Dr. Dhammaprakash Wankhede

Dr. Dhammaprakash Wankhede
Senior Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Genomic Resources

Contact

Phone: 011-25802875
Email: d.wankhede(AT)icar.gov.in, wdhammaprakash(AT)gmail.com

Qualification

Qualification(S) Discipline Year
M.Sc. (Agriculture) Genetics and Plant Breeding 2005
Ph.D. Plant Molecular biology and Biotechnology 2011
Post-doctoral Fellow MAPK mediated signaling in rice 2011-2012

SPECIALIZATION

Plant Genetics

Salient Achievements

  • Identified six genetics stocks in linseed, and minor pulses (cowpea and wild bean)
  • Large scale discovery of SNPs in linseed and genotyping of germplasm accessions from the National Genebank, India
  • Identified QTNs for flowering time, days to maturity, plant height and thousand seed weight in linseed using genome wide association studies (GWAS) in linseed.
  • Large scale SNP discovery and genetic diversity analysis in minor pulses (cowpea, greengram, blackgram, moth bean)
  • Developed EST-SSRs in dolichos bean
  • Identified SNPs associated with flowering trait and seed weight in mothbean
  • DNA fingerprinting of several pre-released varieties of green gram, blackgram, cowpea, clusterbean, dolichos bean, winged bean, adzuki bean, Pillipesara etc.

Awards/Honours

  • Review Editor of ‘Plant Systematics and Evolution’ in Frontiers in Plant Science, and ‘Genomics of Plants and the Phytoecosystem’ in Frontiers in Genetics;
  • Science Engineering Research board (SERB)-Early Career Research Award (2017) in the form of Research Project for the period of three year.
  • CSIR-UGC- Junior and Senior Research Fellowship (2005-2010)

