Out today in Nature Biotechnology! PhD students & postdocs: there's a trick – overlooked and underused – for having new ideas in the creative process. Talk science 1 on 1 with a science buddy that you trust and think of it as an improvisation. nature.com/articles/s4158…… Martin Lercher

AutoGP: An Intelligent Breeding Platform for Enhancing Maize Genomic Selection #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-communic…

Gene drives an emerging #biotechnology for agriculture and biodiversity conservation. Read more about the application of #genedrives, opportunities, and challenges in Science Speaks: bit.ly/42h0Lve

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🎓 Happy to announce I'm now officially Dr. Pramod G. Kabade! Successfully defended my PhD at IRRI 🌾 Israel Abraham & BHU Official . Grateful for the journey, challenges, and immense learning. Thanks to my PhD mentors- Dr. Vikas K. Singh Vikas Kumar Singh 🌾 , IRRI and Dr. Sanjay Kumar, BHU,

Dense #planting reduces internal #light intensity and red:far-red ratio in the canopy, triggering shade avoidance responses that limit #yield enhancements. DBB2, a ZmBBX gene, is a crucial regulator of plant height and SAR. doi.org/10.1111/jipb.1… @wileyplantsci #PlantSci

The MADS6, JAGGED, and YABBY proteins synergistically determine floral organ development in rice (Zhengzheng Cai, Jieqiong Li, Yuanyuan Su, Lili Zheng, Jianwei Zhang, Miaomiao Zhu, et. al.) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… ASPB #PlantSci

#HappeningNow: A training on “Sequencing-based Trait Mapping” is underway at ISARC, Varanasi (June 12–14), under the DBT-funded Emerging Diseases Project & IRRI-ICAR TA4. Focus: genomics, pathogen mapping & key rice diseases like BPH, sheath blight, & false smut. 🌾🧬 CGIAR

Nutrient cues control flowering time in plants dlvr.it/TLLYLz #plantscience

🌾💡 Can we breed crops at the speed of climate change ? Proud to share the incredible work of IRRI scientists supported by Department of Biotechnology, Speed Breeding 3.0. published in Trends in Biotechnology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Review by Pramod G. Kabade, PhD et al. Uma Maheshwar Singh Pallavi Sinha Vikas Kumar Singh 🌾 IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), India IRRI 🌾 IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) IRRI 🌾 Trends in Biotechnology #Speedbreeding 3.0: mainstreaming light-driven plant #breeding for #sustainable #genetic #gains cell.com/trends/biotech… Department of Biotechnology Plant Science

Speed Breeding 3.0 is here, ushering in a new era in rice science. This breakthrough approach transforms how to develop climate-smart rice varieties by reducing the traditional 5–6 year breeding cycle to under two years. Read more: bit.ly/400xfbv

The IRRI South Asia Hub seeks applications for a Project Associate I (DBT-funded) position to advance rice breeding innovation. The candidate will develop and deploy computational pipelines for genomics and predictive breeding. emea3.recruitmentplatform.com/syndicated/pri…

Review by Pramod G. Kabade, PhD et al. Uma Maheshwar Singh Pallavi Sinha Vikas Kumar Singh 🌾 IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), India IRRI 🌾 IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) IRRI 🌾 Trends in Biotechnology #Speedbreeding 3.0: mainstreaming light-driven plant #breeding for #sustainable #genetic #gains cell.com/trends/biotech… Department of Biotechnology Plant Science

My father would have been very happy to know that #Biohappiness centres for research on sustainable agriculture will be set up in Maharashtra to mark his centenary. PMO India Agriculture INDIA Shivraj Singh Chouhan Devendra Fadnavis Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Manikrao Shivajirao Kokate freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharas…

📢 Read our recently published article: “Speed Breeding 3.0: Mainstreaming Light‑Driven Plant Breeding for Sustainable Genetic Gains” in Trends in Biotechnology (IF: 14.3). A comprehensive framework to accelerate crop improvement for a food‑secure future 🌾🌍#Speedbreeding

Training launched by IRRI 🌾 on #speedbreeding for #Agribusiness register now 🌾 linkedin.com/posts/irrieduc… Vikas Kumar Singh 🌾