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  • Dr. Jana Kholova
    Senior Scientist, Crops Physiology & Modelling
    In line with global Sustainable Development Goals, Jana Kholová with GEMS team and network of partners contributes to crop improvement efforts in order to enhance the agricultural production quantities and qualities in semi-arid agro-ecological production system (South Asia, West, and Central Africa). She is responsible for integrating the knowledge of plant biological functionalities through high-throughput phenotyping and modeling tools into the inter-disciplinary crop improvement pipelines. Apart from application-oriented research, the GEMS team (www.gems.icrisat.org) conducts the basic research on various aspects of plant biology underlying crop production quantity and quality improvement in collaboration with the top-notch teams all-over the world and so push the limits of current knowledge further.

Her current responsibility lies in delivering upon the objectives of several large research initiatives (e.g. US-AID, Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation) and multiple medium to small national and international projects (https://gems.icrisat.org/projects/). She is responsible for the development of tools, technologies, and protocols to capture the key plant processes useful in cop improvement and simultaneously reflect these into crop model functions to assess their potential value in target production systems with high geospatial precision. Here, we work towards the quantitative characterization of crop production agro-ecologies to target the agricultural technologies to fit the ethno-socio-bio-geo-physical situation of production regions under current and future environmental challenges.

GEMS stronghold dwells in interdisciplinary integrated research, effective & efficient teamwork, strategic collaboration, exploration, and development of new research areas and innovation.
    j.kholova@cgiar.org janakholova@yahoo.com 040 - 30713373
     
  • Dr. Sunita Choudhary
    Sunita Choudhary is a Scientist – Crops physiology, Systems Analysis for Climate-Smart Agriculture (SACSA), Innovative Dryland Systems (ISD), ICRISAT, India. She has obtained her Ph.D. in the physiological and molecular aspect of salinity stress tolerance in pearl millet (2011) and a year experience gained in statistical analysis and writing article as a visiting scientist in ILRI, Hyderabad India. She pursued her post-doctoral research from North Carolina State University and joined DuPont Pioneer (now Corteva Agri-Sciences) as an associate scientist in Predictive Agriculture & Modelling Team under Technology Deployment. Altogether 9 years of working experience in public and private R&Ds on plant stress physiology and precision phenotyping. Major research focuses were on C4 cereal (pearl millet, sorghum, and maize) adaptation to atmospheric stress and soil moisture stress in different agro-ecologies and experienced in HTP phenotyping as well as grain quality assessment techniques. She has 23 research articles published and 3 book chapters (h-index 18). She played a significant role in drought product delivery (Aquamax) in industrial partnership. She also has experience in working closely with national agriculture and bring partnership (ICAR-IIMR, AICRP-Pearl Millet, CCSHAU). She is involved in training and development and guided 6 graduate and postgraduate students. In 2018 she obtained the Early Career Research Award (2018) from the Department of Science and Technology, GOI.

 s.choudhary@cgiar.org
     
  • Dr. Krithika Anbazhagan   
    Krithika Anbazhagan is working with the GEMS team as a Visiting Scientist since Dec 2017. Her primary research project, in collaboration with WorldVeg, is on phenotyping elite genotypes of mungbean for drought adaptation. She is also involved and deriving mungbean crop growth parameters for crop models and farmer-participatory studies to extend relevant research technologies/ solutions and understand the complexities of the farming systems. Her other interest includes nutrition-sensitive agriculture, the potential of landraces and underutilized crops, and farming system research. She has supervised 3 intern students. She has two publications from her Ph.D. (h-Index 2) that focused on phenotyping transgenic chickpea for abiotic stress responses.
      krithika.anbazhagan@gmail.com
  • Dr. Jana Kholova
    Senior Scientist, Crops Physiology & Modelling
    In line with global Sustainable Development Goals, Jana Kholová with GEMS team and network of partners contributes to crop improvement efforts in order to enhance the agricultural production quantities and qualities in semi-arid agro-ecological production system (South Asia, West, and Central Africa). She is responsible for integrating the knowledge of plant biological functionalities through high-throughput phenotyping and modeling tools into the inter-disciplinary crop improvement pipelines. Apart from application-oriented research, the GEMS team (www.gems.icrisat.org) conducts the basic research on various aspects of plant biology underlying crop production quantity and quality improvement in collaboration with the top-notch teams all-over the world and so push the limits of current knowledge further.

