2026 Gurdev S. Khush: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	84	353	329	119	110	515	37994
Genetics	81	1500	1424	702	660	347	32748

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his extraordinary contribution to theoretical research in plant genetics, evolution and breeding especially of rice, with regard to food production and alleviation of hunger.
1996 - World Food Prize, American Society of Agronomy
1996 - Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)
1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1989 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
1989 - International Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy
1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1987 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
1987 - Japan Prize for the development of the IR8 and IR36 strains for rice breeding strategies geared to the tropical and subtropical zones.
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Gurdev S. Khush is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Plant Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Nutrition and Dietetics, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, and Ecology.

The main research topics associated with Gurdev S. Khush include:

GABA and Rice Research
Food composition and properties
Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
Biofuel production and bioconversion
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

The scientist has published in various venues, most frequently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, followed by Crop and Environment, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Science Bulletin.

Representative publications include:

Inactivation of rice starch branching enzyme IIb triggers broad and unexpected changes in metabolism by transcriptional reprogramming, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Multiomics of a rice population identifies genes and genomic regions that bestow low glycemic index and high protein content, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Biodiversity is nature's gift for the survival of the human race: Some reflections, 2023, Crop and Environment
Remembering M.S. Swaminathan: An outstanding scientist and visionary leader, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Multi-omics of a rice population identifies genes and genomic regions in rice that bestow low glycemic index and high protein content, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gurdev S. Khush include Saurabh Badoni, Sakshi Kor, Sung-Ryul Kim, Rhowell N. Tiozon, and Gopal Misra.

The scientist's work has been recognized with several awards and honors, including:

Wolf Prize in Agriculture (2000) for contributions to plant genetics, evolution, and breeding, particularly in rice
Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) in 1996
World Food Prize from the American Society of Agronomy in 1996
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1995)
Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (1989)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1989)
International Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy (1989)
Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) (1987)
Japan Prize (1987) for development of rice strains for tropical and subtropical zones
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

Rice yields decline with higher night temperature from global warming

Shaobing Peng;Jianliang Huang;John E. Sheehy;Rebecca C. Laza

3241
Citations
What it will take to feed 5.0 billion rice consumers in 2030.

Gurdev S. Khush

1811
Citations
Molecular mapping of rice chromosomes.

S. R. McCouch;G. Kochert;Z. H. Yu;Z. Y. Wang

1757
Citations
Origin, dispersal, cultivation and variation of rice.

Gurdev S. Khush

1731
Citations
Green revolution: a mutant gibberellin-synthesis gene in rice.

A. Sasaki;M. Ashikari;M. Ueguchi-Tanaka;H. Itoh

1597
Citations
Green revolution: the way forward

Gurdev S. Khush

1222
Citations
A High-Density Rice Genetic Linkage Map with 2275 Markers Using a Single F2 Population

Yoshiaki Harushima;Masahiro Yano;Ayahiko Shomura;Mikiko Sato

1148
Citations
Pyramiding of bacterial blight resistance genes in rice: marker-assisted selection using RFLP and PCR.

N. Huang;E. R. Angeles;J. Domingo;G. Magpantay

985
Citations
Yield Potential Trends of Tropical Rice since the Release of IR8 and the Challenge of Increasing Rice Yield Potential

S. Peng;Kenneth G. Cassman;S. S. Virmani;J. Sheehy

973
Citations
Progress in ideotype breeding to increase rice yield potential

Shaobing Peng;Gurdev S. Khush;Parminder Virk;Qiyuan Tang

929
Citations
Green revolution: preparing for the 21st century.

Gurdev S Khush

711
Citations
Pyramiding three bacterial blight resistance genes (xa5, xa13 and Xa21) using marker-assisted selection into indica rice cultivar PR106

S. Singh;J. S. Sidhu;N. Huang;Y. Vikal

674
Citations
Field performance of transgenic elite commercial hybrid rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin

Jumin Tu;Guoan Zhang;Karabi Datta;Caiguo Xu

655
Citations
Alien introgression in rice.

D. S. Brar;G. S. Khush

642
Citations
Overdominant Epistatic Loci Are the Primary Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression and Heterosis in Rice. I. Biomass and Grain Yield

Zhi-Kang Li;Zhi-Kang Li;L. J. Luo;H. W. Mei;D. L. Wang

546
Citations
Breaking the Yield Frontier of Rice

Gurdev S. Khush

523
Citations
Over-expression of the cloned rice thaumatin-like protein (PR-5) gene in transgenic rice plants enhances environmental friendly resistance to Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight disease

K. Datta;R. Velazhahan;N. Oliva;I. Ona

509
Citations
Chemical- and irradiation-induced mutants of indica rice IR64 for forward and reverse genetics.

Jian-Li Wu;Chanjian Wu;Cailin Lei;Marietta Baraoidan

465
Citations
Cytogenetics of aneuploids

Gurdev S. Khush

451
Citations
Overdominant Epistatic Loci Are the Primary Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression and Heterosis in Rice. II. Grain Yield Components

L J Luo;Z K Li;Z K Li;H W Mei;Q Y Shu

369
Citations
Sequence Tagged Site Marker-Assisted Selection for Three Bacterial Blight Resistance Genes in Rice

A.C. Sanchez;D.S. Brar;N. Huang;Z. Li

365
Citations