Indian scientist Rajeev Varshney has spent decades getting to know everything about the chickpea, plumbing the depths of its genome to unlock secrets of yield, nutrition, drought tolerance and pest ...

Take a look behind the scenes of a recent expert opinion article published in BioTechniques entitled ‘Genetic molecular markers to accelerate genetic gains in crops’, as we invite author, Rajeev ...

The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) has conferred its elected fellowship on Dr Rajeev Varshney, research program director (grain legumes) and director of the Centre of Excellence in Genomics, ...

Professor Varshney, who specialises in crop genomics, genetics, molecular breeding and capacity-building in developing countries, said he was “thrilled to be included with the stalwarts and giants of ...

The 28th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2018 was awarded to Dr Rajeev K Varshney of the Centre of Excellence in Genomics, Telangana. Varshney is internationally known for his ...

In an announcement issued earlier today, Australia’s pre-eminent scientific organisation recognised Murdoch University Professor Rajeev Varshney for his ground-breaking and translational contributions ...

Researchers from Australia and China have identified crucial structural variations that determine seed size and weight in peanuts, paving the way for the development of higher-yielding crop varieties.

Two separate groups of Indian scientists have laid claim on cracking the genome of the humble pigeonpea — called the poor man's meat — sparking off a controversy on the prestigious genome projects.