ........................................................................................................................... 401

Shivani Nagar, Deepika K.U., Shiv Ram K.M., Singh V.P. and Ajay Arora .......................................... 401

POSTER PRESENTATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 403

THEME 1. ABITIC AND BIOTIC STRESSES AND CLIMATE CHANGE ............................................................. 404

P 1-1. Physiological evaluation of released varieties of bunch type of groundnut for drought resistance

under dry land condition ...................................................................................................................... 405

G.B. Vekaria, M.M. Talpada G.S. Sutaria and K.N. Akbari ................................................................. 405

P 1-2. Phenology and productivity of pigeonpea as influenced by different dates of sowing in Northern

dry region of Karnataka ........................................................................................................................ 407

M. M. Dhanoji, J.R. Patil and M.K. Meena ........................................................................................ 407

P 1-3. Chlorophyll fluorescence and chlorophyll SPAD index as screening traits for drought tolerance in

sugarcane .............................................................................................................................................. 409

R. Gomathi, S. Vasantha, P. Govindaraj, S. Alarmelu and A. Anna Durai .......................................... 409

P 1-4. Juice quality as influenced by water-logging stress in sugarcane .............................................. 411

R. Gomathi and K. Chandran ............................................................................................................. 411

P 1-5. Effect of PGRs application on oxidative stress, anti-oxidative capacity and water deficit stress

marker (proline) in wheat genotypes differing in their tolerance to drought ...................................... 413

S.K. Dwivedi1,2

, A. Arora2, V.P. Singh

2, N. Malviya

3, S.S. Singh and S. Kumar .................................... 413


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P 1-6. Physiological evaluation of genotypes and varieties of peanut (Arachis hypogeal L.)for drought

resistance under dry land conditions .................................................................................................... 415

M.M. Talpada, G.B. Vekaria, G.S. Sutaria and K.N. Akbari ................................................................ 415

P 1-7. Reducing temperature stress and increasing productivity through climate smart protectedcultivation for combating climate change ............................................................................................ 417

V.P. Joshi, K.B. Joshi, P.M. Chauhan and M.K. Mandaviya ............................................................... 417

P 1-8. Histological features of healthy and malformed mango (Mangifera indica L.) floral bud in

relation to malformation: A botanical microtechnique report............................................................. 419

Varsha Rani1, Mohammad Wahid Ansari2, Archana Singh1, Alok Shukla1, Ramesh Chandra Pant1and

Gurdeep Bains1 ................................................................................................................................. 419

P 1-9. Performance of chickpea under water logged conditions (Cicer arietinumL.) .......................... 421

P. Umamaheswari

1

,V. Jayalakshmi

2

and P. Muniratnam

2

................................................................ 421

P 1-10. Chlorophyll fluorescence and canopy temperature depression are indicators for high

temperature tolerance in chickpea ...................................................................................................... 423

P. Bhasker, A.S. Nandwal, N. Kumar, S. Devi and G. Chand .............................................................. 423

P 1-11. Association of heat shock transcription factors and proteins for high temperature stress

tolerance in wheat ................................................................................................................................ 425

Krishna K.G., Sairam R.K. and Lekshmy S. ......................................................................................... 425

P 1-12. Changes in plant water status in summer mungbean genotypes under high temperature .... 427

G. Chand, A.S. Nandwal, N. Kumar, R. Kumar, P. Bhasker, S. Devi and Duong Hoang Son .............. 427

P 1-13. Evaluation of morpho-physiological parameters for drought tolerance in durum wheat

genotypes under early sown and moisture stress conditions .............................................................. 429

Prakash Malviya1, S.V. Sai Prasad

1, Meeta Jain

2, Divya Ambati

1, V.G. Dubey

1and Amit Gautam

1... 429

P 1-14. Effect of moisture stress on biochemical traits, yield and yield components in chickpea (Cicer

arietinum L.) genotypes ........................................................................................................................ 431

