Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Principal Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Germplasm Conservation

Contact

Off.-011-25802805
Email-Rajesh.Kumar13(AT)icar.gov.in, kraj.pgr(AT)gmail.com

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
Ph.D. Science (Botany) 1997
Post Doctorate Postdoctoral Research (Plant Science) 2000-2005

SPECIALIZATION
Genetics and Plant Breeding

Salient Achievements

Cloned and characterized FAD2 and FAE1 genes of Indian mustard and Crambe species. Designed genic-SSRs from assembled sequences of transcriptome data of developing seeds of Indian mustard. Generated genomic/genetic resources in Linseed, Tinospora and Pigeon pea. Identified Indian mustard line showing robust root trait in seedling grown under saline conditions.

Awards/Honours

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Marla, S.S., Mishra, P., Maurya, R., Singh, M., Wankhede, D.P., Kumar, A., Yadav, M.C., Subbarao, N., Singh, S.K. and Kumar, R (2020) Refinement of Draft Genome Assemblies of Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan). Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 607432.
  2. Singh, R., Mahato, A.K., Singh, A., Kumar, R., Singh, A.K., Kumar, S., Marla, S.S., Kumar, A. and Singh, N.K (2022) TinoTranscriptDB: a database of transcripts and microsatellite markers of Tinospora cordifolia, an important medicinal plant. Genes, 13(8), p.1433.
  3. Saroha, A., Pal, D., Gomashe, S.S., Akash, Kaur, V., Ujjainwal, S., Rajkumar, S., Aravind, J., Radhamani, J., Kumar, R. and Chand, D (2022) Identification of QTNs associated with flowering time, maturity, and plant height traits in Linum usitatissimum using genome-wide association study. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, p.811924.
  4. Singh, A.K., Singh, N., Kumar, S., Kumari, J., Singh, R., Gaba, S., Yadav, M.C., Grover, M., Chaurasia, S. and Kumar, R (2020) Identification and evolutionary analysis of polycistronic miRNA clusters in domesticated and wild wheat. Genomics, 112(3), pp.2334-2348.
  5. Saroha, A., Pal, D., Kaur, V., Kumar, S., Bartwal, A., Aravind, J., Radhamani, J., Rajkumar, S., Kumar, R., Gomashe, S.S. and Sengupta, A (2022) Agro-morphological variability and genetic diversity in linseed (Linum usitatissimum) germplasm accessions with emphasis on flowering and maturity time. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 69(1), pp.315-333.
  6. Roy, S., Priyanka, Sahi, A.N., Radhamani, J. and Kumar, R (2023) High-throughput screening identifies robust root trait in Indian mustard seedlings grown under salinity stress. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, pp.1-14.
  7. Kumar, R, Radhamani, J and Rajkumar, S (2024) Exploration of allelic diversity reveals a novel FAD2 (Oleate desaturase) gene in Brassica juncea. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 24(2): e47702424.

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