Dr V. Nataraj

Dr V. Nataraj

Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding)
Vennampally.Nataraj@icar.gov.in
0731-2437926(O)
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https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=j7SxDLkAAAAJ&hl=en
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nataraj_Vennampally

Academics

Ph. D. in Genetics
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
M.Sc(Ag) in Genetics and Plant Breeding
B.H.U,Varanasi, U.P
B.Sc Agriculture
A.N.G.R.A.U, Hyderabad, Telangana

Projects

  • Current projects as PI and CO-PI (In House)
  • Soybean Improvement against charcoal rot and anthracnose diseases (as PI)
  • Hybridization, selection and development of multi-parent population for genetic improvement of yield potential in soybean(as Co-PI)
  • Enhancing disease resistance in soybean using genomic approaches (Co-PI)(as Co-PI)
  • Evaluation of germplasm and breeding for collar rot disease caused by Sclerotium rolsfsii Sacc in soybean (as Co-PI)
  • Soybean Improvement against defoliating insects
  • Morphological and molecular characterization of Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot in soybean (as Co-PI)

Publications

  • Best Five Publications
  • Nataraj V Vinod Sharma JB Chanwala J Mallick N and Jha SK (2017) Molecular characterization of Triticum militinae derived introgression lines carrying leaf rust resistance. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.65:787-796
  • Shivakumar, M., Kumawat, G., Nataraj, V., Gireesh, C., Gupta, S., Satpute, G.K., Ratnaparkhe, M.B and Yadav, D.P. 2019. NAM population – a novel genetic resource for soybean improvement: development and characterization for yield and attributing traits. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization; 1–9. doi:10.1017/S1479262119000352.
  • Nataraj, V., Shivakumar, M., Kumawat, G., Gupta, S., Rajput, L.S., Kumar, S., Sharma, A.N and Bhatia, V.S. 2020. Genetic inheritance and identification of resistant germplasm sources for anthracnose resistance in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-00917-4(01
  • Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Marmat, N., Kumawat, G., Shivakumar, M., Kamble, V., Nataraj, V., Ramesh, S.V., Deshmukh, M.P., Singh, A.K., Sonah ,H., Deshmukh, R., Prasad, M., Chand, S and Gupta S. 2020. Whole genome re-sequencing of soybean accession EC241780 providing genomic landscape of candidate genes involved in rust resistance. Current Genomics. 21(1) https://doi.org/10.2174/1389202921999200601142258
  • Kumawat, G., Shivakumar, M., Gupta, S., Tripathi, R., Agrawal, N., Singh, V., Rajesh, V., Chandra, S., Kamble, Nataraj, V., Bharti, A., Sharma, M.P., Jadhav, P.V., Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Satpute, G.K., Bhatia, V.S. 2020. Identification of novel genetic sources for agronomic and quality traits in soybean using multi-trait allele specific genic marker assays. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-020-00580-x
  • Nataraj, V., Kumar, S., Kumawat, G., Shivakumar, M., Rajput, L.S., Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Ramteke, R., Gupta, S., Satpute, G.K., Rajesh, V., Kamble, V and Chandra, S. 2019. Charcoal Rot Resistance in Soybean: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives. In: Wani S. (eds) Disease Resistance in Crop Plants. Springer, Cham. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20728-1_10.

Achievements