Singh - Lentils potential resources for enhancing genetic gains

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Mohar Singh

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Muraleedhar Aski (7) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Genetics, New Delhi, India

Sajitha Biju (57) School of Food and Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Dookie, VIC, Australia

Rakesh Kumar Chahota (43) Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur, India

Rahul Chandora (21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Subroto Kumar Das (141) Department of Botany, University of Barisal, Bangladesh

Harsh Kumar Dikshit (7) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Genetics, New Delhi, India

Atul Dogra (203) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, South Asia & China Regional Program, New Delhi, India

Sonali Dubey (125) Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India

Rebecca Ford (57) Environmental Futures Research Institute, School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

R.K. Gill (83) Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Dorin Gupta (57) School of Food and Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Dookie, VIC, Australia

Debjyoti Sen Gupta (125) Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India

Sunanda Gupta (125) Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India

Priyanka Gupta (125) Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India

Aden Aw Hassan (203) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area, ICARDA, Amman, Jordan

M. Imdadul Hoque (141) Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Waseem Hussain (83) Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States

Rahul Kaldate (83) Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, CSKHPKV, Palampur, India

Jitendra Kumar (125) Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India

Shiv Kumar (83, 125) , Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat, Morocco

Nikhil Malhotra (21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Narender Negi (21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Sweety Panatu (21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Maneet Rana (83) Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, India

Aqeel Hasan Rizvi (7) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, South Asia & China Regional Program, New Delhi, India

Prabhakaran Sambasivam (57) Environmental Futures Research Institute, School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

Ashutosh Sarker (7, 203) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, South Asia & China Regional Program, New Delhi, India

Rakha Hari Sarker (141) Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tilak Raj Sharma (43, 83) ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, India

Shyam Kumar Sharma (43) CSIR-Institutes of Himalayan Bioresources and Technology, Palampur, India

Kishwar Jahan Shethi (141) Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Badal Singh (21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Dayal Singh (21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Mohar Singh (1, 21) ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla, India

Sarvjeet Singh (83) Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Ankita Sood (83) Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Nisha Varghese (203) School of Extension and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

Prachi Yadav (7) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Genetics, New Delhi, India