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Sh Raghunath Kulakarni
Designation: Senior Technical Assistant | At IIMR Since: 2010
Email: raghunath@millets.res.in; r.kulakarni@icar.gov.in | Mobile:9985215020
Phone(O): +91-40-24599305 | Fax: +91-40-24599304
Academic Qualifications
M. Sc (Ag) Genetics & Plant breeding, B.Sc (Seed technology)
Work Experience:
- Seed Production activates of f sorghum and millets Nucleus seed production Breeder seed production Hybrid seed production with synchrony techniques
- AICSIP trials
- DUS testing
- Registration of sorghum parental lines / varieties / Hybrids with PPV & FRA
Conference / Seminar / training Attended:
- ICAR Winter School on “Recent Developments in Seed Trade Production, Export Regulations and Treaties” during 18 NOV. to 08 Dec. 2015 at AC, Vijayapura
- Maintenance breeding: training-cum-Exposure visit organized at IARI, Regional Station, Karnal on 26-27th Sep 2014
Publications / Books
- Sorghum Cultivars of India: Hybrid, Varieties and parental lines ISBN: 81-89335-23-5
- DUS characteristics of Indian Sorghum parental lines, Hybrids and Varieties ISBN: 81-89335-33-2
- Plant Variety Protection Made Easy. ISBN: 81-89335-25-1
- Legislations Protecting IPRs in India. ISBN: 81:-89335-03-0.
- Effect of PPV & FR Act on Seed Industry
- Intellectual Property Management At DSR 2008-2014
- Millet Seed Technology - Seed production, Quality control & Legal compliance ISBN 81-89335-54-5
Poster / paper
- Genetic variability among Indian rainy season sorghum cultivars revealed by morpho-agronomic traits, Indian Journal of Genetics 73(1) 2013 (page No 110-115) N Kanna babu, S rakshit, S adilakshmi, VA Tonapi, JV Patil, DCS Reddy, K Venugopal, M Swarnalatha, G balakrishna K Raghunath and V subhakar
- Grain number estimation, regression model and garin distribution pattern in Sorghum(Sorghum bicolor) genotypes, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 84(1) Jan 2014 (page No 90-92)Kumar SR, Kulkarni R and Rajappa PV
- Preliminary screening of indigenous germplasm for ergot resistance in sorghum. In: Global consultation on millets promotion for health & nutritional security, 18-20th December 2013.356pp Raghunath Kulakarni, Vilas A Tonapi, YD Narayana and M Elangovan.
- Sorghum ergot: A threat for hybrid seed production in India?. In: Global consultation on millets promotion for health & nutritional security, 18-20th December 2013. Vilas A Tonapi, M Elangovan and Raghunath Kulakarni
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Raghunath Kulakarni
Last Updated on 23th February 2017