K.D. Shinde, A.V. Narwade and H.S. Thakare .................................................................................... 431

P 1-15. Waterlogging effects on diurnal and temporal variations in biochemical and antioxidant

enzymes in maize (Zea maysL.) ............................................................................................................ 434

Dinesh K. Yadav, J.P. Srivastava, A. Hemantaranjan, Radha Singh and Pradeep K. Patel ................. 434

P 1-16. Evaluation of different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties for terminal heat stress on the

basis of their morpho-physiological and yield traits ............................................................................. 436

Mukund Kumar and S.P. Singh .......................................................................................................... 436

P 1-17. Performance of groundnut cultivars (Arachis hypogaea) in climate change of North Eastern

Himalayan Region ................................................................................................................................. 437


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M.A. Ansari, N. Prakash, L.K. Baishya, I.M. Singh and Punitha P. ..................................................... 437

P 1-18. Sustaninig wheat Productivity during Climate Change through MAS: A Paradigm Need ........ 439

Neha Rai, Priyanka Vijay, Manoj Pandey, Arun, Prashant KC, , Jyoti, Kadam, Leena, Ramya KT, Neelu

Jain, Ramya P., P.K. Singh, G.P. Singh, K.V. Prabhu ........................................................................... 439

P 1-19. Evaluation of mini-core collection and identification of water use efficient and late leaf spot

resistant genotypes of Groundnut (Arachishypogaea L.) .................................................................... 440

Savithramma, D.L.,Rajashekar, I., Suresh, K. and Mallikarjuna, K. ................................................... 440

P 1-20. Lysimetric quantification of water use of some tree species to evaluate their bio-drainage

potential ................................................................................................................................................ 442

R. Angrish and S. Madaan ................................................................................................................. 442

P 1-21. Evaluation of wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) genotypes for stay green traits under terminal high

temperature .......................................................................................................................................... 444

Shital, K.D. Sharma and Sunita Sheokand ......................................................................................... 444

P 1-22. Changes in membrane stability and osmolyte accumulation in groundnut under water deficit

stress ..................................................................................................................................................... 446

Nisha Goswami, K Chakraborty, KA Kalariya, AL Singh, PV Zala ....................................................... 446

P 1-23. Impact of elevated CO2over generations- Studies with CO2responsive maize genotype ....... 448

Ira Khan, P. Sathish, P. Vagheera, Abdul Razak, Sunitha Vaidya, G. Vijay Kumar, N. Jyothi Lakshmi

and M. Vanaja ................................................................................................................................... 448

P 1-24. Investigation of detrimental effects of environmental pollutant fluoranthene on thegermination, growth and photosynthetic processes in wheat plant (Triticum aestivum) ................... 450

Rupal Singh Tomar and Anjana Jajoo ................................................................................................ 450

P 1-25. Early detection of crop health and photosynthetic efficiency by Chl afluorescence induction

kinetics under high temperature stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum) leaves...................................... 452

Sonal Mathur and Anjana Jajoo ........................................................................................................ 452

P 1-26. Effect of high temperature stress on pollen viability of rice genotypes (Oryza sativa L.) ........ 454

Narendra Kumar, Alok Shukla, S.C. Shankhdhar and Deepti Shankhdhar ....................................... 454

P 1-27. Differential response of groundnut (Arachis hypogeaL.) genotypes with PEG induced moisturestress ..................................................................................................................................................... 456

Sunitha Vaidya, N. Jyothi Lakshmi, P. Vagheera, P. Sowmya, P. Sathish, Ira Khan and M. Vanaja ... 456

P 1-28. High temperature tolerance studies of different Brassica junceaL. genotypes grown in water

and soil medium at seedling stage ........................................................................................................ 459

Maharaj Singh ................................................................................................................................... 459

P 1-29. Performance of selected high yielding maize genotypes at high temperature ....................... 462


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P. Sathish, N. Jyothi Lakshmi, Jainender, P. Vagheera, G. Vijay Kumar, Abdul Razak, M. Vanaja and

