Rajeev Kumar Varshney
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Rajeev Kumar Varshney
is a geneticist
currently working as Principal Scientist- Applied Genomics at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India
and also Theme Leader - Comparative and Applied Genomics (CAG), Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), hosted at CIMMYT, Mexico
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Rajeev Varshney
has over 10 years research experience in the area of plant genomics and crop biotechnology. He has interest in development and application of genomic tools and strategies for applied breeding of the legume and cereal crops of the semi-arid tropics. He has over 130 research papers/articles in the reputed journals (e.g. PNAS, USA, Trends in Plant Sciences, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Trends in Biotechnology, The Plant Journal, Plant Cell & Environment, Functional Integrative Genomics, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Plant Breeding, Euphytica, several BMC Journals etc.) and four edited books (Cereal Genomics- Kluwer and Model Plants and Crop Improvement- CRC Press, Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement - Vol I, Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement - Vol II) to his credit. The citation index of his published papers has already exceeded the 1600 numbers.
He received his Bachelor degree (B.Sc. Honours) in Botany and Masters degree in Botany
(Genetics
, Plant Breeding
and Molecular Biology
) from the Aligarh Muslim University
, Aligarh in 1993 and 1995 respectively. Subsequently, he joined the laboratory of Professor P K Gupta at Chaudhary Charan Singh University
, Meerut, to work on a Wheat Biotechnology Project sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Based on his work done on the project, he earned his doctoral degree (PhD) in Agricultural Botany (Molecular biology
) in 2001. Just after that he took up an assignment of Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Scientist) at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
. He worked there for five years in the area of structural and functional genomics of barley and comparative genomics of cereals. Subsequently he accepted the assignment of Senior Scientist for Applied Genomics at ICRISAT in late 2005. While working at ICRISAT, he took up a half time appointment with Generation Challenge Programme, hosted at CIMMYT, as SubProgramme Leader for SubProgramme 2- Genomics towards Gene Discovery. In 2008, he was promoted to the position of Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics) at ICRISAT. Since then he has a dual appointment with ICRISAT as Principal Scientist and GCP as SubProgramme Leader. Recently, he has been designated as Adjunct Professor in School of Plant Biology at The University of Western Australia.
students in several universities, some of them are listed below.
R K Varshney - open access papers.
Some publications are given below:
Full list of publications of Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Varshney
Varshney, Varshnei, Varshnai, Varshnaya, Varshni, Vrishni or Vrushni are family names from India. They are variant spellings of the name Varshneya, first recorded in the Mahābhārata as used by Arjuna to address Vasudeva Krishna...
is a geneticist
Geneticist
A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...
currently working as Principal Scientist- Applied Genomics at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and also Theme Leader - Comparative and Applied Genomics (CAG), Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), hosted at CIMMYT, Mexico
Mexico
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Rajeev Varshney
Varshney
Varshney, Varshnei, Varshnai, Varshnaya, Varshni, Vrishni or Vrushni are family names from India. They are variant spellings of the name Varshneya, first recorded in the Mahābhārata as used by Arjuna to address Vasudeva Krishna...
has over 10 years research experience in the area of plant genomics and crop biotechnology. He has interest in development and application of genomic tools and strategies for applied breeding of the legume and cereal crops of the semi-arid tropics. He has over 130 research papers/articles in the reputed journals (e.g. PNAS, USA, Trends in Plant Sciences, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Trends in Biotechnology, The Plant Journal, Plant Cell & Environment, Functional Integrative Genomics, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Plant Breeding, Euphytica, several BMC Journals etc.) and four edited books (Cereal Genomics- Kluwer and Model Plants and Crop Improvement- CRC Press, Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement - Vol I, Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement - Vol II) to his credit. The citation index of his published papers has already exceeded the 1600 numbers.
He received his Bachelor degree (B.Sc. Honours) in Botany and Masters degree in Botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
(Genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
, Plant Breeding
Plant breeding
Plant breeding is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for propagation, to more complex molecular...
and Molecular Biology
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
) from the Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...
