Area of specialization
Chickpea breeding
Current area of research
- Breeding high yielding chickpea with stress resilience
- MABC for introgression of fusarium wilt / Ascochyta blight resistance and drought tolerance in chickpea
- Identifying phosphorus-acquisition-efficient chickpea genotypes
- Mutation breeding for enhanced dry root rot resistance in chickpea
Major research achievements
- Eight chickpea varieties developed — three CVRC (IPCB 2015-132, IPCK 2013-163, IPC MAS-1) and five SVRC (IPC 2011-112, IPC 2010-134, IPC 2007-28, IPC 2010-142, IPCK 2009-145).
- Registered five donors with NBPGR: IPC 2020-198, ICC 12315, ICC 15925, IC 117744 and IC 275447.
- Developed two biparental mapping populations for dry root rot resistance and one for Ascochyta blight resistance.
Awards and recognitions
- Joint CSIR-UGC JRF NET 2006 (Life Sciences)
- Foundation Day Team Award (Research and Development) 2020, ICAR-IIPR Kanpur
- Fellow of the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, 2023
- Best Scientist Award (senior category) 2024, ICAR-IIPR Kanpur
Publications
Personal information
- Date of joining ICAR
7th January, 2008
- Discipline and specialization
Plant Breeding.
Training & Exposure
- Training on Advanced Experimental Designs and Statistical
- Analysis for Breeding and Agronomic Trials at IASRI, New Delhi.
- Training on Molecular characterization of potato germplasm in the area of work at CPRI, Shimla.
- Training on Modern Techniques on potato research and development at CPRI Campus, Modipuram, Meerut.
Professional Information
Contribution to the scientific advancement
- Developed desi chickpea variety Keshav (IPC 2011-112) released for cultivation in Uttar Pradesh by the SVRC (UP) in 2019.
- A mobile based decision support system software “CHANA MITRA” developed for dissemination of information about improved chickpea production technologies among farmers.
- Novel R gene homologues of genes RB/Rpiblb1, Rpi-ber1, R1 and R3 were identified from eleven Solanum wild species and the nucleotide sequences (KP347781 to KP347844) were submitted to the NCBI database.
- Development of potato Aeroponics in North eastern hill region for soil less production of quality seed of potato varieties.
Current area of research
- Breeding for higher yield and biotic stress resistance in Chickpea.
Publications
- GP Dixit, AK Srivastava and NP Singh (2019). Marching towards Self-sufficiency in Chickpea. Current Science, 116 (2): 239-242.
- AK Srivastava, GP Dixit and Narendra Kumar (2017). Milling properties of desi and kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum) varieties released in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 87 (10): 1350-1357.
- AK Srivastava, GP Dixit and NP Singh (2017). Assessing chickpea yield gaps in India: A tale of two decades. Outlook on Agriculture. 46(3): 230–235.
- AK Srivastava, SK Chaturvedi and NP Singh (2017). Genetic base of Indian chickpea (Cicer arietinuml) varieties revealed by pedigree analysis. Legume Research 40 (1): 22-26.
- AK Srivastava, GP Dixit, SK Chaturvedi, NP Singh and Mohammad Nisar (2016). Genetic relatedness among desi and kabuli chickpea varieties of India. Journal of Food Legumes 29(1): 7-9.
Awards and Fellowships
- Best Poster Award at 72nd Annual Conference of Agricultural Statistics on Statistics informatics and Engineering Interventions- A Road Map to Transform Indian Agriculture towards Prosperity, held at ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal from 13-15 December, 2018.
- Best Poster Award at National conference on “Bringing self-sufficiency in pulses for eastern India” at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar from 5-6 August, 2016.
- Best Poster Award at National symposium on “Impact of climate change on plant microbe interactions and its implications” held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 18-19 December, 2015.
- CSIR-NET (2005), CSIR-NET JRF (2006), ICAR-NET (2006), ICAR-NET (2007).