University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Section.1: Wheat genetics and improvement -- Wheat in Kenya: Past and twenty-first century breeding -- Past, present and future molecular approaches to improve yield in wheat -- Association mapping of root traits for drought tolerance in bread wheat -- Potential of wide crosses to improve the resistance to vomitoxin accumulation in wheat following infection by fusarium head blight -- Impact of growth habit and architecture genes on adaptation and performance of bread wheat -- Section.2: Wheat ecology and physiology --Inoculation with azospirillum brasilense improves nutrition and increases wheat yield in association with nitrogen fertilization -- The role of soil beneficial bacteria in wheat production: A review -- Approaches to enhance salt stress tolerance in wheat -- Section.3: Wheat management -- Winter wheat response to weed control and residual herbicides -- The occurrence of cereal aphids in rainfed wheat in Kenya: The problem and possible integrated pest management strategies -- Mycotoxins in wheat and mitigfation measures -- Section.4: Wheat processing and utilization -- Rheological and technological quality of minor wheat species and common wheat -- Grading factors of wheat kernels based on their physical properties -- Use of wheat distiller grains in ruminant diets -- Section.5: Wheat nutritional and food safety -- Celiac disease: Gluten peptides characterization after in vitro digestion -- Effect of fusarium spp. contamination on baking quality of wheat -- Progress and challenges in improving nutritional quality in wheat -- Wheat antioxidants, their role in bakery industry, and health perspective.