CURRENT POSITION Principal Scientist Assistant Director, Dryland Cereals Research Programs

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1 Vincent VADEZ, Ph.D. Born: 7 th December, 1966, France Address: ICRISAT, Patancheru , Andhra Pradesh, India Tel (91) Ext 2463 (wk), Ext 2682 (home) v.vadez@cgiar.org Nationality: French CURRENT POSITION Principal Scientist Assistant Director, Dryland Cereals Research Programs ICRISAT, International Crops Research institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( Head - Crop Physiology Laboratory, Global Theme Biotechnology Patancheru , Andhra Pradesh, India EDUCATION Ph.D. in Agronomy, National School of Agronomy, Montpellier, France (1996). Master of Science, National School of Agronomy, Montpellier, France (1990). Engineer in Agronomy, National School of Agronomy, Montpellier, France (1990). Bachelor of Arts, Clemenceau College, Reims, France (1987). CAREER DEVELOPMENT Note: For family reason I took a break in my mainstream of research during This gave me the opportunity to engage in socio-economic research 2008-to date: Principal Scientist (Crop Physiology). ICRISAT, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India / Jan-June 2010: Global Theme leader (Biotechnology) (interim). ICRISAT, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India Senior Scientist (Crop Physiology). June 04 December 08. ICRISAT, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India : Project Manager. Bolivia Dec.00 May 04. CID-Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA Post-doctoral Scholar. USDA-ARS, Agronomy Dpt, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA Research Fellow. CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical), Cali, Colombia Junior Research Fellow. National University of Singapore, NUS, lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore Master student. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France).

2 GRANTS 1 PI Department of Science and Technology (government of India): Securing chickpea productivity under contemporary abiotic stresses: improvement of podding and seedfilling under heat, drought and salinity 300,000US$ PI ICRISAT core funding - ICRISAT s Blue Sky Research Scheme: Developing crops with high productivity at high temperatures A focus on plant s Aquaporins 250,000 US$ Co-PI Generation Challenge Program - Improving tropical legume productivity for marginal environments in sub-saharan Africa: Phase II Objective 1: Groudnut 3,350,900 US$ Co-PI - Generation Challenge Program - Improving tropical legume productivity for marginal environments in sub-saharan Africa: Phase II Objective 1: Cross Specie phenotyping 700,000 US$ PI Generation Challenge Program - Ensuring good and relevant phenotypic data to feed molecular breeders: the need for long term training of scientists of NARS Partners 50,000 US$ Co-PI BMZ-GTZ Tackling abiotic production constraints in pearl millet and sorghumbased agricultural systems in the West African Sahel 1,200,000 Euros Co-PI DBT (Department of Biotechnology, Government of India) - Evaluation and characterization of transgenic events of groundnut containing the DREB1A gene for drought tolerance traits under greenhouse and contained field conditions Approx 500,000 US$ PI - ACIAR Improving postrainy sorghum varieties to meet the growing grain and fodder demand in India 1,000,000 Aust $ Co-PI - BMZ-GTZ - Genetic, Physiological, and Molecular Approaches to Improve Heat and Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tomato 999,890 Euros PI - Generation Challenge Program Phenotyping course for drought related traits across tropical legume concepts and practices 118,000 US$ Co-PI Gates Foundation - Improving tropical legume productivity for marginal environments in sub-saharan Africa 9,650,262 US$ PI Generation Challenge Program Enhancing groundnut genetic diversity and speeding its utilization in breeding for improving drought tolerance 10,000 US$ Co-PI - DFID-BBSRC - Integrating genomics and mapping approaches to improve pearl millet productivity in drought prone regions of Africa and Asia. Total budget: 670,742 UK Co-PI Australian Reseach Council - Physiological and molecular characterization of salinity tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). 665,973 Aust $ PI - Council of Grain Growers Organization - Improvement of salinity and boron toxicity tolerance in chickpea. 150,000 Aust $ Co-PI - Generation Challenge Program - Unlocking the genetic diversity in peanut s wild relatives with genomic and genetic tools (Generation CP funding) 897,000 US $

3 17 Co-PI - Generation Challenge Program - Evaluation and deployment of transgenic drought tolerant varieties. 100,000 US $ Co-PI Water and Food Challenge Program - Development of technologies to harness the productivity potential of salt-affected areas of the Indo-Gangetic, Mekong and Nile river basins. 1,627,000 US$ PI International Foundation for Agriculture Research (IFAR) - Identification and field testing of salinity tolerant groundnut in saline areas of India. 20,700 US$ PI BASF - Testing of a fungicide with potential drought alleviation effects on different crops 30,000 US$ PI Rudradram Research Institute for Agriculture Research - Evaluation of various fertilizer products in glasshouse conditions. 60,000 US$ PI USAID-linkage program - Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: The forgotten trait in groundnut tolerance to water deficit 61,500 US$ Co-PI OPEC - Development of salinity tolerant sorghum and pearl millet cultivars for enhanced productivity on saline lands 24 Co-PI - Inter-American Foundation - Improving rural livelihoods and environmental conservation in the Bolivian lowlands through farmer to farmer transmission of knowledge. PI: T. Huanca (Brandeis) $178, Co-PI - National Science Foundation (NSF-Anthropology) - Modernization and its Discontents: Socioeconomic and Biological Influences on Quality of Life.. PI: T. McDade (Northwestern) $150, Co-PI - NSF-Anthropology - New farm technologies and human welfare among the Tsimane Amerindians of Lowland Bolivia. An Experimental Study. PI: W. Leonard (Northwestern) $214, Co-PI - NSF-Anthropology - Modernization and its Discontents: Socioeconomic and Biological Influences on Quality of Life. Preliminary research. PI: W. Leonard (Northwestern) $25, PI - World Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program on Learning and Research on Culture and Poverty - Might culture pay off? Using an experimental design to evaluate the effects of farming innovations and cultural empowerment among lowland Amerindians in Bolivia.. $143, PI - French Academy of Agriculture - Award granted for the PhD dissertation $4, PUBLICATIONS Peer reviewed journals. C * corresponding author / Italics are students/postdocs/scientists in my group /j.fcr Beggi F, Falalou H, Buerkert A and Vadez V* Tolerant pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) varieties to low soil P have higher transpiration efficiency and lower flowering delay than sensitive ones. Plant Soil DOI /s