M. Maheswari ................................................................................................................................... 462

P 1-30. Effect of heat stress on yield and yield components in different wheat species ..................... 464

D.I. Jirali, R.S. Herakal, C.M.Nawalagatti and M.B.Chetti ................................................................. 464

P 1-31. Evaluation of wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.) against heat stress based on their

biochemical and physiological responses ............................................................................................. 466

H. R. Ramani, A.G. Khunt, M.K. Mandavia and B.A. Golakiya ........................................................... 466

P 1-32. Nitric oxide mitigates waterlogging stress in maize ................................................................. 468

Akanksha Jaiswal and J.P. Srivastava ................................................................................................ 468

P 1-33. Role of osmo-priming with PEG improving the yield and yield components of tomato

genotypes under salinity stress ............................................................................................................ 470

Navin Pradhan1, Pravin Prakash1*, C. Manimurugan2, Shailesh Kumar Tiwari2, R.P. Sharma2, and P.M.

Singh2 ................................................................................................................................................ 470

P 1-34. Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes for water stress tolerance ............................................... 472

R.M. Garkar, S.M. Pawar and K.M. Gawari ....................................................................................... 472

P 1-35. De novo assembly of heat-responsive microRNAs in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at

reproductive stage ................................................................................................................................ 474

Ranjeet Ranjan Kumar, Himanshu Pathak, Sushil Kumar Sharma, Puja Verma, Sneha Reddy, Richa

Gupta, Gyanendra P. Singh, Suneha Goswami, Raj Deo Rai ............................................................. 474

P 1-36. Salt susceptibility based diversity assessment in wheat genotypes using SDS-PAGE .............. 475

Deepak Sharma, Radheshyam Sharma, Divya Vyas, Gunnjeet Kaur, Manju Kumari Choudhary,

Sanjay Kumar Acharya and Aradhna Sukhwal ................................................................................. 475

P 1-37. Study of effect of NaCl and Na2SO4on germination, biomass, proline content and peroxidase

activity in linseed varieties .................................................................................................................... 476

Prashant Shah, Neeta Patil and Sagar Datir ...................................................................................... 476

P 1-38. Screening groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes for salinity tolerance at germination

stage ...................................................................................................................................................... 477

Deepti Mehta, Nisha Goswami, K.A. Kalariya, K. Chakraborty, A.L. Singh and Narendra Kumar ..... 477

P 1-39. Response of wheat genotypes to terminal heat stress ............................................................ 479

Krishna Kumar Jangid and J.P. Srivastava ......................................................................................... 479

P 1-40. Induced thermotolerance correlates with the higher proline content in rice ......................... 481

P Boominathan, S Srividhya and C Vijayalakshmi ............................................................................. 481

P 1-41. Identification of drought tolerant groundnut lines for rainfed calcareous vertisol ................ 483

K.V. Rupapara, Chuni Lal*, H.K. Gor, B.M. Chikani........................................................................... 483


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P 1-42. Identification and development of novel EST derived SSR markers with functional relevance to

biotic stress ........................................................................................................................................... 485

Bosamia Tejas C., Radhakrishnan T., Gyan P. Mishra and J.R. Dobaraia ......................................... 485

P 1-43. Screening of pigeonpea germplasm for water-logging and salinity tolerance ......................... 487

S. Sheokand, R. K. Joon, Vashisht R. D. Anita Kumari and Gunjan Gera ........................................... 487

P 1-44. Validation of SSR markers for rust and late leaf spot diseases resistance in groundnut ......... 489

Kanagee N. Gajjar, G.P. Mishra, T. Radhakrishnan*, Sneha Dodia, A.L. Rathnakumar, Narendra

Kumar, Santosh Kumar, J.R. Dobaria and Abhay Kumar ................................................................... 489

P 1-45. Hydroponics: Study tool for research on abiotic stress tolerance ........................................... 491

D. V. Deshmukh, R.W. Bharud and R.S. Wagh .................................................................................. 491

