Name: Dr. Jagadish Rane

Designation: Principal Scientist & I/c Head

Date of Birth: 22.07.1964

Area of Specialization: Crop Physiology; Application of noninvasive tools and techniques to quantify plant responses to soil moisture deficit, high temperature, waterlogging and other abiotic stresses, organizing experimental data to decipher genetic variation in  plant responses to stress; Designing phenotyping solutions to identify genes/QTLs associated with abiotic stress tolerance; Search for alternate crops for drought prone areas as an adaptation strategy; Application of phenomics tools for identification of appropriate bioregulators which can mitigate stresses in plants.

Email Id: jagadish.rane@icar.gov.in

Mobile: +91-9404684508; Phone: 02112-254057, Fax: 02112-254056

Education

Professional History

Publications

Published more than 70 research publications including research articles in national and international journals, review papers, edited book, book chapters, popular articles, technical bulletins. h-index 15, i10-index 19 with more than 1524 citations in international literature.

Publications List

• Uga Y, Sugimoto K, Ogawa S, Rane J, Ishitani M, Hara N, Kitomi Y, Inukai Y, Ono K, Kanno N, Inoue H. Control of root system architecture by DEEPER ROOTING 1 increases rice yield under drought conditions. Nature genetics. 2013 Sep; 45(9):1097.
• Nair RM, Pandey AK, War AR, Hanumantharao B, Shwe T, Alam AK, Pratap A, Malik SR, Karimi R, Mbeyagala EK, Douglas CA, Rane J. Biotic and Abiotic Constraints in Mungbean Production—Progress in Genetic Improvement. Frontiers in plant science 2019; 10.
• Govindasamy V, George P, Aher L, Ramesh SV, Thangasamy A, Anandan S, Raina SK, Kumar M, Rane J, Annapurna K, Minhas PS. Comparative conventional and phenomics approaches to assess symbiotic effectiveness of Bradyrhizobia strains in soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) to drought. Scientific reports. 2017; 7(1):6958.
• Setter TLI, Waters SK, Sharma KN, Singh N, Kulshreshtha  NPS, Yaduvanshi PC, Ram BN, Singh J, Rane J, et al,. Review of Wheat Improvement for Waterlogging Tolerance in Australia and India: The Importance of Anaerobiosis and Element Toxicities Associated with Different Soils. Annals of Botany 2009; 103: 221–235
• Rane J, Sharma D, Ekatpure S, Aher L, Kumar M, Prasad SV, Nankar AN, Singh NP. Relative tolerance of photosystem II in spike, leaf, and stem of bread and durum wheat under desiccation. Photosynthetica 2019; 57(4):1100-8.
• Hebbar KB, Rane J, Ramana S, Panwar NR, Ajay S, Rao AS, Prasad PV. Natural variation in the regulation of leaf senescence and relation to N and root traits in wheat. Plant and soil. 2014; 378(1-2): 99-112.
• Govindasamy V, George P, Kumar M, Aher L, Raina SK, Rane J, Annapurna K, Minhas PS. Multi-trait PGP rhizobacterial endophytes alleviate drought stress in a senescent genotype of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. 3 Biotech 2020; 10(1):13.
• Taria S, Rane J, Alam B, Kumar M, Babar R, Anuragi H, Rajarajan K, Singh NP. Combining IR imaging, chlorophyll fluorescence and phenomic approach for assessing diurnal canopy temperature dynamics and desiccation stress management in Azadirachta indica and Terminalia mantaly. Agroforestry Systems. 2019; 7:1-1
• Rane J, Pannu RK, Sohu VS, Saini RS, Mishra B, Shoran J, Crossa J, Vargas M, Joshi AK. Performance of yield and stability of advanced wheat genotypes under heat stress environments of the Indo-Gangetic plains. Crop science. 2007; 47(4):1561-73.
• Rane J, Singh AK, George P, Govindasamy V, Cukkemane A, Raina SK, Chavan MP, Aher L, Sunoj VJ, Singh NP. Effect of Cow Urine-Based Bioformulations on Growth and Physiological Responses in Mungbean Under Soil Moisture Stress Conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 2019; 18:1-11.

Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions

• Scientist member of outstanding staff for the year 2009, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
• Received Crawford Fund of Australia Training in the year 2011
• Best Scientist award (2018-19) of  ICAR-NIASM
• Agriculture Innovation Award (2020)
• Fellow of Society for Advancement of Wheat Research

Member of Professional bodies

• Member of Crop Science Society of America (2003-2019)
• Member of Agronomy Society of America (2011)
• Member of International Research Scientist, CIAT(2007-2011)
• Member of Expert Work Group for Wheat Phenotyping, Wheat International
• Member of Indian Science Congress Agri and Forestry (Life member)
• Member of Indian Society for Plant Physiology
• Member of Society for Advancement of Wheat Research
• Editorial member of Journal Indian Society for Plant Physiology
• Member of Board of Studies Agricultural Botany, MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra
• Member of Board of Studies Biochemistry, MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra
• Member of Research Advisory Council, Agricultural Botany, MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra
• Member of Institute Management Committee, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA, IIRR), Hyderabad
• Member of Institute Management Committee, Central Arid Zone Research Centre (CAZRI), Jodhpur
• Member of Institute Management Committee, Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad
• Member of Institute Management Committee, National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (NIBSM), Raipur
• Member of Institute Management Committee, Central Coastal Agricultural Research (CCARI), Goa
• Member of Institute Management Committee, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal