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ICRISAT focuses on pulses and cereals that are important for food security in the semi-arid areas of the world.

Accessions of wild cereals ready for multiplication at the ICRISAT genebank.
Accessions of wild cereals ready for multiplication at the ICRISAT genebank. Credit: Shawn Landersz

The main genebank collection is at the center’s headquarters in Hyderabad, India, and there are additional facilities in Niger, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

The genebank holds more than 123,000 accessions, almost 50,000 of which are pulses of various kinds, mostly chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, and their wild relatives. Sorghum is the most dominant single species, with 39,000 accessions. There are about 33,000 accessions of millets, including almost 23,000 of pearl millet.

ICRISAT developed the idea of mini-core collections, a representative sample of about 1% of the accessions of a species, selected and evaluated to help breeders find the traits they are interested in. Research is continuing to develop additional mini-core collections in collaboration with breeders.

ICRISAT maintains a Plant Quarantine Laboratory where incoming and outgoing samples are examined and certified by officials of the Indian Plant Quarantine Services.


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Head of Genebank: Vania Azevedo

Chickpea

Finger millet

Pearl millet

Pigeonpea

Sorghum
Groundnut

Key performance indicators of CGIAR genebanks, 2012-2021

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Crop Indicator 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Chickpea 1. Total number of accessions 20,267 20,267 20,602 20,602 20,602 20,764 20,764 20,764 20,764 20,609
Chickpea 2. Total number of accessions that are currently available 11,638 14,672 16,633 18,759 20,173 19,152 19,203 19,118 19,556 18,209
Chickpea 3. Number of seed accessions 20,267 20,267 20,602 20,602 20,602 20,764 20,764 20,764 20,764 20,609
Chickpea 4. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chickpea 5. Number of live plant accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chickpea 6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800
Chickpea 7. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chickpea 8. Number of wild species accessions 137 137 42 71 71
Groundnut 1. Total number of accessions 14,863 14,863 15,446 15,446 15,622 15,622 15,622 15,699 15,699 15,353
Groundnut 2. Total number of accessions that are currently available 7,328 10,295 10,950 11,551 12,108 14,203 14,215 13,954 13,719 14,346
Groundnut 3. Number of seed accessions 14,863 14,863 15,446 15,446 15,622 15,622 15,622 15,699 15,699 15,353
Groundnut 4. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Groundnut 5. Number of live plant accessions 78 78 78 78 0 0 74 77 77 77
Groundnut 6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006 2,006
Groundnut 7. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Groundnut 8. Number of wild species accessions 369 369 251 261 260
Pearl Millet 1. Total number of accessions 22,211 22,211 22,879 23,092 23,092 23,841 23,841 24,514 24,514 24,530
Pearl Millet 2. Total number of accessions that are currently available 10,950 16,858 20,393 21,131 21,041 22,727 22,856 22,115 22,949 23,278
Pearl Millet 3. Number of seed accessions 22,211 22,211 22,879 23,092 23,092 23,841 23,841 24,514 24,514 24,530
Pearl Millet 4. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pearl Millet 5. Number of live plant accessions 0 0 9 9 0 0 141 141 141 141
Pearl Millet 6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels 5,205 5,205 5,205 5,205 5,205 5,205 5,205 5,205 5,205 7,724
Pearl Millet 7. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pearl Millet 8. Number of wild species accessions 786 786 402 509 499
Pigeon pea 1. Total number of accessions 13,362 13,632 13,771 13,771 13,778 13,778 13,783 13,783 13,783 13,558
Pigeon pea 2. Total number of accessions that are currently available 6,720 9,014 11,300 10,030 11,359 13,124 13,173 12,399 12,479 13,252
Pigeon pea 3. Number of seed accessions 13,362 13,632 13,771 13,771 13,778 13,778 13,783 13,783 13,783 13,558
Pigeon pea 4. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pigeon pea 5. Number of live plant accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pigeon pea 6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pigeon pea 7. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pigeon pea 8. Number of wild species accessions 509 509 396 420 443
Small millets 1. Total number of accessions 10,235 10,235 11,082 11,457 11,466 11,797 11,797 11,797 11,797 11,780
Small millets 2. Total number of accessions that are currently available 5,046 7,485 8,595 8,641 10,455 10,657 10,918 10,479 11,210 11,358
Small millets 3. Number of seed accessions 10,235 10,235 11,082 11,457 11,466 11,797 11,797 11,797 11,797 11,780
Small millets 4. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Small millets 5. Number of live plant accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Small millets 6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622 7,622
Small millets 7. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Small millets 8. Number of wild species accessions 258 258 221 222 222
Sorghum 1. Total number of accessions 37,949 37,949 39,234 39,553 39,948 41,023 41,023 41,816 42,400 42,815
Sorghum 2. Total number of accessions that are currently available 18,709 26,410 36,506 37,160 38,067 40,234 40,347 40,154 40,522 41,540
Sorghum 3. Number of seed accessions 37,949 37,949 39,234 39,553 39,948 41,023 41,023 41,816 42,400 42,815
Sorghum 4. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sorghum 5. Number of live plant accessions 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 73 48 48
Sorghum 6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,000
Sorghum 7. Number of vegetatively-propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sorghum 8. Number of wild species accessions 457 457 311 383 366

