Dr. Hari Prakash Meena

Dr. Hari Prakash Meena
Designation
Scientist
Educational qualification
M. Sc. & Ph.D(Genetics and Plant Breeding)
Other Roles
Co-PI, AICRP Sunflower Breeding
Division
Crop Improvement
Contact Address

Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030

Tel No
040-24598122
E-mail
meena.hp@icar.org.in
hari9323@gmail.com
Projects completed
  • Development of sunflower hybrids suited to different agroclimatic conditions – (Institute project)
  • Diversification of parental base and development of elite lines, populations, varieties and hybrids in sunflower – (Institute project)
  • Collection, Characterization, Maintenance, Evaluation and Utilization of Sunflower Germplasm– (Institute project)
  • Introgression of resistance to Alterneria helianthi, Powdery mildew and Sunflower Necrosis – (Institute project)
  • Exploitation of inter and intraspecific genetic resources for development of agronomically superior inbred lines and populations in sunflower– (Institute project)
On-going Projects

Institute Projects 

  • Diversification of parental base for the development of superior hybrids in sunflower - (institute project)
  • Identification, characterization, multi-location evaluation and multiplication of the trait specific germplasm, pre-bred lines for the development of superior populations in sunflower - (institute project)
  • Diversification of safflower germplasm through exploitation of wild species - (institute project)
  • ICT mediated knowledge management and dissemination in different oilseed crops - (institute project)

Externally funded projects 

  • Development of distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing guidelines for niger [Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.]- (PPV&FRA funded project)
  • Seed production in agricultural crops (ICAR funded project).
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
  • Attended 3 days training on Molecular Breeding Approaches and Tools organized by ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad from 29 September to 01 October, 2021. 
  • Training in Molecular Breeding Approaches for the Genetic Enhancement of Oilseed Crops organized at the Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad from December 1-21, 2012.
  • Training on “Plant Variety Protection and Commercialization” sponsored by Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer’s Rights Authority Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India on 21. 03. 2012.
  • Attended seven days training on “Data Analysis using SAS” at NAARM organized by ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad between August 17 to 23, 2011.
  • Training on “Maintenance breeding, DUS testing and Geographical indications” sponsored by PPV & FR authority from 27 to 29 January 2011 organized by Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University, Hyderabad.
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
  • M. Y. Dudhe, H.P. Meena, M. Sujatha, S. B. Sakhre, M.K. Ghodke, A.M. Misal, S. Neelima, V.V. Kulkarni, Praduman Yadav, A.R.G. Ranganatha1 and A. Vishnuvardhan Reddy (2021). Genetic analysis in sunflower germplasm across the four states falling under the semi-arid environments of India. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 12(4):1075-1084.
  • Lakshman, S.S., Meena, H.P., Chakrabarty, N.R. and Ghodke, M.K. (2021). Study of gene action and combining ability for seed yield and yield attributing traits in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Journal of Oilseeds Research, 38(2): 145-151. 
  • Sandhya Sree, G., Roja, V., Meena, H.P., Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A. and Ramesh, D (2021). Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance studies for economically important traits in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Journal of Oilseeds Research, 38(1): 92-95.
  • Yasaswini Chowdary, B., Lakshmi Prayaga, Narender Reddy, S., Eshwari, K.B., Meena, H.P. and Srikanth, B. (2021). Effect of water stress on physiological traits of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) restorer lines. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 38(1): 54-58.
  • Sujatha, M., Dudhe, M.Y., Meena, H.P. and Praduman Yadav (2020). A high oil content genetic stock (HOSuS-1) of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) developed through introduction and selection. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci., 9(11): 118-121.
  • Meena H.P., Sujatha, M., Pushpa, H.D. and J.J. Lal (2020). Cytomorphological and molecular characterization of inter-specific hybrid between cultivated sunflower and Helianthus argophyllus. Journal of Environmental Biology, 41:66-72. 
  • Mangesh Yuvraj Dudhe, Sujatha Mulpuri, Hari Prakash Meena, Ranganatha R.G. Ajjanavara, Varaprasad S. Kodeboyina, Vishnuvardhan Reddy Adala (2019). Genetic variability, diversity and identification of trait specific accessions from the conserved sunflower germplasm for exploitation in the breeding programme. Agricultural Research, 3-16.  
  • Meena, H.P., Pushpa, H.D. and Ghodke, M.K. (2019). Maintainer and restore identification and conversion of good combiner inbreds into new CMS lines of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci., 8(2): 2210-2218. 
  • H. P. Meena and A.J. Prabakaran (2017). Evaluation of new inbreds for fertility restoring and maintaining behaviours in two diverse CMS sources of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Journal of Oilseeds Research, 34(3): 125-132.
  • Meena H. P., Pushpa H. D. and Sujatha M. (2017). Interspecific hybrid between silver leaf sunflower (Helianthus argophyllus T. & G.) and cultivated sunflower: Cytomorphological characterization of F1 hybrid. J. Oilseeds Research, 34(2): 81-88.
  • Meena H.P., Sujatha, M. and Prashant Kumar Soni (2017). Interspecific hybrid between cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and silver leaf sunflower H. argophyllus T. & G.: Cytomorphological and molecular characterization. Indian J. Genet. & Plant Breed., 77(4): 547-555. 
  • H.P. Meena and A.J. Prabakaran (2016). Identification of fertility restorers and maintainers in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) from gene pools and exotic material. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 7(3): 778-783.


