
Rajeev Varshney FRS
@rajvarshney
Agricultural Scientist | Director SABC & CCFI @mu_ccfi_biotech | Intl Chair Agri, Food Security @MurdochUni | Foodie | MovieBuff | Tweeting in personal capacity
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New BLOG: Boosting Aussie wheat: How new reference genomes are revolutionising wheat farming down under. 🔗agrf.org.au/agrf-blog/2025… Murdoch University Rajeev Varshney FRS #agriculture #wheat #agrf #genomics


An impressive presentation by Lee Hickey on predictive breeding and its deployment in a range of crops in #APBC2025 . It is amazing to learn about PhD students and postdocs are being trained and benefitted under ARC Centre on Predictive Breeding. Great presentation Lee. We are


Time for what I'm sure will be a highlight of the day, Prof Rajeev Varshney FRS is giving an update of various #research projects from our group at Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC 🌱🧬 #APBC2025


Thank you AGRF ltd. for this nice story. It is a great pleasure to collaborate with you on this wheat pangenome project. Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC Murdoch University


Thank you mary williams / Plantae 4 featuring our review "#Genomics🧬and #breeding🧫tools to design #salinity-smart food #crops🌾" in #PlantScience Research Weekly that was published in Plant Biotechnology Journal🆒🤩🔥 Rajeev Varshney FRS 🖇️plantae.org/plant-science-… 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…


Apply now for the #Tata transformation prize if you are an Indian innovator in the field of health, nutrition or sustainability. nyas.org/shaping-scienc… NYAS Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI Department of Biotechnology DSTIndia ICMR CSIR, India IISc Bangalore

On Friday, we hosted the Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC ECR Seminar Series' inaugural session, which aims to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing between Murdoch University agricultural scientists. The Seminar commenced with introductions from CCFI Director Rajeev Varshney FRS and the series


Delighted to share that researchers at Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC have led the development of an Australian Chickpea Pangenome, giving breeders a vital genetic toolkit that could boost Australia’s chickpea industry. 🌱What this means for Australian agriculture: • Better drought tolerance


To attract senior scientists from other countries, India needs a strong commitment to science, much more and stable funding, better infrastructure & insulating science from politics & excessive bureaucratic rules, regulations, says Venki Ramakrishnan sciencechronicle.in/2025/06/19/fun…

We are happy to share our recent paper on "Australian chickpea pangenome" to boost crop productivity. The paper is published in Plant Biotechnology Journal and available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb… . This article reports high-quality genome assemblies and annotations for 15 leading