Genebank operations, 2012-2021

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Crop Indicator 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Chickpea 1. Number of accessions with passport & characterization data available . . . . . . . 20,764 20,764 20,764
Chickpea 2. Number accessions received 820 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 232
Chickpea 3. Number accessions regenerated 596 390 183 496 1,556 396 11 20 8 35
Chickpea 4. Number accessions multiplied 2,384 1,569 732 1,983 932 1,582 3,150 905 1,622 1,600
Chickpea 5. Number accessions health tested 0 793 841 2,334 1,563 1,240 1,615 1,706 5 662
Chickpea 6. Number accessions cleaned 0 492 365 0 334 485 574 503 1 398
Chickpea 7. Number accessions viability tested 2,983 2,907 865 2,607 932 3,155 4,601 1,503 208 1,588
Groundnut 1. Number of accessions with passport & characterization data available . . . . . . . 0 0 0
Groundnut 2. Number accessions received 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Groundnut 3. Number accessions regenerated 1,115 185 392 335 0 252 1,116 124 61 122
Groundnut 4. Number accessions multiplied 4,456 728 1,567 1,679 686 1,010 2,813 625 1,129 1,039
Groundnut 5. Number accessions health tested 0 192 297 685 803 954 200 1,317 1,674 1,288
Groundnut 6. Number accessions cleaned 0 132 270 0 443 253 143 447 289 1,081
Groundnut 7. Number accessions viability tested 1,551 727 1,633 1,386 781 1,345 2,107 2,886 1,788
Pearl Millet 1. Number of accessions with passport & characterization data available . . . . . . . 24,373 24,373 24,390
Pearl Millet 2. Number accessions received 101 55 400 277 918 924 1,087 111 0 20
Pearl Millet 3. Number accessions regenerated 260 95 188 188 847 209 43 15 482 417
Pearl Millet 4. Number accessions multiplied 1,044 846 753 944 774 836 1,151 713 184 1,272
Pearl Millet 5. Number accessions health tested 0 1,091 1,716 0 2,193 804 803 990 5 1,356
Pearl Millet 6. Number accessions cleaned 0 954 1,641 0 989 569 667 376 4 1,192
Pearl Millet 7. Number accessions viability tested 768 577 1,113 974 827 1,972 2,221 3,044 1,601 1,712
Pigeon pea 1. Number of accessions with passport & characterization data available . . . . . . . 13,783 13,783 13,787
Pigeon pea 2. Number accessions received 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
Pigeon pea 3. Number accessions regenerated 206 180 112 167 1,900 220 68 22 761 55
Pigeon pea 4. Number accessions multiplied 1,098 711 445 832 1,632 880 1,175 924 31 706
Pigeon pea 5. Number accessions health tested 0 888 536 833 0 1,889 1,604 565 866 755
Pigeon pea 6. Number accessions cleaned 0 626 435 0 0 1,475 1,506 109 664 613
Pigeon pea 7. Number accessions viability tested 563 1,252 539 947 1,922 2,122 1,155 2,447 114 1,570
Small millets 1. Number of accessions with passport & characterization data available . . . . . . . 473 0 0
Small millets 2. Number accessions received 854 15 431 393 466 485 1,139 434 0 57
Small millets 3. Number accessions regenerated 245 140 114 76 1,553 126 188 130 100 152
Small millets 4. Number accessions multiplied 0 560 456 381 1,645 504 714 591 660 798
Small millets 5. Number accessions health tested 973 442 1,090 719 555 6,495 372 913 363 51
Small millets 6. Number accessions cleaned 0 234 309 0 282 336 165 275 171 32
Small millets 7. Number accessions viability tested 944 1,057 924 375 1,624 2,130 1,133 675 0 339
Sorghum 1. Number of accessions with passport & characterization data available . . . . . . . 41,816 41,816 42,788
Sorghum 2. Number accessions received 932 560 396 624 1,167 1,620 1,997 832 0 118
Sorghum 3. Number accessions regenerated 290 450 452 566 1,279 249 357 862 165 1,126
Sorghum 4. Number accessions multiplied 1,154 1,842 1,810 2,832 1,045 996 798 215 1,609 863
Sorghum 5. Number accessions health tested 0 2,117 1,122 1,777 1,067 1,870 1,751 703 376 1,796
Sorghum 6. Number accessions cleaned 0 1,007 973 0 276 1,319 300 230 204 1,173
Sorghum 7. Number accessions viability tested 1,500 1,465 1,663 2,833 1,281 2,461 2,649 8,317 895 5,146

