BRIC-NIPGR scientists developed sheath blight tolerant rice by editing a disease susceptibility gene
Sheath blight disease caused by a necrotrophic fungal pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani, causes upto 20% annual yield loss in rice. In […]
Research Highlights
BRIC-NIPGR develops the highest Glucoraphanin producing Brassica crop by Gene Editing
Indian mustard biofortified with cancer-preventive, GLUCORAPHANIN Glucoraphanin, a well-studied glucosinolate found mainly in broccoli, is valued for itshealth benefits, especially
BRIC-NIPGR Scientists demonstrate improved fertilizer uptake in rice by gene editing
Gene promoter-edited Rice lines with improved grain yield in lowphosphate soil India imports almost 4.5 million tonnes of Diammonium phosphate
BRIC-NIPGR develops salinity tolerant high-yielding chickpea variety by genomics-guided breeding, an example of trans-QTL interaction
Salinity-tolerant high-yielding Chickpea variety Chickpea is mainly grown in arid and semi-arid regions, making it highly vulnerable to soil salinity.
Protein/peptide-based formulation for effective control of fungal diseases in plants
NIPGR researchers have discovered a novel antifungal protein, Bg_9562 exhibits broad-spectrum antifungal activity on a wide range of pathogenic fungi,
OsDUF2488 acts synergistically with OsPrx1.1, regulates ROS metabolism and promotes dehydration tolerance in rice
Dehydration greatly limits crop productivity, particularly in rain-fed areas across the world. Despite extensive research over the past several decades,
Isopropylmalate synthase regulatory domain removal abolishes feedback regulation at the expense of leucine homeostasis in plants
Brief Story: Feedback inhibition loops are frequent in amino acid biosynthetic pathways to tightly regulate the accumulation of the end