, Aligarh in 1993 and 1995 respectively. Subsequently, he joined the laboratory of Professor P K Gupta at Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Chaudhary Charan Singh University , formerly Meerut University is a public university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime minister of India...
, Meerut, to work on a Wheat Biotechnology Project sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Based on his work done on the project, he earned his doctoral degree (PhD) in Agricultural Botany (Molecular biology
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
) in 2001. Just after that he took up an assignment of Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Scientist) at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He worked there for five years in the area of structural and functional genomics of barley and comparative genomics of cereals. Subsequently he accepted the assignment of Senior Scientist for Applied Genomics at ICRISAT in late 2005. While working at ICRISAT, he took up a half time appointment with Generation Challenge Programme, hosted at CIMMYT, as SubProgramme Leader for SubProgramme 2- Genomics towards Gene Discovery. In 2008, he was promoted to the position of Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics) at ICRISAT. Since then he has a dual appointment with ICRISAT as Principal Scientist and GCP as SubProgramme Leader. Recently, he has been designated as Adjunct Professor in School of Plant Biology at The University of Western Australia.
Education
- Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
, (B Sc. Honours), Botany, Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...
, Aligarh, 1993 - Master of ScienceMaster of ScienceA Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
, Botany, (Genetics, Plant Bredeing and Molecular Biology), Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...
, Aligarh, 1995 - Ph.D.Ph.D.A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
, Agricultural botany (Molecular BiologyMolecular biologyMolecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
), Chaudhary Charan Singh UniversityChaudhary Charan Singh UniversityChaudhary Charan Singh University , formerly Meerut University is a public university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime minister of India...
, Meerut, 2001
Awards and honours
- Elected Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 2010 - INSA-Young Scientist Medal-2008 of Indian National Science AcademyIndian National Science AcademyThe Indian National Science Academy , New Delhi is the apex body of Indian scientists representing all branches of science & technology.-History:...
(INSA) - Associate Fellow (2008) of http://www.naasindia.orgNational Academy of Agricultural Sciences, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(NAAS)] - Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award-2007 of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
- Promising Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award-2007 and 2008 by ICRISAT.
- Best Poster Award – 2009 for the poster of PhD Scholar of Rajeev Varshney, presented at International Conference Grain Legumes: Quality improvement, Value addition and Trade
- Certificate of Honour and Cash Award-2000 by Prof. M. S. SwaminathanM. S. SwaminathanMaankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist in Kuttanad, kerala. He was the second of four sons of a doctor.He is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India", for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in...
, FRS for best Research Poster presented as a PhD scholar in a National Symposium at M. S. SwaminathanM. S. SwaminathanMaankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist in Kuttanad, kerala. He was the second of four sons of a doctor.He is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India", for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in...
Research Foundation, Chennai. - Certificate of Honour-1997 by Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR), India for carrying out outstanding research in the area of wheat genetics as a PhD scholar
- First Position- University Gold Medal-1995 by Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...
, India for securing first position in M.Sc. in the Life Science Faculty.