P 1-46. Effect of saline irrigation on antioxidant responses in two summer mungbean (Vigna radiata

L.) cultivars ............................................................................................................................................ 494

Neeraj Kumar, Duong Hoang Son, A.S. Nandwal, S.Kumar, S. Devi, R. Yadav and S.K.Sharma ........ 494

P 1-47. In silico mining of novel microRNAs from groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) using expressed

sequence tags ....................................................................................................................................... 496

Abhay Kumar, Tejas C. Bosamia and Radhakrishnan Thankappan ................................................... 496

P 1-48. Indices for moisture stress tolerance in plants ......................................................................... 498

R.W. Bharud, D.V. Deshmukh and R. S. Wagh .................................................................................. 498

P 1-49. Understanding the mechanisms of osmotolerance in the archaebacterium Haloferax volcanii

H1 for isolating osmolerant genes ........................................................................................................ 500

M. Thomas, K.K. Pal and R. Dey ........................................................................................................ 500

P 1-50. Studying the diversity of endophytic bacteria in groundnut for possible application in

alleviation of abiotic stresses ................................................................................................................ 502

M. Mandaliya1, R. Rupapara1, N. Acharya1, K. Hudka1, P. Joshi1, R. Dey1, Devidayal2, Arvindkumar2,

Ravi2, A.B., D. Sherathia1, M. Thomas1, P. Rawal1, B. Sukhadiya1, S. Vanpariya1and K.K. Pal1......... 502

P 1-52. Alleviation of salinity stress in groundnut by application of endophytic bacteria ................... 504

R. Rupaparaa, N. Acharya

a, K. Hudka

a, M. Mandaliya

a, P. Joshi

a, R. Dey

a, Devidayal

b, Arvindkumar

b,

Ravib

, A. B., D. Sherathiaa

, M. Thomasa

, P. Rawala

, B. Sukhadiyaa

, S. Vanpariyaa

and K.K. Pala

........ 504

P 1-53. Quest for isolating salinity tolerant gene(s) from extreme halophilic fungusAspergillus sydowii

BF5 ........................................................................................................................................................ 506

S. Vanpariya, K.K. Pal and R. Dey ...................................................................................................... 506

P 1-54. Acclimation response of signaling molecules for high temperature stress tolerance in rice

genotypes .............................................................................................................................................. 508

Chandrakala J.U., Ashish K. Chaturvedi and Madan Pal* ................................................................. 508


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P 1-55. Molecular diversity and association of simple sequence repeat markers with bud necrosis

disease in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) ............................................................................................ 509

S.V. Kasundra, J.H. Kamdar, S.K. Bera, A.K. Maurya and P. Dash ..................................................... 509

P 1-56. Metabolic Changes of Polyamines and Glycine Betaine in Tolerant and Susceptible MaizeGenotypes at Reproductive Stages during Water Deficit Stress. ......................................................... 510

G. K. Mittal1, Rehana N.2, Sheena Lukose3, Bhuri Singh1and M. K. Mahatma4................................ 510

P 1-57. Genetic diversity in interspecific peanut genotypes differing in temporal resistance to peanut

bud necrosis (PBND) ............................................................................................................................. 512

J. H. Kamdar, S.V. Kasundra, S.K. Bera, A.K. Maurya and P. Dash ..................................................... 512

P 1-58. Preference of Spodoptera litura(Fabricius) to different groundnut genotypes ...................... 513

Meera Gajera, Poonam Jasrotia, Savaliya, S.D. and Nataraja, M.V. ................................................. 513

P 1-59. Screening of groundnut genotypes for resistance to Sclerotium rolfsii infection .................... 515

Thirumalaisamy PP, Rathnakumar AL, Gyan Mishra, Narendrakumar, Binal Joshi, Sneha Dodia, J R

Dobaraia, and Radhakrishnan T ........................................................................................................ 515

P 1-60. Selection of Maize Genotypes for Drought Adaptive Physiological Traits in Stressed

Environment. ........................................................................................................................................ 517

Sheena Lukose1, G. K. Mittal2and Rehana N.3.................................................................................. 517

P 1-61. Suppression of soil-borne and foliar pathogens of groundnut using Trichoderma species ..... 519

Riddhi H. Rajayguru, Thirumalaisamy P.P., Jadon K. S. and Ram Dutta ............................................ 519

P 1-62. Effect of soil temperature on growth and development of stem rot fungus (Sclerotium rolfsii)

during summer season in sick plots ...................................................................................................... 521

AL Rathnakumar1, Narendra Kumar1, HB Lalwani1, L Vajravathi4 andHardik C1............................... 521

P 1-63. Effect of soil moisture deficit stress on groundnut varieties with low carbon isotope

discrimination during summer .............................................................................................................. 523

AL Rathnakumar1, HB Lalwani1, Hardik C1, Santosh Kumar1 andL Vajravathi1................................. 523

P 1-64. Expression of a NAC family transcription factor, MuNAC4 from horsegram, confers drought

tolerance to transgenic groundnut (Arachis hypogaeaL.) ................................................................... 525

Chinta Sudhakar, Merum Pandurangaiah, Gunupuru Lokanadha, Owku Sudhakar Babu, AmbekarNareshkumar, Uppala Lokesh and Kurnool Kiranmai ....................................................................... 525

THEME 2: PHOTOSYNTHESIS, GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY .................................................................. 527

p 2-1. Effect of time interval and varying light interception on photosynthetic parameters of Indian

mustard ................................................................................................................................................. 528

Kirpa Ram, Renu Munjal and Kavita .................................................................................................. 528


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p 2-2. Tolerance to photoinhibition and heat stress in flag leaves of wheat: A comparison between

twenty one wheat genotypes grown under field conditions................................................................ 530

Seema, Renu Munjal, Dhanda S.S. and Kavita .................................................................................. 530

p 2-3. Transient change in photosynthetic parameters of sugarcane .................................................. 532

under elevated temperature ................................................................................................................ 532

Gomathi R., Vasantha S. and Suresha G. .......................................................................................... 532

p 2-4. Plant growth, yield and malt quality of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) as affected by irrigation

frequency .............................................................................................................................................. 534

Rakesh Kumar Verma1, Ashok Kumar2, Thakral S. K.1and Parveen Kumar1..................................... 534

p 2-5. Genetic variability in ridge gourd for biochemical parameters and earliness ............................ 536

Shivananad B. Koppad, Mukesh L. Chavan, Jagadeesha R.C., Devappa V. and Jayappa J. ............... 536

p 2-6. CuO induced anatomical and photosynthetic response in hydroponically grown rice plants ... 538

Maria Vera J. DaCosta, Nisha Kevat and Prabhat K. Sharma ............................................................ 538

p 2-7. Copper mediated effect on photosynthesis, reactive oxygen species metabolism and related

molecular responses in rice seedlings .................................................................................................. 540

Nisha Kevat, Maria Vera DaCosta and Prabhat K.Sharma ................................................................ 540

p 2-8. Effect of Azospirillum, IAA and hoaglands solution on mass multiplication of Glomusmosseae

.............................................................................................................................................................. 542

Subrata Nath Bhowmik, Gulab Singh Yadav and Mrinmay Datta ..................................................... 542

p 2-9. Accumulation and partitioning of dry matter and its yield potential in bunch type summer

groundnut (Arachis hypogaeaL.) .......................................................................................................... 544

Kataria G.K., Londh P.G., Valu M.G. and Khanapara M.D. ................................................................ 544

p 2-10. Response of blackgram (Vigna mungoL.) to photoperiods ..................................................... 546

Basu PS, Jagdish Singh, Basudev Sarkar, Aditya Pratap and Sanjeev Gupta ..................................... 546

p 2-11. Dwarf transgenic for long days and high night temperature: development and validation .... 548

