Sridhar Bhavani

I am a passionate researcher and a plant breeder with over 15 years of experience in international agricultural research focusing on enhancing productivity, profitability, and sustainability of wheat-based farming systems, aiming at alleviating hunger and poverty in less opportune countries. My research focuses on aspects of disease resistance wheat rust genetics, pathology, and breeding, I currently lead rust research at CIMMYT focusing on developing varieties with durable resistance