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Nese Sreenivasulu

International Rice Research Institute, Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), The University of Western Australia

Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science · Food composition and properties · Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals · Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3998-038X
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Dr. Nese Sreenivasulu is a Principal Scientist at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). He has 20 years of research experience in plant functional genomics, grain quality, and nutrition. He is a Research Unit Leader of the Consumer-driven Grain Quality and Nutrition Research Unit. He coordinates the IRRI-India Research program. During 2013-2017, he was employed as Head of the Grain Quality and Nutrition Center at IRRI. During this tenure, he provided the scientific leadership for IRRI’s research on rice grain quality (higher milling recovery, sensory, cooking, and nutritional qualities). Previously he led the research group Abiotic Stress Genomics group of IZN at IPK addressing the molecular mechanisms of stability of seed yield under drought. He holds an Adjunct Professorship position at the University of Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) and De La Salle University in the Philippines and also holds an adjunct position in the School of Plant Biology at the University of Western Australia.

References to scientific programs:
http://irri.org/about-us/our-organization/grain-quality-and-nutrition-center

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Projects & Funding

  • Improving the nutritional value and digestibility of rice to address double burden malnutrition in the Philippines and Thailand Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2020 - 2023
  • Field efficacy trials in the Philippines for Pheromones against rice stem borers Provivi
    2018 - 2018
  • Predicting cooking and eating quality ideotypes through modeling and marker discovery Corteva Agriscience
    2017 - 2022
  • Breeding for low chalk in rice Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    2017 - 2018
  • Reducing impacts of high night temperature on rice harvests and farmers livelihoods in South Asia and South East Asia Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
    2017 - 2020
  • Establishment of Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition under IRRI South Asian Regional Centre in Vranasi Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India
    2017 - 2022
  • Enhanced rice quality for health (EnRicH) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2016 - 2018
  • Enhanced cooking quality of rice Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
    2016 - 2019
  • Stress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia (STRASA, Phase III) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    2014 - 2019
  • Identification and validation of functional markers from diverse germplasm to reduce chalk in rice breeding materials Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    2014 - 2016
  • IRRI-ICAR collaborative work program sub project: Slower digesting rice varieties Indian Council of Agricultural Research
    2013 - 2017
  • Developing drought sustainable genotypes with improved seed yield and quality suitable for malting (InnoGRAIN-MALT) Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    2012 - 2014
  • Developing stress tolerant barley lines with improved seed set and yield during anthesis” (SEED-SET) Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
    2011 - 2014
  • From QTLs to Variety: pyramiding major drought-responsive QTLs for sustainable rice yields in Asia and Africa Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
    2011 - 2013
  • Developing sustainable transgenic crop plants for drought or a combination of drought and heat stress by manipulating ABA signaling and Ascorbate- Glutathione pathways (PRO-DROUGHT) Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    2010 - 2013
  • Exploring yield enhancement genes influencing grain number and seed growth under drought Kultusministerium Sachsen Anhalt
    2010 - 2015
  • Transcriptome based identification of overlapping responses of salt and drought tolerance and comparative genome mapping-tagging of stress responsive genes Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    2008 - 2010
  • SEEDS for the FUTURE: Developing barley lines with improved yield and grain quality under drought stress during seed filling (GABI-GRAIN) Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    2007 - 2010
  • Integrated modelling of the primary metabolism of the developing barley endosperm as influenced by hormonal modulations (GABI-SysSEED) Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    2007 - 2010

Publications (212)