Mahesh K Gathala;

Employment

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Country Representative
  2025 - Present
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Systems Agronomist
  2011 - 2025
• IRRI-India Sr Scientist/Research Platform Coordinator
  2005 - 2011

Education

• MPUA&T Ph.D.
  1998 - 2004
• Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Sri Karan Narendra College of Agriculture Master of Soil Science
  1995 - 1997

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (103)

• Long-term yield dynamics of rice-rice and rice-wheat systems in South Asia: Evidence from 39 experiments
  Crop and Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.crope.2026.100132
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• On-farm soil organic carbon dynamics under conservation agriculture in different cropping systems of eastern Gangetic alluvial soils
  Crop and Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.crope.2026.100136
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• Weed dynamics and management strategies for dry direct-seeded rice in South Asia: a review
  Discover Plants 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s44372-026-00804-9
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• Navigating challenges and unlocking future opportunities in cereal-based cropping systems in India
  Crop and Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.CROPE.2026.100137
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• Productivity and weed control efficiency under zero-tillage wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) influenced by post-emergence herbicides in a high-pressure weed ecology of Bangladesh
  Phytoparasitica 2026 DOI: 10.1007/S12600-026-01363-1
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• Soil biological quality and microbial functional diversity under diversified conservation agriculture systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
  Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 2026 DOI: 10.1016/J.JAFR.2026.102833
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• Alternating tillage with conservation agricultural practices in intensive rice (Oryza sativa L.)-based cropping systems can improve soil health and increase crop and systems productivity in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
  Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102161
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• Agroecological impacts of crop residue burning: A qualitative systematic review of direct and inferred evidence
  Science of The Total Environment 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179963
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• A decade of conservation agriculture in intensive cereal systems: Transitioning to soil resilience and stable yield trends in a climate crisis
  Journal of Environmental Management 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2024.123448
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• Conservation agriculture-based crop diversification options provide sustainable food and nutritional security in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of India
  Frontiers in Agronomy 2025 DOI: 10.3389/FAGRO.2025.1674827
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