Her current responsibility lies in delivering upon the objectives of several large research initiatives (e.g. US-AID, Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation) and multiple medium to small national and international projects (https://gems.icrisat.org/projects/). She is responsible for the development of tools, technologies, and protocols to capture the key plant processes useful in cop improvement and simultaneously reflect these into crop model functions to assess their potential value in target production systems with high geospatial precision. Here, we work towards the quantitative characterization of crop production agro-ecologies to target the agricultural technologies to fit the ethno-socio-bio-geo-physical situation of production regions under current and future environmental challenges.

GEMS stronghold dwells in interdisciplinary integrated research, effective & efficient teamwork, strategic collaboration, exploration, and development of new research areas and innovation.

j.kholova@cgiar.org
janakholova@yahoo.com
040 - 30713373
          
     
     
  • Dr. Sunita Choudhary
    Sunita Choudhary is a Scientist – Crops physiology, Systems Analysis for Climate-Smart Agriculture (SACSA), Innovative Dryland Systems (ISD), ICRISAT, India. She has obtained her Ph.D. in the physiological and molecular aspect of salinity stress tolerance in pearl millet (2011) and a year experience gained in statistical analysis and writing article as a visiting scientist in ILRI, Hyderabad India. She pursued her post-doctoral research from North Carolina State University and joined DuPont Pioneer (now Corteva Agri-Sciences) as an associate scientist in Predictive Agriculture & Modelling Team under Technology Deployment. Altogether 9 years of working experience in public and private R&Ds on plant stress physiology and precision phenotyping. Major research focuses were on C4 cereal (pearl millet, sorghum, and maize) adaptation to atmospheric stress and soil moisture stress in different agro-ecologies and experienced in HTP phenotyping as well as grain quality assessment techniques. She has 23 research articles published and 3 book chapters (h-index 18). She played a significant role in drought product delivery (Aquamax) in industrial partnership. She also has experience in working closely with national agriculture and bring partnership (ICAR-IIMR, AICRP-Pearl Millet, CCSHAU). She is involved in training and development and guided 6 graduate and postgraduate students. In 2018 she obtained the Early Career Research Award (2018) from the Department of Science and Technology, GOI.
 s.choudhary@cgiar.org
     
  • Dr.Vincent Vadez
    Principal Scientist – Crop Physiology Laboratory
    Theme Leader

    System Analysis for Climate Smart Agriculture
    Team
    40%
    40%
    20%
    v.vadez@cgiar.org
    040-30713463
  • Dr. Vincent Garin   
    Vincent Garin is a research fellow working in pearl millet crop modeling, the development of bioinformatics pipelines for the analysis of high-throughput phenotyping data, and the integration of crop modeling with statistical genetics. Originally from Switzerland, Vincent earned a Ph.D. in quantitative genetics from Wageningen University (The Netherlands). Vincent is specialized in the statistical analysis of plant multi-parent populations data like nested association mapping (NAM) or breeding populations in single or multi-environment settings. For that purpose, Vincent programmed the R package mppR. Having a background in social sciences, Vincent is interested in developing a holistic approach to agriculture integrating natural science, socio-economic, and cultural dimensions. This interest motivated him to participate in GEMS team efforts to extend technology on the ground and support tribal farmers. Vincent has also worked as a volunteer for many years in Swiss mountain farms.

vincent.garin6@gmail.com
  • Ms. Marijn Voorhaar
    Research Fellow
     
    Main Area of Research Nutritional quality of sorghum and socio-economics of sorghum production and consumption in tribal farmer communities  University:VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     
    marijn.voorhaar@gmail.com
  • Dr. Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy
     
