Manuscripts published in peer reviewed journals

1. Yadav, Shaillesh, Sandhu, Nitika, Dixit, Shalabh, Singh,Vikas, Catolos, Margaret, Mazumder, Ratna,

Rahman Mohammas, Akhalsur, and Kumar, Arvind (2020). Genomics -assisted breeding enables

successful development of multiple stress tolerant climate smart rice for South and South East Asia.

The Plant Genome (accepted).

2. Abbai, Ragavendran, Singh,Vikas K, Kumar, Arvind and Schnurbusch, Thorst en (2020). Balanced

parts for the ideal whole. Trends in Plant Science. Vol. 25, No. 12.

3. Kumar, Arvind, Raman, Anitha, Yadav, Shailesh, Verulkar, S. B., Mandal, N.P., Singh, O.N., Swain,

P., Ram, T., Badri, Jyothi, Dwivedi, J.L., Das, S.P., Singh, S.K., Singh, S.P., Kumar, Santosh, Jain,

Abhinav, Chandrababu, R., Robin, S., Shashidhar, H.E., Hittalmani, S., Satyanarayana, P.,

Venkateshwarlu, Challa, Ramayya, Janaki, Naik, Shilpa, Nayak, Swati, Dar, Manzoor H., Hossain, S.

M., Henry, Amelia, Piepho, H.P. (2020). Genetic gain for rice yield in rainfed environments in India.

Field Crops Research. 260, 107977.

4. Satturu, Vanisri, Vattikuti, Jhansi Lakshmi, Sai J, Durga, Kumar, Arvind, Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Prasad

M, Srinivas, Zaw, Hein, Jubay, Mona Liza, Satish, Lakkakula, Rathore, Abhishek, Mulinti, Sreedhar,

Lakshmi VG, Ishwarya, Fiyaz R., Abdul, Chakraborty, Animikha and Thirunavukkarasu, Nepolean

(2020). Multiple Genome Wide Association Mapping Models Identify Quantitative Trait Nucleotides

for Brown Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) Resistance in MAGIC Indica Population of Rice. Vaccines

2020, 8, 608; doi:10.3390/vaccines8040608

5. Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Sinha, Pallavi, Dixit,Shilpi, Abbai,Ragavendran,

Venkateshwarlu,Challa, Chitikineni, Annapurna, Singh,Vikas Kumar, Varshney, Rajeev K.

Kumar, Arvind (2020). Unraveling candidate genomic regions responsible for

delayed leaf senescence in rice. 15(10): e0240591.

6. Tarun Jashurun Asher, Mauleon, Ramil, Arbelaez, Juan David, Sheryl Catausan, Dixit, Shalabh, Kumar,

Arvind, Brown, Patrick, Kohli, Ajay , Kretzschmar, Tobias (2020). . Genes. 916106.

7. Groen, Simon C., Ćalić, Irina, Joly-Lopez, Zoé, Platts,Adrian E. Jae, Choi, Young, Natividad, Mignon,

Dorph, Katherine, Mauck III, William M., Bracken, Bernadette, Cabral, Carlo Leo U., Kumar, Arvind,

O. Torres, Rolando, Satija, Rahul, Vergara, Georgina, Henry, Amelia, Franks,Steven J. and

Purugganan, Michael D. (2020). The strength and pattern of natural selection on gene expression in

rice. Nature 578, 572–576

8. Kumar, Arvind, Sandhu, Nitika, Venkateshwarlu, Challa, Priyadarshi, Rahul, Yadav, Shailesh,

Majumder, Ratna, Singh Vikas (2020). Development of introgression lines in high yielding, semi-

dwarf genetic backgrounds to enable improvement of modern rice varieties for tolerance to

multiple abiotic stresses free from undesirable linkage drag. Scientific Reports. 10:13073 |