Number of samples distributed to users within and outside the CGIAR, 2012-2021

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Crop Indicator 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
All crops 1. Total number external germplasm requests 89 114 107 121 101 111 61 52 64 63
Chickpea 2. Number of samples distributed within the CGIAR 402 457 347 158 5,145 1,418 3,555 7,051 515 7,760
Chickpea 3. Number of samples distributed outside the CGIAR 1,160 252 14,961 4,078 1,023 3,353 6,696 570 798 24,993
Chickpea 4. Total number of samples distributed 1,562 709 15,308 4,236 6,168 4,771 10,251 7,621 1,313 32,753
Chickpea 5. Number of accessions distributed within the CGIAR 345 417 338 157 5,125 1,273 2,824 7,034 514 5,700
Chickpea 6. Number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR 319 165 2,820 2,539 657 2,784 4,141 566 543 5,945
Chickpea 7. Total number of accessions distributed 664 582 3,158 2,696 5,782 4,057 6,965 7,600 1,057 11,645
Chickpea 8. Total number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 4,141 566 543 5,945
Chickpea 9. Total number of unique accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 2,447 2,148 566 330 3,741
Groundnut 2. Number of samples distributed within the CGIAR 476 658 922 398 1,604 429 84 283 11 519
Groundnut 3. Number of samples distributed outside the CGIAR 304 122 807 440 595 464 1,019 400 5 184
Groundnut 4. Total number of samples distributed 780 780 1,729 838 2,199 893 1,103 683 16 703
Groundnut 5. Number of accessions distributed within the CGIAR 226 241 541 199 1,574 255 76 265 10 290
Groundnut 6. Number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR 205 111 435 217 300 279 275 216 5 184
Groundnut 7. Total number of accessions distributed 431 352 976 416 1,874 534 351 481 15 474
Groundnut 8. Total number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 275 216 5 184
Groundnut 9. Total number of unique accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 249 271 216 5 184
Pearl Millet 2. Number of samples distributed within the CGIAR 339 883 376 237 12 271 144 575 84 362
Pearl Millet 3. Number of samples distributed outside the CGIAR 496 840 559 763 730 3,149 491 2,167 3,349 1,337
Pearl Millet 4. Total number of samples distributed 835 1,723 935 1,000 742 3,420 635 2,742 3,433 1,699
Pearl Millet 5. Number of accessions distributed within the CGIAR 22 383 372 217 6 256 100 318 84 351
Pearl Millet 6. Number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR 490 470 306 273 697 2,900 276 1,381 3,258 1,290
Pearl Millet 7. Total number of accessions distributed 512 853 678 490 703 3,156 376 1,699 3,342 1,641
Pearl Millet 8. Total number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 276 1,381 3,258 1,290
