Rudra Bhattarai

Experienced Plant Breeder and Geneticist. I have identified the causal gene for metribuzin resistance which has been identified by comparing the contrasting homozygous resistance (novel) and susceptible alleles from the QTL location from the causal gene. The identified gene can be validated using a functional gene validation technique useful in transgenic crops for metribuzin resistance.

Bhattarai, R., Liu, H., Siddique, K. H.M, & Yan, G. (2021). Characterisation of a 4A QTL for Metribuzin Resistance in Wheat by Developing Near-Isogenic Lines. Plants, 10(9), 1856.

Bhattarai, R., Liu, H., Siddique, K.H. et al (2023). Transcriptomic profiling of near-isogenic lines reveals candidate genes for a significant locus conferring metribuzin resistance in wheat. BMC Plant Biol 23, 237.

Kumar, S., Tripathi, S., Singh, S. P., Prasad, A., Akter, F., Syed, M. A., Bhattarai, R.,. & Henry, A. (2021). Rice breeding for yield under drought has selected for longer flag leaves and lower stomatal density. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(13), 4981-4992.

Puri, R. R., Tripathi, S., Bhattarai, R., Dangi, S. R., & Pandey, D. (2020). Wheat Variety Improvement for Climate Resilience. Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, 21-27.

Singh, S. P., Jain, A., Anantha, M. S., Tripathi, S., Sharma, S., Kumar, S., Bhattarai, R., & Henry, A. (2017). Depth of soil compaction predominantly affects rice yield reduction by reproductive-stage drought at varietal screening sites in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Plant and soil, 417(1), 377-392.

Shrestha, S. R., Manandhar, S., Chaudhary, B., Sapkota, B., Bhattarai, R., & Adhikari, S. P. (2016). Response of wheat genotypes to different levels of nitrogen. Journal of Nepal Agricultural Research Council, 2, 9-14.

Bhattarai, R., Chaudhary, B., Thapa, D. B., Puri, R. R., Chaudhary, R. N., Sapkota, B., ... & Adhikari, S. P. (2015). Yield Interactions of Wheat Genotypes to Dates of Seeding in Eastern Mid Hills of Nepal. Journal of Nepal Agricultural Research Council, 1, 33-36.

Bhattarai, R., Ghimire, S. K., Thapa, D. B., & Pandey, M. P. (2015). Genetic diversity and association of physio-morphological traits for drought resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 7(6), 177-184.

Bhattarai, R., Chaudhary, B., Baral, K., Shrestha, S. R., & Adhikari, S. P. (2014). Estimating variability and heritability for morphological traits and leaf rust severity in spring wheat. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, 2(4), 574-578.

PhD research/study scholarship (International Research and Training Program and UPA) obtained from The University of Western Australia on developing and characterising near-isogenic lines of wheat for metribuzin resistance in wheat, April 2019 to Aug 2023.

Master of Science (MSc) Thesis Grant received from National Agriculture, Research and Development Fund, Nepal, as a post-graduate student at the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science to complete the MSc dissertation on phenotypic diversity and evaluate some potential drought-responsive morpho-physiological traits in Nepalese Wheat (Triticumaestivum), 2009-2010.

Awarded talented young scientist position from the duration Oct.2015 to Oct 2016 in China from the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China for conducting molecular rice breeding works for aerobic adaptation in the upland rice cultivation regions of South Asia.