Prakash Gangashetty

About

Prakash I. Gangashetty , lead Scientist- Pigeon Pea breeding at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Asia program, based in Hyderabad, India. I did sandwich PhD from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India and University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom in Genetics and Plant Breeding. I was one of the recipient of “Monsanto’s Beachell- Borlaug international Scholarship” for the PhD research thesis and Bayer BBISP impact award in 2020 . Earlier to Join lead pigeon pea breeding in India, I have led the pearl millet genetic improvement program for West and Central Africa with main focus for breeding pearl millet varieties and hybrids in Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ghana. Currently I am leading the pigeon pea improvement program for Asia .

Employment

• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Scientist- Crop Improvemnet
  2021 - Present
• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Scientist- Plant Breeding
  2014 - 2021

Education

• Bangor University PhD & PDF
  2009 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (15)

• Integrative volatilomics and behavioral analyses reveal sesquiterpene‐mediated resistance to Maruca vitrata in pigeonpea and its wild relatives
  Pest Management Science 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1002/ps.70754
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• Plant Defense Mechanisms Against Abiotic Stresses
  2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-3533-0_1
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• Rhizosheath formation is positively correlated with retention of water in the rhizosphere and water deficit stress tolerance in pearl millet
  Scientific African 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e03103
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• Establishing Breeding Priorities for Developing Biofortified High-Yielding Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) Varieties and Hybrids in Dosso Region of Niger
  Agronomy 2023 9 citations DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13010166
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• Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Analysis of Metabolites in Pearl Millet Genotypes with High Concentrations of Slowly Digestible and Resistant Starch in Their Grains
  Cells 2022 13 citations DOI: 10.3390/cells11193109
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• A Nutritional Survey of Local Barley Populations Based on the Mineral Bioavailability, Fatty Acid Profile, and Geographic Distribution of Fusarium Species and the Mycotoxin Zearalenone (ZEN)
  Agronomy 2022 12 citations DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12040916
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• A New Formulation for Strigolactone Suicidal Germination Agents, towards Successful Striga Management
  Plants 2022 32 citations DOI: 10.3390/plants11060808
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• Genotype by Environment Interaction on Grain Yield Stability and Iron and Zinc Content in OPV of Pearl Millet in Ghana Using the AMMI Method
  International Journal of Agronomy 2021 8 citations DOI: 10.1155/2021/9656653
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• Metabolite Diversity and Metabolic Genome-Wide Marker Association Studies (Mgwas) for Health Benefiting Nutritional Traits in Pearl Millet Grains
  Cells 2021 36 citations DOI: 10.3390/cells10113076
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• Constraints to Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Production and Farmers’ Approaches to Striga hermonthica Management in Burkina Faso
  Sustainability 2021 30 citations DOI: 10.3390/su13158460
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