Pearl Millet 9. Total number of unique accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 1,892 263 1,381 2,822 991
Pigeon pea 2. Number of samples distributed within the CGIAR 52 315 1,288 19 382 15 64 2,097 16 692
Pigeon pea 3. Number of samples distributed outside the CGIAR 283 1,186 1,279 971 825 2,152 4,559 86 134 543
Pigeon pea 4. Total number of samples distributed 335 1,501 2,567 990 1,207 2,167 4,623 2,183 150 1,235
Pigeon pea 5. Number of accessions distributed within the CGIAR 44 301 1,268 18 303 14 45 1,956 16 413
Pigeon pea 6. Number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR 246 383 449 608 333 1,827 1,000 83 134 408
Pigeon pea 7. Total number of accessions distributed 290 684 1,717 626 636 1,841 1,045 2,039 150 821
Pigeon pea 8. Total number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 1,000 83 134 408
Pigeon pea 9. Total number of unique accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 942 999 83 134 408
Small millets 2. Number of samples distributed within the CGIAR 0 1 0 193 40 163 169 113 137 806
Small millets 3. Number of samples distributed outside the CGIAR 185 660 1,166 1,065 1,636 2,197 159 1,404 1,977 2,062
Small millets 4. Total number of samples distributed 185 661 1,166 1,258 1,676 2,360 328 1,517 2,114 2,868
Small millets 5. Number of accessions distributed within the CGIAR 0 1 0 193 40 135 151 110 137 531
Small millets 6. Number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR 148 362 828 709 961 1,767 159 1,247 1,288 1,571
Small millets 7. Total number of accessions distributed 148 363 828 902 1,001 1,902 310 1,357 1,425 2,102
Small millets 8. Total number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 159 1,247 1,288 1,571
Small millets 9. Total number of unique accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 604 159 1,247 859 1,339
Sorghum 2. Number of samples distributed within the CGIAR 2,390 849 999 1,156 1,803 739 215 783 45 531
Sorghum 3. Number of samples distributed outside the CGIAR 1,926 1,435 1,434 409 923 2,561 260 4,099 1,177 819
Sorghum 4. Total number of samples distributed 4,316 2,284 2,433 1,565 2,726 3,300 475 4,882 1,222 1,350
Sorghum 5. Number of accessions distributed within the CGIAR 1,936 342 919 545 1,789 465 210 729 45 510
Sorghum 6. Number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR 723 583 975 386 893 2,547 260 4,098 1,161 767
Sorghum 7. Total number of accessions distributed 2,659 925 1,894 931 2,682 3,012 470 4,827 1,206 1,277
Sorghum 8. Total number of accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 260 4,098 1,161 767
Sorghum 9. Total number of unique accessions distributed outside the CGIAR with SMTA 2,221 259 4,098 1,073 490

