Joshi, Dr. Bal Krishna

Dr. Bal Krishna Joshi is a Senior Scientist (Plant Genetics and Breeding) at the National Agriculture Genetic Resources Center (National Genebank), Nepal Agricultural Research Council Kathmandu (Nepal). He did PhD degree in Agricultural Science from Japan, and has two Master degrees, one in plant genetics and breeding from Nepal and second on horticulture with minor in statistics from USA. Dr. Joshi is working on agrobiodiversity conservation and utilization since last 25 years through 80 different methods/approaches/ good practices. He has applied/developed many new concepts for the management of agrobiodiversity. Some of the specific working areas are genetic enhancement of landraces, use of biotechnology, geographical information system, climate analog tool, participatory and evolutionary plant breeding, computer aided statistical training, policy formulation, etc. He has published >300 articles and edited 20 books and proceedings. He is serving as an Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Nepal Agricultural Research Council since 2018. Earlier he served as Editor in Chief for other journal as well and editor member for few journals. He has been also involving on teaching Plant breeding, Genetics, Biotechnology and Statistics in different universities. He is a resource person for some topics on an international training on seed resilient system since last few years. He received 12 different awards including National Technology Award, and Science and Technology Youth Award. He is a member of Nepal Plant Breeding and Genetic Society, Nepal Agrobiodiversity Society, Biotechnology Society of Nepal, Society of Agricultural Scientists Nepal, Nepal Biotechnology Society.

Affiliation

National Gene Bank, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: joshibalak@yahoo.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7848-5824

Book/Chapter Published

Agrobiodiversity Indicators and Measurement using R

Indigenous Seeds, Seed Selection and National Seed Banks for Sustainable Agriculture

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