4 2 Kholová J, Tharanya M, Kaliamoorthy S, Malayee S, Baddam R, Hammer GL, McLean G, Deshpande S, Hash CT, Craufurd PQ and Vadez V Modelling the effect of plant water use traits on yield and stay-green expression in sorghum. Functional Plant Biology 41 (10-11), Blümmel M, Haileslassie A, Samireddypalle A, Vadez V and Notenbaert A Livestock water productivity: feed resourcing, feeding and coupled feed-water resource data bases. Animal Production Science, 54, Anbazhagan K, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Sharma KK, Baddam R,Kavi Kishor PB and Vadez V* Changes in timing of water uptake and phenology favours yield gain in terminal water stressed chickpea AtDREB1A transgenics Functional Plant Biology 5 Pushpavalli R, Zaman-Allah M, Turner NC, Baddam R, Rao MV and Vadez V* Higher flower and seed number leads to higher yield under water stress conditions imposed during reproduction in chickpea Functional Plant Biology 6 Vadez V*, Palta J and Berger J Developing drought tolerant crops: hopes and challenges in an exciting journey Functional Plant Biology, 2014, 41, v vi 7 Awasthi R, Kaushal N, Vadez V, Turner NC, Berger J, Siddique KHM and Nayyar H Individual and combined effects of transient drought and heat stress on carbon assimilation and seed filling in chickpea. Functional Plant Biology, 41, Anbazhagan K, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Vadez V, Dumbala SR, Kavi Kishor PB and Sharma KK DREB1A overexpression in transgenic chickpea alters key traits influencing plant water budget across water regimes. Plant Cell Rep DOI /s z 9 Vadez V* Root hydraulics: the forgotten side of root in drought adaptation. Field Crops Research (in press).doi: /j.fcr Field Crops Research (2014), pp DOI information: /j.fcr Upadhyaya HD, Dwivedi SL, Vadez V, Hamidou F, Singh S, Varshney RK, and Liao B Multiple Resistant and Nutritionally Dense Germplasm Identified from Mini Core Collection in Peanut. Crop Science 54, 1-15 doi: /cropsci Vadez V*, Kholova J, Medina S, Aparna K, Anderberg H Transpiration efficiency: New insights into an old story. Journal of Experimental Botany doi: /jxb/eru Sinclair TR, Marrou H, Soltani A, Vadez V, Chandolu KC Soybean production potential in Africa. Global Food Security, 3, Kakkera A and Vadez V* Seed number and 100-seed weight of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) respond differently to low soil moisture in genotypes contrasting for drought tolerance submitted to Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 14 Hamidou F, Rathore A, Waliyar F, Vadez V* Although drought intensity increases aflatoxin contamination, drought tolerance does not lead to less aflatoxin contamination. Field Crops Research 156, Araújo SS, Beebe S, Crespi M, Delbreil B, González E, Gruber V, Lejeune-Henaut I, Link W, Monteros M, Prats E, Rao I, Vadez V, and Vaz Patto MC Abiotic stress responses in legumes: Strategies used to cope with environmental challenges. Critical Review in Plant Science.

5 16 Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Rao JS, Vadez V, Dumbala SR, Rathore A, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Sharma KK 2013 Transgenic peanut overexpressing the DREB1A transcription factor has higher yields under drought stress Molecular Breeding DOI /s Mei XR, Zhong XL, Vadez V, and Liu XY Improving Water Use Efficiency of Wheat Crop varieties in the North China Plain: Review and Analysis. Journal of Integrative agriculture, 12, Vadez V*, Kholova J, Zaman-Allah M, Belko N Water: the most important molecular component of water stress tolerance research. Functional Plant Biology 40, Upadhyaya HD, Dronavalli N, Dwivedi SL, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Pande S, Sharma HC, Vadez V, Singh S, Varshney RK, and Gowda CLL Mini Core Collection as a Resource to Identify New Sources of Variation. Crop Science 53: doi: /cropsci Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Rao JS, Vadez V, Dumbala SR, Rathore A, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Sharma KK Transgenic peanut overexpressing the DREB1A transcription factor has higher yields under drought stress. Molecular Breeding DOI /s Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi J, Tobita S, Ito O, Upadhyaya HD, Gowda CLL, Gaur PM, Sheshshayee MS, Singh S, Vadez V and Varshney RK Variation in carbon isotope discrimination and its relationship with harvest index in the reference collection of chickpea germplasm. Functional Plant Biology 22 Vadez V*, Kholova J, Yadav RS, Hash CT Small temporal differences in water uptake among varieties of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) are critical for grain yield under terminal drought Plant Soil 371 (1), DOI /s Vadez V*, Soltani A, Sinclair TR Crop simulation analysis of phenological adaptation of chickpea to different latitudes of India. Field Crops Research 146, Kholová J, McLean G, Hammer GL, Vadez V, Craufurd PQ Drought stress characterization of post-rainy sorghum (rabi) in India. Field Crops Research 141, Kholova J, Vadez V* Water extraction under terminal drought explains the genotypic differences in yield, not the anti-oxidants changes in leaves of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) Functional Plant Biology 40, Vadez V*, Soltani A, Krishnamurthy L, Sinclair TR Modelling possible benefit of root related traits to enhance terminal drought adaption of chickpea. Field Crops Research /j.fcr Sinclair TR, Vadez V The future of grain legumes in cropping systems. Crop and Pasture Science 63, Turner NC, Colmer TD, Quealy J, Pushpavalli R, Krishnamurthy L, Kaur J, Singh G, Siddique KHM, Vadez V Salinity tolerance and ion accumulation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) subjected to salt stress. Plant and Soil. DOI /s Belko N, Zaman MA, Diop NN, Cisse N, Ehlers JD, Ndoye O, Zombre G, Vadez V* Restriction of Transpiration Rate under High Vapor Pressure Deficit and Non-limiting Water Conditions is Important for the Terminal Drought Tolerance in Cowpea. Plant Biology (in press) Doi j x