Genebank Platform publications, 2017-2020

Recent publications with at least one CGIAR genebank staff as author. HINT: Use the search key to filter the data.
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Hamidou, F., Sani, A., Y Hassane, B., Falke, A., Upadhyaya, H.D Screening of chickpea accessions for resistance against the pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Journal of Stored Products Research READ
Khedikar, Y., Pandey, M., Sujay, V., Singh, S., Nayak, S., Klein-Gebbinck, H., Sarvamangala, C., Mukri, G., Garg, V., Upadhyaya, H.,Nadaf, H. L., Gowda, M. V. C., Varshney, Bhat, R. Identification of main effect and epistatic quantitative trait loci for morphological and yield-related traits in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Molecular Breeding READ
Bab u, B., Sood, S., Kumar, D., Joshi, A., Pattanayak, A., Kant, L., Upadhyaya, H. D. Cross-genera transferability of rice and finger millet genomic SSRs to barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.). 3 Biotech READ
Upadhyaya, H., Narsimha Reddy, K., Vetriventhan, M., Irshad Ahmed, M., Reddy, M. Latitudinal adaptation of flowering response to Photoperiod and temperature in the world collection of Sorghum landraces. Crop Science READ
Kumari, W.M.R., Pushpakumara, D.K.N.G., Weerakoon, W.M.W., Senanayake, D.M.J.B., Upadhyaya, H.D. Morphological characterization of local and introduced finger millet (Elusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) germplasm in Sri Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research READ
Vetriventhan, M., Upadhyaya, H. Diversity and trait-specific sources for productivity and nutritional traits in the global proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) germplasm collection. The Crop Journal READ
Bhagyawant, S., Gautam, A., Narvekar, D., Gupta, N., Bhadkaria, Nidhi Srivastava, Hari D. Upadhyaya Biochemical diversity evaluation in chickpea accessions employing mini-core collection. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants READ
Basu, U., Bajaj, D., Sharma, A., Malik, N., Daware, A., Narnoliya, L., Thakro, V., Upadhyaya, H., Kumar, R., Tripathi, S., Bharadwaj, C., Tyagi, A., Parida, S. Genetic dissection of photosynthetic efficiency traits for enhancing seed yield in chickpea. Plant Cell Environment READ
Opole, R. A. , Prasad, P. V. V., Djanaguiraman, M., Vimala, K., Kirkham, M. B., Upadhyaya, H. D. Thresholds, sensitive stages and genetic variability of finger millet to high temperature stress. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science READ
Basu, U., Srivastava, R., Bajaj, D., Thakro, V., Daware, A., Malik, N., Upadhyaya, H., Parida S. Genome-wide generation and genotyping of informative SNPs to scan molecular signatures for seed yield in chickpea. Scientific Reports READ
Gaur, P., Varshney, R., Upadhyaya, H.D., Vadez, V., Sharma, K.K., Bhatnagar, P., Sameer Kumar, C.V., Janila, P., Srinivasan, S., Sajja, S., Sharma, S., Thudi, M., Roorkiwal, M., Saxena, R., Pandey, M., Rao, G.V., Sharma, M., Sudini, H., Gopalakrishnan, G., Ganga Rao, N.V.P.R., Fikre, A., Ojiewo, C., Shewayrga, H.,Motagi, B., Okori, P. Advances in food legumes research at ICRISAT. Ethiopian Journal of Crop Science READ
Upadhyaya, H.D., Reddy, K. N., Ahmed, M., Kumar, V., Gumma, M. K., Ramachandran, S. Geographical distribution of traits and diversity in the world collection of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br., synonym: Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone] landraces conserved at the ICRISAT genebank. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution READ
Purushothaman, R., Krishnamurthy, L., Upadhyaya, H., Vadez, V., Varshney, R. Genotypic variation in soil water use and root distribution and their implications for drought tolerance in chickpea. Functional Plant Biology READ
Purushothaman, R., Krishnamurthy, L., Upadhyaya, H., Vadez, V., Varshney, R. Root traits confer grain yield advantages under terminal drought in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Field Crops Research READ
Pandey, M., Agarwal, G., Kale, S., Clevenger, J., Nayak, S., Sriswathi, M., Chitikineni, A., Chavarro, C., Chen, X., Upadhyaya, H., Vishwakarma, M.,Leal-Bertioli, S., Liang, X., Bertioli, D., Guo, B.,Jackson, S., Ozias-Akins, P., Varshney, R. Development and evaluation of a high density genotyping ‘Axiom_Arachis’ array with 58 K SNPs for accelerating genetics and breeding in groundnut. Scientific Reports READ
Upadhyaya H. D., Sangam L. Dwivedi, Mani Vetriventhan, L. Krishnamurthy, and Shailesh Kumar Singh Post-flowering drought tolerance using managed stress trials, adjustment to flowering, and mini core collection in sorghum. Crop science READ
Srivastava, R., Upadhyaya, H., Kumar, R., Daware, A., Basu, U., Shimray, P., Tripathi, S., Bharadwaj, C., Tyagi, A., Parida, S. A multiple QTL-Seq strategy delineates potential genomic loci governing flowering time in chickpea. READ
Yadav, O.P., Upadhyaya, H.D., Reddy, K.N., Jukanti, A.K., Pandey, S., Tyagi, R.K. Genetic resources of pearl millet: Status and utilization. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources READ
Varshney, R., Saxena, R.,Upadhyaya, H., Khan, A., Yu, Y., Kim, C., Rathore, A., Kim, D., Kim, J., An, S., Kumar, V., Anuradha, G., Narasimhan Yamini, K., Zhang, S., Muniswamy, W., Kim, J., Penmetsa, R., von Wettberg, E., Datta, S. Whole-genome resequencing of 292 pigeonpea accessions identifies genomic regions associated with domestication and agronomic traits. Nature Genetics READ
A.G. Vijayakumar, Ishwar Boodi, P.M. Gaur and H.D. Upadhyaya Genetic diversity for yield and its component traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
Upadhyaya, H., Bajaj, D.,Srivastava, R., Daware, A., Basu, U., Tripathi, S.,Bharadwaj, C.,Tyagi, A., Parida, S. Genetic dissection of plant growth habit in chickpea. Functional & Integrative Genomics READ
Dwivedi, S., Lammerts van Bueren, E., Ceccarelli, S., Grando, S., Upadhyaya, H., Ortiz, R. Diversifying food systems in the pursuit of sustainable food production and healthy diets. Trends in Plant Science READ
Ramakrishnan, M., Antony Ceasar,S., Vinod,K. K. V., Duraipandiyan,V. T. P., Ajeesh Krishna,T. P., Upadhyaya, H., Al-Dhabi, N. A., Ignacimuthu, S. Identification of putative QTLs for seedling stage phosphorus starvation response in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) by association mapping and cross species synteny analysis. Plos One READ
Yol, E., Furat, S., Upadhyaya, H., Uzun, B. Characterization of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) collection using quantitative and qualitative traits in the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Integrative Agriculture READ
Shimray, P.W., Bajaj, D., Srivastava, R., Daware, Av, Upadhyaya, H.D., Kumar, R., Bharadwaj, C., Tyagi, A.K., Parida, S.K. Identifying transcription factor genes associated with yield traits in chickpea. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter READ
Varshney, R., Shi, C., Thudi, M., Mariac, C., Wallace, J., Qi, P., Zhang, H., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Rathore, A., Srivastava, R., Chitikineni, A.,Fan, G., Bajaj, P., Punnuri, S.,Gupta, S.K.,Wang, H., Jiang, Y., Couderc, M., Katta, M., Paudel, D.,Mungra,K.D. , Chen, W., Harris-Shultz, K., Garg, V., Desai, N., Doddamani, D., Kane, N., Conner, J., Ghatak, A., Chaturvedi, P., Subramaniam, S., Yadav, O., Berthouly-Salazar, C., Hamidou, F.,Wang, J., Liang, X., Clotault, J., Upadhyaya, H., Cubry, P., Rhoné, B., Gueye, M., Sunkar, R., Dupuy, C., Sparvoli, F., Cheng, S., Mahala,R.S.,Singh, B., Yadav, R., Lyons, E., Datta, S., Hash, C., Devos, K., Buckler, E., Bennetzen, J., Paterson, A., Akins, P., Grando, S.,Wang, J., Mohapatra, T., Weckwerth, W., Reif, J.,Liu, X., Vigouroux, Y., Xu, X. Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments. Nature Biotechnology READ
