Publications (Google Scholar h-index=25, i10-index=30, Total Number of Citations=2090):

Web-link to Google Scholar Citations: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Zq7odDoAAAAJ&hl=en

1. Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed):

1. Karthik, K., Hada, A., Bajpai, A., and Patil, B.L., Paraselli, B., *Rao, U., *Sreevathsa, R. (2023) Demonstration of the utility of a novel tasiRNA-based microRNA-induced gene silencing strategy in transgenic cotton (G. hirsutum) for the management of multiple pests & pathogens. Planta. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04055-2
2. Patil, B.L., and *Dasgupta, I. (2022) Characterization of the functional domains of Nuclear Shuttle Protein (NSP) of Indian cassava mosaic virus using green fluorescent protein as reporter. Virus Genes. 58:308-318 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-022-01909-5
3. *Voloudakis, A.E., Kaldis, A., and Patil, B.L. (2022) RNA-Based Vaccination of Plants for Control of Viruses. Annual Review of Virology. 9(1):521-548. 
4. *Patil, B.L., Narayan, K.S., and Gopalkrishna, A.M. (2021) Diversity Profiling of Seed Associated Endophytic Microbiome in Important Species of Caricaceae Family. Microbiology Research. 12(4): 779-792. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres12040057 (*Corresponding author)
5. Baskar, S., *Patil, B.L., Latha, T.K.S., and Karthikeyan, G. (2021) Variability studies on Pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaraviruses in Tamil Nadu reveals rampant mixed infections and interspecies recombination. Journal of Food Legumes. 34(3): 173-180. (*Corresponding author)
6. Vadlamudi, T., Kaldis, A., Divi, V.S.G., Patil, B.L., and *Voloudakis, A.E. (2021) The Citrus yellow mosaic badnavirus ORFI functions as a RNA-silencing suppressor. Virus Genes. 57: 469-473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-021-01863-8
7. ^¥Hada, A., ^¥*Patil, B.L., Bajpai, A., Kesiraju, K., Dinesh-Kumar, S., Paraselli, B., Sreevathsa, R., and *Rao, U. (2021) Micro RNA-induced gene silencing strategy for the delivery of siRNAs targeting Meloidogyne incognita in a model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Pest Management Science. 77(7): 3396-3405. doi: 10.1002/ps.6384. (*Corresponding authors, ^¥Equal Contribution)
8. *Patil, B.L., Raghu, R., Dangwal, M., Byregowda, M., and *Voloudakis, A.E. (2021) Exogenous dsRNA-mediated field protection against Pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaravirus. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 30, 400–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-020-00627-z (*Corresponding authors)
9. Baskar, S., Latha, T.K.S., Karthikeyan, G., Sutha, M., and Patil, B.L. (2020) Studies on the molecular variability of Sterility Mosaic Disease of Pigeonpea in Tamil Nadu state. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 9(08): 2985-2992. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.336
10. Vadlamudi, T., Patil, B.L., Kaldis, A., Divi, V.S.G., Mishra, R., Berbati, M., and *Voloudakis,

A.E. (2020) DsRNA-mediated protection against two isolates of Papaya ring spot virus through topical application of dsRNA in papaya. Jr. of Virological Methods, 275:113750. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2019.113750

11. Mishra, R., Patil, S., Patil, A., and *Patil, B.L. (2019) Sequence diversity studies of papaya ringspot virus isolates in South India reveal higher variability and recombination in the 5′- terminal gene sequences. VirusDisease. 30(2), 261-268.
12. Mishra, R., and *Patil, B.L. (2018) First complete genome sequence of a distinct Papaya ringspot virus isolate from the northeastern region of India. Genome Announcements 6:e00437-18. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/genomeA.00437-18
13. *Patil, B.L., and Arora, D. (2018) Comparative characterization of small RNAs derived from an emaravirus and a geminivirus infecting pigeonpea. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 27(4):382–392. (*Corresponding author)
14. Kumar, S., Tanti, B., Patil, B.L., Mukherjee, S.K., and Sahoo, L. (2017) RNAi-derived transgenic resistance to Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus in Cowpea. PLoS One. 12(10): e0186786.
15. *Patil, B.L., Dangwal, M., and Mishra, R. (2017) Variability of Emaravirus species associated with sterility mosaic disease of pigeonpea in India provides evidence of segment reassortment. Viruses. 9 (7), 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9070183 (*Corresponding author)
16. Karthikeyan, C., Patil, B.L., Borah, B.K., Resmi, T.R., Turco, S., Pooggin, M.M., Hohn, T., and Veluthambi, K. (2016) Emergence of a latent Indian cassava mosaic virus from cassava which recovered from infection by a non-persistent Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus. Viruses. 8(10), 264.
17. Wagaba, H., Patil, B.L., Mukasa, S., Alicai, T., Fauquet, C.M., and Taylor, N.J. (2016) Artificial microRNA-derived resistance to Cassava brown streak disease. Journal of Virological Methods. 231, 38-43.
18. Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., Yadav, J.S., and Fauquet, C.M. (2016) Mapping and identification of cassava mosaic geminivirus DNA-A and DNA-B genome sequences for efficient siRNA expression and RNAi based virus resistance by transient agro-infiltration studies. Virus Research. 213: 109-115. (*Corresponding author)
19. Patil, B.L., and Fauquet, C.M. (2015) Studies on differential behavior of cassava mosaic geminivirus DNA components, symptom recovery patterns, and their siRNA profiles. Virus Genes. 50: 474-486. (*Corresponding author)
20. *Patil, B.L., and Kumar, P.L. (2015) Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume-infecting Emaravirus from South Asia. Molecular Plant Pathology. 16(8): 775-786. (*Corresponding author)
21. *Patil, B.L., Legg, J.P., Kanju, E., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2015) Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa. Journal of General Virology. 96: 956-968. (*Corresponding author)
22. *Patil, B.L., and Fauquet, C.M. (2015) Light intensity and temperature affect systemic spread of silencing signal in transient agro-infiltration studies. Molecular Plant Pathology. 16(5): 484-494. (*Corresponding author)
23. Amin, I., Patil, B.L., Briddon, R.W., Mansoor, S., and Fauquet, C.M. (2011) Comparison of phenotypes produced in response to transient expression of genes encoded by four distinct begomoviruses in Nicotiana benthamiana and their correlation with the levels of developmental miRNAs. Virology Journal. 8:238.
24. Amin, I., Patil, B.L., Briddon, R.W., Mansoor, S., and Fauquet, C.M. (2011) A common set of developmental miRNAs are upregulated in Nicotiana benthamiana by diverse begomoviruses. Virology Journal. 8:143.
25. Patil, B.L., Ogwok, E., Wagaba, H., Mohammed, I.U., Yadav, J.S., Bagewadi, B., Taylor, N.J., Kreuze, J. F., Maruthi, M.N., Alicai, T., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2011) RNAi-mediated resistance to diverse isolates belonging to two virus species involved in Cassava brown streak disease. Molecular Plant Pathology. 12(1):31-41.
26. Yadav, J.S., Ogwok, E., Wagaba, H., Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., Alicai, T., Gaitan-Solis, E., Taylor, N.J., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2011) RNAi-mediated resistance to Cassava brown streak Uganda virus in transgenic cassava. Molecular Plant Pathology. 12(7): 677-687.
27. Mbanzibwa, D.R., Tian, Y.P., Tugume, A.K., Patil, B.L., Yadav, J.S., Bagewadi, B., Abarshi, M.M., Alicai, T., Changadeya, W., Mkumbira, J., Muli, M.B., Mukasa, S.B., Tairo, F., Baguma, Y., Kyamanywa, S., Kullaya, A., Maruthi, M.N., Fauquet, C.M., and *Valkonen, J.P. (2011) Evolution of cassava brown streak disease-associated viruses. Journal of General Virology. 92: 974-987.
28. Ogwok, E., Patil, B.L., Alicai, T., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2010) Transmission studies with Cassava brown streak Uganda virus (Potyviridae: Ipomovirus) and its interaction with abiotic and biotic factors in Nicotiana benthamiana. Journal of Virological Methods. 169: 296-304.
29. Patil, B.L., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2010) Differential interaction between cassava mosaic geminiviruses and geminivirus satellites. Journal of General Virology. 91:1871-1882.
30. Briddon, R.W., Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., Nawaz-ul-Rehman, M.S., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2010) Distinct evolutionary histories of the DNA-A and DNA-B components of bipartite begomoviruses. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 97.
31. Patil, B.L., and Fauquet, C.M. (2009) Cassava mosaic geminiviruses: actual knowledge and perspectives. Molecular Plant Pathology. 10: 685-701.
32. Patil, B.L., Dutt, N., Briddon, R.W., Bull, S.E., Rothenstein, D., Borah, B.K., Dasgupta, I., Stanley, J., and Jeske, H. (2007) Deletion and recombination events between DNA-A and DNA-B generate defective molecules in Indian cassava-infecting Geminiviruses. Virus Research. 124: 59-67.
33. Rothenstein, D., Haible, D., Dasgupta, I., Dutt, N., Patil, B.L., and *Jeske, H. (2006) Biodiversity and recombination of cassava-infecting begomoviruses from southern India. Archives of Virology. 151: 55-69.
34. Patil, B.L., and Dasgupta, I. (2006) Defective interfering DNAs of Plant Viruses. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 25:47-64.
35. Patil, B.L., Rajasubramaniam, S., Bagchi, C., and Dasgupta, I. (2005) Both Indian cassava mosaic virus and Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus are found in India and exhibit high variability as assessed by PCR-RFLP. Archives of Virology. 150: 389-397.
36. *Patil, B.L., Hegde, V.S., and Salimath, P.M. (2003) Studies on genetic divergence over stress and non-stress environment in mungbean. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 63(1): 77-78.

