National Conference on Plant Physiology - 2026

"Physiological Strategies for Climate Proofing Agriculture"

NOVEMBER 21-23, 2026

DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, INDORE

Scientific Themes

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Theme 1: Physiological and molecular basis of yield, quality and stress tolerance

Convener	M.S. Sheshshayee, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore
Co-conveners	M. Raveendran, TNAU, Coimbatore P.V. Vara Prasad, KSU, USA Senthil K Muthappa, NIPGR, New Delhi Anjali Anand, IARI, New Delhi M. K. Kalarani, TNAU, Coimbatore
Topics	Physiology for enhanced yield and quality Biotic and abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms Resource Use Efficiency Seed Physiology for improved crop yield and quality Roots - its role in crop productivity and adaptation Photobiology and Photosynthesis

Theme 2: Multi-omics for crop improvement

Convenor	Sanjay Kapoor, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
Co-convenors	Ajit Kumar Shasany, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow Nataraja Karaba N., UASB, GKVK, Bengaluru Alok K. Sinha, NIPGR, New Delhi N. Senthil, TNAU, Coimbatore
Topics	Genetic Mapping for Yield, Quality and Stress Resilience Genomics, Gene Discovery and Allele Mining Genetic Engineering, Genome Editing and Synthetic Biology Metabolomics and Ionomics Systems Biology Plant-microbe interactions and Microbiome

Theme 3: Horticulture and Tree Physiology

Convenor	Jagadish Rane, ICAR-CIAH, Bikaner
Co-convenors	K.B. Hebbar, ICAR-CPCRI, Kasaragod K. Suresh, ICAR-IIOPR, Pedavegi Brajesh Singh, ICAR-CPRI, Shimla Manish Das, ICAR-DMAPR, Anand K. T. Parthiban, TNAU, Coimbatore
Topics	Propagation of horticulture / tree crops Reproductive physiology Physiological interventions for enhancing yield and quality Post harvest physiology and shelf-life extension Climate smart technologies Protected cultivation

Theme 4: Artificial Intelligence for NextGen Crop Improvement and Management

Convenors	Mukesh Jain, JNU, New Delhi
Co-convenors	Manoj Prasad, University of Delhi South Campus Prabodh K. Trivedi, CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow Krishna Jagadish SV, TTU, USA Naresh Kumar S., IARI, New Delhi R. Ravikesavan, TNAU, Coimbatore
Topics	Predictive breeding Accelerating trait assembly Phenomics AI/ML in crop monitoring Drones and Remote sensing Climate and Crop modelling

Theme 5: Translational Physiology

Convenor	Ashwani Pareek, NABI, Mohali
Co-convenors	O.P. Dhankher, University of Massachusetts Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, ICGEB, New Delhi Jitender Giri, NIPGR, New Delhi Renu Pandey, IARI, New Delhi P. Jeyakumar, TNAU, Coimbatore
Topics	Nutrio-hormonal physiology Small molecules and elicitors NextGen formulations Biostimulants and Biologicals

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