A saying from my former Supervisor @huskerwheatemer that "Genomic Selection Will Fail but Steve's Eyes Will Never Fail". I see its applicability in my breeding program at IRRI 🌾. None of the tools can completely replace the Breeder's eye judgment!

Article in Agri India August 2022 titled "A Reformist and Institution Builder Par Excellence"

Happy to be in the team Dr. Vartika ICAR-NBPGR

India was one of the first countries to recognize and protect Farmer's Rights Kent Nnadozie PlantTreaty

In a pre-#GB9 Special Event, celebrating #farmers as guardians of #CropDiversity, farmers and other members of PlantTreaty community shared perspectives on conserving #seeds. CGIAR ipbes ICRISAT ICAR-NBPGR IISD Agriculture ICARDA United Nations #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed 🌱 #FarmersRights

"This is not the survival of the fittest, only together we are strong" The Crop Trust director

ICAR-NBPGR exhibition @ 9th session of GB ITPGFRA PlantTreaty ICAR-NBPGR

Dr DK Yadava (Assistant Director General) & Dr TR Sharma (Deputy Director General) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. deposited 2180 accessions of wheat core & 887 accessions from chickpea core from Indian National Genebank ICAR-NBPGR as safety duplicates at the Svalbard Seed Vault PlantTreaty The Crop Trust

Nominations are invited for #Virtual Training Program on Management and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources to be organized by ICAR-NBPGR & Human Resource Management Unit of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. from 1-21 Feb, 2023. Botanical Survey of India (BSI) CSIR, India BRIC-NABI BRIC-NIPGR CSIR-NBRI

Pleased to share latest research paper from work done at #nbpgr on cryopreservation of Dahlia...congrats to all co-authors Gowthami. R , Shankar M. and Subash Chander. Special thanks to Ruchira Pandey. Read full paper on authors.elsevier.com/a/1hPHJ15DynrD… ICAR-NBPGR Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Happy to share our paper on Cryoconservation protocol for Dahlia germplasm conservation in the In Vitro Genebank at ICAR-NBPGR authors.elsevier.com/c/1hPHJ15DynrD… Congrats to all authors. Special thanks to Drs. Ruchira Pandey & Anuradha Agrawal ICAR-NBPGR Anuradha Agrawal Shankar Bally

Dr Mangala Rai delivering 10th Dr Harbhajan Singh memorial lecture during the 48th Foundation Day of ICAR-NBPGR on “Positioning and pre-positioning of Genetic Resources & Indian agriculture in the emerging global order”

Glad to share our paper on "Development of an improved and simple shoot tip cryoconservation protocol for cryobanking of Bacopa monnieri germplasm" 'In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant' developed ICAR-NBPGR Thanks to all authors. doi.org/10.1007/s11627…

Hurray! What a proud day for Indian Council of Agricultural Research.-NBPGR. CIMMYT has recognised the contribution of Dr. G.P Singh (Wheat man of India) contribution in #Bharat achievement of crossing 110 million metric tons of #wheat production.PMO India Agriculture INDIA Narendra Singh Tomar PIB Agriculture Agriculture Today Group

Congrats to Drs Ruchira, Gowthami, Subhash and Shankar from @inbpgr for developing a working protocol on cryopreservation of #wildleek (#Allium #ampeloprasum) from #invitrogenebank doi 10.61949/0976-1926.2023.v36i03.08 Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources

Happy to share our latest paper on Cryoconservation of in vitro grown shoot tips of Cicer microphyllum: a crop wild relative of chickpea(#Cryoletters) in In VItro Genebank, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi cryoletters.org ICAR-NBPGR Anuradha Agrawal

ISPGR Awards 2023 announced! Heartiest congratulations to this year’s ISPGR Awardees. The Awardees each are ambassadors of #PGR science. We immensely thank all the applicants and congratulate the selected candidates.

🌿✨ Preserving Black Pepper Genetic Diversity 🌱 Our latest review highlights importance of conserving genetic resources of "king of spices" (black pepper), using ex situ methods to on-farm practices. deepak d.a. Gowthami. R Era Vaidya Malhotra Sunil Archak ICAR-NBPGR Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 🌍🧬🌶️

#Bambaragroundnut - a nutririch, low-input, and #climateresilientcrop recently introduced from Africa! Farmers actively explored its promising germplasm during the awareness programme held at Indian Council of Agricultural Research. NBPGR, RS, Hyderabad on 2 April 2026. A future-ready legume for #Bharat