Dr. Yadava is associated with Brassica breeding for 29 years and has revolutionized brassica breeding and seed system in India. He has contributed in development of 24 varieties which include 21 of mustard and three of pulses. Pusa Double Zero Mustard 31, the Country’s FIRST Canola quality variety, is branded as “INDOLA” enabling the acceptability of mustard in non-traditional areas and southern regions making it pan India oil.
He is contributing towards development of various national regulations/ policies/ guidelines related to varieties, germplasm, seed, IPRs etc. as ADG (Seed) from 2017-2025 and currently DDG (CS) since February, 2025. He has guided three M.Sc. and eight Ph.D. students and published >100 research papers in high impact factor journals.