2. Book Chapters:
   1. *Patil, B.L., Priyanga, T., Latha, T.K.S. (2023) Evolution, transmission, and management of Emaraviruses. In: Plant RNA Viruses: Molecular Pathogenesis and Management (Eds. R. K. Gaur, B.L. Patil, R. Selvarajan). Elsevier Inc. In Press. Paperback ISBN: 9780323953399.
   2. *Patil, B.L., and Fauquet, C.M. (2021) Ecology of plant infecting viruses, with special reference to geminiviruses. In: Studies in Viral Ecology, C. Hurst (ed.). Hoboken, NJ.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Chapter 6, pp. 183-229. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119608370.ch6
   3. *Patil, B.L., Chakraborty, S., Czosneck, H., Fiallo-Olivé, E., Gilbertson, R.L., Legg, J., Mansoor, S., Castillo, J., Naqvi, R.Z., Rahman, S.U., and Zerbini, M. (2021) Plant Resistance to Geminiviruses. In: Bamford, D.H. and Zuckerman, M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Virology, 4th Edition, vol. 3, pp. 554-566. Oxford: Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12- 809633-8.21565-3 (*Corresponding author)
   4. Patil, B.L. (2021) Cassava Brown Streak Viruses (Potyviridae). In: Bamford, D.H. and Zuckerman, M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Virology, 4th Edition, vol. 3, pp. 293–300. Oxford: Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.21239-9
   5. Patil, B.L. (2021) Plant Viral Diseases: Economic Implications. In: Bamford, D.H. and Zuckerman, M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Virology, 4th Edition, vol. 3, pp. 81-97. Oxford: Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.21307-1
   6. Patil, B.L. (2018) Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance in Plants: Principles and Methods. In: Genes, Genetics and Transgenics for Virus Resistance in Plants. Editor: B. L. Patil. Caister Academic                             Press,             Norfolk,             UK.             Chapter             5,             101-116.

https://doi.org/10.21775/9781910190814.05 1

1. 7. Dangwal, M., Shivraj, S.M., and *Patil, B.L. (2018) Novel Strategies for Engineering Resistance to Plant Viral Diseases. In: Crop Improvement through Microbial Biotechnology. Editors: Ram Prasad, Sarvajeet Singh Gill & Narendra Tuteja. Elsevier, USA. Chapter 7, 145-173.
   8. *Patil, B.L., and Kumar, P.L. (2017) Pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaraviruses: a journey from a mysterious disease to a classic emaravirus. In: A Century of Plant Virology in India. Editors: B Mandal, GP Rao, VK Baranwal & RK Jain, Springer. Chapter 10, 255-270. (*Corresponding author)
   9. Sinha, S.K., and *Patil, B.L. (2017) Applications of RNA-interference and Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) for Nutritional Genomics in Crop Plants. In: Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops (Eds. N. Benkeblia). John-Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chapter 4, 185-202.
   10. *Tripathi, S., Patil, B.L., and Verma, R. (2016) Viral Diseases of Banana and their Management. In: Plant Viruses: Evolution and Management (Eds. R. K. Gaur, N. Petrova, B.