6 30 Leal-Bertioli SCM, Bertioli DJ, Guimarães PM, Pereira TD, Galhardo I, Silva JP, Brasileiro ACM, Vadez V, Oliveira RS, Silva PIT, Araújo ACG The effect of tetraploidization of wild Arachis on leaf anatomy and drought related traits. Environmental and Experimental Botany. In press 31 Vadez V*, Krishnamurthy L, Colmer TD, Turner NC Large number of flowers and tertiary branches increase yields under salt stress in chickpea. European Journal of Agronomy (in press) /j.eja Kholová J, Nepolean T, Hash CT, Supriya A, Rajaram V, Senthilvel S, Kakkera A, Yadav RS, Vadez V* Water saving traits co-map with a major terminal drought tolerance quantitative trait locus in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) Molecular Breeding 30 (3), DOI: /s Belko N, Zaman-Allah M, Diop NN, Cisse N, Ehlers JD, Ndoye O, Zombre G, Vadez V* Lower soil moisture threshold for transpiration decline under water deficit correlates with lower canopy conductance and higher transpiration efficiency in drought tolerant cowpea Functional Plant Biology (in press), /FP Hamidou F, Halilou O, Vadez V* Assessment of groundnut under combined heat and drought stress Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 199, doi: /j x x 35 Vadez V*, Rao JS, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Sharma KK DREB1A promotes root development in deep soil layers and increases water extraction under water stress in groundnut. Plant Biology (in press) doi: /j x 36 Gowda VRP, Henry A, Vadez V, Shashidhar HE, and Serraj R Water uptake dynamics under progressive drought stress in diverse accessions of the OryzaSNP panel of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Functional Plant Biology (in press), 37 Sehgal D, Rajaram V, Armstead IP, Vadez V, Yadav YP, Hash CT, Yadav RS Integration of gene-based markers in a pearl millet genetic map for identification of candidate genes underlying drought tolerance quantitative trait loci BMC Plant Biology, 12:9, doi: / Hamidou F, Ratnakumar P, Halilou O, Mponda O, Kapewa T, Monyo E, Faye I, Ntare BR, Nigam SN, Upadhyaya HD, and Vadez V* Selection of intermittent drought tolerant lines across years and locations in the reference collection of groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L.). Field Crops Research 126, doi: /j.fcr Gautami B, Pandey MK, Vadez V, Nigam SN, Ratnakumar P, Krishnamurthy L, Radhakrishnan T, Gowda MVC, Lakshmi Narasu M, Hoisington DA, Knapp SJ, Varshney RK QTL analysis and consensus genetic map for drought tolerance traits based on three RIL populations of cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Molecular Breeding 30: DOI /s Blummel M, Ratnakumar P, and Vadez V Opportunities for exploiting variations in haulm fodder traits of intermittent drought tolerant lines in a reference collection of groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L.). Field Crops Research 126, doi: /j.fcr Ratnakumar P and Vadez V* Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes tolerant to intermittent drought maintain a high harvest index and have small leaf canopy under stress Functional Plant Biology 38,

7 42 Vadez V*, Krishnamurthy L, Hash CT, Upadhyaya HD, Borrell AK Yield, transpiration efficiency, and water use variations and their relationships in the sorghum reference collection. Crop and Pasture Science, 62 (8) DOI: /CP Craufurd PC, Vadez V, Zaman-Allah M, Jagdish SVK, Prasad PVV, Zaman AM Crop science experiments designed to inform crop modeling. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology doi: /j.agrformet Vadez V*, Deshpande SP, Kholova J, Hammer GL, Borrell AK, Talwar HS, Hash CT Staygreen QTL effects on water extraction and transpiration efficiency in a lysimetric system: Influence of genetic background. Functional Plant Biology 38, Samineni S, Gaur PM, Colmer TD, Krishnamurthy L, Vadez V, Siddique KHM Estimation of genetic components of variation using generation mean analysis for salt tolerance in chickpea. Euphytica. DOI /s Krishnamurthy L, Upadhyaya DH, Saxena KB, Vadez V Variation for temporary waterlogging response within the minicore pigeonpea germplasm. Journal of Agricultural Science. doi: /s Vadez V*, Krishnamurthy L, Mahender T, Varshney RK, Colmer TD, Turner NC, Siddique KMH, Gaur PM Assessment of ICCV2 x JG62 chickpea progenies shows sensitivity of reproduction to salt stress and reveals QTLs for seed yield. Molecular Breeding 30 (1) DOI: /s Zaman-Allah M, Jenkinson D, and Vadez V* A conservative pattern of water use, rather than deep or profuse rooting, is critical for the terminal drought tolerance of chickpea. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, doi: /jxb/err Deokar AA, Kondawar V, Jain PK, Karuppayil SM, Raju NL, Vadez V, Varshney RK, and Srinivasan R Comparative analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) between drought tolerant and susceptible genotypes of chickpea subjected to terminal drought stress. BMC Plant Biology 11: Zaman-Allah M, Jenkinson D, and Vadez V* Chickpea genotypes contrasting for seed yield under terminal drought stress in the field differ for traits related to the control of water use. Functional Plant Biology 38, Devi JM, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Sharma KK, Serraj R, Anwar SY, and Vadez V* Relationships between transpiration efficiency (TE) and its surrogate traits in the rd29a:dreb1a transgenic groundnut). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 197, DOI: /j X x 52 Kholová J, Hash CT, Kocŏvá M, Vadez V* Does the control of reactive oxygen species matter for the terminal drought tolerance of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L.)? Environmental and Experimental Botany. 71, doi: /j.envexpbot Ratnakumar P., Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Rajendrudu G Semi-arid crop responses to atmospheric elevated CO 2. Plant Stress 5, Vadez V*, Warkentin T, Asseng S, Ratnakumar P, Rao KPC, Gaur PM, Munier-Jolain N, Larmure A, Voisin AS, Sharma HC, Krishnamurthy L, Zaman-Allah M Adapting grain legumes to climatic changes: A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. Volume 32, Issue 1, Page DOI: /s Krishnamurthy L, PM Gaur, HD Upadhyaya, NC Turner, TC Colmer, KHM Siddique, Vade z V* Consistent variation across years in salinity resistance in a diverse range of