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Biradar, M., Tripathi, K., Meena, V.S. Basavaraj P. S., Jyoti Kumari, Reddappa S. B., Wankhede D. P., Jacob S. R., Archak S. (2025) Morpho-physiological traits underpinning high-temperature stress tolerance in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.). Genet Resour Crop Evol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-025-02328-9
  2. Chaudhary, D., Gore, P.G., Wankhede, D.P. et al. (2025) Morphological variability and genetic diversity assessment of agronomic traits in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) core collection using multivariate analysis. Genet Resour Crop Evol https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02299-3
  3. Gawade, B.H., Kumari, L., Khan, Z… Wankhede DP (2024) Evaluation of diverse blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) germplasm accessions for root-knot nematode resistance and genetic diversity study. Genet Resour Crop Evol https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02218-6
  4. Kaur V, Gomashe SS, Yadav SK, Singh D, Sheela, Chauhan SS, Kumar V, Jat B, Tayade NR, Langyan S, Kaushik N, Singh M, Kheralia M, Wankhede DP, Aravind J, Srivastava V, Gupta K, Kumar A, Singh GP. Leveraging genetic resource diversity and identification of trait-enriched superior genotypes for accelerated improvement in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.). Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 31;14(1):20266. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71044-8.
  5. Yadav, A.K., Singh, C.K., Wankhede, D.P. et al. Combined Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Analysis Unravels Candidate Genes Associated with Seed Weight in Moth Bean [Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal]. J Plant Growth Regul (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11517-2
  6. Rangan, P., Wankhede, D.P., Subramani, R. et al. Rice Transcriptomics Reveal the Genetic Determinants of An In Planta Photorespiratory Bypass: a Novel Way to Increase Biomass in C3 Plants. Plant Mol Biol Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-024-01469-y
  7. Sahu, T.K., Verma, S.K., Gayacharan et al. Transcriptome-wide association mapping provides insights into the genetic basis and candidate genes governing flowering, maturity and seed weight in rice bean (Vigna umbellata). BMC Plant Biol 24, 379 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04976-y
  8. Siddhant Ranjan Padhi, Racheal John, Kuldeep Tripathi, Wankhede DP, Tanay Joshi, Jai Chand Rana, Amritbir Riar, Rakesh Bhardwaj (2024) A Comparison of Spectral Preprocessing Methods and Their Effects on Nutritional Traits in Cowpea Germplasm. Legume Science, 2024; 6:e229 https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.229.
  9. Kuldeep Tripathi, R K Gautam, Vijay K Verma, D P Wankhede, Rakesh Bhardwaj, S K Chaudhari & G P Singh (2024) Gadmal: An endemic pulse crop from Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 23(3), 239-246. DOI: 10.56042/ijtk.v23i3.1658
  10. Verma, J.; Gore, P.G.; Kumari, J.; Wankhede, D.P.; Jacob, S.R.; Thirumani Venkatesh, A.K.; Nair, R.M.; Tripathi, K. Exploring Genetic Diversity in Black Gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) for Pre-Harvest Sprouting Tolerance. Agronomy 2024, 14, 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14010197
  11. Vikender Kaur, Sunil S. Gomashe, J. Aravind, Shashank K. Yadav, Sheela, Devender Singh, Shubhendra Singh Chauhan, Vinay Kumar, Balram Jat, Nandan Ramesh Tayade, Ankit Saroha, Nutan Kaushik, Sapna Langyan, Mamta Singh, Wankhede DP, Kuldeep Singh, Ashok Kumar, Gyanendra Pratap Singh (2023) Multi-environment phenotyping of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) germplasm for morphological and seed quality traits to assemble a core collection, Industrial Crops and Products,206, 117657, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117657.
  12. Saroha A, Gomashe SS, Kaur V, Pal D, Ujjainwal S, Aravind J, Singh M, Rajkumar S, Singh K, Kumar A and Wankhede DP* (2023) Genetic dissection of thousand-seed weight in linseed (Linum usitatissimum) using multi-locus genome-wide association study. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1166728. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1166728
  13. Francis, A., Singh, N.P., Singh, M., Sharma, P., Gayacharan, Kumar, D., Basu, U., Bajaj, D., Varshney, N., Joshi, D.C., Semwal, D.P., Tyagi, V., Wankhede, D., Bharadwaj, R., Singh, A.K., Parida, S.K. and Chattopadhyay, D. (2023) The ricebean genome provides insight into Vigna genome evolution and facilitates genetic enhancement. Plant Biotechnol. J., https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14075.
  14. Kaur V, Singh M, Wankhede DP, Gupta K, Langyan S, Aravind J, Thangavel B, Yadav SK, Kalia S, Singh K and Kumar A (2023) Diversity of Linum genetic resources in global genebanks: from agro-morphological characterisation to novel genomic technologies – a review. Front. Nutr. 10:1165580. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1165580
  15. Prathyusha VB, Swathi E, Divya D, Reddy BVB, Bentur JS, Chalam VC, Wankhede DP, Singh K, Anitha K. (2023) Field and agroinoculation screening of national collection of urd bean (Vigna mungo) germplasm accessions for new sources of mung bean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) resistance. 3 Biotech. 2023 Jun;13(6):194. doi: 10.1007/s13205-023-03610-2.
  16. Gaikwad AB, Kumari R, Yadav S, Rangan P, Wankhede DP and Bhat KV (2023) Small cardamom genome: development and utilization of microsatellite markers from a draft genome sequence of Elettaria cardamomum Maton. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1161499. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1161499
  17. Manju, Yadav SK, Wankhede DP, Saroha A, Jacob SR, Pandey R, Sharma AD, Sheela, Manoj Kumar, Kaur V. (2023) Screening of barley germplasm for drought tolerance based on root architecture, agronomic traits and identification of novel allelic variants of HVA1. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. DOI: 10.1111/jac.12650.
  18. Yadav, A.K., Singh, C.K., Kalia, R.K. Mittal S, Wankhede DP*… Singh AK* (2023). Genetic diversity, population structure, and genome-wide association study for the flowering trait in a diverse panel of 428 moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) accessions using genotyping by sequencing. BMC Plant Biology 23, 228 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04215-w.
  19. Gaikwad AB, Kaila T, Maurya A, Kumari R, Rangan P, Wankhede DP and Bhat KV (2023) The chloroplast genome of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and its comparative analysis with related Piper species. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 13:1095781. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1095781.
  20. Kumari, S. Wankhede, D.P*.; Murmu, S.; Maurya, R.; Jaiswal, S.; Rai, A.; Archak, S*. (2022) Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Trihelix Gene Family in Asian and African Vigna Species. Agriculture, 12, 2172. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122172.
  21. Bartwal A, John R, Padhi SR, Suneja P, Bhardwaj R, Gayacharan, Wankhede DP, Archak S. (2023) NIR spectra processing for developing efficient protein prediction Model in mungbean. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 116. 105087, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.105087. (Impact Factor: 4.52).
  22. Wankhede D.P., Singh R, Rajkumar S (2022) Genomic Tools in Plant Genetic Resource Management. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 35(3):194-199. DOI: 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00068.7
  23. Padhi SR, John R, Bartwal A, Tripathi K, Gupta K, Wankhede DP, Mishra GP, Kumar S, Rana JC, Riar A and Bhardwaj R (2022) Development and optimization of NIRS prediction models for simultaneous multi-trait assessment in diverse cowpea germplasm. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9:1001551. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1001551.
  24. Puneeth, P.V., Lata, S., Yadav, R.K., Wankhede D. P. et al. Exploring the genetic diversity using CAAT box-derived polymorphism (CBDP) and start codon targeted (SCoT) markers in cultivated and wild species of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-022-01458-8
  25. Yadav B, Kaur V, Narayan OP, Yadav SK, Kumar A and Wankhede DP (2022) Integrated omics approaches for flax improvement under abiotic and biotic stress: Current status and future prospects. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. 13:931275. https://doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.931275. (*Corresponding author)
  26. Panigrahi, S. K., Tripathi, K., Singh, R., Kumar, R., Sanghamitra, P., Wankhede, D. P., Singh, N., Dubey, K. K. D., & Gupta, K. (2022). Evaluation of black gram (Vigna mungo) genepool against Callosobruchus maculatus and diversity analysis inter se. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 92(7), 915–919. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v92i7.122390
  27. Rangan P, Wankhede DP, Subramani R, et al. 2022 Evolution of an intermediate C4 photosynthesis in the non-foliar tissues of the Poaceae. Photosynthesis Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00926-7.
  28. Padhi SR, Bartwal A, John R, Tripathi K, Gupta K, Wankhede DP, Mishra GP, Kumar S, Archak S and Bhardwaj R (2022) Evaluation and Multivariate Analysis of Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] Germplasm for Selected Nutrients—Mining for Nutri-Dense Accessions. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6:888041. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.888041
  29. Saroha A, Pal D, Gomashe SS, Akash, Kaur V, Ujjainwal S, Rajkumar S, Aravind J, Radhamani J, Kumar R, Chand D, Sengupta A and Wankhede DP* (2022) Identification of QTNs Associated with Flowering Time, Maturity, and Plant Height Traits in Linum usitatissimum L. Using Genome-Wide Association Study. Frontiers in Genetics. 13:811924. https://doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.811924.
  30. Shweta Kumari, Ujjainwal S, Singh N., Archak S, Wankhede D.P*. (2022). Development of Genic Simple Sequence Repeat Markers as Novel Genomic Resources in Dolichos Bean (Lablab purpureus L.) Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 35(1): 80–84 (2022) DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00012.2
  31. Verma SK, Mittal S, Gayacharan, Wankhede DP, Parida SK, Chattopadhyay D, Prasad G, Mishra DC, Joshi DC, Singh M, Singh K and Singh AK (2022) Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Pathways and Candidate Genes Controlling Seed Development and Size in Ricebean (Vigna umbellata). Frontiers in Genetics. 12:791355. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.791355.
  32. Saroha, A., Pal, D., Kaur, V. Kumar S, Bartwal A, J. Aravind, J. Radhamani, S. Rajkumar, Kumar R, Gomashe SS, Sengupta A, Wankhede DP* (2022) Agro-morphological variability and genetic diversity in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) germplasm accessions with emphasis on flowering and maturity time. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-021-01231-3
  33. Tripathi K, Parihar AK, Murthy N, Revanasidda, Wankhede DP, Singh N, Deshpande SK, Kumar A (2021) Identification of a unique accession in cowpea with dense pubescence. Journal of Food Legumes 33(4): 278-279, 2020.
  34. Marla SS, Mishra P, Maurya R, Singh M, Wankhede DP, Kumar A, Yadav MC, Subbarao N, Singh SK, Kumar R (2020) Refinement of Draft Genome Assemblies of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) Frontiers in Genetics doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.607432.
  35. Yadav SK, Santosh Kumar VV, Verma RK, Yadav P, Saroha, Wankhede DP, Chaudhary B, Chinnusamy V (2020) Genome-wide identification and characterization of ABA receptor PYL gene family in rice. BMC Genomics (2020) 21:676. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07083-y.

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