• Cotton Genetics and Breeding 
• Molecular Plant Breeding
• CLCuD Resistance Breeding

Salient Research Achievements (Varieties/Technologies/Any other IP developed):

• VIC- Identification of Desi Cotton Hybrid CICR 4 (CISAA 19-4) dated 19.06.2025
• ICAR-NRM-CICR Technology 2024-223: Gap filling technology for better crop establishment in inherent soil moisture was certified by ICAR dated 16.07.2024
• High seed longevity soybean germplasm line Sel-EC 1023 was registered in ICAR-NBPGR through Plant Germplasm Registration Committee of ICAR dated 22.05.2024
• Water logging tolerant Soybean lines JS 20-38 was registered in ICAR-NBPGR through Plant Germplasm Registration Committee of ICAR dated 08.12.2022
• Drought tolerant soybean variety NRC 136 was released for Eastern Zone by Central Varietal Release Committee via notification S.O. 500(E) dated 29.01.2021
• Water logging tolerant soybean variety NRC 128  was released for Eastern Zone and Northern Plain Zone by Central Varietal Release Committee via notification S.O. 500(E) dated 29.01.2021
• Early maturing soybean variety NRC 130 was released for Central Zone by Central Varietal Release Committee via notification S.O. 500(E) dated 29.01.2021
• Early maturing soybean variety NRC 131 was released for Madhya Pradesh State by Central Varietal Release Committee via  89^th meeting  dated 30.11.2022
• Early maturing soybean variety NRC 157 was released for Madhya Pradesh State by Central Varietal Release Committee via  89^th meeting  dated 30.11.2022
• Development of Desi Cotton hybrid genotypes i.e. CISAA 22-3, CISAA 24-2, CISAA 25-1 etc., sponsored under AICRP Trials
• Development of Desi Cotton varieties genotypes i.e.  CISA 100-2-16, CISA 6-11-1 and CISA 8-1-2 etc.,  sponsored under AICRP Trials
• Development of Bt Cotton Genotypes i.e. CICRS 88-2 Bt II, CICRS Bt 84, CICRS 39 Bt II, CICRS Bt 81 and CICRS 50-2 Bt II etc., sponsored under AICRP Trials
• Development of trait specific genetic stocks viz., NRC 137, NRC 189, NRC 190, NRC 192, NRC 256 and NRC 257 etc.
• QTLs/GWAS loci for drought and water logging tolerance related traits in soybean
• QTLs for seed coat permeability trait and yield attributing traits in soybean
• Identification of promising tolerant/resistant soybean accessions against drought stress, water logging stress, high temperature stress, Seed aging/lower seed longevity, anthracnose disease and charcoal rot disease in soybean

RESEARCH PAPERS/ ARTICLES (Best 10):

• Kumawat, G., Agrawal, N., Raghuvanshi, R., Shrivastava, H., Verma, S., Kavishwar, R., Chandra Subhash, Choyal, P., Maranna, S., Nataraj, V. and Kuchlan, M.K., (2026) Genome-wide association study for root-related traits at vegetative growth stages of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill). BMC Genomics 27, 178 (NAAS Rating =10.40 )
• Paul, D., Kumar, R., Balasubhramani, G., Bagri, S., Chandra Subhash, Manickam, S., Singh, S., Prakash, A.H. and Prasad, Y.G., (2024) Quantitative analysis on expression of insecticidal Crystal proteins in different plant parts of BG-II cotton hybrids at various phenological stages. Agricultural Research, pp.1-9. (NAAS Rating =7.40 )
• Subhash Chandra, Choudhary M, Bagaria PK, Nataraj V, Kumawat G, Choudhary JR, Sonah H, Gupta S, Wani SH, Ratnaparkhe MB 2022 Progress and prospectus in genetics and genomics of Phytophthora root and stem rot resistance in soybean (Glycine max L.). Frontiers in Genetics. 3170. (NAAS Rating =9.70 )
• Saini, M., Yadav, R.R., Kumar, R., Chandra Subhash, Rathod, N.K.K., Taku, M., Yadav, M., Basu, S., Rajendran, A., Lal, S.K. and Talukdar, A., (2025) Mapping of quantitative trait loci and mining of candidate genes for seed viability in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Frontiers in Plant Science, 15,p.1372037.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1372037 (NAAS Rating =11.60 )
• Agrawal, N., Tripathi, R., Gupta, S., Rajesh, V., Chandra Subhash, Nataraj, V., … & Chand, S. (2025). Near‐Isogenic Lines Reveal the Role of E3 and E4 Loci in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Adaptation Across Latitudes in Subtropical Regions. Plant Breeding. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.70015 (NAAS Rating =7.50 )
• Raghuvanshi, R., Kumawat, G., Kavishwar, R., Gupta S., Annapurna C., Chandra Subhash, et al. Dissecting genetic architecture of flowering and maturity traits in soybean using GWAS in Indian environment. BMC Plant Biol 25, 1426 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06669-6  (NAAS Rating = 10.30 )
• Maranna, S., Nataraj, V., Kumawat, G., Mehetre, S.P., Reddy, R., Jaybhay, S., PG, S., Rathod, S., Agrawal, N., Rajesh, V. and Kumar, S., Subhash Chandra et al., 2024. Understanding of G× E interactions of yield attributes in soybean MAGIC population and characterization for charcoal rot resistance. Agronomy Journal, 116(3), pp.1290-1301. (NAAS Rating = 8.10 )
• Manisha Saini, Raju Ratan Yadav, Subhash Chandra, Ashish Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Seema Sheoran, Nenavath Krishna Kumar Rathod 2023 Accelerated ageing test reveals quantitative nature of inheritance of seed viability in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 83(1):69-77 (NAAS Rating= 7.34)
• Maranna S, Nataraj V, Kumawat G, Subhash Chandra, Rajesh V, Ramteke R, Patel RM, Ratnaparkhe MB, Husain SM, Gupta S, Khandekar N. 2021 Breeding for higher yield, early maturity, wider adaptability and waterlogging tolerance in soybean (Glycine max L.): A case study. Scientific reports. 11(1):1-6. (NAAS Rating= 10.6)
• Kumar V, Vats S, Kumawat S, Bisht A, Bhatt V, Shivaraj SM, Padalkar G, Goyal V, Zargar S, Gupta S, Kumawat G. Subhash Chandra et al. 2021 Omics advances and integrative approaches for the simultaneous improvement of seed oil and protein content in soybean (Glycine max L.). Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 40(5):398-421. (NAAS Rating= 12.90)

Book Chapters in Edited Books (Best 10):