8 chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 197, doi: /j x x 56 Yadav R.S. Seghal D, and Vadez V Using genetic mapping and genomics approaches in understanding and 1 improving drought tolerance in pearl millet. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, doi: /jxb/erq Ravi K, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Nigam SN, Isobe S, Knapp S, Radhakrishnan T, Gowda MVC, Butterfield M, Varshney RK A comprehensive QTL analysis based on different programmes indicates involvement of several small- effect main and epistatic QTL for drought tolerance in groundnut. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 122, Krishnamurthy L, PM Gaur, Basu PS, Chaturvedi SK, Tripathi S, Vadez V, Rathore A, Varshney RK and Gowda CLL Large genetic variation for heat tolerance in the reference collection of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm. Plant Genetic Resources. 9, Reyes-García V, V Vadez, J. Aragon, T Huanca, P. Jagger The uneven reach of decentralization: A case study among Tsimane indigenous peoples in the Bolivian Amazon. International Political Science Review. 31(2) Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi J., PM Gaur, HD Upadhyaya, Vadez V Sources of tolerance to terminal drought in the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) minicore germplasm. Field Crops Research 119, Karanam PV and Vadez V* Seed coating with phosphorus in pearl millet improves early stage plant vigor and yield in low P fertility soils. Accepted to Experimental Agriculture 46 (04), Blümmel, M., Khan, A.A., Vadez, V., Hash, C.T. and Rai, K.N Variability in stover quality traits in commercial hybrids of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) and grain - stover trait relationships. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, S10: Kholová J, Hash CT, Kumar LK, Yadav RS, Kocŏvá M, Vadez V* 2010 Terminal drought tolerant pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] have high leaf ABA and limit transpiration at high vapor pressure deficit Journal of Experimental Botany 61, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Shridhar Rao J, Vadez V, Sharma KK Transgenic Strategies for Improved Drought Tolerance in Legumes of Semi-Arid Tropics. Journal of Crop Improvement 24, Devi JM, Sinclair TR, Vadez V Genotypic Variation in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) for Transpiration Sensitivity to Atmospheric Vapor Pressure Deficit. Crop Science, 50: Kholová J, Hash CT, Kocŏvá M, V Vadez* 2010 Constitutive water conserving mechanisms are correlated with the terminal drought tolerance of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L.). Journal of Experimental Botany 61, Devi JM, Sinclair TR, Vadez V Genotypic variability among peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) in sensitivity of nitrogen fixation to soil drying. Plant Soil 330, Devi JM, Sinclair TR, Vadez V and Krishnamurthy L Peanut genotypic variation in transpiration efficiency and decrease transpiration during progressive soil drying. Field Crops Research 114,

9 69 Flower TJ, Gaur PM, Gowda CLL, Krishnamurthy L, Samineni S, Vadez V, Varshney R, Siddique KMH, Turner NC, Colmer TC A review of salt sensitivity in chickpea. Plant Cell and Environment doi: /j x. 70 Varshney RK, Hiremath PJ, Lekha P, Kashiwagi J, Balaji J, Deokar AA, Vadez V, Xiao Y, Srinivasan R, Gaur PM, Siddique KHM, Town CD and Hoisington DA A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinityresponsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) BMC Genomics 2009, 10:523 doi: / Ratnakumar P, Vadez V*, Nigam SN & Krishnamurthy L Assessment of transpiration efficiency in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under drought by lysimetric system. Plant Biology 11, Valluru R, Vadez V*, Hash CT, and Padmaja K A minute P application contributes to a better establishment of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum) seedling in P-deficient soils. Soil Use and Management 26, doi: /j x 73 Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Devi JM, Vadez V and Sharma KK Differential antioxidative responses in transgenic peanut bear no relationship to their superior transpiration efficiency under drought stress. Journal of Plant Physiology 166, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Vadez V. Devi JM, Lavanya M, Vani G and Sharma KK Genetic engineering of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with the P5CSF129A gene for osmoregulation with implications on drought tolerance. Molecular Breeding 23: Varshney RK, Mahendar T, Aruna R, Nigam SN, Neelima K, Vadez V and Hoisington DA Extraordinary high allelic diversity in a groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm collection assayed by robust and informative SSR markers. Plant Breeding 128, Varshney RK, Bertioli DJ, Moretzsohn M, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Aruna R, Nigam SN, Moss B, Kannan S, Ravi K, He G, Knapp SJ and Hoisington DA The first SSR-based genetic linkage map for cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 118, Vadez V*, Rao S, Kholova J, Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi J, Ratnakumar P, Sharma KK, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Basu PS Roots research for legume tolerance to drought: Quo vadis? Journal of Food Legumes 21 (2) Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Vadez V, and Sharma KK Transgenic approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in plants: retrospect and prospects Plant Cell Reports, 27: Reyes-García V., V. Vadez, N. Martí, T. Huanca, W.R. Leonard, T. McDade, S. Tanner Local ecological knowledge correlates with cultivar diversity. Evidence from a native Amazonian society. Human Ecology. 36(4): Vadez V, Reyes-Garcia V, Huanca T, and Leonard WR Cash Cropping, Farm Technologies, and Deforestation: What are the Connections? A Model with Empirical Data from the Bolivian Amazon. Human Organization 67(4): Reyes-García V, T McDade, V Vadez, T Huanca, W Leonard, S. Tanner, R Godoy Non-market returns to traditional human capital: Nutritional status and traditional knowledge in a native Amazonian society. Journal of Development Studies. 44 (2): Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Devi JM, Lavanya M, Reddy DS, Vadez V, Serraj R, Yamaguchi- Shinozaki K and Sharma KK Stress-inducible expression of At DREB1A in transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) increases transpiration efficiency under water-limiting conditions. Plant Cell Reports, 26,