    Dr. Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy is an Associate Scientist, working on phenotyping of sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels for water use and agronomy related traits under well water and water-stressed conditions using lysimeteric facility. Previously, he was a Research Fellow working on phenotyping of stay-green chickpea for water use and agronomical traits. During his Ph.D., he focused on “Contribution of water-saving traits for drought adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum (L.)) through physiological, molecular and genetic approaches”. He has a good understanding and working experience with LeasyScan, Lysimeter, and Field. He has got knowledge of plant hydraulics by using pharmacological approaches, handling various physio- instruments such as Scholander pressure chamber, IR camera, Ceptometer, etc. He has supervised 5 master students and 3 interns. He has published 10 research articles and 2 book chapters (h-Index 6). Further research interest includes the assessment of grain nutritional content (Total Carotenoids and beta-carotene) and genetic enhancement of carotenoids content in different stay-green legumes (Chickpea, cowpea, common bean, and Lima bean) for nutritional security in addition to the assessment of genetic variability in fodder and grain quality parameters in sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels.
     

    k.sivasakthi@cgiar.org

  • Dr. Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy
     
    Dr. Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy is an Associate Scientist, working on phenotyping of sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels for water use and agronomy related traits under well water and water-stressed conditions using lysimeteric facility. Previously, he was a Research Fellow working on phenotyping of stay-green chickpea for water use and agronomical traits. During his Ph.D., he focused on “Contribution of water-saving traits for drought adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum (L.)) through physiological, molecular and genetic approaches”. He has a good understanding and working experience with LeasyScan, Lysimeter, and Field. He has got knowledge of plant hydraulics by using pharmacological approaches, handling various physio- instruments such as Scholander pressure chamber, IR camera, Ceptometer, etc. He has supervised 5 master students and 3 interns. He has published 10 research articles and 2 book chapters (h-Index 6). Further research interest includes the assessment of grain nutritional content (Total Carotenoids and beta-carotene) and genetic enhancement of carotenoids content in different stay-green legumes (Chickpea, cowpea, common bean, and Lima bean) for nutritional security in addition to the assessment of genetic variability in fodder and grain quality parameters in sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels.
     
    Main Areas of Research

Physiological and molecular mechanisms related to water use traits in chickpea

University:

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu


 k.sivasakthi@cgiar.org
  • Debarati Chakraborty 
    Debarati Chakraborty has been working with the GEMS team as Research Fellow since August 2020. She is currently working on the project "Evaluation of qualitative characteristics of grain crops using sensor-based technologies". For this she is working regularly with Computed Tomography (CT) scanner and Near-infrared spectroscopes (NIRS) for her work. Her sample includes chickpea, pigeon pea, mungbean, sorghum, peanuts, millets and rice. During her doctoral work she has focussed on 'Genetic and biochemical underpinnings of aroma in Indian aromatic rice landraces and the larger ecological role of aroma in other plants'. She has a good experience of working with traditional rice landraces, various molecular biology techniques and phylogenetic analysis. To date she has published 8 research articles and one book chapter (h-Index 5). Further research interests include use of sensor based technologies for rapid, non-destructive identification of crop varieties. Apart from these she also regularly writes popular science articles on various electronic print media.

debaratichakraborty31@gmail.com
  • Dr. Krithika Anbazhagan 
    Krithika Anbazhagan is working with the GEMS team as a Visiting Scientist since Dec 2017. Her primary research project, in collaboration with WorldVeg, is on phenotyping elite genotypes of mungbean for drought adaptation. She is also involved and deriving mungbean crop growth parameters for crop models and farmer-participatory studies to extend relevant research technologies/ solutions and understand the complexities of the farming systems. Her other interest includes nutrition-sensitive agriculture, the potential of landraces and underutilized crops, and farming system research. She has supervised 3 intern students. She has two publications from her Ph.D. (h-Index 2) that focused on phenotyping transgenic chickpea for abiotic stress responses.

