• Developed and released 16 varieties of different crops.
• Developed the first extra early mungbean variety ‘Virat’ maturing in <55 days and MABC derived chickpea variety ‘Samriddhi’.
• Developed and registered 15 unique germplasm lines in Vigna species and chickpea.
• Developed country-wide distribution map of yellow mosaic disease-causing viruses, mapped and tagged Mungbean Yellow Mosaic India Virus (MYMIV) resistance gene in blackgram.
• Elucidated the role and expression of VrLEA encoding genes for heat tolerance, NBS LRR encoding genes for MYMIV resistance, and auxin-encoding gene family for water-logging tolerance in Vigna species.
• Established useful marker-trait associations in mungbean for several traits including grain micronutrients and anti-nutritional characters.
• Developed >35 superior pyramided lines in chickpea through marker assisted breeding for resistance to Fusarium wilt.
• Established a wide hybridization garden with >250 Vigna accessions belonging to 19 Vigna species, developed key descriptors in V. vexillata and V. stipulaceae.
• Developed “Mung Advisor”, a bilingual android-based smartphone application tool.
• Established the “International Mungbean Improvement Network”.

Coordination of research and development activities of AICRP on Kharif Pulses at national level

• Pratap A., Chaturvedi S.K., Tomar R., Rajan N., Malviya N., Thudi M., Saabale P.R., Prajapati U., Varshney R.K. and Singh N.P. (2017). Marker-assisted introgression of resistance to fusarium wilt race 2 in Pusa 256, an elite cultivar of desi chickpea. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, DOI 10.1007/s00438-017-1343-z. 292: 137-1245.
• Pratap A., Das A., Kumar S. and Gupta S. (2021). Current perspectives on introgression breeding in food legumes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11:589189. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.589189.
• Basu P.S., Pratap A., Gupta S., Sharma K., Tomar R. and Singh N.P. (2019). Physiological traits for shortening crop duration and improving productivity of greengram (Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek) under high temperature. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01508.
• Pratap A., Gupta S., Malviya N., Rajan N., Tomar R., Latha M., John J.K. and Singh N.P. (2015). Genome Scanning of Asiatic Vigna species for Discerning Population Genetic Structure based on Microsatellite Variation. Molecular Breeding, 35:178.
• Rohilla, V., Yadav, R., Poonia, A., Sheoran, R., Kumari, G., Shanmugavadivel PS and Pratap, A.* (2022). Association mapping for yield attributing traits and yellow mosaic disease resistance in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.749439.
• Rangari, S.K., Dube, N., Sharma, V., Sharma, V., Gangurde, S.S., Sharma, M., Gangashetty, P.I., Saxena, R.K., Moghiya, A., Sharma, V.K., Bhutia, K.L., Kant, R., Thudi, M., Satheesh Naik, S.J., Pratap, A., Dixit, G.P., Mayes, S. and Pande, M.K. (2025). InDels in an intronic region of gene Ccsmd04 coding for dormancy/auxin-associated protein controls sterility mosaic disease resistance in pigeonpea. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.14577.
• Akram M, Kamaal N, Pratap A., Kumar D, Muin A, Sabale PR, Aidbhavi R, Sunani SK, Rathore M, Gupta S, Singh NP, Dey N, Dixit GP and Nair RM (2024). Exploring distribution and genomic diversity of begomoviruses associated with yellow mosaic disease of legume crops from India, highlighting the dominance of mungbean yellow mosaic India virus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15:1451986. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1451986.
• Singh, S., Pandey, B., Purwar, S., Nair, R.M., Pratap, A.* (2025). Genome-wide identification and characterization of Subtilisin-like serine protease-encoding genes in Vigna radiata L. Wilczek. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95331-0.
• Kumari, G., Roopa Lavanya, G., Shanmugavadivel, P.S., Singh, Y., Singh, P., Patidar, B., Madhavan, L., Gupta, S., Singh, N.P. and Pratap, A.* (2021). Genetic diversity and population genetic structure analysis of an extensive collection of wild and cultivated Vigna accessions. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. doi: 10.1007/s00438-021-01825-7.
• Pratap, A., Basu, P.S., Gupta, S., Malviya, N., Rajan, N., Tomar, R., Latha, M., Nadarajan, N. and Singh, N.P. (2014). Identification and characterization of sources for photo- and thermo-insensitivity in Vigna species. Plant Breeding. 133:756-764.

Books Published

• Pratap, A., Singh, C.M., Verma, D., Mishra, A.K. (2025). Integrated Improvement of Food Legumes. Springer Business + Science Media, LLC, New York. p. 347. ISBN 978-3-031-82628-3.
• Chandora R., Basavaraja, T. and Pratap A. (2024). Potential Pulses: Genetic and Genomic Resources. CABI, Oxfordshire, UK. p. 348. ISBN: 978-1-80062-463-4; eISBN: 978-1-80062-464-1.
• Pratap, A. and Gupta, S. (2021). The Beans and the Peas: From Orphan to Mainstream Crops. Elsevier, Duxdorf, UK. p. 316.
• Pratap, A. and Kumar, J. (2014). Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants: Achievements and Impacts, Volume 2. Springer Business + Science Media, LLC, New York. p. 424. (Link)
• Pratap, A. and Kumar, J. (2014). Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants: Innovations, Methods and Risk Assessment, Volume 1. Springer Business + Science Media, LLC, New York. p. 309. (DOI)
• Pratap, A. and Kumar, J. (2011). Biology and Breeding of Food Legumes. CABI, Oxfordshire, UK. p. 432. (Link)
• Pratap, A., Baum, M., Blair, M., Polowick, P. and Kumar, S. (Eds.) (2021). Accelerating Genetic Gains in Pulses. Frontiers in Plant Science. ISBN 978-2-88976-042-8.
• Pratap, A., Smykal, P., Somta, P., and Gupta, S. (Eds.) (2021). Genetics of Domestication and Diversification Towards Evolution of Crop Plants. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
• Kumar, J., Pratap, A., and Kumar, S. (2015). Phenomics of Crop Plants: Trends, Options and Limitations. Springer India, New Delhi. p. 339. (Link)

• Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
• Member, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI)
• ICAR-Lal Bahadur Shashtri Outstanding Young Scientist Award – 2014 (Crop and Horticultural Sciences)
• Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship – 2011
• Fellow, Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
• Best Research Centre Award – 2018 by AICRP on MULLaRP
• Best Research Team Award – 2022 to IMIN team by World Vegetable Centre
• Secretary, Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (2020-2023)
• Organizing Secretary, ICPulses 2023
• Best Research Team Award – 2022, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
• Member, Indian Government Delegation for long term MoU with Govt. of Mozambique 2016
• Best Scientist Award – 2021 (Senior Category), ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
• Best Scientist Award – 2012, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
• Felicitation Award, Institution Foundation Day, 5th September, 2015