ICAR–Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi

Name: Dr. Jyoti Devi

Designation: Senior Scientist (Vegetable Science)

Email: jyoti17iivr@gmail.com

Mobile No.: 82195 75859

Education: Ph.D. (Vegetable Science)

Professional experience: Over 12 years of research experience in legume breeding — development of pea varieties (CVRC notified), registration of unique germplasm (peas, lentil), development/identification of institute-level varieties (peas, amaranthus, water chestnut, winged bean, lotus). Managed and screened large germplasm collections (800+ pea accessions screened; maintaining ~650 pea germplasm and ~120 vegetable soybean accessions).

Research interests:

• Legume Breeding & Genetics: Improvement of vegetable peas, soybean and other legumes using conventional and molecular breeding (MAS, gene mapping) for multi-flowering and stress tolerance.
• Germplasm Management: Collection, evaluation, characterization and maintenance of pea & soybean genetic resources.
• Abiotic & Biotic Stress Tolerance: Breeding for heat tolerance (30–32°C) and disease resistance; screening using physiological and molecular tools.
• Nutritional & Quality Enhancement: Evaluation for nutritional composition and traits for processing/export.
• Underutilized Crops: Improvement and promotion of amaranthus, water chestnut, winged bean and lotus.

1. Devi, J., Sagar, V., Dubey, R.K., Kumar, R., Bahadur, A., Verma, R.K., Rai, N. & Behera, T.K. (2025). Phenotypic, stability and adaptation analysis of vegetable pea genotypes for high-temperature stress tolerance. Scientia Horticulturae, 340, 1–13. (NAAS: 9.90)
2. Devi, J., Dubey, R.K., Mishra, G.P., Sagar, V., Verma, R.K., Singh, P.M. & Singh, J. (2021). Inheritance and stability studies of multi-flowering trait in vegetable pea and its contribution to yield improvement. Scientia Horticulturae, 287:110235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110235 (NAAS: 9.90)
3. Devi, J., Sanwal, S.K., Koley, T.K., Mishra, G.P., Karmakar, P., Singh, P.M. & Singh, B. (2018). Total phenolics and antioxidant capacities of green-pea genotypes and association with yield. Scientia Horticulturae, 244:141–150. (NAAS: 9.90)
4. Devi, J., Mishra, G.P., Sanwal, S.K., Dubey, R.K., Singh, P.M. & Singh, B. (2018). Development and characterization of penta-flowering and triple-flowering garden pea genotypes. PLOS ONE 13(7):e0201234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201234 (NAAS: 8.90)
5. Mishra, G.P., Aski, M.S., Bosamia, T., Chaurasia, S., Mishra, D.C., Bhati, J., Kumar, A., Javeria, S., Tripathi, K., Kohli, M., Kumar, R.R., Singh, A.K., Devi, J. et al. (2022). RNA-Seq analysis of Lens culinaris in response to Rhizoctonia bataticola. Genes, 13(1):90. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13010090 (NAAS: 8.80)
6. Devi, J., Dubey, R.K., Sagar, V., Verma, R.K., Singh, P.M. & Behera, T.K. (2023). Vegetable peas diversity: Analysis of elite germplasm resources for crop improvement. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 21(2):e13. (NAAS: 6.80)
7. Sagar, V., Pragya, Bhardwaj, R., Devi, J., Singh, S.K., Singh, P.M. & Singh, J. (2022). Inheritance of betalain pigmentation in Basella alba. South African Journal of Botany, 145:360–369. (NAAS: 8.70)
8. Mishra, G.P., Dikshit, H.K., Kumari, J., Priti, Tripathi, K., Devi, J., Aski, M., Mehra, R., Sarker, A. & Kumar, S. (2020). Identification of novel penta-podded genotypes in lentil. Crop Science, 60(4):1–12. (NAAS: 8.00)
9. Devi, J. & Sood, S. (2018). Genetic study of horticultural traits in bell pepper through generation mean analysis. Agricultural Research, 7(2):112–119. (NAAS: 7.40)
10. Devi, J., Sharma, A., Singh, Y., Katoch, V. & Sharma, K.C. (2015). Genetic variability and character association studies in French bean under NW Himalayas. Legume Research, 38(2):149–156. (NAAS: 6.80)

1. Fellow of Society for Biological Sciences and Rural Development (SBSRD) — 2024.
2. SHRD Himadri Young Scientist Award — ISHRD, 2023.
3. Bioved Young Scientist Award — Bioved Research Institute, 2021.
4. Best Woman Athlete Award — ICAR Inter-Institutional Sports Tournament (North Zone), 2016.
5. Qualified ARS in Vegetable Science — ICAR, 2013.
6. ICAR-NET in Vegetable Science — ICAR, 2013.
7. DST INSPIRE Fellowship for Doctorate Programme (IF-110509) — DST, 2011.
8. Honors & Additional Recognitions
9. Himadri Young Scientist Award: Awarded at the National Conference on Progressive Horticulture (National Symposium 2024), 17–19 October 2024.
10. SBSRD Fellow Award 2024: Conferred by the Society of Biological Sciences and Rural Development during the International Conference on Environment and Agriculture: New Technological Applications (Jan 30–31, 2024).
11. Associate Editor — Journal Vegetable Science (NAAS Score 5.4) since 2019 to present.
12. First Best Poster Award — "Quality seed and planting material and protection of plant variety and farmers rights", AICRP (VC) Golden Jubilee National Symposium, ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi (20–22 Dec 2022).
13. First Best Poster Award — "Ipomoea aquatica: An underexploited leafy vegetable for crop diversification" — AICRP (VC) Golden Jubilee National Symposium, ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi (20–22 Dec 2022).
14. First Best Poster Award — "Potential of zeolite beads in maintaining physio-biochemical seed quality of vegetable soybean during storage" — 11th National Seed Congress on Recent Advances in Research on Quality Seeds for Self-Sufficiency in Oilseed and Pulses.
15. Best Poster Award — Assessment of phenological and photosynthetic adaptive traits for enhanced pod yield in vegetable pea under high-temperature stress. FOCUS-2024 (Abstracts Proceedings Book), p.124.
16. Best Poster Award — Development and phenotypic-genotypic characterization of multi-flowering RILs in vegetable pea for enhanced yield. FOCUS-2024 (Abstracts Proceedings Book), p.325.
17. Best Poster Award — "Genotypic variability in nutrient content and antioxidant properties of vegetable amaranth." FOCUS-2024 (Abstracts Proceedings Book), p.132.
18. Best Reviewer Award — Defence Life Science Journal.
19. Best Reviewer Award — Asian Journal of Agriculture and Horticulture Research.
20. First prize — हिंदी काव्य पाठ प्रतियोगिता (Hindi Kavya Paath) during Hindi Chetna Maas (4 Oct 2021) at ICAR-IIVR.
21. Reviewer / Editorial roles — Reviewer for Scientia Horticulturae, Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Indian Journal of Horticulture, Agricultural Research, Vegetable Science, Vegetos, Indian Journal of Phytopathology, Life Science Defence Journal, etc.