10 83 Vadez V*, Rao S, Sharma KK, Bhatnagar Mathur P, and Devi JM DREB1A allows for more water uptake in groundnut by a large modification in the root/shoot ratio under water deficit. International Arachis Newsletter, 27, Krishnamurthy L, Vadez V*, Devi JM, Serraj R, Nigam SN, Sheshshayee MS, Chandra S, and Aruna R Variation in transpiration efficiency and its related traits in a groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) mapping population. Field Crops Research, 103, Srivastava N, Vadez V*, Krishnamurthy L, Saxena KB, Nigam SN and Rupakula A Standardization of a screening technique for salinity tolerance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Indian Journal of Crop Science, Vol 2 (1), Vadez V*, Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi JW, Kholova J, Devi JM, Sharma KK, Bhatnagar- Mathur P, Hoisington DA, Hash CT, Bidinger FR, and Keatinge JDH Exploiting the functionality of root systems for dry, saline, and nutrient deficient environments in a changing climate. J. SAT Agric Res Vol 4 (Special Symposium edition) 87 Vadez V*, L Krishnamurthy, PM Gaur, HD Upadhyaya, DA Hoisington, RK Varshney, NC Turner, KHM Siddique Large variation in salinity tolerance is explained by differences in the sensitivity of reproductive stages in chickpea. Field Crop Research 104, Sinclair TR, Purcell LC, King CA, Sneller CH, Chen P, and Vadez V Drought tolerance and yield increase of soybean resulting from improved symbiotic N2 fixation. Field Crops Research 101, Godoy, RA., V. Reyes-García, V. Vadez, WR. Leonard, E. Byron How well do foragers protect food consumption? Panel evidence from a native Amazonian society in Bolivia. Human Ecology. 35 (6): Reyes-Garcıa V, Vadez V, Tanner S, Huanca T, Leonard WR and McDade T Ethnobotanical Skills and Clearance of Tropical Rain Forest for Agriculture: A Case Study in the Lowlands of Bolivia. Ambio, 36 (5) Godoy R, DS Wilkie, V Reyes-García, WR Leonard, T Huanca, TW McDade, V Vadez, S Tanner Human body-mass index (kg/m2) as a useful proxy to assess the relation between income and wildlife consumption in poor rural societies. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15 (14): Reyes-García V, N. Marti, T.W. McDade, S. Tanner, V. Vadez 2007 Concepts and methods in studies measuring individual ethnobotanical knowledge. Journal of Ethnobiology. 27(2) Reyes-García V, V Vadez, T Huanca, WR Leonard, TW McDade Economic development and local ecological knowledge: a deadlock? Data from a native Amazonian society. Human Ecology. 35(3): Srivastava N, Vadez V*, Upadhyaya HD, and Saxena KB Screening for intra and inter specific variability for salinity tolerance in Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) and its related wild species. J. SAT Agric. Res. Vol 2 pp Kulkarni V.N., Rai K.N., Dakheel A., Mohammed Ibrahim, Hebbara M., Vadez V Pearl millet germplasm adapted to saline conditions. International Sorghum and Millet Newsletter 47,

11 96 Godoy R, WR Leonard, V Reyes-García, E Goodman, TW McDade, T Huanca, S Tanner, V Vadez 2006 Physical stature of adult Tsimane' Amerindians, Bolivian Amazon in the 20th century. Economics and Human Biology 4(2): Reyes-García V, V Vadez, S Tanner, T Huanca, WR Leonard, TW McDade 2006 Evaluating indices of traditional ecological knowledge. A methodological contribution. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2: Godoy R, V Reyes-García, TW McDade, S Tanner, WR Leonard, T Huanca, V Vadez, K Patel 2006 Why do mothers favor girls and fathers boys? A hypothesis and a test of investment disparity. Human Nature 17(2): Reyes-García V, T Huanca, V Vadez, WR Leonard, D Wilkie Cultural, practical, and economic value of wild plants: A quantitative study in the Bolivian Amazon. Economic Botany 60 (1): Reyes-García V, R Godoy, V Vadez, T Huanca, WR Leonard, TW McDade Individual and group incentives to invest in prosociality: A empirical study in the Bolivian Amazon. Journal of Anthropological Research 62(1): Reyes-García V, R Godoy, V Vadez, T Huanca, WR Leonard, TW McDade Individual and group incentives to invest in prosociality: A empirical study in the Bolivian Amazon. Journal of Anthropological Research 62(1): Vadez V*, Srivastava N, Krishnamurthy L, Aruna R, Nigam SN Standardization of a protocol to screen salinity tolerance in groundnut. International Arachis Newsletter 25, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Serraj R, Upadhyaya HD, Krishna SH, Chandra S, & Vade z V Genetic variability of drought-avoidance root traits in the mini-core germplasm collection of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Euphytica 146, Godoy R, E Byron, V Reyes-García, V Vadez, WR Leonard, L Apaza, T Huanca, E Pérez, D Wilkie Income inequality and adult nutritional status: Anthropometric evidence from a pre-industrial society in the Bolivian Amazon. Social Science and Medicine 61(5): Godoy R., V. Reyes-García, E. Byron, W. Leonard, V. Vadez The effect of market economies on the well-being of indigenous peoples and on their use of natural resources. Annual Review of Anthropology 34: Reyes-García V., V. Vadez, E. Byron, L. Apaza, W. Leonard, E. Pérez, D. Wilkie Market economy and the loss of ethnobotanical knowledge: Estimates from Tsimane Amerindians, Bolivia. Current Anthropology. 46(4) 107 Vadez, V., Reyes-García V., Godoy R., Byron E., Apaza L., Leonard W.R., Pérez E., Wilkie D Does integration to the market homogenize agriculture? Evidence from Tsimane Amerindians. Human Ecology, 32(5) Reyes-Garcia, V., Byron E., Godoy R., Vadez V., Apaza L., Pérez E., Leonard W.R., Wilkie D Measuring culture as shared knowledge: Do data collection formats matters? Cultural knowledge of plant uses among the Tsimane' Amerindians of Bolivia. Field Methods 16(2), Vadez, V., Reyes-García V., Godoy R., Williams L., Apaza L., Byron E., Huanca T., Leonard W.R., Pérez E., and Wilkie D Validity of self-reports to measure deforestation: Evidence from the Bolivian lowlands. Field Methods 15:3:

12 110 Reyes-García, V., Godoy R., V. Vadez, Apaza L., Byron E., Huanca T., Leonard W.R., Pérez E., and Wilkie D Is ethnobotanical knowledge held communally? Evidence from Bolivian Amerindians. Science vol 299, Godoy, R., Overman H., Demmer J., Apaza L., Byron E., Huanca T., Leonard W.R., Pérez E., Reyes-García V., Vadez V., Wilkie D., Cubas A., McSweeney K., Brokaw N Local financial benefits of rain forests: Comparative evidence from Amerindian societies in Bolivia and Honduras. Ecological Economics 40: Kirby, K., Godoy R., Reyes-García V., Byron E., Apaza L., Leonard W.R., Pérez E., Vadez V., Wilkie D Correlates of delay-discount rates: Evidence from Tsimane Amerindians of the Bolivian rain forest. Journal of Economic Psychology 23, Apaza, L., Wilkie D., Byron E., Huanca T., Leonard W.R., Pérez E, Reyes-García V., Vadez V., Godoy G Role of meat prices in household consumption of bushmeat among the Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia. Oryx, 36 (4), Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Devi MJ, Serraj R, K Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Vadez V and Sharma KK Evaluation of transgenic groundnut lines under water limited conditions, International Arachis Newsletter 24, Sinclair, T.R., Vadez V., and Chenu K Ureide Accumulation in Response to Mn Nutrition by Eight Soybean Genotypes with N2 Fixation Tolerance to Soil Drying. Crop Science 43(2): Sinclair, T.R. and Vadez V Physiological traits for crop yield improvement in low N and P environment. Plant and Soil. 245 (1), Obaton, M., Bouniols A., Piva G. and Vadez V Are Bradyrhizobium japonicum stable during a long stay in soil. Plant and Soil 245: Vadez, V. and Sinclair T.R Sensitivity of N 2 Fixation Traits in Soybean Cultivar Jackson to Manganese Crop Science.42: Vadez, V. and Drevon J.-J Genotypic variability in phosphorus use efficiency for symbiotic N2 fixation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Agronomie, Serraj, R., Vadez V., and Sinclair T.R Feedback regulation of symbiotic N 2 fixation under drought stress. Agronomie 21, Vadez, V. and Sinclair T.R Effect of varying soil Mn availability on ureide degradation in soybean leaves. Soil and Crop Society of Florida. 122 Vadez, V. and Sinclair T.R Leaf ureide degradation and the N 2 fixation tolerance to water deficit in soybean. Journal of Experimental Botany, 52 (354): Vadez, V., Sinclair T.R. and Serraj R Asn and ureide accumulation in nodules and shoots as feedback inhibitors of N 2 fixation in soybean. Physiologia Plantarum, 110: Sinclair, T.R., Purcell L.C., Vadez V., Serraj R., King C.A., Nelson, R Identification of soybean genotypes with N 2 fixation tolerance to water deficits. Crop Science, 40 (6): Vadez, V. and Sinclair T.R Ureide degradation pathways in intact soybean leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany, 51 (349): Vadez, V., Sinclair T.R., Serraj R. and Purcell L.C Manganese application alleviates the water deficit-induced decline of N 2 fixation. Plant Cell and Environment, 23: Vadez, V., Beck D.P. and Drevon J.-J Screening of genetic variability for N 2 -fixation

13 under P deficiency in type III and type IV common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Euphytica 106: Serraj, R., Vadez V., Denison R.F. and Sinclair T.R Ureides decrease acetylene reduction activity and nodule permeability to oxygen in soybean. Plant Physiology,119, Vadez, V., Beck D.P. and Drevon J.-J Utilization of the acetylene reduction assay to screen for tolerance of symbiotic N 2 -fixation to limiting P nutrition in common bean. Physiologia Plantarum. 99, Vadez, V., Rodier F., Payré H. and Drevon J.-J Nodule permeability to O 2 and nitrogenase-linked respiration in common bean genotypes varying in their tolerance to P deficiency. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 34, Vadez, V., Lim G., Durand P., Diem H.G Comparative growth and symbiotic performances of four Acacia mangium provenances from Papua New-Guinea in response to P supply at various concentrations. Biology and Fertility of Soils 19, Under review * corresponding author submitted full draft ready 132 Kholová J, Hash CT, Kočová M, Vadez V* Proline accumulation plays no role in a major terminal drought tolerance quantitative trait locus of pearl millet Submitted to Functional Plant Biology 133 Anbhazaghan K, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Sharma KK, Vadez V* DREB1A events of chickpea vary for their pattern of water uptake and this affects yield under terminal drought. In preparation for Plant Biology. 134 Vadez V* and Ratnakumar P High transpiration efficiency leads to higher pod yield under stable dry and hot atmospheric conditions but not under variable wet and cool conditions in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea (L.)) under intermittent drought In preparation for Field Crops Research. 135 Vadez V HRC evaluation in lysimeters. 136 Vadez V et al Drydown experiments with germplasm contrasting for TE 137 Vadez V et al Dry-down experiment with R16 and S35 introgressed materials 138 Kholová J, Zindy P, Hash CT, Koc ová M, Vadez V*. Genotypes contrasting for terminal drought tolerance also contrast for the developmental pattern of water use in varying environmental conditions. In preparation for Annals of Botany. 139 Choudhary S, Hash CT, Kavikishore PB, Vadez V*. Pearl millet mapping population parents I. Performance and selection of under salt stress. In preparation for Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 140 Srivastava N, Nigam SN, Krishnamurthy L, Narasu ML, Upadhyaya HD, Aruna R, Vadez V* Large genotypic variation for salinity tolerance exists in the groundnut Arachis hypogaea L.) mini-core collection. For submission to Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 141 Choudhary S, Hash CT, Kavikishore PB, Vadez V*. Effect of salt stress on growth, leaf gas exchanges, transpiration efficiency and Na accumulation and partitioning of twenty pearl millet inbred lines. In preparation for Plant and Soil

