Name : Pravin Pawar
Designation : PhD Scholar, Project Associate
Brief Background :
Completed B.Sc. Horticulture and M.Sc. in Agriculture (Biotechnology) from Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli then I joined as a Project Associate on DBT-NBPGR funded project ARI/SP-310, at Experimental and Research Farm, Hol-Baramati and pursuing a PhD Biotechnology under the guidance of Dr Yashavantha Kumar in Genetics and Plant Breeding Group.
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Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, and drought is a major threat, causing up to 70% yield loss, which needs to improve the water stress tolerance in wheat. Hence, we are evaluating a set of diverse wheat germplasm from NBPGR, New Delhi, with non-destructive image-based tools for their root, yield and quality-related traits. Â
Also, the combination of field phenotyping and a molecular approach to identify the markers/QTL’s for drought-response/tolerance traits will contribute to the precise and fine-tuned selection of drought-tolerant genotypes for future wheat breeding program.
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