Ruchi Verma, Shweta J. S., Minhas, Brajesh Singh, Shelly Chopra, Pinky R. and Sundresha S. ........ 548

p 2-12. Effect of integrated nutrients on photosynthesis, growth and productivity of rice plant ....... 550

Neelam Pankaj .................................................................................................................................. 550

p 2-13. Genetic variability for yield and physiological traits in F3generation of groundnut ................ 552

Mallikarjun K, Savithrarmma DL, Manoj Kumar HB and Madhu SV ................................................. 552

p 2-14. Genotypic variations in morpho-physiological parameters and yield in safflower genotypes 554

Patil R. P1, Suvarna

2, Amaregouda A

1................................................................................................ 554


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p 2-15. Assessment of genetic diversity and identification of high yielding genotypes in a minicore

collection of Groundnut ........................................................................................................................ 556

Rajashekar I, Savithramma DL*, Suresh K ........................................................................................ 556

p 2-16. Mechanical weeding enhances rainfed groundnut production ............................................... 558

R.S. Tomar and Devi Dayal ................................................................................................................ 558

p 2-17. Variability in the physiological performance of Castor germplasm ......................................... 560

Sowmya P.*, Vijay Kumar G., Sunitha Vaidya P., Vagheera P., Sathish P., Satyavathi, Abdul Razak and

Vanaja M. .......................................................................................................................................... 560

p 2-18. Regulation of Growth, Photosynthetic performance and Yield by Exclusion of Ambient UV

(280-400 nm) Components in C3and C4 Plants ..................................................................................... 562

Sunita Kataria and GuruprasadK.N. .................................................................................................. 562

p 2-19. Characterization of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars through morphological and

RAPD analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 564

Divya Vyas, Gunjeet Kaur, Radheshyam Sharma and Deepak Sharma ............................................. 564

p 2-20. Senescence pattern of flag leaf in different classes of tillers and its influence on grain yield in

differentially-tillering rice cultivars ....................................................................................................... 565

Ekamber Kariali ................................................................................................................................. 565

p 2-21. Effect of irrigation levels on gas exchanging parameters on bt cotton .................................... 567

Somashekhargouda Patil, Venkatesh. M. Dore, N. S. Renukaswamy, Amit Bijjur, B.C. Patil ............ 567

p 2-22. Influence of plant geometry and nutrient levels on growth and productivity of maize .......... 569

Ajith Kumar S., Santhosh K.S., B.B. Channappagoudar and Kavita S. Reddy .................................... 569

p 2-23. FYM and fertilizer increases photosynthetic efficiency and fluorescence in groundnut ......... 571

A.L. Singh, R.N. Nakar, Nisha Goswami, Dipti Mehta, Shubangi Oza, K.A. Kalariya, K. Chakraborty,

Vidya Chaudhari and C.B. Patel ......................................................................................................... 571

p 2-24. Physiological basis of growth and yield variation in rabi sorghum genotypes ......................... 573

K.N. Pawar, M.B.Chetti and C.M.Navalghatti.................................................................................... 573

p 2-25. Variation in transpiration efficiency in maize genotypes ......................................................... 574

N. Jyothi Lakshmi, M. Vanaja, S.K. Yadav, Amol Patil, Ch.Ram Prasad, Jainender K.Salini, Arun

K.Shanker, M. Maheswari and B.Venkateswarlu2............................................................................. 574

p 2-26. Production potential of Spanish bunch groundnut in Gujarat ................................................. 576

V.H. Kachhadia, J.H. Vachhani, H.R. Barad, M.K. Sharma, P.M. Vaghasia and K.L. Dobariya ........... 576

p 2-27. Yield component of Virginia runner groundnut ....................................................................... 578

J.H. Vachhani, V.H. Kachhadia, H.R. Barad, M.K. Sharma, P.M. Vaghasia and K.L. Dobariya ........... 578