14 142 Choudhary S, Hash CT, Kavikishore PB, Vadez V*. QTL mapping for salt tolerance in the 863B x 841B mapping population. In preparation for Molecular Breeding. Book chapters 143 Vadez V, Deshpande S, Kholova J, Ramu P, Hash CT Molecular Breeding for Stay- Green: Progress and Challenges in Sorghum. In: Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding, Vol. 2 Chapter 8, Varshney RK and Tuberosa R (eds), Wiley son publishers (New York, USA). 144 Vadez, V., Kholova, J., Choudhary, S., Zindy, P., Terrier, M., Krishnamurthy, L., Ratna Kumar, P., and Turner, N. C Whole plant response to drought under climate change. In: Crop Adaptation to Climate Change. (Yadav, S.S., Redden, R., Hatfield, J.L., Lotze- Campen, H., eds.). (in press). ISUP/Wiley, Ames, Iowa. 145 Vadez V, Hash CT, Bidinger FR, and Kholova J Phenotyping for drought tolerance in pearl Millet. In: Monneveux P, L Withers, and Ribaut JM (eds). Forthcoming 146 Valluru R, Rizvi R, Hash CT, and Vadez V Efficient Microdosing of Phosphorus to Pearl millet Hybrids (Pennisetum americanum L.) for Improved Seedling Establishment under Nutrient-Stressed Environments. In: Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Markers Their Role in Improving Crop Productivity, Chapter 45, Ashwani Kumar / N.S. Shekhawat (eds), ISBN: , I.K. International Group Publisher, New Delhi, India. 147Srivastava N, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Saxena KB, Nigam SN and Rupakula A Standardization of a Screening Technique for Salinity Tolerance in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). In: Kharkwal, M.C. (ed.). Food Legumes for Nutritional Security and Sustainable Agriculture. Proceedings of the Fourth International Food Legumes Research (IFLRC IV), Oct 18-22, 2005, New Delhi, India. pp Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi JW, Kholova J, Devi JM, Sharma KK, Bhatnagar- Mathur P, Hoisington DA, Hash CT, Bidinger FR and Keatinge JDH Exploiting the functionality of root systems for dry, saline, and nutrient deficient environments in a changing climate. In: JDH Keatinge (Ed.), Proc. Symp. on Climate-Proofing Innovation for Poverty Reduction and Food Security Nov. 22, 2007, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India. 149 Vadez V Development of drought and salinity tolerant crop varieties. In: Food and Water security, U Aswathanarayana (ed.), Taylor and Francis Group, Leiden, The Netherlands. Chapter 10, pp Gaur PM, Pande S, Sharma HC, Gowda CLL, Sharma KK, Crouch JH, Vadez V and Kashiwagi J Genetic enhancement of stress tolerance in chickpea: present status and future prospects. Pages in Crop Production in Stress Environment: Genetic and Management Options (Singh DP, Tomar VS, Behl RK, Upadhayaya SD, Bhale MS and Khare D, eds.). Publ. Agrobios (International) (ISBN ). 151 Vadez V, Hash CT, Rizvi SMH, Bidinger FR, Banttee, K, Sharma KK, Devi J, Bhatnagar- Mathur P, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Hoisington D, Varshney RK, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Rupakula A, Upadhyaya HD What is the scope for molecular breeding and genetic engineering to improve crops drought tolerance? In: Changing lives Serageldin I and Masood E (eds), proceeding of the 4 th BioVision Conference (2006), Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Chapter 41, p

15 152 Varshney RK, Hoisington DA, Upadhyaya HD, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Saxena, KB, Vadez V, Shetty NK, Bhatia S, Aruna R., Gowda MVC, Singh NK Molecular breeding of grain legume crops of semi-arid tropics. In R. Varshney and R. Tuberosa (eds.), Genomic Assisted Crop Improvement : Vol 2 : Genomics Applications in Crops, Springer 2007 Chapter Serraj, R., Vadez V., Purcell L.C. and Sinclair T.R Recent Advances in the Physiology of Drought Stress Effects on Symbiotic N 2 Fixation in Soybean. In: Highlights on Nitrogen Fixation Research, E. Martinez and G. Hernandez Eds. 154 Sinclair, T.R. and Vadez V Physiological traits for crop improvement in low-nutrient environment. In: Food security in nutrient stressed environments, exploiting plants genetic capabilities: Summary and recommendations of an International Workshop, Sep 1999, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India. 155 Drevon, J.-J., Derensart C., Roy G., Serraj R. and Vadez V Les réponses des échanges gazeux nodulaires à l oxygène permettent de mieux comprendre diverses limitations de la fixation symbiotique de l azote. In: Recent Development in Biological Nitrogen Fixation Research in Africa. M. Sadiki and A. Hilali (Eds), IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, pp Invited conference presentations 156 Vadez V, Kholova J, Hamidou F, Ratnakumar P, Krishnamurthy L, Zaman-Allah M On the critical role of crop physiology in making sense of terabites of gene information toward crop improvement ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting, Oct31 Nov 04, 2010, Long Beach Convention Center, California, USA Vadez V and Reyes-Garcia V Challenges in Achieving a Second Green Revolution : Technology Application in Less Developed Regions 158 Vadez V, Warkentin T, Asseng S, Ratnakumar P, Rao KPC, Gaur PM, Munier-Jolain N, Larmure A, Voisin A-S, Sharma HC, Krishnamurthy L, Zaman-Allah M Adapting grain legumes to climatic changes: Major issues to tackle. International Food Legumes Research Conference (IFLRC IV), April 2010, Antalia, Turkey. 159 Vadez V., Varshney RK, Bertioli D, Leal-Bertioli S, Patterson A, Monyo E, Mponda O, Kapewa T, Ntare B, Hamidou F, Moutari A, Ndoye O 2009 Improve groundnut productivity for marginal environments in sub-saharan Africa: An update on activities. Annual Research Meeting of the Generation Challenge Program, September 2009, Bamako, Mali. 160 Yadav RS, Sehgal D, Nepolean T, Vadez V, Hash CT, Sharma PC Genetics, physiology, breeding and multi environment testing of a major QTL contributing to yield of pearl millet in drought stress environments. P56 in the proceedings from the Interdrought III conference, Oct 11-16, Shanghai Academy of Agriculture science, Shanghai, China. 161 Vadez V, Hash CT, Deshpande S, Rao P, Blummel M, Talwar HS Drought tolerance evaluation in the sorghum reference collection and staygreen NILs. National Sorghum Conference, 6-7 August 2009, Bribie Island, Australia. 162 Vadez V Increasing rainfed agricultural production. p61 In: University of Nebraska- Lincoln Office of Research and Economic Development. Proceedings from the Future of Water for Food conference, Lincoln. ISBN

