Dr. Vikender Kaur
Dr. Vikender Kaur
Senior Scientist
Division/RS/Unit
Division of Germplasm Evaluation
Contact
Off.-011-25802853
Email- Vikender.kaur(AT)icar.gov.in, drvikender(AT)yahoo.in
Qualification
| Degree | Discipline | Year |
| M.Sc. | Botany | 2003 |
| Ph.D. | Botany | 2007 |
| Post Doctorate | NA |
SPECIALIZATION
Economic Botany
Salient Achievements
Dr. Vikender Kaur has contributed significantly to the characterization and evaluation of cereal and oilseed crop germplasm. She initiated and characterized the entire genebank collection of barley (7500 accessions) and linseed (2800 accessions) germplasm. As the Project Co-coordinator, she executed DBT-Linseed Network Project having an outlay of INR 2256 lakhs. She has developed technologies namely Core & Mini-Core Collection in barley, Linseed Core collection and Reference set for linseed budfly tolerance and R software for data analysis (augmentedRCBD and evaluateCore) for PGR management. She also worked for the mainstreaming of agricultural biodiversity conservation through UNEP/GEF project in the Leh-Ladakh region. She has published 40 research papers of which 16 have NAAS rating >10. She developed more than 16 genetic stocks in oilseed and cereal crops. She is also involved in teaching PGR courses and guiding trainees and students for post-graduation and Ph. D. programs
Awards/Honours
• Best poster presentation award (2023) for presentation under the theme “Trait discovery and genomics in plants of NWH” in National Seminar on ‘Plant Biodiversity for food, nutrition and health security in Noth-West Himalayas’ on 27-28 November, 2023 at Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
• Best oral presentation award (2022) for presenting on “An attempt to bring crop wild relatives of Linum under active research process” in the National Conference on recent innovations in agricultural and allied sciences for livelihood security (RIAALLS) organised by Rama University, Kanpur nagar, UP during October 21-22, 2022.
• Best poster presentation award (2022) for presentation under the theme “Trait discovery, gene mining and genome editing” in 1st National Conference on Plant Genetic Resources Management held at the National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC), Pusa Campus, New Delhi from 22-24 November 2022.
• Best Paper Award (2022) for the presentation “Genetic Dissection of Flowering Time, Maturity and Plant Height in Linum usitatissimum L. using Multi-Locus Genome Wide Association Study” in ISPP North Zonal Seminar-2022 on Inter-Disciplinary Research Strategies for Climate Resilient Agriculture organised by Indian Society for Plant Physiology (North Zone) on 25th June, 2022 at ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Center, Karnal, Haryana.
• Best poster presentation award (2019) for “Evaluation of barley gemplasm for drought tolerance based on morpho-physiological and molecular analysis” in National conference on Recent Development in basic sciences organized by BMU, Asthal Bohar Rohtak on 02-04-2019. pp 31, Poster BOT-215.
• Awarded with Young Scientist Associate Award for the year 2016 by Society for Recent Development in Agriculture at international conference entitled Global Agriculture & Innovation Conference (GAIC 2016) from November 27-29, 2016 at Noida International University, Greater Noida.
• Section Editor in Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
• Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Plant Systematics and Evolution (specialty section of Frontiers in Plant Science)
Recent Publications Research Papers
• Beena Nair, VK Biradar, VP Nagaich, Chandra Mohan Singh, Bhupendra Kumar Singh, Suraj Bapurao Kumre, Kshama Mehboob Shah, Nandkishor Dinkar Tekale, Rani Asaram Jadhav, Ankit Tripathi, Saurabh Kumar, J. Aravind, Kavita Gupta, Ashok Kumar, Vikender Kaur*. (2024) Multi-environment screening of Linum germplasm collection for dissecting the potential of bud fly (Dasyneura lini Barnes) resistance and assembling a reference set for efficient utilization in genetic improvement. Industrial Crops & Products 207: 117743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117743 (IF 5.9)
• Sumegha Awasthi; Nutan Kaushik*, Navdeep Singh Plaha; Vikender Kaur; Ashok Kumar (2024). Exploring Lipid Health Indices and Protein Quality in Ninety Indian Linseed Varieties by Comprehensive Analysis of Fatty Acid Composition, Lignan Content, and Amino Acid Composition. Industrial Crops & Products: 212: 118366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118366 (IF 5.9)
• Yadav, N., Sawariya, M., Kumar, A., Mehra, H., Sharma, J., Kumar, S., Devi, S., Kaur, V and Arya, SS. (2024). Influence of GA3 (Gibberellic acid) and Ca (Calcium) on root trait variation and osmotic potential of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) under chloride-dominated salinity. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 16(1), 271-281. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v16i1.5179
• Neha Yadav, Ajay Kumar, Mamta Sawariya, Naveen Kumar, Himanshu Mehra, Sunil Kumar, Vikender Kaur, Sunder Singh Arya* (2024) Effect of GA3 and Calcium on growth, biochemical and fatty acid composition of linseed under chloride-dominated salinity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32325-x (IF 5.8)
• Vikender Kaur*, Sunil S. Gomashe, J. Aravind, Shashank K. Yadav, Sheela, Devender Singh, Shubhendra Singh Chauhan, Vinay Kumar, Balram Jat, Nandan Ramesh Tayade, Ankit Saroha, Nutan Kaushik, Sapna Langyan, Mamta Singh, Dhammaprakash Pandhari Wankhede, Kuldeep Singh, Ashok Kumar, Gyanendra Pratap Singh. 2023. Multi-environment phenotyping of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) germplasm for morphological and seed quality traits to assemble a core collection. Industrial Crops and Products. 206: 117657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117657 (IF 5.9)
• Sapna Langyan, Pranjal Yadava, Fatima Nazish Khan, Sanjula Sharma, Renu Singh, Ram Swaroop Bana, Nisha Singh, Vikender Kaur, Sanjay Kalia and Ashok Kumar. (2023). Trends and advances in pre- and post-harvest processing of linseed oil for quality food and health products. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2023.2280768 (IF 11.2).
• Sonia, Kaur, V.*, Yadav, S.K., Arya S.S., Aravind J., Jacob S.R. and Gautam R.K. (2023) Development and evaluation of barley mini-core collection for salinity tolerance and identification of novel haplotypic variants for HvRAF. Plant Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-06397-6 (IF 4.9).
• Navdeep Singh Plaha, Nutan Kaushik, Sumegha Awasthi, Mamta Singh, Vikender Kaur, Sapna Langyan, Ashok Kumar, Sanjay Kalia. 2023. Comparison of nutritional quality of fourteen wild Linum species based on fatty acid composition, lipid health indices, and chemometric approaches unravelling their nutraceutical potential, Heliyon 9: e21192, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21192 (IF 4)
• Kumar, V., Gautham, S., Gupta, K., Biradar, V.K., Kaur, V., Nair, B., Kumar, A. (2023). Biophysical and Morphological Basis of Resistance against Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) Bud fly (Dasyneura lini Barnes). Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 36(3), 382-386. DOI: 10.61949/0976-1926.2023.v36i03.06
• Kaur V*, Singh M, Wankhede DP, Gupta K, Langyan S, Aravind J, Thangavel B, Yadav SK, Kalia S, Singh K and Kumar A (2023) Diversity of Linum genetic resources in global genebanks: from agro-morphological characterisation to novel genomic technologies – a review. Front. Nutr. 10:1165580. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1165580 (IF 6.59)
• Saroha A, Gomashe SS, Kaur V, Pal D, Ujjainwal S, Aravind J, Singh M, Rajkumar S, Singh K, Kumar A and Wankhede DP (2023) Genetic dissection of thousand-seed weight in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) using multi-locus genome-wide association study. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1166728. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1166728 (IF 6.627)
