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Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Affiliation : International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- 46Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
- 1497Total publications
- 79175Citations
- 141h-index
Research profile
Rajeev Kumar Varshney has 46 indexed publications (2006–2025). Their work appears mainly in “Euphytica”, “Theoretical and Applied Genetics” and “Frontiers in Plant Science”. Their most cited article, “Plant growth promoting rhizobia: challenges and opportunities” (2014), has been cited 573 times. 3 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in India, Mali, Ethiopia, Italy.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsResearch areas
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Peanut Plant Research Studies
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Publications (46)
- Dissecting the genomic regions, candidate genes and pathways using multi‐locus genome‐wide association study for stem rot disease resistance in groundnut
- Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks
- Copper removal capability and genomic insight into the lifestyle of copper mine inhabiting Micrococcus yunnanensis GKSM13
- Precise exogenous insertion and sequence replacements in poplar by simultaneous HDR overexpression and NHEJ suppression using CRISPR-Cas9
- Genome-wide association mapping of seed oligosaccharides in chickpea
- Chromosome-length genome assemblies of six legume species provide insights into genome organization, evolution, and agronomic traits for crop improvement
- Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms
- Next generation breeding in pulses: Present status and future directions
- Advances in Crop Improvement and Delivery Research for Nutritional Quality and Health Benefits of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
- An integrated research framework combining genomics, systems biology, physiology, modelling and breeding for legume improvement in response to elevated CO2 under climate change scenario
- Plant vigour QTLs co-map with an earlier reported QTL hotspot for drought tolerance while water saving QTLs map in other regions of the chickpea genome
- Breeding pigeonpea cultivars for intercropping: synthesis and strategies
- Gene/QTL discovery for Anthracnose in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from North-western Himalayas
- Vernalization response in chickpea is controlled by a major QTL
- Validation of markers linked to late leaf spot and rust resistance, and selection of superior genotypes among diverse recombinant inbred lines and backcross lines in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
- Identification of a non-redundant set of 202 in silico SSR markers and applicability of a select set in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
- Plant growth promoting rhizobia: challenges and opportunities
- Genotyping-by-sequencing based intra-specific genetic map refines a ‘‘QTL-hotspot” region for drought tolerance in chickpea
- Marker-assisted introgression of a QTL region to improve rust resistance in three elite and popular varieties of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
- Genomics-assisted breeding in four major pulse crops of developing countries: present status and prospects
- Comprehensive Transcriptome Assembly of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Using Sanger and Next Generation Sequencing Platforms: Development and Applications
- Allelic relationships of flowering time genes in chickpea
- The CarERF genes in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and the identification of CarERF116 as abiotic stress responsive transcription factor
- Genome-based analysis of the transcriptome from mature chickpea root nodules
- Pre-breeding for diversification of primary gene pool and genetic enhancement of grain legumes
- Molecular mapping of QTLs for resistance to Fusarium wilt (race 1) and Ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
- Evolving Molecular Marker Technologies in Plants: From RFLPs to GBS
- Advances in Chickpea Genomics
- An intra-specific consensus genetic map of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] derived from six mapping populations
- Identification of dominant and recessive genes for resistance to Fusarium wilt in pigeonpea and their implication in breeding hybrids
- Quantitative trait locus analysis and construction of consensus genetic map for foliar disease resistance based on two recombinant inbred line populations in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
- Improving protein content and nutrition quality.
- Mapping QTL for resistance to botrytis grey mould in chickpea
- The first genetic map of pigeon pea based on diversity arrays technology (DArT) markers
- Single feature polymorphisms (SFPs) for drought tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus spp.)
- Genome-wide association mapping: a case study in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
- Integration of novel SSR and gene-based SNP marker loci in the chickpea genetic map and establishment of new anchor points with Medicago truncatula genome
- Genomics and Physiological Approaches for Root Trait Breeding to Improve Drought Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
- Features of SNP and SSR diversity in a set of ICARDA barley germplasm collection
- Novel Genomic Tools and Modern Genetic and Breeding Approaches for Crop Improvement
- Assessment and comparison of AFLP and SSR based molecular genetic diversity in Indian isolates of Ascochyta rabiei, a causal agent of Ascochyta blight in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
- Identification and validation of a core set of informative genic SSR and SNP markers for assaying functional diversity in barley
- EST-derived single nucleotide polymorphism markers for assembling genetic and physical maps of the barley genome
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms in rye (Secale cereale L.): discovery, frequency, and applications for genome mapping and diversity studies
- Recent history of artificial outcrossing facilitates whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties
- Genetic mapping and BAC assignment of EST-derived SSR markers shows non-uniform distribution of genes in the barley genome
Publication venues
- Euphytica × 7
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics × 6
- Frontiers in Plant Science × 4
- Springer eBooks × 4
- Molecular Breeding × 4
- Functional & Integrative Genomics × 3
Publications per year
- 20251
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- 20231
- 20222
- 20213
- 20202
- 20183
- 20153
- 20148
- 20134
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Osmania University · University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad · Bharathidasan University · Barkatullah University · Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
Co-authors’ countries : India · Mali · Ethiopia · Italy
Co-authors
- Pooran Mal Gaur
- Manish Kumar Pandey
- Rachit Kumar Saxena
- Mahendar Thudi
- S. Pande
- Dave A. Hoisington
- Srinivasan Samineni
- C L L Gowda
- Anuja Dubey
- Essègbémon Akpo
- Mamta Sharma
- Deepa Jaganathan
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