International roles
- Theme Leader on Comparative and Applied Genomics (CAG) of Generation Challenge Programme, a CGIAR Challenge Programme (2007 onwards)
- Associate Editor for Theoretical and Applied Genetics published by Springer (2009 onwards)
- Associate Editor for BMC Plant Biology, an open-access journal (2009 onwards)
- Associate Editor for BMC Genetics an open-access journal (2009 onwards)
- Associate Editor for Molecular Breeding, published by Springer (2008 onwards)
- Associate Editor for Euphytica, published by Springer (2005 onwards)
- Subject Editor for Plant Breeding, published by Blackwell (2008 onwards)
- Associate Editor for Crop and Pasture Science journal, published by CSIRO from 2009
- Associate Editor for Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization (CABI, UK)(2005 onwards)
- Associate Editor for Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, IOS Press, India (2008 onwards)
- Member of Editorial Boards for Genes, Genomes and Genomics (Global Science Books, UK) (2006 onwards)
- Invited Editor for April 2010 issue (Genome studies and molecular genetics, and Plant Biotechnology) of Current Opinion in Plant Biology (with DR Cook)
- Invited Editor for special issue (Plant Genomics and Quantitative Genetics) of Molecular Breeding (eds. P K Gupta, HS Balyan and RK Varshney), to be published in 2009
- Steering Committee Member for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations sponsored international conference entitled “Application of Biotechnologies in Developing Countries (ABDC-10), Guadalajara, Mexico” (2008 onwards)
- Member on International Organizing Committee for V International Grain Legume Genetics and Genomics Meeting- 2010, Asilomar, USA
- Member of Organizing and Programme Committee for 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources (GPGR2), Bologna, Italy
- Founder, Organizer, Member of Overall Planning Groups (OPG) and coordinator of Recombinational Analysis coordination area of International Chickpea Genetics and Genomics Consortium (ICGGC)
- Organizer, International Initiative for Pigeonpea Genomics
- Coordinator, ‘Recombinational Analysis’ of International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI); 2004–2007
- Coordinator, International ‘Triticeae EST-SSR Coordination’ of ITMI (2003–2008)
- Organizer, Genomics-Assisted Breeding Workshop in Plant and Animal Genome Conference, USA 2006 onwards
- Organizer, Generation Challenge Programme Workshop in Plant and Animal Genome Conference, USA from 2008
- Organizing secretary, Third International Conference for Peanut Genomics and Biotechnology on Advances in Arachis through Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB-2008), Nov 4-8 2008, ICRISAT, India
- Secretary for Fourth International conference of the Peanut research community on “Advances in Arachis through Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB-2009), Oct 19-22 2009, ICRISAT, Mali
- Organizer for International Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Data Analysis, Jul 21-23 2009, ICRISAT, India
- Coordinating committee member, International Peanut Genomics Committee, USA to coordinate peanut genomics research and organize the international conferences and meetings from 2006
- Member of Technical Programme Committee for Advances in Arachis Genomics Meeting, Atlanta, USA (2007)
- Elected member of Executive Council of Association for DNA Fingerprinting and Other DNA Technologies (ADNAT), Hyderabad, India 2007 onwards
- Invited speaker and facilitator in several international conferences, symposiums and meetings like Plant and Animal Genome (USA, >7 times), International Triticeae Symposium (Czech Republic), Gene Revolution (Italy), Generation Challenge Programme Annual Research Meeting (Brazil, South Africa, Thailand, Malwai, Mali, Paris), Grain Legume Technology Transfer Platform Conference (France), Grain Legume Conference (Portugal, 2 times), Interdrought-II (Italy), Peanut Genomics meeting (USA), PlantGEM (Lisbon, Portugal), Royal Society-India Workshop, 40th Crop Science Society Meeting of South Korea, etc.
- Referee for research grant application - National Science Foundation (USA), Seventh Research Framework Programme of European Commission (EC), Department of Biotechnology and Department of Atomic Energy of India, Arab Science & Technology Funds (ASTF), UAE
- Reviewers for several journals- like Theoritical and Applied Genetics, Mol Gen Genom, Plant Breed, Mol Breed, Heredity, Crop Science, BMC Genomics/ Bioinformatics/ Plant Biology/ Genetics, Planta.
Research projects and grants
- Leader – Centre of Excellence (CoE) sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
- Principal Investigator/ Co-Principal Investigator/ Collaborator on several research projects, funded by National Fund of Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndian Council of Agricultural Research , New Delhi, India is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India...
and Department of BiotechnologyDepartment of BiotechnologyThe Department of Biotechnology is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India...
, Govt of India, Syngenta Foundation, Generation Challenge Programme and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Recognized faculty
He is also a recognized faculty for teaching and supervising for MSc/PhDPHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
students in several universities, some of them are listed below.
- The University of Western Australia
- Osmania UniversityOsmania UniversityOsmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...
, Hyderabad - University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreUniversity of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreThe University of Agricultural Sciences is located in Bangalore, India. It was established in the year 1964 as UAS Bangalore by a legislative act.-History:...
- University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityJawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityJawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad is a university, primarily focused on engineering, located in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 1965 as the Nagarjuna Sagar Engineering College, it was established as a university in 1972 by The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Act, 1972,...