krithika.anbazhagan@gmail.com
       
  • Dr. M. Tharanya
     
    Dr. Tharanya Murugesan is a DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow, working on low phosphorus adaptation in Foxtail Millet. Previously, she was an Associate Scientist working on phenotyping of sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels for water use and crop production-related traits. During her Ph.D., she focused on “Contribution of water-saving traits for drought adaptation in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) through physiological, molecular, and genetic approaches”. She has worked in different phenotyping platforms such as LeasyScan and Lysimeter. She has experience in the assessment of root hydraulics through pharmacological approaches. She has supervised 1 master student and 3 interns. She has published 8 research articles and 2 book chapters (h-Index 5). Further research interest includes the assessment of fodder and grain quality in relation to different water stress conditions.
    University

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli-620024, Tamilnadu

m.tharanya@gmail.com
     
     
  • B. Rekha
    Scientific Officer
    Main Areas of Work
    Analyzing and Managing data , Coordinating technician team, Barcoding & Handling IT tools
    b.rekha@cgiar.org
     
  • Subhash Babu Degala
    Senior Programmer(ISD)
    Team
    50% 50%
    D.Subhash@cgiar.org
     
    subhashbabu.degala@gmail.com
    040 - 30713373
     
  • Dilip Joseph
    Senior Technical Associate
     
    Main Areas of Research
     
    Administrator and Filed Works
                 
    j.dilip@cgiar.org
       
  • M. Srikanth
    Research Technician
    Research Work
    Monitoring physiological experiments in the field, LeasyScan, and glass house in cereals  
    srikanthmallayee@gmail.com  
     
     
  • Suresh Naidu
    Research Technician
    Research Work: Monitoring physiological experiments in the field, LeasyScan.
  • Dr. M. Tharanya
    Dr. Tharanya Murugesan is a DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow, working on low phosphorus adaptation in Foxtail Millet. Previously, she was an Associate Scientist working on phenotyping of sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels for water use and crop production-related traits. During her Ph.D., she focused on “Contribution of water-saving traits for drought adaptation in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) through physiological, molecular, and genetic approaches”. She has worked in different phenotyping platforms such as LeasyScan and Lysimeter. She has experience in the assessment of root hydraulics through pharmacological approaches. She has supervised 1 master student and 3 interns. She has published 8 research articles and 2 book chapters (h-Index 5). Further research interest includes the assessment of fodder and grain quality in relation to different water stress conditions.
    University

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli-620024, Tamilnadu

m.tharanya@gmail.com
     
  • K.Tulsiram
    Support Staff
    Research Work
    Logistical support to LeasyScan experiments
     

  • Mallesh

    Field Assistant

    Main Areas of Work:

    FieldWorks at ROS and Leasyscan. 

  • CH Amrutha Kumar
    Field Assistant
    Main Area of Work: Monitoring Field Experiments, Data Capturing, Glass House Operations, and Rain Out Shelter Experiments.
  • T. Premalatha
    Field Assistant
    Research Work Supporting technicians' works wherever needed 
     

  • Jayalaxmi

    Field Assistant

    Main Areas of Work:

    Grinding of Seeds and other Field Works. 

  • Siva Shankar 

    Field Assistant

    Main Areas of Work:

    FieldWorks at ROS and Leasyscan. 

  • CH Amrutha Kumar
    Field Assistant
    Main Area of Work: Monitoring Field Experiments, Data Capturing, Glass House Operations, and Rain Out Shelter Experiments.
  • Dr. Jana Kholova
    Senior Scientist, Crops Physiology & Modelling
    In line with global Sustainable Development Goals, Jana Kholová with GEMS team and network of partners contributes to crop improvement efforts in order to enhance the agricultural production quantities and qualities in semi-arid agro-ecological production system (South Asia, West, and Central Africa). She is responsible for integrating the knowledge of plant biological functionalities through high-throughput phenotyping and modeling tools into the inter-disciplinary crop improvement pipelines. Apart from application-oriented research, the GEMS team (www.gems.icrisat.org) conducts the basic research on various aspects of plant biology underlying crop production quantity and quality improvement in collaboration with the top-notch teams all-over the world and so push the limits of current knowledge further.