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70132-9

9. Sagare, Deepti, Abbai, Ragavendran, Jain, Abhinav, K J, Pranesh, Dixit, Shilpi, Singh, Arun Kumar,

Challa, Venkteshwaralu, Alam, Shamshad, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Yadav, Shailesh, Sandhu, Nitika,

Kabade, Pramod, Singh, Vikas, and Kumar, Arvind (2020). More and more of less and less: Is

genomics-based breeding of dry direct seeded rice (DDSR) varieties the need of hour? Plant

Biotechnology Journal. DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13454

10. Bhandari, Aditi, Sandhu, Nitika, Bartholome Jérôme, Cao-Hamadoun, Tuong-Vi, Ahmadi, Nourollah;

Kumari, Nilima and Kumar Arvind (2020). Genome-Wide Association Study for Yield and Yield

Related Traits under Reproductive Stage Drought in a Diverse indica-aus Rice Panel. RICE DOI :

10.1186/s12284-020-00406-3

11. Pandey, Sushil, Yadav, Sudhir, Hellin, Jon, Balié, Jean, Bhandari, Humnath, Kumar, Arvind, Mondal,

Manoranjan (2020). Why Technologies Often Fail to Scale: Policy and Market Failures behind

Limited Scaling of Alternate Wetting and Drying in Rice in Bangladesh. Water 2020, 12, 1510;

doi:10.3390/w12051510.

12. Jagadhesan, B., Sathee, Lekshmy, Meena, Hari S., Jha, Shailendra K., Chinnusamy, Viswanathan,

Kumar, Arvind & Kumar, Santosh (2020). Genome wide analysis of NLP transcription factors reveals

their role in nitrogen stress tolerance of rice. Scientific Reports. 10:9368

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66338-6.

13. Dixit, Shilpi, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Singh, Arun Kumar, Alam, Shamshad, Venkateshwarlu,

Challa, Varthini, Vishnu Nachimuthu, Yadav, Shailesh, Abbai, Ragavendran, Selvaraj, Ramchander,

Nagamallika, M Devi, Ramayya, Perumalla Janaki, Badri, Ram, T, Lakshmi, Jhansi, Lakshmidevi, G,

JaiVidhya LRK, Padmakumari, Ayyagari Phani, Laha, GS, Prasad, MS, Seetalam, Malathi, Singh,Vikas

Kumar, Kumar, Arvind (2020). Marker assisted forward breeding to combine multiple biotic-abiotic

stress resistance/tolerance in rice. Rice https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-020-00391-7

14. Sinha, Pallavi; Singh, Vikas; Saxena, Rachit; Khan, Aamir W; Abbai, Ragavendran; Chitikineni,

Annapurna; Desai, Aarthi; Molla, Johiruddin; Upadhaya, Hari; Kumar, Arvind, Varshney, Rajeev

(2020). Superior haplotypes for drought tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). Plant

Biotechnology doi: 10.1111/pbi.13422

15. Naik, Shilpa, M, Raman,Anitha K., Nagamallika M, Venkateshwarlu,Challa, Singh, Suresh P, Kumar,

Santosh, Singh, S K, Ahmed, H U, Das, S P, Prasad ,Krishna, Izhar,Tajwar, Mandal,NP, Singh,N K,

Yadav, Shailesh, Reinke, Russel, Swamy,BPM, Virk,Parminder and Kumar, Arvind (2020). Genotype

× Environment interactions for grain iron and zinc content in rice. Journal of The Science of Food

and Agriculture. DOI 10.1002/jsfa.10454

16. Galeng-Lawilao, Judith, Kumar, Arvind and De Waele, Dirk (2020). "Identification of quantitative trait

loci underlying resistance and tolerance to the rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola,

in Asian rice (Oryza sativa)". Mol Breeding 40:63, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-020-01137-5

17. Dar, Manzoor H.,, Waza, Showkat A., Shukla,Sarvesh, Zaidi, Najam W., Nayak, Swati, Hossain,

Mosharaf, Kumar, Arvind, Ismail, Abdelbagi M. and Singh, Uma S. (2020). Drought Tolerant Rice for

Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2214; doi:10.3390/su12062214

18. Kumar, Santosh, Dwivedi, Sharad Kumar, Basu, Sahana, Kumar, Gautam , Mishra, J.S., Koley,

Tanmay Kumar, Rao, K.K., Choudhary, A.K., Mondal, Surajit, Kumar, Sanjeev, Bhakta, Narayan,

Bhatt, B.P., Paul, Ranjit Kumar, and Kumar, Arvind (2020). Anatomical, agro-morphological and

physiological changes in rice under cumulative and stage specific drought conditions prevailed in

eastern region of India. Field Crop Research (245), 10768.

19. Varshney, K. Rajeev, Sinha, Pallavi , Singh, Vikas K., Kumar, Arvind, Zhang, Qifa and Bennetzen,

Jeffrey L. (2019). 5Gs for crop genetic improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biol.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2019.12.004

20. Shailesh Yadav, Nitika Sandhu, Vikas Kumar Singh, Margaret Catolos and Arvind Kumar (2019).

Genotyping-by-sequencing based QTL mapping for rice grain yield under reproductive stage drought

stress tolerance. Scientific Reports 9:14326 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50880.

21. Abbai, Ragavendran, Vikas Kumar Singh, Vishnu Varthini Nachimuthu, Pallavi Sinha, Ramchander

Selvaraj, Abhilash Kumar Vipparla, Arun Kumar Singh, Uma Maheshwar Singh, Rajeev K Varshney,

Arvind Kumar (2019). Haplotype analysis of key genes governing grain yield and quality traits across

3K RG panel reveals scope for the development of tailor‐made rice with enhanced genetic gains.

Plant Biotechnology Journal 17: 1612-1622.

22. Sandhu, Nitika, Shalabh Dixit, B. P. M. Swamy, Anitha Raman, Santosh Kumar, S. P. Singh, R. B. Yadaw,

O. N. Singh, J. N. Reddy, A. Anandan, Shailesh Yadav, Challa Venkataeshwarllu, Amelia Henry, Satish

Verulkar, N. P. Mandal, T. Ram, Jyothi Badri, Prashant Vikram and Arvind Kumar (2019). Marker

assisted breeding to develop multiple stress tolerant varieties for flood and drought prone areas.

Rice 12, no. 8 : 1-16.

23. Yadav, Shailesh, Nitika Sandhu, Ratna Rani Majumder, Shalabh Dixit, Santosh Kumar, S. P. Singh, N.

P. Mandal, S. P. Das, Ram Baran Yadaw, Vikas Kumar Singh, Pallavi Sinha, Rajeev K. Varshney and

Arvind Kumar (2019). Epistatic interactions of major effect drought QTLs with genetic background

loci determine grain yield of rice under drought stress. Scientific Reports 9: 2616 1-13.

24. Sandhu, Nitika, Sushil Raj Subedi, Vikas Kumar Singh, Pallavi Sinha, Santosh Kumar, S. P. Singh,

Surya Kant Ghimire, Madhav Pandey, Ram Baran Yadaw, Rajeev K. Varshney, and Arvind Kumar

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2019.12.004

(2019). Deciphering the genetic basis of root morphology, nutrient uptake, yield, and yield-related

traits in rice under dry direct-seeded cultivation systems. Scientific Reports 9: 9334.

25. Subedi, Sushil Raj, Nitika Sandhu, Vikas Kumar Singh, Pallavi Sinha, Santosh Kumar, S. P. Singh, Surya

Kant Ghimire, Madhav Pandey, Ram Baran Yadaw, Rajeev K. Varshney, and Arvind Kumar (2019).

Genome-wide association study reveals significant genomic regions for improving yield, adaptability

of rice under dry direct seeded cultivation condition. BMC Genomics 20, 471: 1-20.