 

Book chapters

Book Chapters

  • Subhash Chander, H. P. Mena, Anil Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Vivek Kumar Singh, and Ana Luisa Garcia-Oliveira (2021). Genetic and Molecular Technologies for Achieving High Productivity and Improved Quality in Sunflower. In: Accelerated Plant Breeding, Volume 4. S.S. Gosal and S.H. Wani (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland. Pp 429-459
  • H.P. Meena, Naresh Kumar Bainsla and D.K. Yadav (2016). Breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in crops plants. In: Recent advances in Plants stress physiology. Yadav P., Kumar S.  And Jain V (eds.). Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp.329-378.
  • Naresh Kumar Bainsla and H.P. Meena (2016). Breeding for biotic stresses in plants. In: Recent advances in Plants stress physiology. Yadav P., Kumar S.  And Jain V (eds.). Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp.379-411.

Technical Bulletins

  • Sujatha, M., Meena, H.P., Mukta, N. and Vishnuvardhan Reddy A. (2019). Varieties and Hybrids of sunflower. ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad p 60. 
  • एच.पी. मीना, एम. सुजाता, एन. मुक्ता एवं ए. विष्णुवर्धन रेड्डी  (2019). सूरजमुखी की किस्में एवं संकर. भाकृअनुप-भारतीय तिलहन अनुसंधान संस्थान, राजेंद्र्नगर, हैदराबाद, 60 पृष्ठ.  
  • Mukta, N., Praduman Yadav, Prasad, R.D., Srinivas, P.S., Madhuri, P., Kadirvel, P., Padmavathi, P., Murthy, I.Y.L.N, Alivelu, K., Meena, H.P. and Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A. (2017). Promising trait specific safflower germplasm. Technical Bulletin, p. 1-26.
  • Praduman Yadav, Sujatha, M., Meena, H.P., Chandrika, K.S.V.P., Ramya, K.T. and Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A. (2019). Edible oils. Technical Bulletin, p. 1-26. 
  • Ramesh, K., Sudhakara Babu, S.N., Meena, H.P., Prasad, R.D., Srinivas, P.S., Lakshmi Prayaga and Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A. (2020). Sunflower production technology. ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. p. 1-26.
Area of expertise
  • Heterosis Breeding 
  • Varietal Development
  • Hybrid seed production 
  • Maintenance breeding
  • Pre-breeding
Awards and recognition
  1. Recipient of SRF fellowship during Ph.D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.  
  2. Received Best Poster Award for the poster ‘Sunflower genetic resources management at DOR’ by Dudhe, M.Y., Meena, H.P., Sujatha, M., Varaprasad, K.S. and Ranganatha, A.R.G. in National Seminar on Strategic interventions to enhance oilseeds production in India conducted at ICAR-DRMR, Bharatpur, Rajasthan from 19-21 February, 2015.
  3. Best (first) Poster Award for the poster ‘Harnessing the power of crop wild relatives for sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) improvement in India’’ by Meena, H.P., Sujatha, M., Pushpa, H.D. and Vishnuvardhan Reddy,  A. in International Conference on "Sustainability of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries under Changing Climatic Scenario" conducted at CSAUAT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh from 14-17 February, 2018.
  4. Recipient of Best Oral Presentation Award (certificate and cash award Rs 2500) for ‘Approaches for genetic enhancement of cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) for desirable’ traits during 2nd International Conference at Meerut, U.P. from 20-22nd October, 2018.
  5. Co-chaired the session Vth and conducted the proceedings during the 2nd International Conference organized from 20-22nd October, 2018 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. 
  6. Qualified ASRB ARS Net three times (2006-07, 2007-08 & 2008-09).
  7. Meena H.P., Praduman Yadav, Lakshmi Prayaga and Vishnuvardhan Reddy A. (2020) received Best Poster Presentation Award in National Seminar on "Technological Innovations in Oilseed Crops for Enhancing Productivity, Profitability and Nutritional Security" for the poster entitled Development of random mating population for genetic enhancement of yield traits in sunflower organized by Indian Society of Oilseeds Research (ISOR) at Hyderabad during February 07-08, 2020.
  8. Meena H.P. received Best Research Paper Award-2020 during ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad foundation day for the paper entitled Cytomorphological and molecular characterization of inter-specific hybrid between cultivated sunflower and Helianthus argophyllus on dated 03-08-2020.
  9. Recipient of Best Oral Presentation Award (certificate) for ‘Heterosis Breeding in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in India: Present status and future prospects’ traits during International Web Conference organized by AETDS, Uttarakhand from 04-06nd October, 2020.
  10. Recipient of Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing-2020 from the Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology. 
  11. Recipient of Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing-2020 from the International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 
  12. Recipient of Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing-2020 from the Asian Journal of Research in Botany. 
  13. Recipient of Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing-2020 from the Journal of Experimental Agriculture International. 
Any other relevant information
  • Contributed to the release of TilhanTec-SUNH-1 sunflower hybrid by CVRC during 2021.
  •  Associated with the registered of sunflower high oil genetic stock HOSuS-1 with ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi. 
  • Consistent breeding activities in sunflower led to the development of 10 CMS lines and 150 restorer lines with distinct morphological, agronomic traits.
  • Editorial Board Member of the Hindi magazine “Kisaan Kheti”
  • Editorial Board Member of the magazine “Popular Kheti”.
  • Editorial Board Member of the “Journal of Plant Science and Research”.
  • Editorial Member, IIOR- Newsletter.
  • Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Agricultural Invention.
  • Accredited to guide M.Sc. students in Genetics and Plant Breeding from University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur (Karnataka).
  • Accredited to guide M.Sc. students in Genetics and Plant Breeding from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.).
  • Guided one M.Sc. student (Mr. Mohan Vamsi D.) as co-chairman during the year 2020. 

Contact

Director
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar
Hyderabad – 500 030
Phone: 040-24598444, 24016141
Fax: 040-24017969
E-mail: director.iior@icar.gov.in
Last updated: December 21, 2024, 11:55:16 AM

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