Upadhyaya, H.D., Kothapally, N.R., Vetriventhan, M., Mohammedd, I.A., Gumma, M.K., Mulinti, T.R.,Singh, S.K. Sorghum germplasm from West and Central Africa maintained in the ICRISAT
genebank: status, gaps, and diversity.		 The Crop Journal READ
Falalou, H., Sani, A., Hassane, B., Falke, A., Hari, U. Abiotic stresses tolerance and nutrients contents in groundnut, pearl millet and sorghum mini core germplasm for food and nutrition security. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources READ
Upadhyaya,H. D.,Reddy, K. N.,Pattanashetti, Reddy, S.,Kumar, V.,Ramachandran, S. Identification of promising sources for fodder traits in the world collection of pearl millet at the ICRISAT genebank. Plant Genetic Resources READ
Mani Vetriventhan and Hari D. Upadhyaya Variability for Productivity and Nutritional Traits in Germplasm of Kodo Millet, an Underutilized Nutrient-Rich Climate Smart Crop Crop Science READ
Mani Vetriventhan, Vania C.R. Azevedo, Hari D. Upadhyaya and D.Naresh Variability in the Global Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) Germplasm collection Conserved at the ICRISAT Genebank Agriculture READ
Hari D Upadhyaya, Mani Vetriventhan, Abdullah M. Asiri, Vania C.R. Azevedo, Hari C. Sharma, Rajan Sharma, Suraj Prasad Sharma and Yi-Hong Wang Multi-Trait Diverse Germplasm Sources from Mini Core Collection for Sorghum Improvement Agriculture READ
Greetty Williams, C. Vanniarajan, M. Vetriventhan, S. Thiageshwari, K. Anandhi and B. Rajagopal Genetic variability for seedling stage salinity tolerance in barnyard millet [Echinochloa frumentaceae (Roxb.) Link] Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
D. V. S. S. R. Sastry, H. D. Upadhyaya and T. R. Srinivas Variation for seed physical and hydration properties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) mini core collection and their relevance to conservation and utilization Plant Genetic Resources READ
Matthew Johnson, Santosh Deshpande, Mani Vetriventhan, Hari D. Upadhyaya, and Jason G. Wallace Genome-Wide Population Structure Analyses of Three Minor Millets: Kodo Millet, Little Millet, and Proso Millet The Plant Genome READ
Udita Basu, Laxmi Narnoliya, Rishi Srivastava, Akash Sharma, Deepak Bajaj, Anurag Daware, Virevol Thakro, Naveen Malik, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Shailesh Tripathi, V. S. Hegde, Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Swarup K. Parida CLAVATA signaling pathway genes modulating flowering time and flower number in chickpea Theoretical and Applied Genetics READ
Shivali Sharma and Hari D. Upadhyaya Photoperiod Response of Annual Wild Cicer Species and Cultivated Chickpea on Phenology, Growth, and Yield Traits Crop Science READ
Thomas P. Brutnell, Andrew Doust, Hari Deo Upadhyaya, Joyce Van Eck Setaria As A Model Genetic System To Accelerate Yield Increases In Cereals, Forage Crops, And Bioenergy Grasses Frontiers in plant science READ
M. Kuraloviya, C. Vanniarajan, M. Vetriventhan, C. Babu, S. Kanchana and R. Sudhagar Qualitative characterization and clustering of early-maturing barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.) germplasm Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
Greetty Williams, C. Vanniarajan, M. Vetriventhan, S. Thiageshwari, K. Anandhi and B. Rajagopal Genetic variability for seedling stage salinity tolerance in barnyard millet
[Echinochloa frumentaceae (Roxb.) Link]		 Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
Udita Basu, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Rishi Srivastava, Anurag Daware, Naveen Malik, Akash Sharma, Deepak Bajaj, Laxmi Narnoliya, Virevol Thakro, Alice Kujur, Shailesh Tripathi, Chellapilla Bharadwaj, V.S. Hegde, Ajay K. Pandey, Ashok K. Singh, Akhilesh K. Tyagi, and Swarup K. Parida ABC Transporter-Mediated Transport of Glutathione Conjugates Enhances Seed Yield and Quality in Chickpea Plant Physiology READ
