Designation
Principal Scientist (Biotechnology)
Educational qualification
M.Sc. & Ph.D (Plant Breeding and Genetics)
Other Roles
Head (Crop Improvement)
Division
Crop Improvement
Contact Address
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
Tel No
040-24598113
E-mail
vdinesh.kumar1@icar.org.in
dineshkumarv@yahoo.com
Projects completed
- 102-3 Genetic Enhancement Through Biotechnological Approaches in safflower
- Genetic Engineering of male sterility and fertility restorer lines in safflower (as PI) – ICAR AP Cess Fund – completed in 2006
- Development of improved biocontrol agent for castor wilt management- Registration of potential biocontrol agent T. viride for commercialization (as Co-PI) - APNL project - completed in 2006
- Identification of serotypes of local isolates of Bt potent against castor semilooper, toxicity tests fro registration and production technology transfer through micro-enterprise (as Co-PI) – APNL project - completed in 2006
- Reduction of Toxic Endosperm proteins, Ricin and RCA, in Castor (Ricinus communis L.) through Post Transcriptional Gene Silencing Technologies - DST Project completed in June 2010
- Molecular Genetic Analysis of Transgenic Male Sterile and Restorer Lines in Safflower (Carthamus tinctorious L.) – DBT project – completed in December 2010
- Validation of RNAi Constructs for Restoration of Fertility in Male Sterile Transgenic Tobacco plants as a prelude to their utilization in Safflower (Carthamus tinctorious L.) – DBT Project completed in December 2010
- Development of high oil safflower by multi-gene engineering – DBT project completed in May 2012
On-going Projects
103-15: “Optimization of regeneration and transformation protocols to realize grey mold resistant transgenic castor (Ricinus communis L.)”
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
- Srinivasan A, Yamini KN, Reddy SS and Dinesh Kumar V (2015). Tapetum specific expression of unedited nad3 gene from safflower and targeting the protein into mitochondria induces male sterility in transgenic tobacco plants. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult., 120:387–398 DOI 10.1007/s11240-014-0595-0
- G Lakshmidevi, K B Durga Bhavani, Rohini Sreevathsa and V Dinesh Kumar (2018). Agrobacterium mediated in planta transformation in castor (Ricinus communis L.). Journal of Oilseeds Research 35(3);140-149
- Mohd Ashaf Ashfaq, Soma Sekhar Reddy, P., Anil Kumar, Ch., Velu Mani Selvaraj, and Dinesh Kumar V (2018). Ricin and RCA- The enemies within castor (Ricinus communis L.): A perspective on their biogenesis, mechanism of action, detection methods and detoxification strategies. In: The castor bean genome (Eds. Kole C and Rabinowicz P). Springer Nature, Switzerland pp. 215-236
- V. Dinesh Kumar, Mohd. Ashraf Ashfaq, P. Soma Sekhar Reddy, K. Sai Kumar, N. Narasimha Rao, M. Tarakeswari and M. Sujatha. 2020. Post transcriptional gene silencing: Basic concepts and applications. Accepted for publication in special issue of Journal of Biosciences on "Genetic Intervention in Plants: Mechanisms and Benefits"
- Dinesh Kumar V, Prasad RD, Durga Bhavani KB, Bhuvaneswari R and Velu Mani Selvaraj 2020. Trichoderma mediated induced systemic resistance in castor against seedling blight. Journal of Oilseeds Research 37 (Special Issue): 9-10
Awards and recognition
- Recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru award for best Ph.D research work for the year 1994
- Recipient of University Gold Medal and Muralidar Modaliyar Gold Medal for being top ranker in M. Sc(Agri)
- Recipient of Gold Medal from Karnataka Government for first rank in M.Sc (Agri)
- Recipient of CSIR Merit Certificate for becoming the top scorer in the UGC-CSIR joint examination during 1991
Areas of Interest
Functional genomics, Genetic transformation
Any other relevant information
DBT nominee on IBSC committees of ICRISAT and ANGRAU