Ricebean

Dr. Rajan Katoch is currently working as Senior Scientist at the Department of Crop Improvement at CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishivishvavidyalaya, Palampur. He has more than twenty years’ research experience in the field of biochemistry and biotechnology. He is actively involved in research in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology and headed more than ten research projects as Principal Investigator funded by prestigious organizations. He has received several prestigious awards and honors, such as the Young Scientist Award 2001, an award from CSIR, Govt. of India for excellence in biochemistry, Group Study Exchange (GSE) fellowship for South America (Brazil) in 2005, ICAR fellowship in 2011 and DBT Crest award in 2012. He has also received “appreciation awards” from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for his exemplary work on ricebean protease inhibitor as a transgene for resistance in 2011 and for cloning of genes from ricebean for Hessian fly resistancein wheat in 2012. He is a fellow and member of various professional societies and secretary of the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists. He has published over 150 papers in high impact peer reviewed international and national journals and has authored twelve successful books.

• Chapter 1. Underutilized crops: An overview. Chapter 2. Status of research on underutilized crops for food security.- Chapter 3. Prospects of underutilized crops in combating poverty, malnutrition, and hunger.- Chapter 4. Constraints in research, promotion and utilization of underutilized crops.- Chapter 5. Rice bean- a potential underutilized legume.- Chapter 6. Rice bean agronomy.- Chapter 7. Morpho-physiological and productivity attributes of rice bean.- Chapter 8. Nutritional potential of ricebean.- Chapter 9. Incrimnating factors of rice bean.- Chapter 10. Tackling incriminating/anti nutritional factors in rice bean.- Chapter 11. Rice bean foliage as fodder.- Chapter 12. Rice bean- a soil enricher.- Chapter 13. Effect of fertilizers on rice bean productivity and quality.- Chapter 14. Insect pest resistance factors in rice bean.- Chapter 15. Prospect of utilizing resistance factors from underutilized crops in susceptible crops.- Chapter 16. Nutraceutical potential of rice bean.- Chapter 17. Value added products from rice bean.- Chapter 18. Common diseases and insects of rice bean.- Chapter 19. Strategies for the promotion of rice bean as a potential pulse.- Chapter 20. Conclusion and future prospects.