L. Patil & M. I. Stoyanova). Springer, Chapter 17, 289-308.

1. 11. Mishra, R., Gaur, R. K., and *Patil, B.L. (2016) Current knowledge of viruses infecting papaya and their transgenic management. In: Plant Viruses: Evolution and Management (Eds. R.K. Gaur, N. Petrova, B.L. Patil & M.I. Stoyanova). Springer, Chapter 11, 189-203.
   12. Hema, M., Patil, B.L., Celia, V.C., *Kumar, P.L. (2015) Soybean mosaic. In: Virus Diseases of Tropical and Subtropical Crops (eds P. Tennant & G. Fermin). CAB International, Nosworthy Way Wallingford Oxfordshire, UK; 108-120.
   13. Hema, M., Sreenivasulu, P., Patil, B.L., Kumar, P.L., and *Reddy, D.V. (2014) Tropical Food Legumes: Virus Diseases of Economic Importance and their Control. In: Control of Plant Virus Diseases: Seed-Propagated Crops. Eds. G. Loebenstein & N. Katis. Advances in Virus Research. 90 (9): 431-505.
   14. *Patil, B.L., and Rao, K C. (2015) Strategies for Nutritional Enhancement of Staple Food Crops. In: Genetically Engineered Crops in Developing Countries. Eds. D.V.R. Reddy, P. Ananda Kumar, P. Lava Kumar, G. Loebenstein, & C. Kameswara Rao. Studium Press LLC, USA, pp. 331-365.
   15. Tripathi, L., Kumar, P.L., Patil, B.L., and Fatokun, C. (2015) Pathogen resistant Genetically Engineered Crops in Africa. In: Genetically Engineered Crops in Developing Countries. Publisher: Studium Press, Texas (USA), New Delhi. Eds. D.V.R. Reddy, P. Ananda Kumar, P. Lava Kumar, G. Loebenstein, & C. Kameswara Rao. Studium Press LLC, USA, pp. 217-40.
   16. Patil, B.L., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2011) Ecology of plant viruses, with special reference to geminiviruses. In: Studies in Viral Ecology (Volume I), C. Hurst (ed.). Hoboken, NJ.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Chapter 11, pp. 273-306.
   17. Abhary, M., Patil, B.L., and *Fauquet, C.M. (2007) Molecular biodiversity, taxonomy and nomenclature of tomato yellow leaf curl-like viruses. In: Tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease. H. Czosnek (ed.). New York: Springer, pp. 85-120.
   18. Patil, B.L., and *Dasgupta I. (2005) Diversity of Viruses Infecting Agriculturally Important Crop Plants in India. In: International Conference on Microbial Diversity: Current Perspectives and Potential Applications, Satyanarayana, T., and Johri, B.N. (ed.), I.K. International Publishing House, pp. 471-480.

3. Teaching Aids Developed for University Grants Commission (UGC, India):
   1. *Patil, B.L., and Chandrashekhar, N. (2016) Teaching Review on “Strategies for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants” as part of Syllabus on “Plant Genetic Engineering” for ePG-Pathshala by UGC-INFLIBNET (University Grants Commission-Information and Library Network Centre, India). (http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=4)
   2. *Patil, B.L., Chandrashekhar, N., Savadi, S. (2015) Teaching Review on “Strategies for Resistance to Fungal Pathogens” as part of Syllabus on “Plant Genetic Engineering” for ePG-Pathshala by UGC-INFLIBNET. (http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=4)
   3. Patil, B.L. (2014) Teaching Review on “Strategies for resistance to plant viral diseases” as part of Syllabus on “Plant Genetic Engineering” for ePG-Pathshala by UGC- INFLIBNET. (http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=4)

4. Books & Training Manuals (Edited):
   1. Gaur, R.K., Patil, B.L., and Selvarajan, R. Plant RNA Viruses: Detection, Diversity & Management; Elsevier Publishers; 2023, In Press. Paperback ISBN: 9780323953399.
   2. Patil, B.L. Genes, Genetics and Transgenics for Virus Resistance in Plants, Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK; 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21775/9781910190814; ISBN: 978-1-910190-82-1.
   3. Gaur, R.K., Petrova, N., Patil, B.L., and Stoyanova, M.I. Plant Viruses: Evolution and Management, Springer Publishers; 2016, ISBN 978-981-10-1405-5.
   4. *Patil, B.L., and Rohini, S. (2015) Training Manual on: RNA-interference as a Tool for Plant Functional Genomics and Crop Improvement, sponsored by ICAR. 06-26 May 2015. ICAR- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. 145 pp.
   5. Sharma, T.R., Patil, B.L. and Rohini, S. (2015) E-Book of Summer School on RNAi, on CBP vortal of ICAR Education Division. http://cbp.icar.gov.in/EBook.aspx

5. Newsletter/Popular Articles:
   1. Patil, B.L. IVS Newsletter Virus Research News “Nanoparticles as carriers of dsRNA to induce RNAi against Plant Viruses”. Vol. 6 (1), July. 2017. (http://ivsnet.in/)
   2. Patil, B.L. IVS Newsletter Virus Research News “CRISPR/Cas9 technology for Virus Resistance”. Vol. 5 (2), Dec. 2016. (http://ivsnet.in/)
   3. Patil, B.L. et al. “Pigeonpea rescues Soybean from its Rust” in ICAR’s Newsletter Agbiotech Digest

Vol. 7 (1), April-June 2016. (http://14.139.248.44:81/en/taxonomy-term/127)

1. 4. Patil, B.L. et al. “CRISPR-edited crops may skip regulation and make a free entry into the market” in ICAR’s Newsletter Agbiotech Digest Vol. 7(1), Apr-June 2016. (http://14.139.248.44:81/en/taxonomy-term/127)
   5. Patil, B.L. et al. “Double-stranded RNA Expression in Plant Plastids for Insect Resistance” in ICAR’s Newsletter Agbiotech Digest Vol. 6 (4), Jan-March 2016. (http://14.139.248.44:81/en/taxonomy-term/127)
   6. Patil, B.L. et al. “Transgenic Indica Rice with high Iron & Zinc” in ICAR’s Newsletter Agbiotech Digest

Vol. 6 (4), Jan-March 2016. (http://14.139.248.44:81/en/taxonomy-term/127)

1. 7. Patil, B.L. IVS Newsletter Virus Research News “Light intensity affects systemic spread of silencing signal in Plants”. Vol. 4 (2), Dec. 2015. (http://ivsnet.in/)
   8. Patil, B.L. “Wilt resistant transgenic Banana becomes a reality” in ICAR’s Newsletter Agbiotech Digest Vol. 5 (4), Jan-March 2015. (http://14.139.248.44:81/en/taxonomy-term/127)
   9. Patil, B.L. “Field resistance of genetically engineered Blight resistant Potato” in ICAR’s Newsletter

Agbiotech Digest Vol. 4 (4), Jan-March 2014. (http://14.139.248.44:81/en/taxonomy-term/127)

