Prof Rattan Yadav

PhD

Prof Rattan Yadav

Professor of Plant Genetics

IBERS

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Dr Rattan Yadav is a professor of plant genetics and holds a personal chair at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) of the Aberystwyth University. An elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW), he received his DPhil degree from the University of Sussex and subsequently undertook post-doctoral research at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Philippines before coming to Aberystwyth in 1996. Professor Yadav, currently, is also an adjunct professor at CCSHAU, Hisar, supported by govt of India's flagship program VAJRA -https://dst.gov.in/vajra.

Professor Yadav's research focusses on capturing and utilising naturally occurring genetic variations present in crops germplasm for 'public good' outcomes. To realise such interests he collaborates with academics, industries and ‘not for profit’ inter-governmental organisations across the globe, and is passionate about pursuing international development goals via sustainable agricultural development. His work has delivered unique genetic resources, and advanced genetic technologies, that are delivering crops varieties (and their products) providing enhanced food, nutritional, environmental and health security at global scale. 

Professor Yadav has published over155 research articles and is an academic editor of PLOS ONE since 2014. He has been, and is currently, a member of several grant awarding panels within the UK (e.g., BBSRC, British Council, DEFRA, DFID, Innovate UK) and abroad (European Commission, Swedish Council for Sustainable Development (known as Formas) and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)). Untill recently he was a panel member of UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) sub panel 6: Agriculture, Food and Veterinary sciences) concluded in 2022. In 2020, he also led a team that evaluated the quality of science and impacts generated by an global CGIAR Research Programme on rice agri-food system (RICE) hosted by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI - https://www.irri.org). 

Professor Yadav is a staunch advocate of achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) via sustainable agriculture practces  promoting food security, improved nutrition, and environmentally friendly farming system. 

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Mittal, GK, Singh, S, Yadav, DV, Beckmann, M, Mur, L & Yadav, R 2025, 'Genome-wide association study for dissecting lipid and fatty acid variation in a global collection of pearl millet germplasm', Journal of Food Composition and Analysis  , vol. 144, 107679. 10.1016/j.jfca.2025.107679
Patel, J & Yadav, R 2025, 'Pearl Millet: The Ancient Superfood for Modern Health' Afro-Asian Spectrum, pp. 41-44.
Singh, S, Manwaring, HR, Naveen, A, Hegarty, M & Yadav, RS 2024, 'Genetic dissection of minerals and phytate content in pearl millet germplasm panel using genome-wide association study', Food and Energy Security, vol. 13, no. 4, e565. 10.1002/fes3.565
Singh, S, Yadav, CB, Lubanga, N, Hegarty, M & Yadav, RS 2024, 'Genome-wide SNPs and candidate genes underlying the genetic variations for protein and amino acids in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) germplasm', Planta, vol. 260, no. 3, 63. 10.1007/s00425-024-04495-y
Singh, S, Yadav, D, Beckmann, M, Naveen, A, Gangashetty, PI, Mur, LAJ & Yadav, RS 2024, 'Variation in protein and amino acids in global collection of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) germplasm', Journal of Food Composition and Analysis  , vol. 134, 106557. 10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106557
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