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p 2-28. Physiological characterization of cyanobacteria at different growth stages isolated from

diverse regions of India ......................................................................................................................... 580

Roshan Kumar1, A.S. Elumalai2, Dolly Wattal Dhar1and Sunil Pabbi1............................................... 580

p 2-29. Physiological observations on the nitrogen fixing aquatic pteridophyteAzolla microphyllawithrespect to seasons ................................................................................................................................ 582

Ravindra K Yadav, Preeti Thagela and G. Abraham .......................................................................... 582

p 2-30. Effect of Growing Condition and Plant Spacing on Growth and Productivity in Tomato ......... 584

Pratik Patil, Ravi Hunje,M. S. Biradar, J. S. Hilli, Bharamaraj Badiger and Nagaraja L. B. ................ 584

p 2-31. Effect of elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen forms on growth and N metabolism in wheat

.............................................................................................................................................................. 585

Lekshmy S., Vanita Jain, Sangeeta Khetarpal, Rachna Verma, Ngursangzuala Sailoand Renu Pandey

.......................................................................................................................................................... 585

p 2-32. Effect of temperature regimes by varying the dates of sowing on phenology and yield in

chickpea ................................................................................................................................................ 587

Manjunath B. Kulkarni, Venkatesh M. Dore, Kiran B.A and Renukaswamy N.S ............................... 587

p 2-33. Model based Operational Study of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier ............................................. 589

Jayesh Barve and Smit Rajpara ......................................................................................................... 589

p 2-34. Increasing crop water use efficiency in Cumin ......................................................................... 591

S.P. Maheria, G. Lal, R.S. Mehta and M.K. Vishal .............................................................................. 591

p 2-35. Effect of drip irrigation on growth and yield of wheat (Tritiucm aestivumL) in sandy loam soils

.............................................................................................................................................................. 593

K.I. Patel1, R.S.Yadav2, A.V. Aglodiya1, S.I. Patel1, N. Augustine1and B.S. Patel1.............................. 593

p 2-36. Phenotypic and genotypic correlation coefficient for yield component traits in groundnut .. 595

S.H.Kademani, Somashekhargouda Patil and U.V. Mummigatti ...................................................... 595

p 2-37. Screening of maize hybrids for productivity under elivated nutrient levels (Zea maysL.) ...... 597

Preeti V.K., Megha B.R., B.B. Channappagoudar and M.B. Chetti .................................................... 597

p 2-38. Plant water status and membrane integrity in two summer Vigna radiataL. cultivars under

saline irrigation ..................................................................................................................................... 599

Duoang Hoang Son, N. Kumar, A.S. Nandwal, P. Bhasker, S. Kumar and S.K. Sharma ..................... 599

p 2-39. Photosynthetic parameters and leaf water potential under water deficit .............................. 601

R. S. Wagh, D. V. Deshmukh and R. W. Bharud ................................................................................ 601

p 2-40. Efficient micropropagation of commercial cultivars of sugarcane (CO-7717) ......................... 603

Subhash Kajla, Anil Kumar Poonia and Pushpa Kharb ...................................................................... 603


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p 2-41. Phenology, biomass and seed yield in chickpea due to delayed planting ................................ 605

Ashish K. Chaturvedi, Sadhana, Shweta Singh, S. Khetarpal and Madan Pal* .................................. 605

p 2-42. Damage potential of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne arenaria and M. incognita in

groundnut and their relation to reactive oxygen species modulation ................................................. 606

Prasanna Holajjer, Koushik Chakraborty, Nataraja M.V., Harish G., Deepak E. and Savaliya S.D. ... 606

p 2-43. Effect of Spacing and Age of Seedling on Growth and Productivity in Maize .......................... 608

Naveen Aihole, Jolli R.B. and Pratik Patil .......................................................................................... 608

p 2-44. Effect of water stress at different growth stages on dry matter and yield of groundnut (Arachis

hypogaea L.) .......................................................................................................................................... 610

