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  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in India Leader Award
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  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Hari D. Upadhyaya is affiliated with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in India. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, especially within the field of plant science.

Their work covers several subfields including genetics, agronomy and crop science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and soil science. Main research topics explored include genetic and environmental crop studies, agricultural pest management, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, plant genetic and mutation studies, genetics and plant breeding, and plant micronutrient interactions and effects.

Frequent collaborative partners in Upadhyaya's research include Rajendra Kumar, Rajeev K. Varshney, Annapurna Chitikineni, Aamir W. Khan, and Aladdin Hamwieh.

The scientist has published in a variety of venues, with multiple papers appearing in Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Plant Science, Nature, Nature Genetics, and Frontiers in Genetics. Notable recent publications include:

  • A chickpea genetic variation map based on the sequencing of 3,366 genomes, 2021, Nature
  • Genetic and genomic resources, and breeding for accelerating improvement of small millets: current status and future interventions, 2020, The Nucleus
  • Superior haplotypes for haplotype-based breeding for drought tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.), 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • A sorghum practical haplotype graph facilitates genome-wide imputation and cost-effective genomic prediction, 2020, The Plant Genome
  • Exploring the genetic variability and diversity of pearl millet core collection germplasm for grain nutritional traits improvement, 2020, Scientific Reports

Upadhyaya's expertise lies in integrating genetic and genomic tools with crop improvement strategies, focusing on drought tolerance, grain nutritional traits, and crop diversity.

They have received recognition in the form of fellowships from professional organizations including the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) in 2009 and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Draft genome sequence of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) provides a resource for trait improvement

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Chi Song;Rachit K Saxena;Sarwar Azam

  • Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Wenbin Chen;Yupeng Li;Arvind K Bharti

  • Population genomic and genome-wide association studies of agroclimatic traits in sorghum

    Geoffrey P. Morris;Punna Ramu;Santosh P. Deshpande;C. Thomas Hash

  • Biology and genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas L.: A review

    B.N. Divakara;H.D. Upadhyaya;S.P. Wani;C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda

  • Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

    Rajeev K Varshney;Chengcheng Shi;Mahendar Thudi;Cedric Mariac

  • Landrace Germplasm for Improving Yield and Abiotic Stress Adaptation

    Sangam L. Dwivedi;Salvatore Ceccarelli;Matthew W. Blair;Hari D. Upadhyaya

  • A mini core subset for capturing diversity and promoting utilization of chickpea genetic resources in crop improvement

    H. D. Upadhyaya;R. Ortiz

  • Genetic variability of drought-avoidance root traits in the mini-core germplasm collection of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

    Junichi Kashiwagi;L. Krishnamurthy;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Hari Krishna

  • Advances in Arachis genomics for peanut improvement

    Manish K. Pandey;Emmanuel Monyo;Peggy Ozias-Akins;Xuanquiang Liang

  • Accessing genetic diversity for crop improvement

    Jean-Christophe Glaszmann;B. Kilian;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Rajeev K. Varshney;Rajeev K. Varshney;Rajeev K. Varshney

  • Genome-environment associations in sorghum landraces predict adaptive traits.

    Jesse R. Lasky;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Punna Ramu;Punna Ramu;Santosh Deshpande

  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-based Genetic Diversity in the Reference Set of Peanut (Arachis spp.) by Developing and Applying Cost-Effective Kompetitive Allele Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Genotyping Assays

    Pawan Khera;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Manish K. Pandey;Manish Roorkiwal

  • Resequencing of 429 chickpea accessions from 45 countries provides insights into genome diversity, domestication and agronomic traits.

    Rajeev K. Varshney;Mahendar Thudi;Manish Roorkiwal;Weiming He

  • Haploids: Constraints and opportunities in plant breeding

    Sangam L. Dwivedi;Anne B. Britt;Leena Tripathi;Shivali Sharma

  • Genetic structure, diversity, and allelic richness in composite collection and reference set in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).

    Hari D Upadhyaya;Sangam L Dwivedi;Michael Baum;Rajeev K Varshney

  • Large-scale development of cost-effective SNP marker assays for diversity assessment and genetic mapping in chickpea and comparative mapping in legumes

    Pavana J Hiremath;Pavana J Hiremath;Ashish Kumar;Ramachandra Varma Penmetsa;Andrew Farmer

  • Developing a mini core collection of sorghum for diversified utilization of germplasm.

    H D Upadhyaya;R P S Pundir;S L Dwivedi;C L L Gowda

  • Genetic Dissection of Drought and Heat Tolerance in Chickpea through Genome-Wide and Candidate Gene-Based Association Mapping Approaches

    Mahendar Thudi;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Abhishek Rathore;Pooran Mal Gaur

  • A QTL study on late leaf spot and rust revealed one major QTL for molecular breeding for rust resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

    Y. P. Khedikar;M. V. C. Gowda;C. Sarvamangala;K. V. Patgar

  • Draft genome of the peanut A-genome progenitor (Arachis duranensis) provides insights into geocarpy, oil biosynthesis, and allergens

    X Chen;H Li;M K Pandey;Q Yang

  • Whole-genome resequencing of 292 pigeonpea accessions identifies genomic regions associated with domestication and agronomic traits

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Rachit K Saxena;Hari D Upadhyaya;Aamir W Khan

  • Development of a groundnut core collection using taxonomical, geographical and morphological descriptors

    Hari D. Upadhyaya;Rodomiro Ortiz;Paula J. Bramel;Sube Singh

Frequent Co-Authors

Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
C. L. L. Gowda
C. L. L. Gowda International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Sube Singh
Sube Singh International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Shivali Sharma
Shivali Sharma International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Swarup K. Parida
Swarup K. Parida Indian Agricultural Research Institute
L. Krishnamurthy
L. Krishnamurthy International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Akhilesh K. Tyagi
Akhilesh K. Tyagi University of Delhi
Pooran M. Gaur
Pooran M. Gaur University of Western Australia
Vincent Vadez
Vincent Vadez Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Rodomiro Ortiz
Rodomiro Ortiz Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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