, Hyderabad - Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural UniversityAcharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural UniversityThe Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University is a University in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.-History:...
, Hyderabad - Barkatullah UniversityBarkatullah UniversityBhopal University or Barkatullah University Hindi: बरकतउल्लाह विशवविधालय is an Indian university in Bhopal, renamed after the great freedom fighter, Prof. Barkatullah, who was born there. It is the main university of the capital city and provides degrees to most of the non-technical colleges in...
, Bhopal - CCS Haryana Agricultural UniversityChaudhary Charan Singh UniversityChaudhary Charan Singh University , formerly Meerut University is a public university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime minister of India...
, Hisar
List of publications
Rajeev has been a prolific author, contribute to more than 130 research papers/ invited reviewers/ articles in leading international journals of repute. Many of his papers are available at ICRISAT's open access institutional repository:R K Varshney - open access papers.
Some publications are given below:
- Hiremath PJ, Farmer A, Cannon SB, Woodward J, Kudapa H, Tuteja R, Kumar A, Prakash B, Mulaosmanovic B, Gujaria N, Krishnamurthy L, Gaur P, KaviKishor PB, Shah T, Srinivasan R, Lohse M, Xiao Y, Town CD, Cook D, May GD, Varshney RK (2011) Large-scale transcriptome analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an orphan legume crop of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Plant Biotech Jour, 9:922–931
- Dubey A, Farmer A, Schlueter J, Cannon SB, Abernathy B, Tuteja R, Woodward J, Shah T, Mulasmanovic B, Kudapa H, Raju NL, Gothalwal R, Pande, S, Xiao Y, Town CD, Singh NK, May GD, Jackson S, Varshney RK (2011) Defining the transcriptome assembly and its use for genome dynamics and transcriptome profiling studies in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). DNA Research, doi:10.1093/dnares/dsr007
- Bohra A, Dubey A, Saxena RK, Penmetsa RV, Poornima KN, Kumar N, Framer AD, Srivani G, Upadhyaya HD, Gothalwal R, Ramesh S, Singh D, Saxena K, Kavikishor PB, Singh NK, Town CD, May GD, Cook DR, Varshney RK (2011) Analysis of BAC-end sequences (BESs) and development of BES-SSR markers for genetic mapping and hybrid purity assessment in pigeonpea (Cajanus spp.). BMC Plant Biology, 29, 11:56
- Gujaria N, Kumar A, Dauthal P, Dubey A, Hiremath P, Bhanu Prakash A, Farmer A, Bhide M, Shah T, Gaur PM Upadhyaya HD, Bhatia S, Cook DR, May GD, Varshney RK (2011) Development and use of genic molecular markers (GMMs) for construction of a transcript map of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Theor Appl Genet, 122:1577–1589
- Raju NL, Gnanesh BN, Lekha PT, Balaji J, Pande S, Byregowda M, Singh NK and Varshney RK (2010). The first set of EST resource for gene discovery and marker development in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). BMC Plant Biology 10:45
- Glaszmann JC, Kilian G, Upadhyaya HD, Varshney RK (2010) Accessing genetic diversity for crop improvement. Curr Opin Plant Biol, doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2010.01.004
- Cook DR, Varshney RK (2010) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VS4-4YV6K3F-1&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2010&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info%28%23toc%236252%232010%23999869997%231923690%23FLA%23display%23Volume%29&_cdi=6252&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=19&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d7cedb792712f2e915678058b827c8f5From genome studies to agricultural biotechnology: closing the gap between basic plant science and applied agriculture], Curr Opin Plant Biol , in press
- Flowers TJ, Gaur PM, Gowda CLL, Krishnamurthy L, Samineni S, Siddique KHM, Turner NC, Vadez V, Varshney RK and Colmer TD (2010) Salt sensitivity in chickpea. Plant Cell and Environment 33: 490-509 Open Access: http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/1931
- Witzel K, Weidner A, Surabhi GK, Varshney RK , Kuenze G, Buck-Sorlin GH, Börner A, Mock HP (2010) Comparative analysis of the grain proteome fraction in barley genotypes with contrasting salinity tolerance during germination. Plant Cell and Environment 33: 211-222 Open Access:http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/1927
- Varshney RK , Penmetsa RV, Dutta S, Kulwal PL, Saxena RK, Datta S, Sharma TR, Rosen B, Carrasquilla-Garcia N, Farmer AD, Dubey A, Saxena KB, Gao J, Fakrudin B, Singh MN, Singh BP, Wanjari KB, Yuan M, Srivastava RK, Kilian A, Upadhyaya HD, Mallikarjuna N, Town CD, Bruening GE, He G, May GD, McCombie R, Jackson SA, Singh NK, Cook DR (2010)Pigeonpea genomics initiative (PGI): an international effort to improve crop productivity of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). Molecular Breeding doi: 10.1007/s11032-009-9327-2
- Saxena KB, Sultana R, Mallikarjuna N, Saxena RK, Kumar RV, Sawargaonkar SL and Varshney RK (2010). Male-sterility systems in pigeonpea and their role in enhancing yield. Plant Breeding 129:125—134 Open Access: http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/1709
- Varshney RK , Close TJ, Singh NK, Hoisington DA, Cook DR (2009) Orphan legume crops enter the genomics era! Curr Opin Plant Biol 12: 202–210 Open Access: http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/254
- Varshney RK , Nayak SN, May GD, Jackson SA (2009). Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding. Trends Biotechnol 27: 522-30 Open Access http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/239
- Varshney RK , Hiremath PJ, Lekha PT, Kashiwagi J, Balaji J, Deokar AA, Vadez V, Xiao Y, Srinivasan R, Gaur PM, Siddique KHM, Town CD and Hoisington DA (2009) A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinity- responsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) BMC Genomics 10:523
- Close TJ, Bhat PR, Lonardi S, Wu Y, Rostoks N, Ramsay L, Druka A, Stein N, Svensson T, Wanamaker S, Bozdag S, Roose M, Moscou M, Chao S, Varshney RK , Szucs P, Sato K, Hayes PM, Matthews DE, Kleinhofs A, Muehlbauer GJ, Young JD, Marshall DF, Madishetty K, Fenton RD, Condamine P, Graner A and Waugh R (2009). Development and implementation of high-throughput SNP genotyping in barley. BMC Genomics 10:582
- Varshney RK , Bertioli DJ, Moretzsohn M, Vadez V, Krishnamurthy L, Aruna R, Nigam SN, Moss B, Kannan S, Ravi K, He G, Knapp SJ and Hoisington DA (2009) The first SSR-based genetic linkage map for cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Theor Appl Genet 118: 729-739 Open Access: http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/253
- Varshney RK and Dubey A (2009). Novel genomic tools and modern genetic and breeding approaches for crop improvement. Jour Plant Biochem Biotechnol 18: 127-138 Open Access: http://dspace.icrisat.ac.in/handle/10731/242
- Cuc LM, Mace E, Crouch J, Quang VD, Long TD, Varshney RK (2008) Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers and their application for diversity assessment in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea ). BMC Plant Biology
- Marcel TC, Varshney RK , Barbieri M, Jafary H, De Kock MJD, Graner A and Niks RE (2008) A high-density consensus map of barley to compare the distribution of QTLs for partial resistance to Puccinia hordei and of defence gene homologues. Theor Appl Genet 114: 487-500
- Varshney RK , Marcel TC, Ramsay L, Russell J, Röder M, Stein N, Waugh R, Langridge P, Niks RE, Graner A (2007) A high density barley microsatellite map with 775 SSR loci. Theor Appl Genet 114: 1091-1103
