Selected Publications of NARI staff - Agricultural Research

Papers

1999-2000

- Nimbkar, C. 2000. A village goat cross-breeding project in Maharashtra, India. International Committee of Animal Recording. Technical Series No. 3; Workshop on Developing Breeding Strategies for Lower Input Animal Production Environments. Bella, Italy. 22-25 September 1999. Ed. S. Galal, J. Boyazoglu and K. Hammond. pp. 435-444.

- Singh, Vrijendra and Deshmukh, S. R. 1999. Safflower production : Present state and future (Marathi), Baliraja. 30 (9) : 18-22.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Deshpande, M. B., Galande, M. K., Deshmukh, S. R. and Nimbkar, N. 2000. Current status of research and development in safflower hybrid in India. In : Extended Summaries, National Seminar on Oilseeds and Oils Research and Development Needs in the Millennium. 2-4 February 2000. Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad. p. 62.

2000-01

- Ghalsasi, P. M. and Nimbkar, C. 2000. A study on the prophylaxis of lumber paralysis caused by cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats. In : Proceedings 7th International Conference on Goats, 15-18 May 2000, Tours, France. Tome II. p. 853.

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Nimbkar, B. 2000. Crossbreeding with the Boer goat to improve economic returns from smallholders’ goats in India. In : Proceedings 7th International Conference on Goats, 15-18 May 2000, Tours, France. Tome II. pp. 551-553.

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Walkden-Brown, S. W., Kahn, L. P., and Gray, G. D. 2000. A comparison of the growth performance and worm resistance of lambs produced by diallel crossing of three Indian sheep breeds. In : Proceedings of 9th Congress of the AAAP and 23rd Biennial Conference of the ASAP. 3-7 July, 2000, Sydney, Australia. Vol. B, pp. 72-75.

2001-02

- Singh, Vrijendra, Deshpande, M. B. and Nimbkar, N. 2000. Potential for commercial exploitation of hybrid vigour for flower yield in safflower and popularization of safflower flowers as herbal health tea. Souvenir-Cum-Abstract. National Seminar on the Frontiers of Research and Development in Medicinal Plants. 16-18 September 2000. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences (JMAPS). 22. Supplement-1, 2000. CIMAP, Lucknow. p. 8.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Galande, M. K., Deshpande, M. B. and Nimbkar, N. 2001. Inheritance of wilt (Fusarium oxysporum sp. carthami) resistance in safflower. In : Proceedings Vth International Safflower Conference Williston, North Dakota and Sidney, Montana, USA, 23-27 July 2001. pp. 127-131.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Galande, M. K., Deshpande, M. B. and Nimbkar, N. 2001. Identification of male sterile cytoplasm in safflower. In : Proceedings Vth International Safflower Conference Williston, North Dakota and Sidney, Montana, USA, 23-27 July 2001. pp. 123-126.

- Singh, Vrijendra and Nimbkar, N. 2001. The studies on nature of anthocyanin pigmentation and its inheritance in relation to genetic male sterility in safflower. Diamond Jubilee Symp. On Hundred Years of Post-Mendelian Genetics and Plant Breeding Retrospects and Prospects, 6-9 November 2001. IARI, New Delhi. pp. 149-150.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Nimbkar, N. and Rajvanshi, A. K. 2001. Safflower research and development at Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI). In : Proceedings Vth International Safflower Conference Williston, North Dakota and Sidney, Montana, USA, 23-27 July 2001. pp. 117-121.

2002-03

- Nimbkar, C. 2002. Gains from Garole – the ‘wonder’ sheep of West Bengal. Partners in Research for Development. ACIAR 15 : 31-36.

- Nimbkar, C. and Ghalsasi, P. M. 2002. Incidence of facial eczema in sheep in Phaltan taluka, Maharashtra state. Invited Papers and Abstracts, V Seminar of the Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization (ISSGPU), Jaipur, India, 30-31 December, 2002. pp. 156-157.

- Nimbkar, N. Safflower rediscovered. Times Agricultural Journal. Nov.-Dec. 2002. pp. 32-36.

