Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Murdoch University
Rajeev Kumar Varshney is an Australian agricultural scientist of Indian origin whose research focuses on genomics, genetics, molecular breeding and crop improvement. As of 2022, he serves as Director of the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Director of the Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, and International Chair - Agriculture & Food Security at Murdoch University.
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Rajeev Kumar Varshney is an Australian agricultural scientist of Indian origin whose research focuses on genomics, genetics, molecular breeding and crop improvement. As of 2022, he serves as Director of the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Director of the Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, and International Chair - Agriculture & Food Security at Murdoch University.
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Murdoch University
Top Publications
- Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (2003) - 2,660 citations
- Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: Methods, Models, and Perspectives (2017) - 1,959 citations
- Genic microsatellite markers in plants: features and applications (2004) - 1,886 citations
- Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement (2013) - 1,298 citations
- The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut (2016) - 1,082 citations
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- Full name
- Rajeev Kumar Varshney
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-4562-9131
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5009709215
Research interests
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies, Peanut Plant Research Studies, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
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- Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) ↗2003 · Theoretical and Applied Genetics2,660OpenAlex citations
- Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: Methods, Models, and Perspectives ↗2017 · Trends in Plant Science1,959OpenAlex citations
- Genic microsatellite markers in plants: features and applications ↗2004 · Trends in biotechnology1,886OpenAlex citations
- Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement ↗2013 · Nature Biotechnology1,298OpenAlex citations
- 1,082OpenAlex citations
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- Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) ↗2003 · Theoretical and Applied Genetics
- Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: Methods, Models, and Perspectives ↗2017 · Trends in Plant Science
- Genic microsatellite markers in plants: features and applications ↗2004 · Trends in biotechnology
- Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement ↗2013 · Nature Biotechnology
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