5. 10. Patil, B.L. “Demonstration of stable and durable RNAi-mediated transgenic field resistance to cassava brown streak disease” in ICAR’s Newsletter Agbiotech Digest Vol. 4 (3), Oct-Dec 2013.
   11. Patil, B.L., Sreevathsa, R., Dalal, M., and Sinha, S.K. (2014) Short Feature: “Wheat Stem Rust race Ug99: Threat to Global Wheat Crop”, Science Reporter, June. 2014. Page No. 10. (http://www.niscair.res.in/)
   12. Dalal, M., Sinha, S.K., Patil, B.L., and Sreevathsa, R. (2014) Metabolic Engineering of Carotenoid Pathway in Plants. AgroBios, Vol. 13, Issue: 4, Page No. 11-12. (http://agrobiosonline.com/journals.php)
   13. Sinha, S.K. Dalal, M., Sreevathsa, R., and Patil, B.L. (2014) Faba Bean- a natural source of L-DOPA: Prospects for molecular pharming for the treatment of Parkinson disease. AgroBios, Vol. 13, Issue: 4, Page No. 134-135. (http://agrobiosonline.com/journals.php)
   14. Patil, B.L., Sreevathsa, R., Dalal, M., and Sinha, S.K. (2014) Resistance management of insect resistant Bt transgenic crops through refugia strategy and gene pyramiding. Emerging Science, Vol. 6, Page No. 17-19. (http://theemergingscience.com/)
   15. Dalal, M., Patil, B.L., Sreevathsa, R., and Sinha, S.K. (2014) Artemisinin: A Treasure Trove against Malaria. Emerging Science, Vol. 6, Page No. 41-43. (http://theemergingscience.com/)
   16. Sreevathsa, R., Patil, B.L., Sinha, S.K., and Dalal, M. (2014) PCR methods for the identification of the genome region flanking the T-DNA in a transgenic event. Emerging Science, Vol. 6, Page No. 15-16.
   17. Sinha, S.K., Sreevathsa, R., Patil, B.L., and Dalal, M. (2014) Label Based Quantitative Proteomics. Emerging Science, Vol. 6, Page No. 9-12. (http://theemergingscience.com/)
   18. Sreevathsa, R., Sinha, S.K., Dalal, M., Vinuta T, Patil, B.L. (2015) Current scenario of Bt Cotton in India. AgroBios, Vol. 13, Issue: 8, Page No. 35-36. (http://agrobiosonline.com/journals.php)
6. Online Articles (http://www.biotecharticles.com/):

1. Amitha Mithra, S.V., Solanke, A.U., Patil, B.L. (17 July 2018) Synthetic Biology: A New Niche Area of Biology.
2. Amitha Mithra, S.V., Solanke, A.U., and Patil, B.L. (6 June 2018) Indian Efforts Towards Whole Genome Sequencing of Crop Plants.
3. Solanke, A.U., Amitha Mithra, S.V., Patil, B.L. (6 June 2018) Plant Genomics: Significance and Current Status.
4. Patil, B.L., Amitha Mithra, S.V., and Solanke, A.U. (23 April 2018) Topical application of ds-RNA for control of Plant Pathogens & Pests.
5. Patil, B.L., Sinha, S.K., Amitha Mithra, S.V., and Solanke, A.U. (5 April 2018) First report of RNA segment reassortment in Emaraviruses infecting Pigeonpea.
6. Sinha, S.K., and Patil, B.L. (1 Jan 2018) UTRs of mRNAs: crucial checkpoints of gene regulation.
7. Dalal, M., Sreevathsa R, Sinha, S.K., and Patil, B.L. (25 April 2014) Roots the Route to Crop Improvement.
8. Dalal, M., Patil, B.L., and Sreevathsa, R. (25 April 2014) Targeted Genome Editing in Plants.
9. Patil, B.L., Dalal, M., Sreevathsa, R., and Sinha, S.K. (22.4.2014) Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) for    Functional Genomics of Crop Plants.
10. Patil, B.L., Sreevathsa R, and Dalal, M. (26.5.2014) miRNA-Induced Gene Silencing (MIGS): For Regulation of Gene Expression.
11. Sreevathsa, R., Dalal, M., Patil, B.L., and Sinha, S.K. (23.5.2014) Bacillus thuringiensis - Crystal Proteins for Insect Management.
12. Sreevathsa, R., Patil, B.L., Dalal, M., and Sinha, S.K.  (31.5.2014) In Planta Strategies for the Development of Transgenic Plants.
13. Sinha, S.K., Patil, B.L., Dalal, M., and Sreevathsa, R. (9.6.2014) Plant Nutriomics- A New Frontier of Plant Biology.

