Principal Scientist – Groundnut Pathology
Hari Kishan Sudini is Principal Scientist (Groundnut Pathology), Research Program-Asia, at ICRISAT, based in Hyderabad, India.
Hari obtained his PhD in 2009 from Auburn University, USA, majoring in plant pathology. During his doctoral studies, Hari worked on soil microbial community structure and aflatoxin contamination in different peanut-based crop rotations.
After joining ICRISAT, Sudini continued to do research on peanut aflatoxins and gained rich knowledge on aflatoxin management. His major areas of research are: devising integrated aflatoxin management strategies, better understanding of resistant mechanisms involved in peanut-aflatoxin resistance, and developing cost-effective aflatoxin diagnostics. His other accomplishments include identifying stable and high level of resistant sources in peanut to foliar fungal diseases, such as rust, late leaf spot; and to soil-borne diseases such as stem rot (caused by Sclerotium rolfsii) and collar rot (caused by Aspergillus niger).
To date, he has published more than 30 journal articles, and participated in many national and international conferences.
Expertise in: Pre- and post-harvest aflatoxin management, groundnut pathology, integrated disease management
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DNir4GcAAAAJ
Publications
- Genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis of highly and weakly aggressive strains of Sclerotium rolfsii, the causal agent of peanut stem rot
on May 27, 2021 at 2:36 pm
- Identification of Two Novel Peanut Genotypes Resistant to Aflatoxin Production and Their SNP Markers Associated with Resistance
on May 18, 2020 at 11:38 am
- Improvement of three popular Indian groundnut varieties for foliar disease resistance and high oleic acid using SSR markers and SNP array in marker-assisted backcrossing
on February 24, 2020 at 8:48 am
- Climate-Smart Groundnuts for Achieving High Productivity and Improved Quality: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities
on February 14, 2020 at 6:28 am
- Discovery of two novel and adjacent QTLs on chromosome B02 controlling resistance against bacterial wilt in peanut variety Zhonghua 6
on February 5, 2020 at 5:54 am