Her current responsibility lies in delivering upon the objectives of several large research initiatives (e.g. US-AID, Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation) and multiple medium to small national and international projects (https://gems.icrisat.org/projects/). She is responsible for the development of tools, technologies, and protocols to capture the key plant processes useful in cop improvement and simultaneously reflect these into crop model functions to assess their potential value in target production systems with high geospatial precision. Here, we work towards the quantitative characterization of crop production agro-ecologies to target the agricultural technologies to fit the ethno-socio-bio-geo-physical situation of production regions under current and future environmental challenges.

GEMS stronghold dwells in interdisciplinary integrated research, effective & efficient teamwork, strategic collaboration, exploration, and development of new research areas and innovation.

j.kholova@cgiar.org
janakholova@yahoo.com
040 - 30713373
  • T. Premalatha
    Field Assistant
    Research Work Supporting technicians' works wherever needed

  • Jayalaxmi

    Field Assistant

    Main Areas of Work:

    Grinding of Seeds and other Field Works. 

  • M. Srikanth
    Research Technician
    Research Work
    Monitoring physiological experiments in the field, LeasyScan, and glass house in cereals  
    srikanthmallayee@gmail.com
  • Suresh Naidu
    Research Technician
    Research Work: Monitoring physiological experiments in the field, LeasyScan.
  • B. Rekha
    Scientific Officer
    Main Areas of Work
    Analyzing and Managing data , Coordinating technician team, Barcoding & Handling IT tools
    b.rekha@cgiar.org
  • Dr. Krithika Anbazhagan 
    Krithika Anbazhagan is working with the GEMS team as a Visiting Scientist since Dec 2017. Her primary research project, in collaboration with WorldVeg, is on phenotyping elite genotypes of mungbean for drought adaptation. She is also involved and deriving mungbean crop growth parameters for crop models and farmer-participatory studies to extend relevant research technologies/ solutions and understand the complexities of the farming systems. Her other interest includes nutrition-sensitive agriculture, the potential of landraces and underutilized crops, and farming system research. She has supervised 3 intern students. She has two publications from her Ph.D. (h-Index 2) that focused on phenotyping transgenic chickpea for abiotic stress responses.

krithika.anbazhagan@gmail.com
     
  • Dr. Krithika Anbazhagan 
    Krithika Anbazhagan is working with the GEMS team as a Visiting Scientist since Dec 2017. Her primary research project, in collaboration with WorldVeg, is on phenotyping elite genotypes of mungbean for drought adaptation. She is also involved and deriving mungbean crop growth parameters for crop models and farmer-participatory studies to extend relevant research technologies/ solutions and understand the complexities of the farming systems. Her other interest includes nutrition-sensitive agriculture, the potential of landraces and underutilized crops, and farming system research. She has supervised 3 intern students. She has two publications from her Ph.D. (h-Index 2) that focused on phenotyping transgenic chickpea for abiotic stress responses.