7. Invited Talks & Presentations in conferences/symposia/workshops/consultation:
   1. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Viral diseases of orphan crops and biotechnological remedies for their control”, at Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley 31030, GA, USA, on March 23^rd, 2023.
   2. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “RNA-based technologies against the devastating plant viral diseases of the developing world”, in the monthly Seminar Series of Bayer-Crop Science (Monsanto Company), Woodland, CA 95695, USA, on February 6^th, 2023.
   3. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Emerging plant viral diseases and their management through biotechnological interventions”, in Seminar Series of Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, USA, on October 3^rd, 2022.
   4. Patil, B.L. Invited Lead Talk on “Plant viral diseases and their control through biotechnological interventions”, in Refresher Course in Botany, Batch XV (Online Mode), HRDC, University of Madras, October, 2022.
   5. Patil, B.L. Invited Lead (Virtual) Talk on “miRNA-induced Gene Silencing (MIGS) for control of multiple pathogens”, in VIROCON-2021, AIIMS, Hyderabad, during 28th March 2022.
   6. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Biotechnological interventions for management of Plant Viral diseases” in 5th Agri- Biotech India Summit, organised by Inventicon Business Intelligence, Novotel, Hyderabad, 17-18 November 2021.
   7. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk (Virtual) on “Current scenario of Tomato Diseases in India and their Management”, in 36th Annual Tomato Disease Workshop, organised by Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Vineland Station ON, Canada, on 2nd November 2021.
   8. Patil, B.L. Talk (Virtual) on the topic: Papaya ringspot disease: a global menace and its management through RNAi, in International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF)-2021, during 28-30 September 2021.
   9. Patil, B.L. Guest Speaker (Virtual) on the topic: Cutting edge Technologies for Management of Viral Diseases in Crops, organised by www.agricultureinformation.com, on 19th July 2021.
   10. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk (Virtual) on the topic: Advancements in RNA-based Technologies for Management of Plant Viral Diseases, in WSV-2021 (World Society of Virology Online Conference), held virtually, during 16-18 June 2021.
   11. Patil, B.L. Invited Speaker (Virtual) on the topic: Viral diseases of plants and Role of Biotechnology for their Management, in AICTE sponsored 2 weeks Virtual Faculty development programme on “Bio-innovation, Patenting & Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Biotechnology for Sustainable Environment” on 13th March 2021, organized by Department of Biotechnology, the Oxford College of Engineering, Bengaluru.
   12. Patil, B.L. Eminent Speaker (Virtual) on the topic: Plant viral diseases and their management through Biotechnological interventions, in National Webinar on Biotechnology, organised by Govt. Madhav Sadashivrao Golvalkar College, Rewa (M.P.), on 5th February 2021.
   13. Patil, B.L. Invited (Virtual) Talk on “miRNA-Induced Gene Silencing (MIGS): for control of multiple pests and pathogens”, in: International E-Conference on ‘Advances & Future Outlook in Biotechnology and Crop Improvement for Sustainable Productivity’ at University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, India, 25th November 2020.
   14. Patil, B.L. Invited (Virtual) Talk on “Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 system for Indian agribiotech” in 4th Annual Agri-Biotech India Summit, organised by Inventicon Business Intelligence, Hyderabad, 22-23 September 2020.
   15. Patil, B.L. Webinar on “Plant Viral Diseases: Economic implications & their Management”, organised by Bioingine.com, on 15th July 2020.
   16. Patil, B.L. Talk on “The evolution and emergence of emaraviruses: Pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaraviruses as classic examples”, in VIROCON-2020, INSA, New Delhi, during 18-20 February 2020.
   17. Baskar S., Latha TKS, Karthikeyan G, Sutha M, Patil, B.L. Poster on “Variability of pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaravirus in Tamil Nadu state”, in VIROCON-2020, INSA, New Delhi, during 18-20 February 2020.
   18. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “Engineering for Virus Resistance in Crop Plants: Challenges & Opportunities” in "XIX International Plant Protection Congress (lPPC-2019)", held during 10th-14th November 2019 in Hyderabad, India.
   19. Patil, B.L. Invited for Regional Expert Consultation on “Gene Editing in Agriculture and Biosafety Regulation”, during October 10-11, 2019, held at ICRISAT Hyderabad, India.
   20. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Genome Editing in Plants: current status & future prospects” in 3rd Agri-Biotech India Summit, organised by Inventicon Business Intelligence, Hyderabad, 25-26 July 2019.
   21. Patil, B.L. Moderator for Discussion on “Biotechnological interventions for management of Plant Viral diseases” in 3rd Agri-Biotech India Summit, organised by Inventicon Business Intelligence, Hyderabad, 25-26 July 2019.
   22. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Manifestation of Viral Symptoms, RNA-interference and their implications on Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) due to variable Environmental conditions” in 10th RNA Group Meet, organised by DBT-RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram, 2-4, May 2019.
   23. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “Engineering Plants for Virus Resistance: cassava as a case study” in National Conference of Indian Phytopathological Society-South Zone (IPS-SZ-2018), held at ICAR-NRCB, Trichy (TN), during 21-23 December 2018.
   24. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “First complete genome sequence of a distinct Papaya ringspot virus isolate from North- Eastern region of India” in INTERVIROCON-2018, held at PGIMER, Chandigarh, during 12-14 November 2018.
   25. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Strategies for Management of Plant Viral Diseases in Changing Climate Scenario” in National Conference on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture and Plant Productivity, at JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University), New Delhi, 23-24 March 2018.
   26. Patil, B.L. Talk on “Pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaravirus: a journey from a mysterious disease to a classic emaravirus”, in Indian Phytopathological Soceity (IPS): 70th Annual Meeting & National Symposium on “Plant Health Management: Embracing Eco-sustainable paradigm”, 15-17 February, 2018 at Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, Assam, India.
   27. Patil, B.L. Talk on “Variability studies of pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaraviruses in India provides evidence of segment reassortment and recombination”, in VIROCON-2017, 7-9 December, 2017 at NITTE University, Mangaluru, India.
   28. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance in Crop Plants” in 2nd Agri-Biotech India Summit, organized by Inventicon Business Intelligence, at New Delhi, 13-14 July 2017.
