Genetic Enhancement in Major Food Legumes Advances in Major Food Legumes

Kul Bhushan Saxena is a well-known pigeon pea breeder. He has been pioneer in discovery and establishing hybrid breeding system in pigeon pea. He has served more than three decades at ICRISAT and still contributing to research community through his publications after his retirement.

Rachit K Saxena is a Senior Scientist (Applied Genomics) at ICRISAT. He is contributing in development and application of genomics for crop improvement. He has successfully identified and validated candidate genes and facilitated the subsequent deployment of key genes in breeding programs. He made significant contribution in decoding genomes of two legume species – pigeon pea and chickpea.

Rajeev K Varshney is a Research Program Director, Genetic Gains at ICRISAT. He is internationally recognized for his contribution in genome sequencing of pigeonpea, chickpea, peanut, pearl millet, sesame, mung bean and azuki bean and development of molecular breeding products in chickpea and peanut.  He is a Highly Cited Researcher as per Thomson Reuters for last several years. He is providing leadership for several organizations by serving member or chair for their committees, editorial boards, funding organizations and advisory boards around the world.