krithika.anbazhagan@gmail.com
  • Dr. Sunita Choudhary
    Sunita Choudhary is a Scientist – Crops physiology, Systems Analysis for Climate-Smart Agriculture (SACSA), Innovative Dryland Systems (ISD), ICRISAT, India. She has obtained her Ph.D. in the physiological and molecular aspect of salinity stress tolerance in pearl millet (2011) and a year experience gained in statistical analysis and writing article as a visiting scientist in ILRI, Hyderabad India. She pursued her post-doctoral research from North Carolina State University and joined DuPont Pioneer (now Corteva Agri-Sciences) as an associate scientist in Predictive Agriculture & Modelling Team under Technology Deployment. Altogether 9 years of working experience in public and private R&Ds on plant stress physiology and precision phenotyping. Major research focuses were on C4 cereal (pearl millet, sorghum, and maize) adaptation to atmospheric stress and soil moisture stress in different agro-ecologies and experienced in HTP phenotyping as well as grain quality assessment techniques. She has 23 research articles published and 3 book chapters (h-index 18). She played a significant role in drought product delivery (Aquamax) in industrial partnership. She also has experience in working closely with national agriculture and bring partnership (ICAR-IIMR, AICRP-Pearl Millet, CCSHAU). She is involved in training and development and guided 6 graduate and postgraduate students. In 2018 she obtained the Early Career Research Award (2018) from the Department of Science and Technology, GOI.
 s.choudhary@cgiar.org
  • Dr. Sunita Choudhary
    Sunita Choudhary is a Scientist – Crops physiology, Systems Analysis for Climate-Smart Agriculture (SACSA), Innovative Dryland Systems (ISD), ICRISAT, India. She has obtained her Ph.D. in the physiological and molecular aspect of salinity stress tolerance in pearl millet (2011) and a year experience gained in statistical analysis and writing article as a visiting scientist in ILRI, Hyderabad India. She pursued her post-doctoral research from North Carolina State University and joined DuPont Pioneer (now Corteva Agri-Sciences) as an associate scientist in Predictive Agriculture & Modelling Team under Technology Deployment. Altogether 9 years of working experience in public and private R&Ds on plant stress physiology and precision phenotyping. Major research focuses were on C4 cereal (pearl millet, sorghum, and maize) adaptation to atmospheric stress and soil moisture stress in different agro-ecologies and experienced in HTP phenotyping as well as grain quality assessment techniques. She has 23 research articles published and 3 book chapters (h-index 18). She played a significant role in drought product delivery (Aquamax) in industrial partnership. She also has experience in working closely with national agriculture and bring partnership (ICAR-IIMR, AICRP-Pearl Millet, CCSHAU). She is involved in training and development and guided 6 graduate and postgraduate students. In 2018 she obtained the Early Career Research Award (2018) from the Department of Science and Technology, GOI.
 s.choudhary@cgiar.org
  • M. Srikanth
    Research Technician
    Research Work
    Monitoring physiological experiments in the field, LeasyScan, and glasshouse in cereals  
    srikanthmallayee@gmail.com
  • Subhash Babu Degala
    Senior Programmer(ISD)
    50% 50%
    D.Subhash@cgiar.org
     
    subhashbabu.degala@gmail.com
    040 - 30713373
     
  • Ms. Marijn Voorhaar
    Research Fellow
     
    Main Area of Research Nutritional quality of sorghum and socio-economics of sorghum production and consumption in tribal farmer communities  University: VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     
    marijn.voorhaar@gmail.com
  • Dr. M. Tharanya
    Dr. Tharanya Murugesan is a DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow, working on low phosphorus adaptation in Foxtail Millet. Previously, she was an Associate Scientist working on phenotyping of sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels for water use and crop production-related traits. During her Ph.D., she focused on “Contribution of water-saving traits for drought adaptation in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) through physiological, molecular, and genetic approaches”. She has worked in different phenotyping platforms such as LeasyScan and Lysimeter. She has experience in the assessment of root hydraulics through pharmacological approaches. She has supervised 1 master student and 3 interns. She has published 8 research articles and 2 book chapters (h-Index 5). Further research interest includes the assessment of fodder and grain quality in relation to different water stress conditions.
    University

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli-620024, Tamilnadu

m.tharanya@gmail.com
  • Dr. Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy
     
    Dr. Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy is an Associate Scientist, working on phenotyping of sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels for water use and agronomy related traits under well water and water-stressed conditions using lysimeteric facility. Previously, he was a Research Fellow working on phenotyping of stay-green chickpea for water use and agronomical traits. During his Ph.D., he focused on “Contribution of water-saving traits for drought adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum (L.)) through physiological, molecular and genetic approaches”. He has a good understanding and working experience with LeasyScan, Lysimeter, and Field. He has got knowledge of plant hydraulics by using pharmacological approaches, handling various physio- instruments such as Scholander pressure chamber, IR camera, Ceptometer, etc. He has supervised 5 master students and 3 interns. He has published 10 research articles and 2 book chapters (h-Index 6). Further research interest includes the assessment of grain nutritional content (Total Carotenoids and beta-carotene) and genetic enhancement of carotenoids content in different stay-green legumes (Chickpea, cowpea, common bean, and Lima bean) for nutritional security in addition to the assessment of genetic variability in fodder and grain quality parameters in sorghum and pearl millet diversity panels.
    Main Areas of Research

