Vennampally Nataraj

Vennampally Nataraj received the bachelor’s degree in agriculture from ANGRAU, Hyderabad, in 2011, and the master’s degree in agriculture from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2013. He has seven years’ experience in disease resistance breeding. He has worked on the research problem “Cytogenetic characterization and molecular mapping of Triticum militinae derived leaf rust resistance in wheat” during his Ph.D. program and identified and mapped a recessive gene derived from Triticum militinae governing wheat leaf rust resistance. This is world’s first report on leaf rust resistance gene from Triticum militinae. Since 2017, he has been working on “Soybean improvement against charcoal rot and anthracnose diseases.”