• Manju, Shashank Kumar Yadav, Dhammaprakash Pandhari Wankhede, Ankit Saroha, Sherry Rachel Jacob, Rakesh Pandey, Axma Dutt Sharma, Sheela, Manoj Kumar, and Vikender Kaur* (2023). Screening of barley germplasm for drought tolerance based on root architecture, agronomic traits, and identification of novel allelic variants of HVA1. J Agron Crop Sci.: 209:705–723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jac.12650 (IF 4.153)
• Yadav B, Kaur V*, Narayan OP, Yadav SK, Kumar A and Wankhede DP (2022). Integrated omics approaches for flax improvement under abiotic and biotic stress: Current status and future prospects. Front. Plant Sci. 13: 931275. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.931275 (IF 6.627)
• Kaur V*, Aravind J, Manju, Jacob SR, Kumari J, Panwar BS, Pal N, Rana JC, Pandey A and Kumar A (2022) Phenotypic Characterization, Genetic Diversity Assessment in 6,778 Accessions of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. vulgare) Germplasm Conserved in National Genebank of India and Development of a Core Set. Front. Plant Sci. 13:771920. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.771920 (IF 6.627)
• Saroha A, Pal D, Gomashe SS, Akash, Kaur V, Ujjainwal S, Rajkumar S, Aravind J, Radhamani J, Kumar R, Chand D, Sengupta A and Wankhede DP (2022) Identification of QTNs Associated With Flowering Time, Maturity, and Plant Height Traits in Linum usitatissimum L. Using Genome-Wide Association Study. Front. Genet. 13:811924. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.811924 (IF 4.772)
• Yadav R, Kalia S, Rangan P, Pradheep K, Rao GP, Kaur V, Pandey R, Rai V, Vasimalla CC, Langyan S, Sharma S, Thangavel B, Rana VS, Vishwakarma H, Shah A, Saxena A, Kumar A, Singh K and Siddique KHM (2022) Current Research Trends and Prospects for Yield and Quality Improvement in Sesame, an Important Oilseed Crop. Front. Plant Sci. 13:863521. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.863521 (IF 6.627)
• Singh, M., Kaur, K., Sharma, S., Paliwal, A., Singh, M., Aminedi, R., Kaur, V. and Randhawa, G. (2022). Assessment of risk of GM contamination in flaxseed accessions imported from Canada: A case study to restrict the unauthorized GM events from entering India. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 1-3. doi:10.1017/S1479262122000132 (IF 1.279)
• J. Kumari, K. K. Mahatman, S. Sharma, A. K. Singh, S. Adhikari, R. Bansal, V. Kaur, S. Kumar, and M. C. Yadav (2022) Recent Advances in Different Omics Mechanism for Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 69:18. DOI: 10.1134/S1021443722010095 (IF 1.419)
• Ankit Saroha, Deepa Pal, Vikender Kaur, Sandeep Kumar, Arti Bartwal, J. Aravind, J. Radhamani, S. Rajkumar, Rajesh Kumar, Sunil S. Gomashe, Abhishek Sengupta, Dhammaprakash P. Wankhede (2022) Agro-morphological variability and genetic diversity in linseed germplasm accessions with emphasis on flowering and maturity time. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 69: 315–333. doi.org/10.1007/s10722-021-01231-3 (IF 1.876)
• Kaur, V*., Yadav, S.K., Wankhede, D.P., Pulivendula, P., Kumar, A., Chinnusamy, V*. 2020. Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding MIZ1, a domain of unknown function protein and its role in salt and drought stress in rice. Protoplasma 257, 475–487. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-019-01452-5 (IF 3.186)
• Sheel Yadav, Supreet Kaur, Sherry Rachel Jacob and Vikender Kaur (2020) Genetic Diversity in Cultivated Gene Pool of Indian Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): An Analysis Using SSR Markers. Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 33(3): 287–294. DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2020.00041.8
• Manju, Vikender Kaur*, Kamal Sharma and Ashok Kumar (2019) Identification of promising sources for drought tolerance in cultivated and wild species germplasm of barley based on root architecture. Journal of environmental biology 40 (3): 309-315. 10.22438/jeb/40/3/MRN-995
• Manju, Vikender Kaur*, Kamal Sharma and Sherry R Jacob (2019) Assessment of genetic diversity in cultivated and wild species germplasm of barley based on morpho-agronomical and root architecture traits. Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 32(3): 360-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-1926.2019.00039.1
• Kumari Shubha, Vikender Kaur and Shri Dhar (2019) Genetic diversity assessment in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) germplasm through principal component analysis. International Journal of Chemical Studies 7(1): 482-486
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