Physiological and molecular mechanisms related to water use traits in chickpea

University:

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu


 k.sivasakthi@cgiar.org
  • Dr. Jana Kholova
    Senior Scientist, Crops Physiology & Modelling
    In line with global Sustainable Development Goals, Jana Kholová with GEMS team and network of partners contributes to crop improvement efforts in order to enhance the agricultural production quantities and qualities in semi-arid agro-ecological production system (South Asia, West, and Central Africa). She is responsible for integrating the knowledge of plant biological functionalities through high-throughput phenotyping and modeling tools into the inter-disciplinary crop improvement pipelines. Apart from application-oriented research, the GEMS team (www.gems.icrisat.org) conducts the basic research on various aspects of plant biology underlying crop production quantity and quality improvement in collaboration with the top-notch teams all-over the world and so push the limits of current knowledge further.

Her current responsibility lies in delivering upon the objectives of several large research initiatives (e.g. US-AID, Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation) and multiple medium to small national and international projects (https://gems.icrisat.org/projects/). She is responsible for the development of tools, technologies, and protocols to capture the key plant processes useful in cop improvement and simultaneously reflect these into crop model functions to assess their potential value in target production systems with high geospatial precision. Here, we work towards the quantitative characterization of crop production agro-ecologies to target the agricultural technologies to fit the ethno-socio-bio-geo-physical situation of production regions under current and future environmental challenges.

GEMS stronghold dwells in interdisciplinary integrated research, effective & efficient teamwork, strategic collaboration, exploration, and development of new research areas and innovation.

j.kholova@cgiar.org
janakholova@yahoo.com
040 - 30713373
  • Dr.Vincent Vadez
    Principal Scientist – Crop Physiology Laboratory
    Theme Leader

    System Analysis for Climate Smart Agriculture
    Team
    40%
    40%
    20%
    v.vadez@cgiar.org
    040-30713463
  • Mr. Amir Hajjarpoor
    Intern
    Team

    100%

    Main Areas of Research

     

    Crop Simulation and Modeling
    -Simulation of Climate Change Impact on Crop production - Estimating of Potential Yield and Yield Gap of crop

     

     

     

    University

    Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources


    Nationality

    Iranian

    amiragro65@gmail.com
     

     

     

     

  • Dr. Jana Kholova
    Senior Scientist, Crops Physiology & Modelling
    In line with global Sustainable Development Goals, Jana Kholová with GEMS team and network of partners contributes to crop improvement efforts in order to enhance the agricultural production quantities and qualities in semi-arid agro-ecological production system (South Asia, West, and Central Africa). She is responsible for integrating the knowledge of plant biological functionalities through high-throughput phenotyping and modeling tools into the inter-disciplinary crop improvement pipelines. Apart from application-oriented research, the GEMS team (www.gems.icrisat.org) conducts the basic research on various aspects of plant biology underlying crop production quantity and quality improvement in collaboration with the top-notch teams all-over the world and so push the limits of current knowledge further.

Her current responsibility lies in delivering upon the objectives of several large research initiatives (e.g. US-AID, Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation) and multiple medium to small national and international projects (https://gems.icrisat.org/projects/). She is responsible for the development of tools, technologies, and protocols to capture the key plant processes useful in cop improvement and simultaneously reflect these into crop model functions to assess their potential value in target production systems with high geospatial precision. Here, we work towards the quantitative characterization of crop production agro-ecologies to target the agricultural technologies to fit the ethno-socio-bio-geo-physical situation of production regions under current and future environmental challenges.

GEMS stronghold dwells in interdisciplinary integrated research, effective & efficient teamwork, strategic collaboration, exploration, and development of new research areas and innovation.

j.kholova@cgiar.org
janakholova@yahoo.com
040 - 30713373
     
     
  • Dr.Vincent Vadez
    Principal Scientist – Crop Physiology Laboratory
    Theme Leader

    System Analysis for Climate Smart Agriculture
    Team
    40%
    40%
    20%
    v.vadez@cgiar.org
    040-30713463

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