   29. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “A Biodiversity study of Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus in India reveals the presence of recombinations and reassortments”, in VIROCON-2016 & International Conference on “Global Perspectives in Virus Disease Management”, 7-10th December, 2016 at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru.
   30. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “Mapping and identification of Geminivirus genome sequences for efficient RNAi expression and resistance   by   transient   agro-infiltration   studies”, at   8th International   Geminivirus Symposium & 6th International ssDNA Comparative Virology Workshop, 7-10 November 2016, New Delhi, India.
   31. Patil, B.L. Poster on “Differential   interaction   of   Cassava   mosaic   geminivirus   genomic   components”, at 8th International Geminivirus Symposium & 6th International ssDNA Comparative Virology Workshop, 7-10 November 2016, New Delhi, India.
   32. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Virus Resistant Transgenic Crops” at Agri-Biotech India Summit, organised by Inventicon Business Intelligence, at New Delhi, during 23-24 June 2016.
   33. Patil, B.L. Oral Talk on “Biodiversity of Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus, a legume infecting Emaravirus”, at 6th International Conference on “Plant, Pathogens and People” at NASC Complex, New Delhi during Feb. 23-27, 2016.
   34. Patil, B.L. Poster on “Cassava Brown Streak Disease: a major Threat to Food Security in Africa”, at 6th International Conference on “Plant, Pathogens and People” at NASC Complex, New Delhi during Feb. 23-27, 2016.
   35. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “RNAi-based transgenic resistance to plant viruses” in 2nd DBT Sponsored Short Term Training course on “Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) a Tool to study Gene Function in Plants & National Workshop on Tools & Techniques in Biotechnology”, held during 20th Jan-2nd February, 2016 at Hindustan College of Science & Technology, Mathura (UP, India).
   36. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “RNAi-based transgenic resistance to plant viruses” in ICGEB Meetings & Courses on “microRNAs in Plant Development Stress”, held during 16-27 November, 2015 at ICGEB, New Delhi.
   37. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume infecting Emaravirus from South Asia”, at 24th National Virology Conference at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, during 8-10 October, 2015.
   38. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “Mapping and identification of Geminivirus genome sequences for efficient RNAi expression and resistance by transient agro-infiltration studies”, at 24th National Virology Conference at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, during 8-10 October, 2015.
   39. Patil, B.L. Poster Presentation on “Reconstitution of Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus genome sequences by Next generation sequencing (NGS) of small RNAs, using Ion Proton Technology”, in National Symposium on Germplasm to Genes: Harnessing Biotechnology for Food Security and Health, held during 9-11 August 2015, at NASC complex, New Delhi.
   40. Patil, B.L. Talk on “RNAi-based transgenic resistance to cassava viruses”, at ICAR sponsored Summer School on RNAi, during 6-26 May, 2015.
   41. Patil, B.L. Talk on “Factors affecting Virus infection & RNAi, and their implications on VIGS”, at ICAR sponsored Summer School on RNAi, during 6-26 May, 2015.
   42. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Genetic Engineering for Resistance to Biotic Stresses in Crop Plants” in DBT sponsored short term training on “non-radioactive method of gene detection in microbes/GM crops” held in February 2015 at NRCPB, New Delhi.
   43. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Effect of Light and Temperature on Virus Infections, Gene Silencing and their implications on Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS)” 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICBB-2015), organised by ICSCCB, Pune, from 6-8 February 2015.
   44. Patil, B.L. Lead Talk on “Effect of Environmental conditions on Virus Infections, Gene Silencing and their implications on Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS)” at 23rd National Virology Conference at TNAU, Coimbatore during 18-20 December, 2014.
   45. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Cassava Brown Streak Disease: a major Threat to Food Security in Africa” at World Congress on “Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture, Animal Sciences, Food Technology, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Sustainable Approaches” at JNU, New Delhi, during 6-7 December, 2014.
   46. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Factors affecting Virus infection & RNAi, and their implications on VIGS” at ICAR sponsored CAFT training on “Genomics of plant virus for diagnosis and utilization as gene expression tool” held on 1st November, 2014 at Division of Plant Pathology, IARI, New Delhi.
   47. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Application of VIGS for Disease Resistance Gene Identification” at ICAR sponsored CAFT training on “Genomics of plant virus for diagnosis & utilization as gene expression tool” held on 31st Oct., 2014 in Div. of Pl. Pathol., IARI, New Delhi.
   48. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Transgenic Crop Plants for Virus Resistance” at 9th National Conference on “Current Trends and Future Challenges in Environmental Sciences, Biotechnology, ...” at Rewa (M.P), 26-27 April 2014.
   49. Patil, B.L., Ogwok, E., Yadav, J.S., Odipio, J., Bagewadi, B., Taylor, N.J., Alicai, T., and Fauquet, C.M. Invited Talk on “Cassava Brown Streak Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security”. In: Asia-Pacific Congress of Virology at Amity University, Noida during 17-20 December, 2013.
   50. Patil, B.L. Invited talk on “Functional Genomics in Crop Plants: through Virus Induced Gene Silencing” in Winter School on ‘Frontier technologies, in the area of biotechnology, on gene isolation, characterization and breeding with reference to abiotic stress related genes’ from 10th Dec - 30th Dec 2013 at NRCPB, New Delhi.
   51. Patil, B.L., Amin, I., and Fauquet, C.M. Light Intensity and Temperature affect Systemic Spread of Silencing Signal in Transient Agro-infiltration Studies. In: 7th Annual Convention of ABAP & ICPMH during October 18-20, 2013, held at University of Delhi, New Delhi.
   52. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk (Alumni Special) on “Cassava Viral Disease: Causes, Concerns and Control”. In: Silver Jubilee Symposium of Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, on 13th Feb. 2013.
   53. Patil, B.L. Invited Talk on “Genetic Engineering for Plant Virus Resistance” at ICAR sponsored Winter School on “Biotechnological Approaches for Adaptation to Climate Change” held in December, 2012 at NRCPB, New Delhi.
   54. Patil, B.L., Ogwok, E., Yadav, J.S., Bagewadi, B., Taylor, N.J., Alicai, T., and Fauquet, C.M. Transgenic RNAi- derived field resistance to cassava brown streak viruses at 21st National Virology Conference, IVRI, Mukteshwar from Nov. 8-10, 2012.
   55. Hohn, T., Pooggin, M., Bora, B., Patil, B.L., and Veluthambi, K. Viruses, killers or domesticators? FA0806 WGs

