Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)

Discipline: Genetics and Plant Breeding | Designation: Principal Scientist | At IIMR Since: 1989

Email: visarada@millets.res.in

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Degree	Institute/ University	Year of completion	Subject(s) with major field
Ph.D	Dept of Genetics Osmania University, Hyderabad	1999	Genetic transformation of rice through particle bombardment
M. Sc	School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	1983	Life Sciences (Plant Sciences)
B. Sc.	Andhra University, Waltair	1981	Botany, Zoology, Chemistry

Employment Record & Experience (Starting from the present position)

Designation	Organization	Institution & place of posting	Period (From-to)	Duration (years, months)
Principal Scientist	ICAR	Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad	2007-till date
Senior Scientist	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1999-2007	8 years
Scientist (Selection grade)	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1998-1999	1 year
Scientist (Senior Scale)	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1995-1998	3 years
Scientist S-1	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1988-1995	7 years
Scientist	ICAR	Directorate of Pulses Research , ( Now Indian Institute of Pulses Research) Kanpur	1986-1989	3 years
Junior Research Fellow	University of Delhi	Dept of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi	1983-1986	3 years

Diversification of genetic base through Wide hybridization in sorghum
1. For resistance to stem borer and shoot fly through inter-specific hybridization
2. Diversification of parental lines of Kharif hybrids through inter-specific hybridization
3. Development of high biomass lines through sorghum x maize pollinations
Induction of male sterility in foxtail millet.
Anther culture in pearl millet.

Novel variants for high biomass, forage and grain types developed through wide hybridization in sorghum.
An Indian patent application was filed, Temp/533/CHE/2009.
Promising transgenic Bt sorghum lines developed and evaluated in two popular sweet sorghum genotypes, SSV84 and RSSV9, and two elite parental lines of popular Kharif sorghum hybrids, 296B and CS3541.

Patent : 533/CHE/2010, KBRS Visarada, N Saikishore, N Seetharama, Genetic transformation of florets through in planta method
Awarded best research paper at the International conference on “Emerging biotechnologies” held at Warangal, India during 28-30 Jan 2016. G Sangeeta, Jinu Jacob, G Shyamprasad, KBRS Visarada. Dry popping- an instant method for popping, molecular characterization in sorghum.
Elected life member of Plant tissue Culture Association (PTCA-I), India.
Was awarded TWAS visiting scientist fellowship to visit Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China during Jul-Oct 2013.

KBRS Visarada (2020) Overcoming inter-specific barriers in Sorghum and molecular characterization of the derivatives. Plant Breeding (in press) DOI:10.1111/pbr.12831
Aruna C., Suguna Medicharla, KBRS Visarada, Deepika Cheruku, Ratnavathi Chamarthy, Tonapi VA (2020) Identification of Sorghum genotypes suitable for specific end uses: Semolina Recovery and popping. Journal of Cereal Science (accepted).
C Aruna, KBRS Visarada, BV Bhat and Vilas Tonapi (2018) Breeding sorghum for diverse end uses. Book edited, Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier), 450 pp
KBRS Visarada, Kanti Meena, Aruna, C., S. Srujana, N Saikishore, and N Seetharama (2009) Transgenic Breeding - perspectives and prospects. Crop Science 49:1555-1563
N Saikishore, KBRS Visarada, Y Aravinda Lakshmi, E Pashupatinath, SV Rao and N Seetharama (2006) In vitro culture methods in sorghum with shoot tip as the explant material. Plant cell reports 25: 174-182