- Varshney RK , Beier U, Khlestkina E, Kota R, Korzun V, Röder M, Graner A, Börner A (2007) Single nucleotide polymorphisms in rye: discovery, frequency and applications for genome mapping and diversity studies. Theor Appl Genet 114: 1105-1116
- Kota R, Varshney RK , Prasad M, Zhang H, Stein N, Graner A (2007) EST-derived single nucleotide polymorphism markers for assembling genetic and physical maps of the barley genome. Functional and Integrative Genomics 8: 223-233
- Stein N, Prasad M, Scholz U, Thiel T, Zhang H, Wolf M, Kota R, Varshney RK , Perovic D, Grosse I, Graner A (2007) A 1000 loci transcript map of the barley genome- new anchoring points for integrative grass genomics. Theor Appl Genet 114: 823-839
- Rostoks N, Ramsay L, MacKenzie K, Cardle L, Bhat P R, Roose M L, Svensson J T, Stein N, Varshney RK , Marshall DF, Graner A, Close TJ, Waugh R (2006) Recent history of artificial outcrossing facilitates whole-genome association mapping in elite inbred crop varieties. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 103: 18656-18661
- Varshney RK , Hoisington DA, Tyagi AK (2006) Advances in cereal genomics and applications in crop breeding. Trends Biotechnol 24: 490-499
- Varshney RK , Grosse I, Hahnel U, Thiel T, Rudd S, Zhang H, Prasad M, Stein N, Langridge P, Graner A (2006). Genetic mapping and physical mapping (BAC-identification) of EST-derived microsatellite markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Theor Appl Genet 113: 239-250
- Varshney RK , Graner A, Sorrells ME (2005) Genic microsatellite markers in plants: features and applications. Trends Biotechnol 23: 48-55
- Varshney RK , Graner A, Sorrells ME (2005) Genomics-assisted breeding for crop improvement. Trends in Plant Science 10: 621-630
- Zhang H, Sreenivasulu N, Weschke W, Stein N, Rudd S, Radchuk V, Potokina E, Scholz U, Schweizer P, Zierold U, Langridge P, Varshney RK , Wobus U, Graner A (2004) Large-scale analysis of the barley transcriptome based on expressed sequence tags. The Plant Journal 40: 276-290
- Thiel T, Michalek W, Varshney RK , Graner A (2003) Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Theor Appl Genet 106: 411-422
- Varshney RK , Thiel T, Stein N, Langridge P, Graner A (2002) In silico analysis on frequency and distribution of microsatellites in ESTs of some cereal species. Cell & Molecular Biology Lett. 7: 537-546
- Varshney RK , Prasad M, Roy JK, Kumar N, Harjit-Singh, Dhaliwal HS, Balyan HS, Gupta PK (2000b) Identification of eight chromosomes and a microsatellite marker on 1AS associated with QTL for grain weight in bread wheat. Theor Appl Genet 100: 1290-1294
- Prasad M, Varshney RK , Roy JK, Balyan HS, Gupta PK (2000) The use of microsatellites for detecting DNA polymorphism, genotype identification and genetic diversity in wheat. Theor Appl Genet 100: 584-592
- Gupta PK, Varshney RK (2000) The development and use of microsatellite markers for genetics and plant breeding with emphasis on bread wheat. Euphytica 113: 163-185
- Gupta PK, Varshney RK , Sharma PC, Ramesh B (1999) Molecular markers and their applications in wheat breeding. Plant Breeding 118: 369-390
Full list of publications of Rajeev Kumar Varshney
List of Books
- 'CEREAL GENOMICS' Eds PK Gupta and R K Varshney Kluwer, 2004, pages 639
- 'MODEL PLANTS, CROP IMPROVEMENT' Eds R K Varshney and RMD Koebner CRC Press Inc, Florida, USA; 2006, pages 336
- 'GENOMICS ASSISTED CROP IMPROVEMENT', Vol 1 - Genomics Approaches and Platforms, Eds R K Varshney and R Tuberosa Spinger; 2007, pages 380 (ISBN 978-1-4020-6294-0)
- 'GENOMICS ASSISTED CROP IMPROVEMENT', Vol II - Genomics Applications in Crops, Eds R K Varshney and R Tuberosa Spinger; 2007, pages 504 (ISBN 978-1-4020-6296-4)
- 'ROOT GENOMICS' Eds Antonio Costa de Oliveira and R K Varshney Spinger; 2010, pages 280 (ISBN 978-3-540-85545-3)