26. Sandhu, Nitika, Ram B. Yadaw, Bedanand Chaudhary, Hari K. Prasai, Khandakar M. Iftekharuddaula,

Challa Venkateshwarlu, Anandan Annamalai, Phetmanyseng Xangsayasane, Khushi R. Battan,

Mangat Ram, Ma. Teresa S. Cruz, Paquito Pablico, Paul C. Maturan, Anitha K. Raman, Margaret

Catolos and Arvind Kumar (2019). Evaluating the performance of rice genotypes for improving yield

and adaptability under direct seeded aerobic cultivation conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:

159 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00159

27. Galeng-Lawilao, Judith, Arvind Kumar, Ma. Teodora Nadong Cabasan, Dirk De Waele

(2019).Comparison of the penetration, development and reproduction of Meloidogyne graminicola,

and analysis of lignin and total phenolic content in partially resistant and resistant recombinant

inbred lines of Oryza sativa. Tropical Plant Pathology 44, no. 2: 171-182.

28. Lawilao, Judith Galeng, B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, Arvind Kumar, Ma. Teodora Nadong Cabasan, and

Dirk De Waele (2019). Mapping quantitative trait loci of Meloidogyne graminicola resistance and

tolerance in a recombinant inbred line population of Oryza glaberrima × O. sativa. Nematology 21,

no. 4 : 401-417.

29. Dixit, Shilpi, Uma Maheshwar Singh, Ragavendran Abbai, T. Ram, Vikas Kumar Singh, Amitava Paul,

P. S. Virk, and Arvind Kumar (2019). Identification of genomic region(s) responsible for high iron and

zinc content in rice. Scientific Reports 9, no. 8136: 1-8. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43888-y

30. Bhandari, Aditi, Jérôme Bartholomé, Tuong-Vi Cao-Hamadoun, Nilima Kumari, Julien Frouin, Arvind

Kumar, and Nourollah Ahmadi (2019). Selection of trait-specific markers and multi-environment

models improve genomic predictive ability in rice. PLoS ONE, 14 no. 5. doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0208871

31. Henry, Amelia, Hilary Stuart-Williams, Shalabh Dixit, Arvind Kumar, and Graham Farquhar (2019).

Stomatal conductance responses to evaporative demand conferred by rice drought-yield

quantitative trait locus qDTY12.1 Functional Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP18126

32. Kumar, Arvind, Nitika Sandhu, Shalabh Dixit, Shailesh Yadav, B. P. M. Swamy, Noraziyah Abd Aziz

Shamsudin (2018). Marker-assisted selection strategy to pyramid two or more QTLs for quantitative

trait-grain yield under drought. Rice 11, no. 35: 16

33. Sandhu, Nitika, Shalabh Dixit, B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, Prashant Vikram, Challa Venkateshwarlu,

Margaret Catolos and Arvind Kumar (2018). Positive interactions of major-effect QTLs with genetic

background that enhances rice yield under drought. Scientific Reports 8, no. 1626: 1-13.

34. Varshney, Rajeev K., Vikas K. Singh, Arvind Kumar, Wayne Powell, Mark E. Sorrells (2018). Can

genomics deliver climate-change ready crops?. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 45 1-7.

35. Cabasan, Ma. Teodora Nadong, Arvind Kumar, and Dirk De Waele (2018). Effects of initial

nematode population density and water regime on resistance and tolerance to the rice root-knot

nematode Meloidogyne graminicola in African and Asian rice genotypes. International Journal of

Pest Management 64, no. 3 : 252-261.

36. Cabasan, Ma. Teodora Nadong, Arvind Kumar, Dirk De Waele (2018). Evaluation of resistance and

tolerance of rice genotypes from crosses of Oryza glaberrima and O. sativa to the rice root-knot

nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola. Tropical Plant Pathology 43, no. 3: 12 p.