- Sastry, R. Kalpana, Chattopadhyay, C., Singh, Vrijendra and Hegde, D. M. 2002. Integrated management of safflower wilt using host resistance, cultural and chemical measures. J. Mycol. Pl. Pathol. 32 (2) : 189-193.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Rathod, D. R., Deshpande, M. B., Deshmukh, S. R. and Nimbkar, N. 2003. Breeding for wilt resistance in safflower. In : Extended Summaries, National Seminar on Stress Management in Oilseeds for Attaining Self-Reliance in Vegetable Oils. 28-30 January, 2003. Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad. pp. 368-370.

2003-04

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Maddox, J. F., Pardeshi, V. C., Sainani, M. N., Gupta, V. and Walkden-Brown, S. W. 2003. Expression of the FecB gene in Garole and crossbred ewes in Maharashtra, India. In : ‘50 years of DNA’, Proceedings the Fifteenth Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Melbourne, Australia. pp. 111-114.

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Swan, A. A., Walkden-Brown S. W. and Kahn, L. P. 2003. Evaluation of growth rates and resistance to nematodes of Deccani and Bannur lambs and their crosses with Garole. Animal Science, 76 : 503-515.

- Nimbkar, N. and Rajvanshi, Anil K. Sweet sorghum ideal for biofuel, Seed World. Vol. 14, No. 8, November 2003.

- Nimbkar, N. Singh, Vrijendra and Deshmukh, S. R. 2003. For bumper crop of safflower non-spiny variety NARI-6 and non-spiny hybrid NARI-NH-1 released by the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute. (Marathi) Mahabeej Varta. 3 (4) : 10-14.

- Raebild, A., Graudal, L. and Nimbkar, N. 2003. Evaluation of an Acacia aneura provenance trial at Phaltan, India. Trial no. 19 in the arid zone series. Results and Documentation No. 22. Danida Forest Seed Center. Humlebaek, Denmark.

- Raebild, A., Graudal, L. and Nimbkar, N. 2003. Evaluation of a Prosopis species and provenance trial at Phaltan, India. Trial no. 20 in the arid zone series. Results and Documentation No. 23. Danida Forest Seed Center. Humlebaek, Denmark.

- Singh, V., Deshpande, M. B. and Nimbkar, N. 2003. NARI-NH-1 : The first non-spiny hybrid safflower released in India. Sesame and Safflower Newsletter. 18 : 77-79.

2004-05

- Nimbkar, N. and Akade, Jitendra. 2004. Sweet-stalk sorghum for alcohol production. Marathi daily Sakal (Pragati). P. 1, dated December

- Nimbkar, N., Singh, Vrijendra, Deshpande, M. B. and Deshmukh, S. R. 2004. Non-spiny safflower. Marathi daily Sakal (Pragati). P. 4, dated September 29. 2004.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Deshpande, M. B., Choudhary, S. V. and Nimbkar, N. 2004. Correlation and path coefficient analysis in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Sesame and Safflower Newsletter. 19 : 77-81.

2005-06

- Nimbkar, B.V. 2005. Hair sheep. Current Science : 89(2) : 242.

- Nimbkar, C and Nimbkar, B. V. 2006. Status and prospects of commercial sheep farming in India. In Souvenir-cum-Proceedings of the National Workshop-cum-Seminar on “Commercial Goat and Sheep Farming and Marketing : Farmer-Industry-Researcher Interface” held at the Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, U.P. on 4-5 March, 2006. Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization. pp. 31-34.

- Nimbkar, C. 2005. Importance of genetic resistance to gastro-intestinal nematodes in sheep in developing countries with special reference to the Garole breed. Proceedings FAO Symposium on “Integrated Animal Parasite Management : From Academic Interest to Reality” held at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India. 8 December, 2005. Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. 34-40.

- Pardeshi, V. C., Sainani, M. N., Maddox, J. F., Ghalsasi, P. M., Nimbkar, C. and Gupta, V. S. 2005. Assessing the role of FecB mutation in productivity of Indian Sheep. Current Science. 89 (5) : 887-890

- Singh, Vrijendra. 2005. Status of safflower improvement in India. In : Proceedings VIth International Safflower Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 6-10 June 2005. pp. xiii-xv.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Deshpande, M. B. and Nimbkar, N. 2005. Polyembryony in safflower and its role in crop improvement. In : Proceedings VIth International Safflower Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 6-10 June 2005. pp. 14-20.

