Meet the Faculty

Prakash Arelli

Adjunct Professor
Division of Plant Sciences

Phone: 731-425-4741
Fax: 731-425-4760
E-mail: Prakash.Arelli@ars.usda.gov
Address: USDA-ARS-MSA

Crop Genetics and Production Research Unit
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson, TN, 38301
Web site: Prakash Arelli at USDA ARS

Education
B.S., Agriculture, Osmania University
M.S., Agriculture, A. P. Agricultual University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Description
Prakash Arelli is the supervisory research geneticist, lead scientist and breeder developing soybean germplasm for its broad resistance to soybean cyst nematode. He is identifying new sources of nematode resistance in both cultivated soybean and its wild relatives.

His methodology includes mapping of resistance genes, marker assisted selection and traditional breeding for improving soybean.