Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

1. Naeela Qureshi, Harbans Bariana, Vikas Venu Kumran, Sivasamy Muruga,Kerrie L. Forrest, Mathew J. Hayden, Urmil Bansal* (2018). A new leaf rust resistance gene Lr79 mapped in chromosome 3BL from the durum wheat landrace Aus26582. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG) pp 1�8, NAAS ratings: 10.53
2. Sivasamy.M, M. Aparna, Jagdish Kumar, V.K Vikas and R.Nisha (2013) Phenotypic and molecular confirmation of durable adult plant leaf rust resistance (APR) genes-Lr34+, Lr46+ and Lr67+ linked to leaf tip necrosis (LTN) in select registered Indian wheat (T. aestivum) genetic stocks Cereal Research Communication. online 10.1556/CRC.2013 0054 NAAS. 6.85
3. Rebekah Nisha, P, Shajitha Panneer, Murugasamy Sivasamy*, Jayaprakash P, Venu Kumaran Vikas, SC Bhardwaj, O. P. Gangwar, Balaji V, Gokulakrishna M, John Peter and Vijaishree Sivasamy(2024). The Aegilops Ventricosa Derived 2nvs Translocation for Enhanced Defense Against Multiple Diseases in Wheat. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology(CBAB) - 23(1): e44082317, 2023 10.2139/ssrn.4631884.NAAS Score: 7.5 IF 1.4
4. Deepender Kumar, Animesh Kumar, Vinod Chhokar, O.P. Gangwar , S.C. Bhardwaj, M Sivasamy, S.V. Sai Prasad ,Prakasha, T.L. Hanif Khan, Rajender Singh, Pradeep Sharma, Sonia Sheoran, M.A. Iquebal, Sarika Jaiswal, U.B. Angadi, Anil Rai, G.P. Singh, Dinesh Kumar and Ratan Tiwari(2020). Genome-wide association studies in diverse spring wheat association panel for Stripe, Stem and Leaf rust resistance. Frontiers of Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00748. NAAS Score.11.75
5. Bhojaraja K.Naik, Vinod*, J.B.Sharma, M.Sivasamy, K.V.Prabhu, R.S.Tomar and S.M.S.Tomar (2015). Molecular mapping and validation of microsatellite markers linked to the Secale cereal-derived leaf rust reistance gene Lr45 in wheat. Mol. Breeding 35:61, NAAS: 8.59
6. Philomin Juliana*, Jesica Rutkoski, Jesse Poland, Ravi Singh, Sivasamy Murugasamy, Senthil Natesan, Hugues Barbier and Mark Sorrells (2015). Genome wide association mapping for Leaf Tip Necrosis and Pseudo Black Chaff in relation to durable rust resistance in wheat. The Plant Genome 8(2):1-12, NAAS: 10.09
7. Pradhan A.K., Budhlakoti N., Mishra D.C., Prasad P., Bhardwaj S.C., Sareen S, Sivasamy M., Jayaprakash P., Geetha M., Nisha R., Shajitha P., John Peter, Kaur A.,Kaur S., Kuldeep Singh, Vikas V.K.#, Sundeep Kumar# (2023). Identification of novel QTLs/defense genes in spring wheat germplasm panel for seedling and adult plant resistance to stem rust and their validation through KASP marker assays. Plant Disease 107:1847-1860 (NAAS rating: 10.61)
8. Shajitha.P, R. Nisha, M. Sivasamy, P. Jayaprakash, V. K. Vikas, K. Gajalakshmi, Niharikha Mallick, Prashanth Babu, Rajbir Yadav, S. Vijaishree, K. Akileshwaran, John Peter, M. Geetha, C. Suganya, C. Arun Kumar, V. Balaji, M. Gokulakrishna, V. Sanjeth(2024). "Integrating Solid Stem and Multiple disease resistance for developing Climate-Resilient Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)". Cereal Research Communication (CERC) Published 12th Dec2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-024-00614-3 (NAAS Score-7.6)
9. Sunilkumar. V.P, Hari Krishna*, Narayana Bhat Devate, Karthik Kumar Manjunath, Divya Chauhan, Shweta Singh, Nivedita Sinha, Jang Bahadur Singh, T. L. Prakasha, Dharam Pal, M. Sivasamy, Neelu Jain, G. P. Singh and P. K. Singh* (2022). Marker assisted improvement for leaf rust and moisture deficit stress tolerance in wheat variety HD3086. Fronties in Plant Sciences. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2022.1035016 24th Oct 2022. NAAS: JID: F093: Ratings: 12.63
10. Vikas.V.K, Anjan Kumar Pradhan, Neeraj Budhlakoti, Dwijesh Chandra Mishra, Tilak Chandra , S. C. Bhardwaj , Subodh Kumar , M. Sivasamy , P. Jayaprakash , R. Nisha , P. Shajitha , John Peter , M. Geetha, Reyazul Rouf Mir , Kuldeep Singh and Sundeep Kumar (2022). Multi-locus genome-wide association studies (ML-GWAS) reveal novel genomic regions associated with seedling and adult plant stage leaf rust resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Heredity; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-022-00525-1(April 2022). NAAS Jr ID: H010: Rating: 9.82

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

1. Associated in developing and releasing total of 44 varieties including thirty-six bread wheat, four durum wheat, two each in dicoccum wheat & barley, one in oats . The Oats variety JWGO-01 released from IARI RS Wellington is the first grain Oats variety in India through 'Make in India' initiatives

2. Patented with PPVFRA: HW 2004, HW 2045, COW(W)1 and HW 1085 and COW2, COW3, HW 1098 applied for patent

3. Involved in identification of new leaf rust resistance gene Lr79, APR genes for leaf rust, new sources of resistance to rust and spot blotch diseases & patented gene of Triticum compactum L. var. amlissifoliumZhuk. producing Curved grains

4. Registered Twenty Seven (27) New rust resistant wheat genetic stocks with NBPGR and 27(twenty seven) ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer sequences of T.aestivum, Hordium vulgare, Elymus and Secale cereale NCBI, USA

5. Played vital role in largest characterization and evaluation of >22,000 wheat accessions conserved at NBPGR, New Delhi, and part of the team in Standardization of Pollen germination medium for wheat, brinjal, rye and triticale

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fellow of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi and SAWBR IIWBR karnal

2. Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR award for outstanding inter-disciplinary team research in agricultural and allied sciences

3. Gene Stewardship team award by Borlaug Global Rust Initiatives(BGRI, Cornell University, USA

4. Dr M V Rao Memorial Award-for outstanding contribution in the field of wheat breeding by Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research(SAWBAR), Karnal

5. Awarded with 44 Silver plaque/memento/citations/certificate of appreciations for release of 44 AICW&BIP CVRC notified wheat varieties by IIWBR(DWR), Karnal/IARI/TNAU from 1998-2021