37. Cabasan, Ma. Teodora Nadong, Arvind Kumar, Stéphane Bellafiore, and Dirk De Waele (2018).

Reproductive, pathogenic and genotypic characterisation of five Meloidogyne graminicola

populations from the Philippines on susceptible and resistant rice varieties. Nematology 20, no. 4 :

299-318.

38. Galeng-Lawilao, Judith, Arvind Kumar and Dirk De Waele (2018). QTL mapping for resistance to and

tolerance for the rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola. BMC Genetics 19, no. 53 : 17

p.

39. Grondin, Alexandre, Shalabh Dixit, Rolando Torres, Challa Venkateshwarlu, Eric Rogers, Thomas

Mitchell-Olds, Philip N. Benfey, Arvind Kumar and Amelia Henry (2018), Physiological mechanisms

contributing to the QTL qDTY3.2 effects on improved performance of rice Moroberekan x Swarna

BC2F3:4 lines under drought. Rice 11, no. 43: 17 p.

40. Ikmal, Asmuni Mohd, Zainuddin Nurasyikin, Arvind Kumar, Abd Aziz Shamsudin Noraziyah , (2018).

Evaluation of morpho-physiological traits of MRQ74 pyramided lines with drought yield QTLs.

Euphytica 214, no. 98: 14 p.

41. Ohno, Hoshie, Niño P. M. C. Banayo, Crisanta S.Bueno, Jun-ichi Kashiwagi, Taiken Nakashima,

Aurora M. Corales, Ricardo Garcia, Nitika Sandhu, Arvind Kumar, Yoichiro Kato (2018). Longer

mesocotyl contributes to quick seedling establishment, improved root anchorage, and early vigor

of deep-sown rice. Field Crops Research 228 : 84-92.

42. Margaret, Nitika Sandhu, Shalabh Dixit, Noraziya A. A. Shamsudin, Ma E. B. Naredo, Kenneth L.

McNally, Amelia Henry, Ma G. Diaz and Arvind Kumar (2017). Genetic loci governing grain yield and

root development under variable rice cultivation conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, no. 1763

: 17.

43. Dixit, Shalabh, Anshuman Singh, Nitika Sandhu, Aditi Bhandari, Prashant Vikram, Arvind Kumar

(2017). Combining drought and submergence tolerance in rice: marker-assisted breeding and QTL

combination effects. Molecular Breeding 37, no. 143: 12 p.

44. Dixit, Shalabh, Ram Baran Yadaw, Krishna Kumar Mishra, and Arvind Kumar (2017). Marker-assisted

breeding to develop the drought-tolerant version of Sabitri, a popular variety from Nepal. Euphytica

213, no. 184 : 16 p.

45. Sandhu, Nitika, and Arvind Kumar (2017). Bridging the rice yield gaps under drought: QTLs, genes,

and their use in breeding programs. Agronomy 7, no. 2: 27 p.

46. Singh, Suresh Prasad, Abhinav Jain, M. S. Anantha, Santosh Tripathi, Subarna Sharma, Santosh

Kumar, Archana Prasad, Bhawana Sharma, Biswajit Karmakar, Rudra Bhattarai, Sankar Prasad Das,

Shravan K. Singh, Vinay Shenoy, R. Chandra Babu, S. Robin, Padmini Swain, J. L. Dwivedi, Ram Baran

Yadaw, Nimai P. Mandal, T. Ram, Krishna Kumar Mishra, S. B. Verulkar, Tamal Aditya, Krishna Prasad,

Puvvada Perraju, Ram Krishna Mahato, Sheetal Sharma, K. Anitha Raman, Arvind Kumar, and Amelia

Henry (2017). Depth of soil compaction predominantly affects rice yield reduction by reproductive-

stage drought at varietal screening sites in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Plant Soil 417 : 377-392.

47. Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Shailesh Yadav, Shilpi Dixit, P. Janaki Ramayya, M. Nagamallika Devi, K.

Anitha Raman, and Arvind Kumar (2017). QTL hotspots for early vigor and related traits under dry

direct-seeded system in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 8, no. 286: 14 p.