- Singh, Vrijendra, Nimbkar, N. and Deshmukh, S. R. 2005. First non-spiny safflower hybrid in India : NARI-NH-1. (Marathi) Baliraja. p. 71.

2006-07

- Ghalsasi, P. M., Ghalsasi, P. P. and Nimbkar, C. 2006. Reduced time duration of efficacy of a long acting anthelmintic in sheep and goats. In “Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities in Veterinary Parasitology”. Proceedings of the XVII National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology and National Symposium. Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kurumbapet, Puducherry, India. 15-17 November, 2006. pp. 112-113.

- Ghalsasi, P. M. and Nimbkar, C. 2006. Experiences of assessment and control of bluetongue in Satara district in Maharashtra. In Lead papers and Abstracts of National Seminar on “Strategies for control of bluetongue” held at College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. 24-25 May, 2006. p. 122.

- Ghalsasi, P. M. and Nimbkar, C. 2006. Use of new reproductive technologies in sheep and goats under field conditions. In Souvenir of National Seminar of the Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization (ISSGPU) on “Innovations and Recent Advances in Reproduction for Augmenting Small Ruminant Production”. Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India. 28-30 December, 2006. pp. 239-243.

- Ghalsasi P. M. and Nimbkar C. 2007. Experiences of assessment and control of bluetongue in Phaltan Maharashtra. In : Souvenir of National Seminar of the Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization (ISSGPU) on “Emerging diseases of small ruminants and their containment under WTO regime”. Central Institute for Research on Goats. Makhdoom, UP, India. 3-5 February, 2007. pp. 40-41.

- Nimbkar C. 2006. Conservation of livestock biodiversity. In “Animal Genetic Resources and Conservation” Compendium of lectures of biodiversity awareness workshop held at National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India. 22-23 April, 2006. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, India. pp. 108-112.

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Chavan, K. M., Nalawade, M. H., Walkden-Brown, S. W., Gupta, V. S., Pardeshi, V. C. and van der Werf, J.H.J. 2006. Lamb production by FecB heterozygous carrier and non-carrier ewes in smallholder flocks in Maharashtra State of India. Proceedings the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. August 13-18, 2006. CD-ROM Communication No. 04-03.

- Nimbkar C., Ghalsasi, P. M. and Nimbkar B. V. 2007. Genetic improvement of Deccani sheep for increased profit. Paper submitted for the Proceedings of the Seminar on “Sustainable Use and Conservation of the Deccani Sheep (Meat and Wool)” Anthra, Hyderabad, India. February 20-22, 2007.

- Nimbkar, N. and Nimbkar, C. 2006. ‘Globalization and agricultural research’ (Marathi). In a special issue on ‘Globalization and Agricultural Development’ published by Vanarai magazine. November.

- Singh, V., Akade, J. H., and Nimbkar, N. 2007. Existence of apomixis in safflower. In : Extended Summaries, National Seminar on Changing Global Vegetable Oils Scenario- Issues and challenges before India. 29-31 January, 2007. Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad. pp. 110-111.

2007-08

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Nimbkar, B. V., Walkden-Brown, S. W., Maddox, J. F., Gupta, V. S., Pardeshi, V. C., Ghalsasi, P. P. and van der Werf, J. H. J. 2007. Reproductive performance of Indian crossbred Deccani ewes carrying the FecB mutation. Proceedings the Seventeenth Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Armidale, Australia, 23-26 September 2007. 17 : 430-433.

- Nimbkar C., Ghalsasi P. M., Walkden–Brown S. W. 2007. Harnessing genetics to increase sheep production on the Deccan plateau. South Asia Newsletter of Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). July. P. 1-3.

- Nimbkar, C., Gibson, J., Okeyo, M., Boettcher, P. and Soelkner, J. 2008. Sustainable use and genetic improvement. Animal Genetic Resources Information. Special issue : Scientific forum of Interlaken Conference. 42 : 49-65.

Books / booklets

2002-03

- Hegde, D. M., Singh, Vrijendra and Nimbkar, N. 2002. Safflower. P. 199-221. In : Genetic Improvement of Field Crops (Singh C. B. and Khare D. eds.). Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur.