& MC meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 Sept. 2012.

1. 56. Fuentes, A., Yoslaine, R. Y., Natacha, C. N., Doreste, V., Callard, D., Sanchez, Y., Pujol, M., Malpica, N., Rajendran, R., Patil, B.L., Hohn, T., and Pooggin, M. Control of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection by transgenic RNAi directed against the viral C1 gene. FA0806 WGs & MC meeting in Slovenia, 3-5 Sept. 2012.
   57. Wagaba, H., Patil, B.L., Alicai, T., Baguma, Y., Mukasa, S., and Fauquet, C.M. Resistance to cassava brown streak disease using artificial microRNAs. Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21-II), Kampala, Uganda, June 18-22, 2012.
   58. Patil, B.L. Lead Lecture on: Transgenic Approaches for Control of Plant Viruses. Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS) Symposium on “Integrated Disease Management Strategies in Relation to Climate Change in South India”, during 14-15 October 2011, held at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India.
   59. Patil, B.L. Invited speaker on “RNA interference: Applications for Improvement of Human Health”. During IUSBC of VGST, GOK, Conference on 23rd May 2011 at B.L.D.E. University, Bijapur, India.
   60. Patil, B.L., Ogwok, E., Yadav, J.S., Wagaba, H., Bagewadi, B., Taylor, N.J., Alicai, T., Kreuze, J. F., Gowda, M. N., and Fauquet, C.M. RNAi mediated resistance to diverse isolates of Cassava brown streak virus. IAPB 12th World Congress to be held in St. Louis during 6-11th June, 2010.
   61. Wagaba, H., Patil, B.L., Taylor, N.J., Alicai, T., and Fauquet, C.M. Artificial microRNA technology for the control of Cassava brown streak disease. IABP 12th World Congress to be held in St. Louis during 6-11th June, 2010.
   62. Mbanzibwa, D.R., Tian, Y.P., Tugume, A.K., Patil, B.L., Yadav, J.S., Bagewadi, B., Abarshi, M. A., Alicai, T., Changadeya, W., Mkumbira, J., Muli, B., Mukasa, S.B., Tairo, F., Baguma, Y., Kyamanywa, S., Kullaya, A., Gowda, M.N.M., Fauquet, C.M., and Valkonen, J.P.T..The evolution of cassava brown streak-associated viruses (family Potyviridae) in East Africa. International conference on CBSD at Entebbe, Uganda, in May, 2010.
   63. Tugume, J.K., Soto, A.M., Kreuze, J., Patil, B.L., and Beachy, R.N. (2009) Designing RNAi chimeric gene constructs and a transient system for characterization of gene constructs for SPVD resistance. In: ‘11th Annual Fall Symposium of Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA’.
   64. Patil, B.L., and Fauquet, C.M. (2008) Differential behaviour of Cassava infecting geminiviruses in trans-replicating DNA-satellites & their effect on symptom phenotypes. In: Danforth Plant Science Center Annual Fall Symposium on “Engineering Plants for Future” at St. Louis, USA, during 1^st - 3^rd Oct. 2008.
   65. Patil, B.L., Taylor, C., and Fauquet, C.M. (2008) The effect of light and temperature on initiation & spread of gene silencing signal and geminivirus infectivity. In: Danforth Plant Science Center Annual Fall Symposium on “Engineering Plants for Future” at St. Louis, USA, during 1^st - 3^rd Oct. 2008.
   66. Ogwok, E., Patil, B.L., Alicai, T., and Fauquet, C.M. Factors Affecting Mechanical Transmission of Cassava Brown Streak Virus to Nicotiana benthamiana. In: “Cassava Meeting: The Challenges of the New Millennium” at Ghent University, Belgium. July 21st -25th, 2008.
   67. Kumria, R., Yadav, J.S., Trauterman, B. A., Moll, T.M., Patil, B.L., Corbin, D., Taylor, N.J., and Fauquet, C.M. Correlating siRNA Levels and Virus Resistance in Transgenic Cassava. In: “Cassava Meeting: The Challenges of the New Millennium” at Ghent University, Belgium. July 21st -25th, 2008.
   68. Ogwok, E., Patil, B.L., Alicai, T., and Fauquet, C.M. Studies on RNAi and Coat Protein-Mediated Control of Cassava Brown Streak Disease. In: “Cassava Meeting: The Challenges of the New Millennium” at Ghent University, Belgium. July 21st-25th, 2008.
   69. Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., and Fauquet, C.M. Optimization of Gene Silencing Constructs to control Cassava geminiviruses. In: 27th American Society for Virology Annual Meeting held at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. July 12th -16th 2008.
   70. Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., and Fauquet, C.M. Optimization of Gene Silencing Constructs to control Cassava Mosaic Disease. In: Danforth Plant Science Center International Fall Symposium on “Frontiers in Transgenesis” at St. Louis, USA, during 26th-28th Sept. 2007.
   71. Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., and Fauquet, C.M. Short Hairpin RNAs to Control Cassava Mosaic Geminiviruses. In: Danforth Plant Science Center International Fall Symposium on “Frontiers in Transgenesis” at St. Louis, USA, during 26th-28th Sept. 2007.
   72. Bagewadi, B., Patil, B.L., and Fauquet, C.M. Use of artificial miRNAs to control African Cassava Mosaic Virus. In: Danforth Plant Science Center International Fall Symposium on “Frontiers in Transgenesis” at St. Louis, USA, during 26th-28th Sept. 2007.
   73. Ogwok, E., Patil, B.L., Alicai, T., and Fauquet, C.M. Towards developing transgenic resistance to cassava brown streak disease. In: Danforth Plant Science Center International Fall Symposium on “Frontiers in Transgenesis” at St. Louis, USA, during 26th-28th Sept. 2007.
   74. Patil, B.L., Bagewadi, B., Yadav, J., Taylor, N., and Fauquet, C.M. Optimization of gene silencing constructs to control Cassava Mosaic Disease. In: Plant Biology & Botany Joint Congress, organized by American Society of Plant Biologists, held at Chicago, USA, during 7th-11th July 2007.
   75. Patil, B.L., Borah, B., Briddon, R., Bull, S., Rothenstein, D., Dasgupta, I., Stanley, J., and Jeske, H. Recombinant defective DNAs associated with Indian cassava-infecting geminiviruses in N. benthamiana. In: 5th International Conference on ss-DNA viruses at Ouro Preto, Brazil, during 20-26 May 2007.
   76. Patil, B.L., Jeske, H., Briddon, R.W., Stanley, J., and Dasgupta, I. 2006. Deletion and recombination events between DNA-A and DNA-B generate defective molecules in Indian cassava-infecting Geminiviruses. In: ‘Eighth Annual Fall Symposium of Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, USA’.
   77. Patil, B. L, Jeske, H., and Dasgupta, I. 2006. Characterization of the functional domains of Nuclear Shuttle Protein of ICMV. In: 10th ADNAT Convention held at ‘CCMB, Hyderabad, India’ in March 2006.
   78. Borah, B.K., Patil, B.L., and Dasgupta, I. 2006. Possible association of DNA Satellites with Cassava Infecting Geminivirus. In: ‘International Seminar on Management of Insect Transmitted Plant Viruses Occurring in the Semi- Arid Tropics’ to be held at ‘ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India’ in Feb 2006.
   79. Dasgupta, I., Joshi, R., Mathur, S., and Patil, B.L. 2005. Use of PCR-RFLP to diagnose viruses and their biodiversities in rice & cassava. In: ‘Second Global Conference on Plant Health - Global Wealth’ organized by Indian Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology and M.P. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India during 25th to 29th of November 2005.
   80. Patil, B.L., Jeske, H., & Dasgupta, I. 2004. Biodiversity studies in Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus, Investigations on its Defective Molecules and Molecular Characterization of Nuclear Shuttle Protein. In: 14th Annual Convention of the Indian Virological Society & National Symposium, at IARI, New Delhi, during 14-16 Oct. 2004. (Best Poster Award)
   81. Patil, B.L., and Dasgupta, I. Invited Talk on “Characterization of functional domains of BV1 protein of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus.” In: ISCB Workshop on Plant Geminiviruses held at School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai during August 25th-26th, 2004.
   82. Dutt, N., Patil, B.L., Briddon, R.W., and Dasgupta, I. 2004. Infectivity and sequence analysis of cloned geminiviral DNAs and their biodiversity in Southern India. In: ISCB Workshop on Plant Geminiviruses held at School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai during August 25th-26th, 2004.
   83. Patil, B.L., Rajasubramaniam, S., and Dasgupta, I. 2004. Both Indian cassava mosaic virus and Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus are found in India and exhibit high variability as assessed by PCR-RFLP India. In: Fourth International Conference on ss-DNA viruses at Cape Town, South Africa, held during 15th-20th February 2004.
   84. Dutt, N., Patil, B.L., Briddon, R., Rothenstein, D., Jeske, H., and Dasgupta, I. 2004. Infectivity and sequence analysis of cloned DNAs of begomoviruses from mosaic-infected cassava in India. In: Fourth International Conference on ss-DNA viruses at Cape Town, South Africa, held during 15-20 Feb. 2004.
   85. Patil, B.L. Presentation in Project review meetings for ‘European Union sponsored EU INCO-DEV programme: Improved Screening of Cassava against selected systemic Arboviruses’, held at ‘Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom’ chaired by Dr. John Stanley, in Sept. and Nov. 2003.

Trainings Received:

• A Basic Course in Proteomics, organized by C-CAMP, Bengaluru, during 27-29 Dec., 2019.
• Short course on “Metabolite Profiling as a Selection Tool for Abiotic & Biotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops” organized by ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, during 27th Nov. - 6th Dec., 2017.
• Participated in 21 days CAFT Training Program on “Computational and Statistical Advances in Bioinformatics for ‘omics’ Data” organized by ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi, 21 Jan-10 Feb 2014.
• Participated in 12 days Refresher Course on “Agricultural Research Management” during 7-19 January, 2013 at ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad.

