Uday Jha

Uday Jha serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia. His academic work centers on genomics and genetics of legume crops, with particular emphasis on chickpea under abiotic stress conditions including cold and heat exposure.

His research spans genomics, molecular biology, and plant breeding with focus on abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in legumes. He investigates physiological and biochemical pathways conferring stress resilience in chickpea and lentil, developing genomic-assisted breeding strategies for climate-resilient crop varieties. Key methodologies integrate physiological trait analysis with molecular genetics to address yield stability under environmental stressors.

Recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate concentrated research on stress tolerance in chickpea and lentil systems. Dominant themes include genomic basis of cold/heat stress responses, nutritional consequences of elevated temperatures on seed composition, and allele mining for stress tolerance traits. His work bridges fundamental genomics with practical agricultural applications to mitigate climate change impacts on pulse crops.