1. Food Security through Rice bean Research in India and Nepal(FOSRIN).

2. Nutritional potential of rice bean (Vigna umbellata): an underutilized legume.

3. Characterization of VuMATE1 Expression in Response to Iron Nutrition and Aluminum Stress Reveals Adaptation of Rice Bean (Vigna umbellata) to Acid Soils through Cis Regulation.

4. Characterization of an inducible C2H2‐type zinc finger transcription factor VuSTOP1 in rice bean (Vigna umbellata) reveals differential regulation between low pH and aluminum tolerance mechanisms.

5. The role of VuMATE1 expression in aluminium-inducible citrate secretion in rice bean (Vigna umbellata) roots.

6. Identification of early Al‐responsive genes in rice bean (Vigna umbellata) roots provides new clues to molecular mechanisms of Al toxicity and tolerance.

7. A de novo synthesis citrate transporter, Vigna umbellata multidrug and toxic compound extrusion, implicates in Al-activated citrate efflux in rice bean (Vigna umbellata) root apex.

8. Chemical composition, antinutritional factors and effect of cooking on nutritional quality of rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb; Ohwi and Ohashi)].

9. Proximate composition and antinutritional factors in rice bean (Vigna umbellata).

10. Challenges for under-utilized crops illustrated by ricebean (Vigna umbellata) in India and Nepal.

11. Aberrant nodulation response of Vigna umbellata to a Bradyrhizobium japonicum NodZ mutant and nodulation signals.

12. Frequency and spectrum of chlorophyll mutations and induced variability in ricebean (Vigna umbellata Thunb, Ohwi and Ohashi).

13. Heterochromatin distribution and comparative karyo-morphological studies in Vigna umbellata Thunberg, 1969 and V. aconitifolia Jacquin, 1969 (Fabaceae) accessions.

14. Increased polyphenols and antioxidant activity of rice bean (Vigna umbellata L.) sprouts induced by Methyl Jasmonate: the promotion effect of Methyl Jasmonate on rice bean sprouts.

15. Evaluation of rice bean germplasm for nutrients and antinutrients.

16. Seed quality assessment, molecular diversity analysis and tagging of DNA markers linked to bruchid resistance in rice bean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) ohwi and ohashi).

17. Seed-Borne Mycoflora of Two Under-Exploited Legumes: Vigna Umbellata and Psophocarpus Tetragonolobus from Northeastern Parts of India.

18. Insecticide and intercropping in pest management of rice bean, vigna umbellata.

19. Drying kinetics, physico‐chemical properties, antioxidant activity and phenolic composition of foam‐mat dried germinated rice bean (Vigna umbellata) hydrolysate (THUNB.) OHWI AND OHASHI.

20. Performance of fodder rice bean (vigna umbellata t.) varieties under varied times of sowing.

21. Analysis of resistant gene analogues in mungbean [vigna radiata(l.) wilczek] and ricebean[vigna umbellata(Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi].

22. Studies on phenotypic and molecular polymorphism in rice bean (Vigna Umbellata).

23. Induced mutagenesis in rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi].

24. Genetic Study of Qualitative and Quantitative Traits in Rice bean (Vigna umbellata (L.).

25. Influence of dates of sowing, spacing and mother plant nutrition on seed yield, quality and storability in rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi].

26. Integrated Weed Management Practices In Ricebean (Vigna umbellata) Under Rainfed Condition.

27. Evaluation of nutritional quality and glycaemic response of horse. GRAM (Macrotyloma uniflorum) AND RICE BEAN (Vigna umbellata).

28. Bases of resistance in rice bean, Vigna umbellata Thunb. (Ohwi & Ohashi) against Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius).

29. Diversity analysis of rice bean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi) collections from North Eastern India using morpho-agronomic traits.

30. Studies on induced mutagenesis in ricebean (Vigna umbel/ata Thunb, Ohwi and Ohashi).

31. Nutritional Quality, Functional Properties and Value Addition of Rice Bean (Vigna umbellata).

32. Genetic divergence studies of ricebean [Vigna umbellata (L) Thumb.].

33. Isolation of rhizobium and effect of microbial consortia on growth and yield of rice bean (Vigna umbellata L.).

34. Studies on Genetic Variability, Character Associations and Genetic Divergence in Rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi] Germplasm.

35. Introgression of urdbean anthracnose resistance and yield components involving vigna mungo x v. umbellata hybridization.

36. Black gram X Ricebean cross.

37. Effect of different phosphorus levels on forage yield of promising varieties of ricebean [Vigne umbellata (Thonb.)].

38. Genetic studies ofvigna mungo xv. umbellata derivatives for disease resistance and other economic traits through morphometric and molecular markers.

39. Studies on gamma-rays induced variation in m 3 and scope of improvement of productivity in rice bean.

40. Genetic diversity studies in rice bean ( Vigna umbel lata (Thumb) Ohwi and Ohashi).

41. Screening of Ricebean Germplasm Lines for their Growth Quality and Nitrogen Fixing Efficiency.

42. Combining ability for yield an its components in rice bean.

43. Stability for light receiption in intergenotypic competition of maize and rice bean.

44. Biochemical evaluation of some promising varieties/genotypes of rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.; Ohwi and Ohashi)].

45. Comparative molecular mapping in Ceratotropis species using an interspecific cross between azuki bean (Vigna angularis) and rice bean (V. umbellata).

46. Genetic divergence, path coefficient and cluster analysis of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) genotypes in the mid-altitudes of Meghalaya.

47. Measurement of N2 fixation in maize (Zea mays L.)—ricebean (Vigna umbellata [Thunb.] Ohwi and Ohashi) intercrops.

48. Productivity, quality and soil health as influenced by lime in ricebean cultivars in foothills of northeastern India.

49. Performance of rice bean (Vigna umbellata) genotypes in mid-altitude conditions of Meghalaya.

50. Utilization of molecular and morphometric tools for assessment of genetic diversity of Rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi].

50. Studies on cross compatibility in interspecific crosses of Vigna radiata × Vigna Umbellata species.

51. Heterochromatin distribution and comparative karyo-morphological studies in Vigna umbellata Thunberg, 1969 and V. aconitifolia Jacquin, 1969 (Fabaceae) accessions.

SSR MARKERS:

1. Development and characterization of a new set of genomic microsatellite markers in rice bean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi) and their utilization in genetic diversity analysis of collections from North East India.

2. Genetic diversity of the rice bean (Vigna umbellata) genepool as assessed by SSR markers.

3. Development of Gene-Based SSR Markers in Rice Bean (Vigna umbellata L.) Based on Transcriptome Data.

4. The genetics of domestication of rice bean, Vigna umbellata.