Designation
Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding)
Educational qualification
Ph.D (Ag.,) in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Other Roles
I/c PME Cell
Division
Crop Improvement
Contact Address
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
E-mail
a.rathnakumar@icar.gov.in
rathnakumar169@gmail.com
On-going Projects
Genetic improvement of seed yield in Sesame
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
- Twenty-one days (July 9 –July, 2003) training on "Forecasting techniques in Agriculture" at IASRI, New Delhi
- Twenty-one days (February 20 –March 12, 2007) training on "Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic stresses in crops" at Centre of Advanced Studies in Genetics and Plant Breeding, TNAU, Coimbatore
- Twelve days (March 17 – 28, 2008) training on "Molecular Marker Applications in Crop Genetics and Breeding" at Centre of Excellence in Genomics, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
- P. C. Nautiyal, A. L. Rathnakumar, Paresh Sodavadiya ,P. V. Zala, H. B. Lalwani and Lata Rawal. 2019. Diversity of root and shoot traits associated with drought tolerance in groundnut germplasm and advanced breeding materials. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. Vol.1 7 ( 1 ) : 1 8 - 2 9
- Sneha M. Dodia ; Binal Joshi ; Sunil S. Gangurde ; Polavakkalipalayam P. Thirumalaisamy ; Gyan P. Mishra ; Dayama Narandrakumar ; Pooja Soni ; Arulthambi L. Rathnakumar ; Jentilal R. Dobaria ; Chandramohan Sangh ; Annapurna Chitikineni ; Sumitra V. Chanda ; Manish K. Pandey ; Rajeev K. Varshney ; Radhakrishnan Thankappan. 2018. Genotyping-by-sequencing based genetic mapping reveals large number of epistatic interactions for stem rot resistance in groundnut. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-018-3255-7
- P.C. Nautiyal, A.L. Rathnakumar , G. Kulkarni, and M.S. Sheshshayee. 2017. Evaluation of wild Arachis species for cultivation under semiarid tropics as a fodder crop. Photosynthetica. 55 (1): 41-49, DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0642-7
- Bhagwat Nawade, Tejas C.Bosamia, Radhakrishnan Thankappan, Arulthambi L. Rathnakumar, Abhay Kumar, Jentilal R.Dobaria, Rahul Kundu and Gyan P.Mishra. 2016. Insights into the Indian Peanut Genotypes for ahFAD2 Gene Polymorphism Regulating Its Oleic and Linoleic Acid Fluxes. Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2016,Volume7, Article1271, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01271
- Gurrappanaidu Govindaraj, Gunavant Thorat and Luke Rathnakumar. 2016. Production duality, profitability, driving forces and constraints in organic peanut cultivation in India. Organic Agriculture (Springer), June 2016, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp 99–107; DOI 10.1007/s13165-015-0117-3
Awards and recognition
- Editorial Excellence Award, Agricultural Research Communication Centre, Karnal, India;2017
- Excellence Award, Agricultural Research Communication Centre, Karnal, India;2019
- Best Poster Award- Indian Soc. Of Oilseeds Research, "National Conference on Oilseeds" 7-9 April, 2018
Areas of Interest
Genetic improvement of Sesame