16 163 Vadez V, Kholova J, Choudhary S, Zindy P, Terrier M, Krishnamurthy L, Ratna Kumar P Challenges and strategies for improving drought tolerance in grain legume in a changing climate. International Food Legume conference, IIPR Kanpur Feb Vadez V., Varshney RK, Bertioli D, Leal-Bertioli S, Patterson A, Monyo E, Mponda O, Kapewa T, Ntare B, Hamidou F, Moutari A, Ndoye O The long journey towards molecular breeding) to improve groundnut productivity for marginal environments in sub- Saharan Africa. Presented at the 2008 Annual Research Meeting of the Generation Challenge Program, September 2008, Bangkok, Thailand 165 Ratna Kumar P, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L Assessment of transpiration efficiency in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under drought by lysimetric system. APGC Symposium on 'Plant Functioning in a Changing Global Environment', The University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria 3363, 7-11 Dec 08, Australia. 166 Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Ratnakumar P, Rao S, Devi JM, Srivastava N, Sharma KK, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Varshney RK, Upadhyaya HD, Aruna R, Nigam SN Phenotypic assessment of groundnut response to key abiotic stress. 3 rd Intl. Conf. for Peanut Genomics and Biotechnology on Advances in Arachis through Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB 2008), Nov. 4-8, ICRISAT, Patancheru, P Srivastava N, Vadez V, Lakshmi Narasu M, Upadhyaya HD, Nigam SN and Rupkala A Large genotypic variation for salinity tolerance in groundnut particular to reproductive stage Presented at the Ninth International Dryland Development Conference, Alexandria, Egypt, 7-10 November Choudhary, V. Vadez 2008 Effect of salt stress on growth, water use efficiency and physiological responses of twenty pearl Millet inbred lines under hydroponics Presented at the Ninth International Dryland Development Conference, Alexandria, Egypt, 7-10 November Moretzsohn M, Bertioli SL, Guimardes P, Gimenes M, Varshney R, Aruna R, Hoisington D, Vadez V, Valls J and Bertioli D Creating a unified genetic map resource for peanut. Presented in Generation Challenge Program Annual Review Meeting, Benoni, South Africa, 12-16th Sept Gaur PM, Tripathi S, Gowda CLL, Pande S, Sharma HC, Sharma KK, Kashiwagi J, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Varshney RK, Mallikarjuna N and Hoisington, D International efforts in chickpea improvement. In: National Symposium on Legumes for Ecological Sustainability: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities, 2-5 Nov Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. 171 Hash CT, Rizvi SMH, Sathish Kumar P, Bidinger FR, Serraj R, Vadez V, Nepolean T, Senthilvel S, Sharma A, Kolesnikova-Allen MA, Yadav OP, Yadav RS and Howarth CJ Replicated success in marker-assisted backcrossing of a major drought tolerance QTL in pearl millet. Plant & Animal Genome XV, Jan , Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA. Final Abstracts Guide. P Varshney RK, Hoisington D, Gaur PM, Saxena KB, Nigam SN, Aruna R, Vadez V, Kashiwagi J, Srinivasan R, Gowda MVC, Singh N, May G, Killian A and Cook DR Genomics-enabled legume improvement: prospects and constraints. Page 287 in Abstracts of National Symposium on Legumes for Ecological Sustainability: Emerging Challenges and opportunities, 3-5 November 2007, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India

17 173 Varshney RK, Hoisington DA, Gowda MVC, Radhakrishnan T, Upadhyaya HD, Nigam SN, Vadez V and Aruna R What is happening in peanut genomics in India. In: Advances in Arachis through Genomics & Biotechnology: an International Strategic Planning Workshop, Atlanta, GA, USA, Oct 24-26, Krishnamurthy L, Kashiwagi J, Serraj R, Hoisington D, Gaur PM, Sharma KK, Hash CT and Vadez V Towards molecular breeding for drought tolerance through enhanced root traits Progress at ICRISAT. In Workshop on Root Biology and MAS Strategies for Drought Resistance Improvement, September 26-30, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. 175 Vadez V, Hash CT, Rizvi SMH, Bidinger FR, Banttee, K, Sharma KK, Devi J, Bhatnagar- Mathur P, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Hoisington D, Varshney RK, Gaur PM, Nigam SN, Rupakula A, Upadhyaya HD What is the scope for molecular breeding and genetic engineering to improve crops drought tolerance? 4 th BioVision Conference, Alexandria, April Vadez V, L Krishnamurthy, PM Gaur, HD Upadhyaya, DA Hoisington, RK Varshney, NC Turner, KHM Siddique 2006 Tapping the large genetic variability for salinity tolerance in chickpea. Proceeding of the Australian Society of Agronomy meeting (10-14 Sept 2006) Valluru R, R Rizvi, CT Hash and V Vadez 2006 Efficient Microdosing of Phosphorus to Pearl millet Hybrids (Pennisetum americanum L.) for Improved Seedling Establishment under Nutrient-Stressed Environments. Proceeding of the National conference on the role of plant physiology and biotechnology in biodiversity conservation and agriculture productivity, Jaipur Feb Reyes-García V, V Vadez, N. Martí, T Huanca, WR Leonard, S. Tanner, Ethnobotanical knowledge correlates with crop diversity. Evidence from a native Amazonian society (Oral presentation). 9th Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Delhi (India), December Reyes-García, V, TW McDade, V Vadez, T Huanca, WR Leonard, S Tanner, R Godoy, Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional status. Estimates from the Tsimane' in the Bolivian Amazon (Oral presentation), Tenth International Congress of Ethnobiology, Ching Rai (Thailand), November Vadez V., and Reyes-García V Almost ten years since decentralization laws in Bolivia: Status quo or improvement for the lowland indigenous people? Evidences from the Tsimane Amerindians of the Beni. Working paper, UNDP, Bolivia Poster abstracts 181 Kholová J, Zindy P, Hash CT, Kočová M, Vadez V (2010) Genotypes contrasting for terminal drought tolerance also contrast for the developmental pattern of water use in varying environmental conditions. Australian Summer Grain Conference, July, Gold Coast, Australia Book of abstracts Vadez V, Rao S, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Devi JM, Laroche S, Sharma KK Does DREB1A work in peanut? A synthesis of phenotypic results obtained on yield and yield components of DREB1A events P124 in the proceedings from the Interdrought III conference, Oct 11-16, Shanghai Academy of Agriculture science, Shanghai, China