Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)

Discipline: Plant Breeding | Designation: Principal Scientist | At DSR Since: 2011

Email: sanjana@millets.res.in

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Degree	Institute/ University	Year of completion	Subject(s) with major field
Ph. D (Genetics)	OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad	2009	Genetics
M. Sc (Genetics and Plant Breeding)	PDKV, Akola	2001	Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding
B. Sc (Agricultural Sciences)	ANGRAU, Hyderabad	1999	Agricultural Sciences

Employment Record & Experience (Starting from the present position)

Designation	Organization	Institution & place of posting	Period (From-to)	Duration (years, months)
Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding)	ICAR	IIMR, Hyderabad	2017 to date	-
Sr. Scientist (Plant Breeding)	ICAR	IIMR, Hyderabad	2011-2016	6 years
Senior Scientific Officer	CGIAR	ICRISAT, Patancheru	2001-2011	9 yrs, 4 months (including Ph.D study period)

Developing high yielding hybrid parental lines and hybrids with downy mildew resistance, blast resistance, Fe and Zn contents and with adaptation to specific zones (A1, A and B)
Development of OPVs and dual purpose hybrids for A1 zone
Developing seedling stage heat tolerant hybrids for A1 zone involving both A1 and A5 CMS systems
Development of heterotic gene pools
Rancidity/ shelf life studies
Identification of markers for targeted traits

Ten years of experience in sorghum breeding at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid tropics, Hyderabad
Statistical training on “Data analysis using SAS” from 21-26 March 2011 at NAARM
Statistical training on “Multivariate Data Analysis using R” from 14-20 December 2017 at NAARM
CAS-IP Training Program on “Intellectual Property Rights relating to Agriculture” during 31 March – 1 April, 2008 at ICRISAT, Patancheru
Participated in a training course on “DUS testing: Principles and Procedures”, 17- 22 October 2005, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

Recognised guide PhD students in the discipline of genetics and plant breeding from PJTSAU, ANGRAU, and Osmania University
NAIP International Fellowship (Kansas State University, Kansas, USA from 10 Aug to 10 Nov 2013)
Young Scientist Award - 2014 conferred by the Society for Scientific development in Agriculture and technology for outstanding contribution in the field of plant breeding

Journal papers (Best 3)

Sanjana Reddy P, Reddy BVS and Srinivasa Rao P. 2014. Genotype by sowing date interaction effects on sugar yield components in sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics 46 (2) 241-255.
Sanjana Reddy P and Sunil Gomashe. 2017. Can cold tolerance bring in hybrids on commercial front in winter sorghum?. Current Science 113(2): 307-313
Sanjana Reddy P, Reddy BVS, Ashok Kumar A and Sharma HC. 2015. Performance of A1, A2, A3, A4(M), A4(G) and A4(VZM) cytoplasms based iso-nuclear sorghum hybrids for shoot fly resistance across-rainy and post-rainy seasons, Indian J. Genet., 75(3): 324-329, DOI: 10.5958/0975-6906.2015.00051.6
Sanjana Reddy P and Bhagwat VR. 2018. Searching new sources for aphid resistance in postrainy sorghum. Indian Journal of Entomology 80(2): 506-508. DOI:10.5958/0974-8172.2018.00056.1
Sanjana Reddy, P., Patil, J.V., Nirmal, S.V. and Gadakh, S.R. 2012. Improving post-rainy season sorghum productivity in medium soils: does ideotype breeding hold a clue? Current Science 102 (6): 904-908.

Conference papers (Best 3)

Sanjana Reddy P. 2016. Crossing pattern for the development of rabi sorghum hybrids. Proceedings of National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics, 1-3 February, 2016, UAS Dharwad, Karnataka pp. 55.
Sanjana Reddy P., Ranwah BR, Rajani Verma, Chithra Devi Pandey and Sushil Pandey. 2016. Identification of sorghum germplasm lines suitable for Udaipur district of Rajasthan. Proceedings of National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics, 1-3 February, 2016, UAS Dharwad, Karnataka pp. 230.
Sanjana Reddy P and Sunil Gomashe. 2017. Realization of exploitable heterosis in post rainy sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench): Improving the seed set% in heterotic combinations. Proceedings of 5th National Seminar on Coarse cereals development- challenges and opportunities in the country, 20-21 March, 2016, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana pp. 125-130.

Books:

Sanjana Reddy P. and Patil JV. 2015. Genetic enhancement of rabi sorghum: Adapting the Indian Durras. Elsevier Publications. 239pp.

Book chapter:

Sanjana Reddy P, Bhagwat VR, Shyam Prasad G, and Tonapi VA. 2017. Breeding for Insect Resistance in Sorghum and Millets In: Breeding Insect Resistant Crops for Sustainable Agriculture (Arora R and Sandhu S, eds.), Springer publications, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. pp. 231-264 (ISBN 978-981-10-6055-7, ISBN 978-981-10-6056-4 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-6056-4) pp. 231-264.
Sanjana Reddy, P. 2017. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). In: Millets and Sorghum: Biology and Genetic Improvement (ed. JV. Patil) ISBN: 978-1-119-12305-7, Wiley-Blackwell p 1-48.
Sanjana Reddy, P. 2017. Pearl Millet, Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. In: Millets and Sorghum: Biology and Genetic Improvement (ed. JV. Patil) ISBN: 978-1-119-12305-7, Wiley-Blackwell p 49-86.