Research Projects:

• All India Coordinated Research Project on Rabi pulses
• All India Coordinated Research Project on Kharif Pulses
• All India coordinated Research Project on Soybean
• Unravelling the diversity of R genes against yellow mosaic disease in Vigna-SERB DST
• Marker assisting stacking of yellow mosaic disease resistance, null Kunitz trypsin inhibitor, null lypoxegenase-2 genes and broadening the genetic base of soybean NASF

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

• Jagadeesan, K., Krishnan, N., Sirari, A., Mohindru, B. and Dhkal, M., 2025. Variable infection mechanisms of mungbean yellow mosaic India virus in diverse Vigna species: New insights from differential gene expression. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 1:1-10.
• Mandahal, K.S., Meghana, D.P., Sirari, A., Bhatia, D., Garcha, K.S. and Gill, B.S., 2025. Identification of genes governing YMD resistance in soybean cultivar SL 958. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.105:1970-1977.
• Saini, P., Sirari, A., Gnanesh, B.N., Mandahal, K.S., Ludhar, N.K., Nagpal, S., Patel, S.A.H., Akhatar, J., Saini, P., Pratap, A. and Bains, T.S., 2024. Assessment of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers Derived from Whole-Genome Sequence (WGS) of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek): Cross-Species Transferability and Population Genetic Studies in Vigna Species. Horticulturae, 10(1).
• Singh, J., Sirari, A., Singh, H., Kumar, A., Jaidka, M., Mandahal, K.S., Kumar, S. and Singh, S., 2021. Identifying and validating SSR markers linked with rust resistance in lentil (Lens culinaris). Plant Breeding, 140477-485.
• Ludhar, N.K., Sirari, A., Bains, T.S. and Sharma, A., 2021. Deployment of yellow mosaic disease resistance in mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] through interspecific hybridization. Legume Research-An International Journal, 44:152-157.
• Awards/Honours/Distinctions: Nil