- Hegde, D. M., Singh, Vrijendra and Nimbkar, N. 2003. Safflower. P. 73-92. In : Hybrid Seed Production in Field Crops. Principles and Practices. (Singhal, N. C. ed.). Kalyani Publishers (India), New Delhi.

- Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M. and Pawar B. 2002. Shelya-mendhyanmadhil janta pradurbhawa wa tyawareel pratibandhatmak upay (Preventive measures for gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep and goats). NARI Animal Husbandry Division Marathi Booklet. p. 12.

2004-05

- A booklet in Marathi “A new approach to increasing profits from sheep rearing” (Mendhi palanatla phayda vadhavnyacha ek nava marg) was published in January 2005. It was prepared to give information about the discovery and introduction of FecB gene in Deccani sheep and achievements of ACIAR-funded projects 1994/22 and 2002/38.

- A Marathi booklet on “Importance of colostrum in kid and lamb rearing” (Pillanchya sangopanat chikache mahatwa) was published in February 2005.

- Rajvanshi, Anil K. “Nature of Human Thought”, November 2004, Published by Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute. Pgs. 103.

2005-06

- A booklet “Harnessing genetics to increase meat production from sheep”. June 2005. It was prepared to give information about the discovery of the FecB gene, its introduction into Deccani sheep and achievements of ACIAR projects 1994/22 and 2002/38.

- Nimbkar, C., Pardeshi, V. C. and Ghalsasi, P. M. 2005. Evaluation of the utility of the FecB gene to improve the productivity of Deccani sheep in Maharashtra, India. P. 145-154. In : Applications of gene-based technologies for improving animal production and health in developing countries (Makkar H. P. S. and Viljoen G. J. eds.). FAO-IAEA. Springer.

2006-07

- Anon. Boer and Damascus goats for improvement of local goats. November 2006. Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute. 8 p.

- Bluetongue disease in sheep and goats. 2006. Marathi booklet released at the time of the Seminar of shepherds held at Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, Animal Husbandry Division, Phaltan on 8 November 2006. 13 p.

- Singh, Vrijendra and Nimbkar, N. 2007. Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) P. 167-194. In : Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement. Volume 4 : Oilseed Crops (Singh, Ram J., ed.) CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.

2007-08

- Anon. First aid treatment in goats and sheep. (Shelya-mendhyanmadheel prathamoapchar). Marathi booklet. October 2007. Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute. 9 p.

- Rajvanshi Anil K. 2007. 1970’s America – An Indian Student’s Journey. Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, Phaltan. pp. 166.

Reports

1999-2000

- Rajvanshi, A. K., “Electric rickshaw development”, Final Project Report submitted to Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES), New Delhi, June 2000. pgs.

2002-03

- Rajvanshi, A. K., “Development, demonstration and performance evaluation of battery operated cycle rickshaw”, Final Project Report submitted to MNES, New Delhi, June 2002. Pgs. 34.

2003-04

- Rajvanshi, A. K., “Technology development for safflower petal collection”, Final Project Report Submitted to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, July 2003. pgs. 70.

2004-05

- Nimbkar, N., Singh, Vrijendra and Akade, Jitendra. “Developing sorghum as an efficient biomass and bioenergy crop and providing value addition to the rain damaged kharif grain for creating industrial demand”. Final Project Report submitted to National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS) and Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad. February 2005. pgs. 84.

- Rajvanshi, A. K., “Solar Catalyzed Chemo-Oxidation of Distillery Waste”, Final Project Report submitted to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), New Delhi, April 2004. pgs. 127.

- Singh, Vrijendra. “Identification of early plant growth male sterility marker in existing GMS systems and search for cytoplasmic genetic source of male sterility in safflower”., Final Project Report submitted to ICAR, New Delhi. March 2005. pgs. 61.

2006-07

- Rajvanshi, A. K., “Development of ethanol stoves for rural areas”, Final Project Report submitted to MNRE, New Delhi, May 2006. pgs. 119.

- Singh, V., Kolekar, N. M. and Nimbkar, N. “Biometrical investigations of flower yield and its components and their maximization in safflower”. Final Project Report submitted to ICAR, New Delhi. July 2006. pgs. 106.