Laxmi Narnoliya, Udita Basu, Deepak Bajaj, Naveen Malik, Virevol Thakro, Anurag Daware, Akash Sharma, Shailesh Tripathi, Venkatraman S. Hegde, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Ashok K. Singh, Akhilesh K. Tyagi and Swarup K. Parida Transcriptional signatures modulating shoot apical meristem morphometric and plant architectural traits enhance yield and productivity in chickpea The Plant Journal READ
Arun K. Pandey, Hari K. Sudini, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Rajeev K. Varshney
and Manish K. Pandey		 Hypoallergen Peanut Lines Identified Through Large-Scale Phenotyping of Global Diversity Panel: Providing Hope Toward Addressing One of the Major Global Food Safety Concerns Frontiers in Genetics READ
Rajeev K. Varshney, Mahendar Thudi, Manish Roorkiwal, Weiming He, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Wei Yang, Prasad Bajaj, Philippe Cubry, Abhishek Rathore, Jianbo Jian, Dadakhalandar Doddamani, Aamir W. Khan, Vanika Garg, Annapurna Chitikineni, Dawen Xu, Pooran M. Gaur, Narendra P. Singh, Sushil K. Chaturvedi, Gangarao V. P. R. Nadigatla, Lakshmanan Krishnamurthy, G. P. Dixit, Asnake Fikre, Paul K. Kimurto, Sheshshayee M. Sreeman, Chellapilla Bharadwaj, Shailesh Tripathi, Jun Wang, Suk-Ha Lee, David Edwards, Kavi Kishor Bilhan Polavarapu, R. Varma Penmetsa, Jose Crossa, Henry T. Nguyen, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Timothy D. Colmer, Tim Sutton, Eric von Wettberg, Yves Vigouroux, Xun Xu and Xin Liu Resequencing of 429 chickpea accessions from 45 countries provides insights into genome diversity, domestication and agronomic traits Nature Genetics READ
Ezekiel Ahn, Zhenbin Hu, Ramasamy Perumal, Louis K. Prom, Gary Odvody, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Clint Magill Genome wide association analysis of sorghum mini core lines regarding anthracnose, downy mildew, and head smut PLoS One READ
R. Prabu, C. Vanniarajan, M. Vetriventhan, R. P. Gnanamalar, R. Shanmughasundaram & J. Ramalingam Association studies in barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link) for early maturity and yield contributing traits at high altitude region Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
R. Prabu, C. Vanniarajan, M. Vetrivanthan, R. P. Gnanamalar, R.Shanmughasundaram & J. Ramalingam Diversity and stability studies in barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb). Link.) germplasm for grain yield and its contributing traits Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
R. Prabu, C. Vanniarajan, M. Vetrivanthan, R. P. Gnanamalar, R.Shanmughasundaram & J. Ramalingam Diversity study using principal component analysis in barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea(Roxb.) Link) Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
Victor Allan, S. Geetha, Mani Vetriventhan, & Vania C R Azevedo Genetic diversity analysis of geographically diverse landraces and wild accessions in Sorghum Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding READ
Victor Allan, Mani Vetriventhan, Ramachandran Senthil, S. Geetha, Santosh Deshpande, Abhishek Rathore, Vinod Kumar, Prabhat Singh, Surender Reddymalla & Vania C. R. Azevedo Genome-Wide DArTSeq Genotyping and Phenotypic Based Assessment of Within and Among Accessions Diversity and Effective Sample Size in the Diverse Sorghum, Pearl Millet, and Pigeonpea Landraces Frontiers in Plant Science READ
Halewood, Michael, Nelissa Jamora, Isabel Noriega, Noelle Anglin, Peter Wenzl, Thomas Payne, Marie-Noelle Ndjiondjop, Luigi Guarino, P. Kumar, Mariana Yazbek, Alice Muchugi, Vania Azevedo, Marimagne Tchamba, Chris Jones, Ramaiah Venuprasad, Nicolas Roux, Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks Plants READ
ICRISAT field staff working the pigeonpea Regeneration and Characterisation field.
ICRISAT field staff working the pigeonpea Regeneration and Characterisation field. Credit: Shawn Landersz

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