Workshops/Symposia Organised, Chaired & Co-Chaired:

• Joint Secretary & Member of the Organising Committee for the 8^th International Geminivirus Symposium & 6^th International ssDNA Virology Workshop held in New Delhi, during 7-10 November-2016.
• Co-chair for “Session-XV”, chaired by Prof. R.L. Gilbertson, in the 8^th International Geminivirus Symposium & 6^th International ssDNA Virology Workshop held in New Delhi, during 7-10 November-2016.
• ICAR sponsored 21 days Summer School on “RNA-interference as a Tool for Plant Functional Genomics & Crop Improvement”, at ICAR-NRCPB, 6-26 May, 2015.

Professional Society Memberships:

• Member, Institute Biosafety Committee (IBSC) at ICAR-IIHR (2020-2023)
• Life Member, Society for Plant Research (SPR, India)
• Life Member, Indian Virological Society (IVS)
• Life Member, National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS, India)
• Life Member, Society of Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology (India)
• Member, American Society for Microbiology (USA); (2018)
• Member, American Society of Plant Biologists (USA); (2007)
• Associate Member, American Society of Virology (USA); (2008-2010)
• Member, Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, IARI, New Delhi (India, 2005)

Editorial Service:

• PLOS One (Editor)
• Frontiers in Plant Science (Associate Editor)
• Frontiers in Virology (Associate Editor)
• Vegetos (Editor)
• Virus Research Newsletter (by Indian Virological Society)
• ICAR-IIHR Annual Report & Newsletter (2019 onwards)

Peer Reviewing for Research Journals:

Nature Scientific Reports, Plant Disease, Virus Research, Molecular Plant Pathology, Viruses, Gene, Virus Genes, Plant Gene, Virus Disease, Virology Journal, Journal of General & Molecular Virology, Crop Protection, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Plant Biology, Nature Protocols, BMC-Biotechnology, Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, PLoS One, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Frontiers in Plant Science, GM Crops & Food Biotechnology in Agriculture, Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Jr. of Phytopathology, 3Biotech, etc.

Project Proposals Peer Reviewed:

• 2016: BARD, the US-Israel Bi-national Agricultural Research and Development Fund.
• 2016: for DBT (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India), on Plant Virus Diagnostics.
• 2017 & 2020: for BIRAC-Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI-33/16).
• 2017: for DBT (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India), on Plant Microbe Interactions.
• 2020 & 2022: BARD, the US-Israel Bi-national Agricultural Research and Development Fund.

Management Positions:

• Served as Secretary of Genetics Society, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India, during 1999-2000.
• Served as General Secretary, Undergraduates Hostel (400 students), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India, during 1997-1998, while pursuing B. Sc (Agriculture).

Thesis/Viva Examiner for Doctoral/Masters Students:

• 2022: MSc (Biotechnology) Viva examiner at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
• 2022: PhD (Biotechnology) Thesis Evaluation for JNU, New Delhi
• 2021: Observer for Agricultural Research Service (ARS) exams conducted by ASRB, India
• 2021: MSc (Biotechnology) Thesis Evaluation for UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
• 2020: PhD Thesis Evaluation & Viva examination for Panjab University, Chandigarh
• 2020: PhD (Life Sciences) Thesis Evaluation & Viva examination for JNU, New Delhi
• 2019: PhD (Plant Pathology) Thesis Evaluation for TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
• 2018: PhD (Agri-Biotechnology) Thesis Evaluation and Viva-Voce examination for Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India
• 2017: PhD (Genetics) Thesis Evaluation for University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
• 2016: PhD (Plant Mol. Biology) Thesis Evaluation for JNU (ICGEB), New Delhi, India
• 2016: MSc Thesis Evaluation for TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
• 2015: PhD (Biotechnology) Viva examiner at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

Contribution to Teaching, Mentoring & Trainings:

• 2023-2026: Co-Guide for PhD (Botany) student, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
• 2022-2025: Co-Guide for PhD student, Lovely Professional University, Ludhiana, Punjab. Dissertation work being done in my lab at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India.
• 2021-2023: Advisory Member for MSc & PhD students, from UAS, Bengaluru, India.
• 2017-2021: Co-Guide for PhD student, from AAU-Jorhat, Assam. Part of the dissertation work done in my lab at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India.
• 2019-2020: Advisory Committee Member for MSc student, from TNAU-Coimbatore, India.
• 2017-2018: Member, Board of Studies for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (MBB) for PG School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.
• 2018-2022: Teaching 5 advanced & basic courses (MBB-501, MBB-511, MBB-601, MBB-703, VSC-611) in “Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology” at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India.
• 2013-2018: Taught 2 courses (MBB-701, MBB-702) on “Advances in Genetic Engineering” & “Advances in Plant Molecular Biology” at ICAR-NRCPB, New Delhi, during 2013-2018, as a Faculty of IARI PG School, New Delhi, India.
• 2012-2018: Faculty-in-Charge for MBB Student Seminars (2012, 2013 & 2017), IARI, India.
• 2016-2018: Mentored 3 National Post-Doctoral Fellows (Drs. R. Mishra, Shivraj SM, & M. Dangwal), funded by DST-SERB (Science & Engineering Research Board), Govt. of India.
• 2018-23: Adjunct Faculty in UHS-Bagalkot, UAS-Bengaluru & UAS-Raichur (2015), India.
• 2015-2020: Co-Chairman for 3 MSc (Agri. Biotechnology) students from UAS, Raichur. Their dissertation work was done in my Lab at ICAR-NRCPB, New Delhi & ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru.
• 2013-2018: Advisory Committee Member for 7 PhD students, IARI, New Delhi, India.
• 2018 onwards: Trained UG/PG students in Mol. Biology at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India.
• 2013-2018: Trained UG/PG students in Molecular Biology at ICAR-NRCPB, New Delhi.
• 2010-2011: Trained UG/PG students in Molecular Biology at DBT-NABI, Mohali, India.
• 2007-2010: Trained visiting scientists & guided post-graduate students from tropical countries in Plant Virology & Molecular Biology at Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, USA (Ghana: Mr. Samuel Amiteyi & Uganda: Mr. Emmanuel Ogwok & Mr. Joab Tugume for MSc and Mr. Henry Wagaba for PhD and Columbia: Mr. Simon Cortes for PhD).
• 2006-2008: Trained/guided graduate, undergraduate students/interns sponsored by NSF (Mr. Jake Elmer) and high school student from Missouri (Mr. Todd Romkema), during my tenure at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA.