Dr. Mahesh C. Yadav

Dr. Mahesh C. Yadav
Principal Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Genomic Resources

Contact

Phone: 011-25802762
Email: Mahesh.Yadav1(AT)icar.gov.in

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=EuccXV8AAAAJ&hl=en

Qualification

DegreeDisciplineYear
M.Sc.Genetics1992
Ph.D.Genetics1998
Post DoctorateWarwick-HRI, Wellesbourne, UK2002

SPECIALIZATION : Molecular Genetics

Salient Achievements

DNA barcoding, and diversity assessment in wild species and landraces of rice, wheat and maize; developed core, trait-specific set for heat tolerance, bi-parental and MAGIC populations and QTLs identified for salinity tolerance, grain size and root traits in bread wheat, teaching and research guidance to students of ‘The Graduate School, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi’

Awards/Honours

  • Yadavindra Young Scientist award (2002) by Mushroom Society of India;
  • Krishi Jeevan Jyoti Award (2015) by AIASA and ICAR; Distinguished Scientist Award (2016) by SSSD Meerut;
  • Fellow ISPGR (2019); Fellow BRS Prayagraj (2015)

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Bairwa RK, Yadav MC, Tiwari S, Aswin M, Ellur RK and Gopalakrishnan S (2024). Aromatic rice (Oryza sativa) landraces of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India harbor rich genetic diversity. Crop Science. Doi: 10.1002/csc2.21211
  2. Aswin M, Yadav MC, Tiwari S, Bairwa RK, Gopalakrishnan S, Rana MK, Singh R and Mondal TK (2023) Population structure and genetic differentiation analyses reveal high level of diversity and allelic richness in crop wild relatives of AA-genome species of rice (Oryza sativa) in India. Journal of Applied Genetics 64: 645-666. Doi: 10.1007/s13353-023-00787-3
  3. Patidar A, Yadav MC, Kumari J, Tiwari S, Chawla G and Paul V (2023) Identification of Climate-Smart Bread Wheat Germplasm Lines with Enhanced Adaptation to Global Warming. Plants 12(15):2851. Doi: 3390/plants 12152851
  4. Kumari J, Lakhwani D, Jakhar P, Sharma S, Tiwari S, Mittal S, Avashthi H, Shekhawat N, Singh K, Mishra KK, Singh R, Yadav MC, Singh GP and Singh AK (2023) Association mapping reveals novel genes and genomic regions controlling grain size architecture in mini core accessions of Indian National Genebank wheat germplasm collection. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1148658. Doi: 3389/fpls.2023.1148658
  5. Sharma D, Kumari A, Sharma P, Singh A, Sharma A, Mir ZA, Kumar U, Jan S, Parthiban M, Mir RF, Bhati P, Pradhan AK, Yadav A, Mishra DC, Budhlakoti N, Yadav MC, Gaikwad KB, Singh AK, Singh GP and Kumar S (2023) Meta-QTL analysis in wheat: progress, challenges and opportunities. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 136:247. doi: 10.1007/s00122-023-04490-z.
  6. Prasad G, Mittal S, Kumar A, Chauhan D, Sahu TK, Kumar S, Singh R, Yadav MC and Singh AK (2022). Transcriptome analysis of bread wheat genotype KRL3-4 provides a new insight into regulatory mechanisms associated with sodicity (high pH) tolerance. Frontiers in Genetics. 12:782366. Doi:3389/fgene.2021.782366
  7. Chaurasia S, Singh AK, Kumar A, Songachan LS, Yadav MC, Kumar S, Kumari J, Bansal R, Sharma PC and Singh K (2021). Genome-wide association mapping reveals key genomic regions for physiological and yield-related traits under salinity stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genomics 113: 3198-3215. Doi: 10.1016/ j.ygeno.2021.07.014
  8. Danakumara T, Kumari J, Singh AK, Sinha SK, Pradhan AK, Sharma S, Jha SK, Bansal R, Kumar S, Jha GK, Yadav MC and Prasad PVV (2021). Genetic dissection of seedling root system architectural traits in a diverse panel of hexaploid wheat through multi-locus genome-wide association mapping for improving drought tolerance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 7188. Doi: 10.3390/ ijms22137188
  9. Marla S, Mishra P, Maurya R, Singh M, Wankhede DP, Kumar A, Yadav MC, Rao NS, Singh SK, Kumar R (2020). Refinement of draft genome assemblies of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Frontiers in Genetics 11:1-12. Doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.607432
  10. Phogat BS, Kumar S, Kumari J, Kumar N, Pandey AC, Singh TP; Kumar S, Tyagi RK, Jacob SR, Singh AK, ——– Dutta M, Yadav MC, Rana JC and Bansal KC. (2021). Characterization of wheat germplasm conserved in the Indian National Genebank and establishment of a composite core collection. Crop Science 61(1) 604-620. Doi: 10.1002/csc2.20285
  11. Tiwari S, Yadav MC, Dikshit N, Yadav VK, Pani DR and Lata M (2020). Morphological characterization and genetic identity of crop wild relatives of rice (Oryza sativa L.) collected from different ecological niches of India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 67: 2037–2055. Doi:1007/s10722-020-00958-9
  12. Singh AK, Singh N, Kumar S, Kumari J, Singh R, Gaba S, Yadav MC, Grover M, Chaurasia S and Kumar R (2020). Identification and evolutionary analysis of polycistronic miRNA clusters in domesticated and wild wheat. Genomics 112: 234-2348. 1016/ j.ygeno.2020.01.005
  13. Mahfooz S, Srivastava A, Yadav MC and Tahoor Z (2019). Comparative genomics in phytopathogenic prokaryotes reveals the higher relative abundance and density of long-SSRs in the smallest prokaryotic genome. 3 Biotech. 9:340. Doi: 10.1007/s13205-019-1872-8
  14. Singh AK, Chaurasia S, Kumar S, Singh R, Kumari J, Yadav MC, Singh N, Gaba S and Jacob SR (2018). Identification, analysis and development of salt responsive candidate gene based SSR markers in wheat. BMC Plant Biology 18:249. Doi: 1186/s12870-018-1476-1
  15. Bansal R, Pradheep K, Kumari J, Kumar S, Yadav MC, Gurung B, Kumari NKP and Rana JC (2016) Physiological and biochemical evaluation for drought tolerance in wheat germplasm collected from arid western plains of India. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 53: 212-217.
  16. Yadav MC, Sachan JKS and Sarkar KR (2009). Monosomic analysis reveals duplicated chromosomal segments in maize genome. Journal of Genetics 88: 331-335.
  17. Yadav MC, Challen MP, Singh SK and Elliott TJ (2007). DNA analysis reveals genomic homogeneity and single nucleotide polymorphism in 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene spacer region among commercial cultivars of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus in India. Current Science 93: 1383-1389.
  18. Yadav MC, Sharma RK, Singh SK and Mohapatra T (2006). Molecular differentiation of sexually incompatible strains of Agaricus bitorquis using RAPD and AFLP markers. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 15: 109-116.
  19. Singh SK, Kamal S, Tiwari M, Yadav MC and Upadhyay RC (2004). Arbitrary primer based RAPD profile – a useful genetic marker for species identification in morels. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 13: 7-12.
  20. Choi I-Y, Hong S-B and Yadav MC (2003). Molecular and morphological characterization of green mould, Trichoderma isolated from oyster mushrooms. Mycobiology 31: 74-80.

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