48. Swain, Padmini, Anitha Raman, S. P. Singh, and Arvind Kumar (2017). Breeding drought tolerant rice

for shallow rainfed ecosystem of eastern India. Field Crop Research 209: 168-178.

49. Swamy, B. P. Mallikarjuna, Noraziyah Abd Aziz Shamsudin, Site Noorzuraini Abd Rahman, Ramil

Mauleon, Wickneswari Ratnam, Ma. Teressa Sta. Cruz, and Arvind Kumar (2017), Association

mapping of yield and yield-related traits under reproductive stage drought stress in rice (Oryza sativa

L.). Rice 10, no. 21 : 13 p.

50. Yadav, Shailesh, Uma M. Singh, Shilpa M. Naik, Challa Venkateshwarlu, Perumalla J. Ramayya, K.

Anitha Raman, Nitika Sandhu and Arvind Kumar (2017). Molecular mapping of QTLs associated with

lodging resistance in dry direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 8, no. 1431:

10 p.

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. Dossa, G. S., Amelia Henry, Ricardo Oliva, Edgar Maiss, Arvind Kumar, Casiana Vera Cruz, and Kerstin

Wydra(2016). Combining drought QTLs and bacterial blight Xa-genes to control bacterial blight

disease under drought stress Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 233 : 282–290.

54. 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 Science 56:408–421.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. 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 a multi-institutional

network. Plant Science, 2015.08.008 0168-9452.

59. Raorane Manish L, PabuayonIsaiah M., Miro Berta, Kalladan, Rajesh, Reza-Hajirezai, Mohammad,

Oane Rowena H., Kumar, Arvind, Sreenivasulu Nese, 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. Molecular Breeding 35:138, DOI 10.1007/s11032-

015-0322-5.

60. 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. Molecular Breeding 35:139, DOI 10.1007/s11032-

015-0321-6.

61. Moumeni, Ali, Kouji Satoh, Ramiah Venuprasad, Rachid Serraj, Arvind Kumar, Hei Leung, and Shoshi

Kikuchi(2015). Transcriptional profiling of the leaves of near-isogenic rice lines with contrasting

drought tolerance at the reproductive stage in response to water deficit. BMC Genomics 16, no. 1 :

20 p.

62. 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).

63. 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.

64. Dixit, Shalabh, Huang, B. Emma, Sta Cruz, Ma. Teresa, Maturan, Paul, Ontoy,T. Jhon C., and Kumar, Arvind (2014). QTLs for tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses and development of high yielding rice lines through integrated approach. PLOS ONE:DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109574.

65. 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. Journal of experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/eru363.

66. Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Anshuman and Kumar, Arvind (2014). Rice Breeding for High Grain Yield under

Drought: A Strategic Solution to a Complex Problem. Int. Journal of Agronomy.

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67. 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 41(11) 1066-1077 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP13324

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68. 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.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. 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, 2014, 15:63.

72. Henry Amelia, Swamy BP Mallikarjuna, Dixit Shalabh, Torres Rolando O, Batoto Tristram, Manalili

Mervin, Anantha MS, Mandal Nimai P and Kumar Arvind (2015). Physiological mechanisms

contributing to the QTL-combination effects on improved performance of IR64 rice NILs under

drought. Journal of experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/ eru506.

73. Sandhu, Nitika, Tores Ronaldo, Sta Cruz Ma. Teresa, Maturan Cornelio Paul, Jain Rajinder, Kumar

Arvind and Henry, Amelia (2014). Traits and QTLs for development of dry direct seeded rainfed rice

varieties. Journal of experimental Botany doi.10.1093/jxb/eru413.

74. 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.

75. Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna and Kumar, Arvind (2013). Genomics based precision breeding approaches

to improve drought tolerance in rice. Biotechnology Advances: 31 1308–1318.

76. 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,

14:10457.

77. 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 (2013) 1-9.

78. 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.

79. 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.