• Kumawat, G., Raghuvanshi, R., Vennampally, N., Maranna, S., Rajesh, V., Chandra, S., Kumar, S., Rajput, L.S., Meena, L.K., Choyal, P. and Ratnaparkhe, M.B. 2024. Integrating Germplasm Diversity and Omics Science to Enhance Biotic Stress Resistance in Soybean. In: Parihar, A.K., Bohra, A., Lamichaney, A., Mishra, R., Varshney, R.K. (eds) Genomics-aided Breeding Strategies for Biotic Stress in Grain Legumes. Springer, Singapore. Pp. 327-358 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3917-2_10.
• Tripathi, R., Agrawal, N., Maranna, S., Nataraj, V., Chandra, S., Kumawat, G., Meghwal, P., Kumar, A., Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Nagar, S. and Gupta, S. 2024. Speed Breeding: Rapid Method for Generation Advancement and Development of Crop Varieties.  In: Al-Khayri, J.M., Ingle, K.P., Jain, S.M., Penna, S. (eds) Plant Molecular Breeding in Genomics Era. Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies, vol 4. Springer, Cham.Pp. 111-128 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68598-9_4 
• Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Raghuvanshi, R., Nataraj, V., Maranna, S., Chandra, S., Kumawat, G., Kavishwar, R., Suravajhala, P., Prasad, S.H., Vishnudasan, D. and Subramanian, S. 2024. Population Genomics of Soybean.In:Rajora, O.P. (eds) Population Genomics: Crop Plants. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. Pp 573–605 https://doi.org/10.1007/13836_2024_109
• Ratnaparkhe, M.B., Raghuvanshi, R., Shroti, R., Nataraj, V., Shivakumar, M., Chandra, S., Kumawat, G., Kavishwar, R., Shesh, N., Yadav, N. and Rajesh, V. 2024.Allele Mining in Soybean. In: Kole, C., Pandey M. K.,  Puppala, N. (eds)Allele Mining for Genomic Designing of Oilseed Crops Pp. 13-51. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003385035-2
• Ratnaparkhe MB, Gyanesh K. Satpute, Giriraj Kumawat, Subhash Chandra, Viraj G. Kamble, Rucha Kavishwar, Virender Kumar, Sreeja Sudhakaran, Manoj K. Srivastava, Ramesh SV, Nishtha Shesh, Anjana Jajoo, Sanjay Gupta, Maharaj Singh, Donghe Xu, Vijayata Singh, Jogendra Singh, Ajay K. Singh, Madan Bhattacharya, Henry T. Nguyen 2022 Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Tolerant Soybean. In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Oilseed Crops.  Springer, Cham. Pp 1-73 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90044-1_1 
• Ratnaparkhe MB, V Nataraj, Shivakumar M, Subhash Chandra, S V Ramesh, Giriraj Kumawat, Viraj G. Kamble..and Henry T. Nguyen 2022 Genomic Design for Biotic Stresses in Soybean. In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Oilseed Crops. Springer, Cham. Pp 1-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91035-8_1
• Subhash Chandra, Shivakumar Maranna, Manisha Saini, G. Kumawat, V. Nataraj, G. K. Satpute, V. Rajesh, R. K. Verma, M.B. Ratnaparkhe, Sanjay Gupta, and Akshay Talukdar  2022 Achievements, Challenges and Prospects of Hybrid Soybean. In: Bohra, A., Parihar, A.K., Naik S J, S., Chandra, A. (eds) Plant Male Sterility Systems for Accelerating Crop Improvement.  Springer, Singapore. Pp 167-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3808-5_8
• Subhash Chandra, Das RT, Nagar S, Satpute GK, Kumawat G, Ratnaparkhe MB, Gupta S, Rajesh V, Nataraj V, Shivakumar M, Srivastva M. Shashi Meena, Rucha Kavishwar, Viraj G. Kamble, Munmi Borah, Amit Kumar, M. P. Deshmukh, and S. P. Mehtre. 2022 Soybean Improvement for Waterlogging Tolerance. In: Wani, S.H., Sofi, N.u.R., Bhat, M.A., Lin, F. (eds) Soybean Improvement Pp. 73-97. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12232-3_3
• Satpute GK, Shroti R, Shesh N, Kamble VG, Kavishwar R, Ratnaparkhe MB, Srivastava MK, Subhash Chandra, Gupta S, Kumawat G, Verma RK. 2022 Dissection of Physiological and Biochemical Bases of Drought Tolerance in Soybean (Glycine max) Using Recent Phenomics Approach. In Soybean Improvement  Pp. 47-72). Springer, Cham.
• Choudhary, J.R., Bhavyasree, R.K., Sheoran, S., Choudhary, M., Chandra, S., Kaswan, V. and Wani, S.H., (2023) Forward and Reverse Genetics in Crop Breeding. In Advanced Crop Improvement, Volume 1: Theory and Practice (pp. 257-275). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Research Papers in Seminar/Workshop Proceedings/ Abstracts (10):