P. M. Vaghasia, V. H. Kachhadia, J. H. Vachhani and K.L. Dobariya ................................................ 610

p 2-45. Changes in photosynthetic plant response to NaCl stress during development of introgression

lines differing in salt tolerance.............................................................................................................. 612

Pushpalatha G.1, Subrahmanyam D.1, Sreenu K.1, Ram T1, Subbarao LV1, Parmar B1, Archana Giri2,

Sarla N.1and Vandna Rai3 ................................................................................................................. 612

P 2-46. Physiological investigation of ridge gourd ................................................................................ 614

Shivananad B. Koppad, Mukesh L. Chavan, Jagadeesha R.C., Devappa V. and Jayappa J. ............... 614

P 2-47. Variability and association analysis of physiological traits and yield attributes in diverse

genotypes of pearl millet under arid conditions .................................................................................. 616

Sunita Gupta1, P.C. Gupta

2and

S. Narayan

2 ...................................................................................... 616

P 2-48. Key stay-green QTL associated with improved postflowering drought tolerance in postrainy

sorghum ................................................................................................................................................ 618

H.S. Talwar1, V. Vadez2, V.H. Ashvatham3, Shiwesh Kumar1and J.V. Patil1...................................... 618

p 2-49. Heterosis and correlation in photosynthetic parameters of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea(L)

Czern and Coss] ..................................................................................................................................... 620

Kirpa Ram and Renu Munjal ............................................................................................................. 620

THEME 3: MINERAL NUTRITION, BIOFORTIfiCATION, AND MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS.......................... 622

P 3-1. Proteomic characterization of iron deficiency responses in groundnut (Arachis hypogeaL.) ... 623

Anita Mann and AL Singh .................................................................................................................. 623

P 3-2. Potassium uptake enhances drounght tolerance of chikpea under rain-fed conditions ........... 625

Moin Uddin, Sajad Hussain, M. Masroor A. Khan, Nadeem Hashmi, Mohd. Idrees, M. Naeem, Akbar

Ali, Tariq Ahmad Dar and Faisal Rasheed ......................................................................................... 625

P 3-3. Interactive effect of salinity and drought on nutrient status of sugarcane................................ 627

S.Vasantha, R Gomathi, V. Geetha, M. Rajeshkumar and C. Brindha ............................................... 627


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P 3-4. Effect of foliar application of organic and inorganic substances on the yield of chickpea under

limited water supply ............................................................................................................................. 629

G.S. Sutaria, G.B. Vekaria, M.M. Talpada and K.N. Akbari ................................................................ 629

P 3-5. Effect of foliar applied Zn65and Fe59on zinc and iron content in grains of two contrasting rice(Oryza sativaL.) genotypes ................................................................................................................... 631

Bhupendra Mathpal, P.C. Srivastava, Deepti Shankhdhar and S.C. Shankhdhar .............................. 631

P 3-6. Nutritional requirement of single cross maize hybrids of different maturity duration in north

western plain zone of India ................................................................................................................... 634

M.C. Kamboj1, Ashok Kumar2and Mehar Chand1............................................................................. 634

P 3-7. Effect of foliar application of micronutrients on the keeping quality of mango (mangiferaindica

l.) alphonso............................................................................................................................................ 636

Joshi A.R., Jadhav S.H. and Bhamburdekar S.B. ................................................................................ 636

P 3-8. Combined effect of Zn and NaCl on germination performance of soybean (Glycine maxl. merrill)

.............................................................................................................................................................. 638

Patil D.B., Bhambudekar S.B., Jadhav S.H. and Gaikwad P.V. ........................................................... 638

P 3-9. Evaluation of nitrogen use efficiency and yield attributes of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes

under different nitrogen levels ............................................................................................................. 640

Nitin Kumar, Sudheer Kumar Guru, Alok Shukla, Deepti Shankhdhar and Shailesh Chandra

Shankhdhar ....................................................................................................................................... 640

P 3-10. Response of maize varieties to different soil acidity amelioration measures in north east India

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