Scientific Staff

Dr. Avinash Singode

Discipline: Plant Breeding | Designation: Scientist | At IIMR Since: 2015

Email: avinash@millets.res.in | Mobile:

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Academic Qualifications

Degree	Institute / University	Year of completion	Subject(s) with major field
PhD	Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi	2009	Plant Breeding
M. Sc (Ag)	Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi	2004	Plant Breeding
B. Sc (Ag)	University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwar	2002	Agriculture

Employment Record & Experience (Starting from the present position)

Designation	Organization	Institution & place of posting	Period (From-to)	Duration (years, months)
Scientist	ICAR	Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad	08.06.2015 to till date
Scientist	ICAR	Indian Institute of Maize Research Unit, Ludhiana	04.02.2014 to 02.06.2015	1yr 4 months
Scientist	ICAR	Indian Institute of Maize Research, New Delhi	18.06.2009 to 03.02.2014	4 yrs 8 months

Current responsibilities:

• Breeding for higher yield and quality in Proso millet (Panicummiliaceum L.).
• Genetic improvement of forage sorghum for higher biomass and fodder quality.
• Hybrid breeding in forage pearl millet for genetic enhancement of biomass and fodder quality.
• Intellectual Property Management at the Institute and Nodal officer for ZTMC

Recent major contributions:

• Two proso millet entries contributed in AICRP on small millets for all India testing.

Recent awards and recognitions:

Nil

Current collaborative activities:

• Collaboration with Assam Agriculture University for developing forage hybrids suitable for NEH region of India. The project aims at using Genomic selection methodology for developing forage sorghum hybrids.

Recent most significant publications:

• Borah, J., A. Singode, A. Talukdar, R.R. Yadav, and R.N. Sarma. 2018. Genome-wide association studies ( GWAS ) reveal candidate genes for plant height and number of primary branches in soybean [ Glycinemax ( L .) Merrill ]. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed. 78(4): 460–469. doi: 10.31742/IJGPB.78.4.8.
• Rajendran, A., N. Singh, and A. Singode. 2018. Performance of grain maize (Zeamays) hybrids for dual utility in ideal maize agronomic conditions. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 88(November): 1682–1684.
• Singh, R. V, M. Malik, A.K. Kanojia, and A. Singode. 2018. Knowledge and Perception of IPM Technologies of Rice Growing Farmers in Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh , India. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. Appl. Sci. 7(07): 1354–1363.
• Bhat BV, Tonapi VA, Dayakar RB, Avinash Singodeand Santra D. 2018. Production and Utilization of Millets in India. In proceedings ofInternational Millet Symposium and The 3rd International Symposium on Broomcorn Millet. August 8-12, 2018, Fort Collins, USApp 24-26.
• Bhat BV, Tonapi VA, Dayakar RB, Avinash Singode and Santra D. 2018. Production and Utilization of Millets in India. In proceedings of International Millet Symposium and The 3rd International Symposium on Broomcorn Millet. August 8-12, 2018, Fort Collins, USA pp 24-26.
• Singode Avinash, Balakrishna D, Bhat BV, Tonapi VA and Santra D. 2018. Improving Yield Using EMS Mutation in Proso Millet (Panicummiliaceum L). In proceedings of International Millet Symposium and The 3rd International Symposium on Broomcorn Millet. August 8-12, 2018, Fort Collins, USA pp 68-69.

Other professional activities

• Drafting agreement documents for collaborative research and licensing of technology developed in the institute
• Documentation and management of intellectual property in the institute.

Dr Avinash Singode