1. Subhash Chandra, D Paul, Rishi Kumar, S K Sain, A. Singh, Rahul M Phuke, G. Balasubramani and Y G Prasad (2024) Development of Bt cotton varieties having CLCuD resistance and amenable for cultivation in marginal soils of North Zone. In: Abstract Book of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Research and Development for Sustainable Production of Cotton, Oilseeds and Fibre Crops” held at Goa during Nov. 13-15, 2024, Oral Presentation Book (ISBN No. 978-81-946148-4-5) Pp 31-32.
2. Amarpreet Singh, Kanjana D., Sankaranarayanan K., Kumar R., Sain S. K., Paul D., Chandra S. and Verma S. K. (2024). Integrated Nutrient Management Improves The Productivity of Cotton-Wheat Cropping System in North India. Published in: The Book of Abstracts. “World Cotton Research Conference-8 (WCRC-8)” held during 04-10^th October, 2024 at Tashkent, Uzbekistan
3. Rishi Kumar, Debashis Paul, S.K. Sain, Amarpreet Singh, Subhash Chandra, Satpal Singh, Rupinder Singh Cheema, and Y.G. Prasad 2024 Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) Infestation Escalates from Incipient to Serious Proportions in North Cotton Zone of India Published in: The Book of Abstracts. “World Cotton Research Conference-8 (WCRC-8)” held during 04-10^th October, 2024 at Tashkent, Uzbekistan
4. D Paul, V. Santhy, Shiwani Mandhania, Rishi Kumar, Sunil Mahajan, Sandeep Kumar, Subhash Chandra, S K Sain, A. Singh, S K Verma (2024) Experimentation on physiochemical response towards accelerated ageing process in cotton genotypes. In: Abstract Book of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Research and Development for Sustainable Production of Cotton, Oilseeds and Fibre Crops” held at Goa during Nov. 13-15, 2024, Oral Presentation Book (ISBN No. 978-81-946148-4-5) Pp 33-35
5. Milind Ratnaparkhe, Gyanesh Satpute, Giriraj Kumawat, Subhash Chandra, Rishiraj Raghuvanshi, Rucha Kavishwar, Manoj Shrivastava, Sanjay Gupta,  Ajay Singh, Nishtha Shesh, Anu Chitikeni, Rajeev Varshney (2023) GWAS analysis reveals key loci associated with drought and water logging tolerance and root trait architecture in soybean. In: Soybean Research for Sustainable Development, Abstracts of the World Soybean Research Conference 11 (WSRC 11) held during 18 to 23 June 2023 at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7974681 Pp 52
6. Gyanesh Kumar Satpute, Nishtha Shesh, Milind B. Ratnaparkhe, Sanjay Gupta, Giriraj Kumawat, Viraj G. Kambley, Subhash Chandra, Prince Choyal, Rakesh Kumar Varma (2023) Phenotyping root system: dynamics of below ground architecture for productivity of soybean under low soil moisture. In: Soybean Research for Sustainable Development, Abstracts of the World Soybean Research Conference 11 (WSRC 11) held during 18 to 23 June 2023 at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7974681 Pp 217
7. Verma S. K., Subhash Chandra, Waghmare V. N., Paul D., Gotmare, V., Kumar R., Sain S. K. and  Singh A., (2023) Utilizing unadapted exotic germplasm for the development of cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) resistant Upland cotton lines. In: Theme I of Ninth Asian Cotton Research and development Network (ACRDN) Meeting & International Conference” held during 06-08^th December, 2023 at ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai, Abstract Book Pp 20-21.
8. S. K. Sain, R Kumar, Paramjit Singh, D Monga, S.K. Verma, Subhash Chandra, and Y.G. Prasad (2024) Cotton Leaf Curl Disease: A continuous threat to cotton productivity in North India and the pivotal role of R&D in its management. In abstract book of National Conference on “Plant Health for Food Security: Threats and Promises” February 1-3, 2024; ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
9. Rishi Kumar, S. K. Sain, Amarpreet Singh, Subhash Chandra, Debashis Paul, Satpal Singh & Y.G. Prasad (2024) “Associated impacts of feeding on CLCuD Virus infected hosts plants in whitefly, Bemisia tabaci” In abstract book of International Conference on Plant Health Management (ICPHM-2023) – Innovations and Sustainability organized by the Plant Protection Association of India, Hyderabad during 15-18 Novemnebr,2023 at Hyderabad, Telangana.

Rishi Kumar, Debashis Paul , Satpal Singh, S.K.Sain, Amarpreet Singh, Subhash Chandra and Y.G.Prasad. (2023) “Pink Bollworm: Incipient to serious proportions in northern Cotton growing zone of India”. In: Theme III of Ninth Asian Cotton Research and development Network (ACRDN) Meeting & International Conference” held during 06-08^th December, 2023 at ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai, Abstract Book Pp 12-13.

Students Guided

• M.Sc. = 4

Membership of Professional Societies / Bodies:

• Indian Society  for Cotton Improvement  (Life member)
• Cotton Research and Development Association (Life Member)
• Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding (Life member)
• Society for Soybean Research and Development (Life member)
• Agricultural Research Service Scientists Forum (Life member)
• International Society of Root Research (Life member)
• Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology (Life member)

• In-charge, AICRP Trials at Station
• In-charge, ICAR Bt Cotton Trials at Station
• Co- In-charge, Zonal Trials for GEAC approved Bt Cotton Hybrids at Station
• Member, PME Cell
• Nodal Officer, e-HRMS 2.0 at Station
• Member, ICAR-CICR Annual Report Committee
• Member,  ICAR-CICR Newsletter Committee
• Member, Swachhata Mission Implementation Committee
• Member, Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav