Molecular Interventions for Developing Climate-Smart Crops: A Forage Perspective

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singhal is currently working as a scientist in the Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi (U.P) India. He has received his PhD from IAS, BHU India. He has eight-year experience in different areas of Plant Physiology aspects such as drought stress, seed priming, artificial night light pollution, and multiple abiotic stresses related to different crops. Currently, he is working on fodder oat improvement, oat modelling for climate change, and abiotic stress in forage crops. He has published more than 25 research and review papers in reputed journals. He also published more than 15 chapters with Elsevier, Springer and Taylor& Francis. In addition, he has also published "A quick approach to Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology" 1^st (2018) and 2^nd (2020).

Dr Shahid Ahmed is a principal scientist and head of the Crop Improvement Division atICAR-Indian Grassland and Forage Research Institute Jhansi, India. Last 15 years he is working on breeding and crop improvement in forage crops. He has a lot of experience in biofortification, genetic diversity, marker selection, disease resistance and nutrient management in forage crops and develops a number of technologies. He published 32 research articles, 6 books, 3 chapters, 1 conference paper, 2 technical reports, and handled a number of projects related to forage crop improvements. He published research articles in very high-rated journals such as the Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, plant breeding, Agronomy, Plant Breeding etc.

Dr. Saurabh Pandey Currently working as an Assistant Professor, at the Department of Agriculture at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India. He conferred Ph.D. (Plant Virology) from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi. He has eight years of experience in different areas of Plant Biotechnology aspects such asplant stress biology, plant virus interactions, abiotic stresses, bio-fortification, Molecular marker studies and metabolism. He has published about half a dozen research papers in various journals of international repute. Dr. Pandey has authored many book chapters about Molecular markers, Genomics, Plant Breeding, and Plant molecular virology, catering to the needs of modern agriculture research. He has been an active member of the Indian Virological Society, the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences, and the Society of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Dr. Pandey is the recipient of the 'Gold Medal and Best PG thesis award For M.Sc. Thesis and various other awards for his research work.

Mr. Subhash Chand is pursuing his Ph.D. from the Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (India). He is posted at ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi. He has 3 years of experience in forage and fodder crops including oat, berseem, lucerne, guinea grass, BN Hybrids, etc while working in AICRP on Forage crops and utilization. He has published more than 10 research papers in reputed international and national journals. He has published more than 10 book chapters in different books. He has published 5 books related to fodder crops published by AICRP on Forage crops and utilization. His area of specialization is genetics and plant breeding, quantitative genetics, disease resistance breeding, and molecular breeding. He was also awarded NTS, JRF, and SRF during his academic period by the ICAR.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singhal 目前在印度烏彌省的 ICAR-印度草地與飼料研究所的作物改良部門擔任科學家。他在印度 B.H.U 的 IAS 獲得博士學位。他在植物生理學的不同領域擁有八年的經驗，包括乾旱壓力、種子預處理、人為夜間光污染以及與不同作物相關的多種非生物壓力。目前，他正在進行飼料燕麥的改良、氣候變遷下的燕麥建模以及飼料作物的非生物壓力研究。他在知名期刊上發表了超過 25 篇研究和綜述論文，並與 Elsevier、Springer 和 Taylor & Francis 合作發表了超過 15 篇章節。此外，他還出版了《植物生理學、生物化學與生物技術的快速入門》第一版（2018）和第二版（2020）。

Dr. Shahid Ahmed 是 ICAR-印度草地與飼料研究所作物改良部門的首席科學家及部門負責人。在過去的 15 年中，他專注於飼料作物的育種和改良。他在生物強化、遺傳多樣性、標記選擇、抗病性和營養管理方面擁有豐富的經驗，並開發了多項技術。他發表了 32 篇研究文章、6 本書籍、3 篇章節、1 篇會議論文、2 篇技術報告，並負責多個與飼料作物改良相關的項目。他在《植物生長調節期刊》、《植物育種》、《農藝學》、《植物育種》等高評價期刊上發表了研究文章。

Dr. Saurabh Pandey 目前在印度旁遮普省阿姆利則的古魯納納克大學農業系擔任助理教授。他在新德里的國家植物基因組研究所獲得植物病毒學的博士學位。他在植物生物技術的不同領域擁有八年的經驗，包括植物壓力生物學、植物病毒相互作用、非生物壓力、生物強化、分子標記研究和代謝。他在多個國際知名期刊上發表了約六篇研究論文。Dr. Pandey 還撰寫了許多有關分子標記、基因組學、植物育種和植物分子病毒學的書籍章節，以滿足現代農業研究的需求。他是印度病毒學會、印度園藝科學學會和植物生物化學與生物技術學會的活躍成員。Dr. Pandey 獲得了「金獎和最佳碩士論文獎」以及其他多項研究獎項。

Subhash Chand 先生正在印度新德里的 ICAR-印度農業研究所遺傳學部門攻讀博士學位。他被派駐於 ICAR-印度草地與飼料研究所，擁有三年在飼料和飼料作物（包括燕麥、苜蓿、盧森草、幾內亞草、BN 雜交品種等）方面的經驗，並參與 AICRP 飼料作物及其利用的工作。他在國際和國內知名期刊上發表了超過 10 篇研究論文，並在不同書籍中發表了超過 10 篇章節。他出版了 5 本與飼料作物相關的書籍，這些書籍由 AICRP 飼料作物及其利用出版。他的專業領域包括遺傳學和植物育種、量化遺傳學、抗病育種和分子育種。在學術期間，他還獲得了 ICAR 的 NTS、JRF 和 SRF 獎項。