80. 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 : 281–287.

81. 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 (6): 670-681.

82. Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Vikram, Prashant, Yadaw, Ram Baran, Swamy, BP Mallikarjuna, Dixit,

Shalabh, Sta Cruz, Ma Teresa, Maturan, Paul, Marker, 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.

83. 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.

84. 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.

85. 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.

86. 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) http://

www. thericejournal. com/content/5/1/31.

87. 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 . Molecular

Breeding: 30 (4): 1767-1779.

88. 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

89. 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.

90. 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.

91. 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.

92. 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.

93. 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.

Theoretical and Applied Genetics 125(1):155-69.

94. 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 . Molecular

Genetics Genomics. 287:1-19.

95. 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. Molecular Genetics Genomics 287:389–410.

96. Fischer, Ken S., Fukai, Shu, Kumar, Arvind, Leung, Hei and Jongdee, Boonrat (2012). Phenotyping rice

for adaptation to drought. Frontiers in physiology 3:282.

97. 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): A 169—179.

98. Cabasan, Ma. Teodora Nadine, Kumar, Arvind, and De Waele, Dirk (2012). Comparison of migration,

penetration, development and reproduction of Meloidogyne graminicola on susceptible and

resistant rice genotypes. Nematology. 14(4): 405-415.

99. 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.

100. 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.

101. 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.

102. 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.

103. 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.

104. Das, Kuntal, Zhao, Dule, De Waele, Dirk, Tiwari, Raj Kumar Singh, Shrivastava, Dhirendra Kumar,

and Kumar, Arvind (2011). Reactions of traditional upland and aerobic rice genotypes to rice root

knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola). Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science Vol. 3(7), pp.

131-137.

105. 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 11:174.

106. 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.

107. 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.

108. 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 Science 50:

2268-2276.

109. 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.

110. 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.

111. 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.

112. 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). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120:177–190.

113. 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.

114. 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.

115. Bernier, Jérôme, Serraj, Rachid, Kumar, Arvind, Venuprasad, Ramaiah, Impa, 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.

116. 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 qDTY12.1 over a range of environments in the Philippines and

eastern India. Euphytica: 166:207-217.

117. 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.

118. 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.

119. 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.

120. 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.

121. 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. 107:232-244.

122. 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.

123. 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 Science. 47: 505-516.

124. 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.

125. 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.

126. 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.

127. 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

Science, 45 (4): 1631-35.

128. 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.

129. 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.

130. Bhandarkar, S., Kumar, Ravinder and Kumar, Arvind. (2002). Genetic variability and correlation

analysis in early duration rice. Plant Archives 2: 95-98.

131. 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.

132. 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.

133. 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.

134. 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.

135. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Lakpale, N. (2000). Pathogenic variability of Xanthomonas

oryzae pv. Oryzae. Indian Phytopathology 53 (1):19-21.

136. 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.

137. 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.

138. 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.

139. 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.

140. 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.

141. 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.

142. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Shukla, B.C. (1999). Genetic analysis of gall midge (Orseolia

oryzae Wood Mason) biotype 1 in the rice cultivar RP2333-156-8. Oryza 37 (2):179-180.

143. 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.

144. 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.

145. 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.

146. 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.

147. 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.

148. 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.

149. 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.

150. Mohan, Madan, Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Nair, S. (1997). Molecular mapping of a

resistance -specific PCR-based marker linked to gall midge resistance gene (Gm4t) in rice.

Theoretical & Applied Genetics 95:777-782.

151. 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.

152. 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 marker aided selection in rice. Theoretical &

Applied Genetics 92:660-665.

153. Jain, P.K., Kumar, A., Sahu, R.K. (1996). Inheritance of bacterial leaf blight resistance in some rice

cultivars. Oryza 33:294-296.

154. 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.

155. 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

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156. Kumar, Arvind, Shrivastava, M.N. and Sahu, R.K. (1996). Inheritance and allelic relations of

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