Academics

Ph.D. in Genetics & Plant Breeding

College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad.

Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights

IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University), New Delhi.

M.Sc.(AG)

College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad.

B.Sc Agriculture Sciences

College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad.

Projects

Research area interest

• Pre-breeding, insect resistance breeding, preharvest sprouting tolerance, Germplasm evaluation, molecular breeding

Projects

• Pre-breeding for broadening of genetic base in soybean. funding IRC (as PI)
• Soybean Improvement against defoliating insects. funding IRC (as PI)
• Augmentation, management and documentation of soybean germplasm. funding IRC project (as Co-PI)
• Breeding for high seed and oil yield for different maturity duration in soybean. funding IRC project (as Co-PI)
• Breeding for resistance against charcoal rot and anthracnose diseases in soybean. funding IRC project (as Co-PI)
• Breeding for drought resistance / tolerance varieties in soybean. funding IRC project (as Co-PI)
• Isolation and identification of kairomones and sex pheromones components for soybean stem fly, Melanoagromyza sojae management. funding IRC project (as Co-PI)

External Projects

• Marker assisted stacking of yellow mosaic disease resistance, null Kunitz trypsin inhibitor, null lipoxygenase-2 genes, and broadening the genetic base of soybean. Funding NASF, ICAR (as Co-PI)
• 3S1Y model for rapid soybean seed multiplication for seed rolling: an initiative towards edible oil self-sufficiency. Funding DAC, MoA&FW (as Co-PI)

Publications

• Best Five Publications
• Nataraj, V., Gupta, S., Singh, K.H., Prince, Raghavendra, shivakumar, Giriraj, Nisha, Vangala Rajesh et al. (2024) Envirotype-based delineation of environmental effects and genotype × environment interactions in Indian soybean (Glycine max, L.). Sci Rep 14, 11629 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62613-y.
• Maranna, S., Nataraj, V., Kumawat, G., Chandra, S. Rajesh, V et al. Breeding for higher yield, early maturity, wider adaptability and waterlogging tolerance in soybean (Glycine max L.): A case study. Sci Rep 11, 22853 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02064-x NAAS 10.99.
• Bhartiya, A., Aditya, J. p., Gupta, S., Rajesh, V., Nataraj, V., Kant, L., & Joshi, H. (2024). Utilising soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] wild and untapped genetic resources through pre-breeding: Challenges and opportunities. Plant Breeding,1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.13193
• Shivakumar Maranna, Vennampally Nataraj, Giriraj Kumawat, Subhash Chandra,Vangala Rajesh, Rajkumar Ramteke, Ram Manohar Patel, Milind B. Ratnaparkhe,S.M. Husain, Sanjay Gupta & Nita Khandekar. 2021. Breeding for higher yield, early maturity, wider adaptability and waterlogging tolerance in soybean (Glycine max L.): A case study. Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). 11, 22853 .https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02064-x
• Bhartiya, A., Rajesh, V et al. 2023. Evaluation of indigenous and exotic soybean accessions for yield, resistance to frog-eye leaf spot and yellow mosaic virus diseases. Plant Genetic Resources DOI: 10.1017/S1479262123000941.
• Meena, L.K, Sharma, A.N and Rajesh V. 2023. Effects of Genotypic Diversity onInsect-pests of Soybean. Legume Research. doi10.18805/LR-4625.
• Gupta, S., Agrawal, N., Tripathi, R., Kumawat, G., Nataraj, V., Shivakumar, M., Satpute, G.K., Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Rajesh, V., Chandra, S and Jain, M. 2021. Long juvenility trait: A vehicle for commercial utilization of soybean (Glycine max) in lower latitudes. Plant Breeding. DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12926.

Achievements

• One of the developer of Soybean Varieties NRC 165, NRC 157. Collaborator for the soybean Varieties NRC 130, NRC 136, NRC 128 and NRC 131.
• Registered Soybean germplasm EC 34372 (INGR22091) and JS 20-34 (INGR23055).
• Ph.D Gold medal- Awarded with “Neelam Raju Ganga prasada Rao and N Kamala Gold Medal-PJTSAU” on 09-03-2019 during the Third Convocation Day of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad for securing Highest Overall Grade Point Average of 9.41/10.0 in the University in Ph.D (Agriculture) for the discipline of Genetics & Plant Breeding during the period 2017-18.
• Best Ph.D Thesis Award- Received best Ph.D thesis award from Samagra Vikas Welfare Society (SVWS) during the International Seminar on Modern Agriculture Approaches in 21st Century during 22-23 November 2019 at University of Lucknow, Lucknow, UP from Shri Lakhan Singh Rajput, Hon`ble state minister of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh.
• Served as Seed Certification Officer (SCO) in Telangana State Seed Certification and Organic Certification Authority (TSSOCA) in government of Telangana state. Also as OECD seed certification officer for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states from 2016-17.
• Served as Student core committee member for the first time Student Organized Conference on Integrating Genomics with Phenomics in Crop Improvement Learning from Commercial Perspective during 23rd to 25th November, 2015 in Collaboration with Dupont-Pioneer and PJTSAU.
• Life Member of Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, Society for Soybean Research and Development,Indian Society of Oilseeds research and Agricultural Research Service Scientists Forum.